Peter Vail , Prague: In Russia, it is not even known yet in which publishing house, the fairy tale Saltykov-Shchedrin "The Bear in the Voivodeship" came out in a separate publication. The bears depicted in the illustrations are very reminiscent of the leaders of the United Russia party - Gryzlova, Shoigu, Luzhkov. "United Russia" was offended.

In the area of Saratov, two people were killed and three were injured as a result of a car accident on the bridge over the Volga. The fire engine, trying to evade the frontal clash with the Volga machine, broke the fence and fell into the river.

The Israeli units, with the support of tanks and armored vehicles, entered the Palestinian refugee camp of Rafach in the Gaza Strip. There are reports of shootings with armed Palestinians. According to preliminary data, 5 were killed and at least 15 Palestinians were injured. The political crisis in the leadership of the Palestinian autonomy continues. Prime Minister Ahmed Kores threatens to resign if it is not possible to overcome disagreements on the composition of the new cabinet.

Three million displaced persons live in the countries included in the organization for security and cooperation in Europe. The OSCE report published today says that these people are refugees in their own countries, and their rights are systematically violated. Most of them had to flee from the regions of military operations. The largest group of displaced persons in the OSCE countries is Turkish Kurds - one million people. In second place Azerbaijan is 575 thousand.

The host of the program "Themes" Vladimir Baburin: the person of the day of Radio Liberty on October 10 is Iranian human rights activist Shirin Ebadi, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded Ebadi for an outstanding contribution to the struggle for democracy and protecting human rights. Shirin Ebadi was born in 1947 in Iran. She graduated from the legal department of the university in Tehran, where from 1975 to 1979 she chaired the city court.

US President George Bush again opposed the critics of a military operation in Iraq, saying that Washington had no alternative. Speaking on Thursday at the military base in Portsmut (New Hampshire), Bush noted that the war was necessary to protect the American people. The White House is periodically criticized, since Iraq has not yet found a weapon of mass defeat, which, according to the Bush administration, under the regime of Saddam Hussein posed a direct threat to the United States.

US President George Bush announced toughening sanctions against Cuba. In particular, more serious restrictions on traveling to this country are introduced, the fight against illegal transfer of money is intensified. A special committee will be created in the United States, which should develop a plan for the Cuba transition from the communist regime to a free and open society according to Bush, the tightening of sanctions is caused by a new wave of repression held by the Cuban authorities.

Nobel Prize 2003 in economics. The outflow of capital from Russia resumed or is its influx decreased? The Moody's agency first assigned Russia a credit rating of the investment level. What are the plans of Standard & Poor's? Private deposits insurance in banks. Plans for creating a system in Russia and the experience of other countries are under Panorama. Overview of publications of the next issue of the British weekly "Economist".

The program is conducted by Vladimir Baburin. The theater observer of Radio Freedom Marina Timasheva and Israeli director Evgeny Arya participate. Vladimir Baburin: Today, on Thursday, October 9, on the stage of the Moscow Art Theater named after Chekhov, the tour of the Israeli Theater "Gesher" begins. Next to me, our theater observer Marina Timasheva. Marina, translated from Hebrew into Russian "Gesher" means "bridge".

In Novosibirsk, the lawyer of the Olympic champion Alexander Tikhonov, accused of organizing an attempt on the governor of the Kemerovo region, Aman Tuleyev, was killed. 55-year-old Alexander Prozorov was shot from a pistol in the entrance of his house late in the evening on Thursday. Prozorov represented in court the interests of a number of large entrepreneurs of the Kemerovo region.

The Russian Duma of Russia was not supported by any of the draft resolutions with the evaluation of events on October 3-4, 1993. Five votes were not enough to accept the project proposed by the centrists. The Communist Party, Yabloko and LDPR also put forward their options for the decision.

In Iraq, at least 10 people died as a result of yesterday's armed attacks. 8 people were killed and dozens were injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up about one of the police sites of Baghdad. In Baghdad, the Spanish diplomat Jose Antonio Bernal Gomez was shot at the door of his house. In the city of Bakuba - near Baghdad - an American military column was fired from the mortar. One soldier died.

In Togliatti last night, the editor -in -chief of the newspaper Togliatti Review, Alexei Sidorov, was killed. According to NTV, he received several stab wounds. Sidorov led Togliatti Review more than a year ago - after the murder of his predecessor Valery Ivanov. According to the main version of the investigation, Sidorov could be killed because of his professional activity, since the newspaper conducted its own investigations on the activities of city criminal communities.

In Ukraine, a resident of Simferopol became a victim of yesterday's hurricane - a tree fell on him. Almost two thousand settlements were left without electricity. The most serious problems with power supply are experienced - Crimea, Kherson, Dnepropetrovsk, Nikolaev and Odessa regions.

China authorities confirmed today that the launch of a manned spacecraft will take place next week. The ship will make 14 turns around the earth, and not one, as previously reported. Perhaps there will be several astronauts on board. The Sinhua agency report only that they are all experienced military pilots. The exact start date is not reported. The agency only confirms that the ship starts on October 15-17.