The documentary “Terror in Moscow”, created by HBO and already shown on the fourth British channel, is released on American television screens. The film dedicated to last year's episode with the capture of hostages by Chechen terrorists in the Moscow Theater Center at Dubrovka does not contain comments or interviews with Russian officials. It is composed of personnel taken at the scene of the incident, and conversations with the surviving hostages.

In Moscow, employees of the Russian Prosecutor General on Thursday searched the Office of the PI-AR AGENSIA of Strategic Communications, during which they detained Sergey Mitrokhin and Alexei Lebedev for several hours of the Yabloko faction. According to the representative of the Prosecutor General’s Office, the search is connected with the criminal case against a number of the leaders of the Yukos company, accused of theft and tax evasion.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan said his country would not send troops to Iraq without the consent of the Iraq side. Erdogan made this statement in the Tajik capital of Dushanbe, where he is on a visit. According to Erdogan, the consent of the ruling council of Iraq is required to send troops. The United States turned to Turkey with a request to send troops to Iraq.

In Ingushetia, on the road between the villages of Alkun and Nesterovskaya on Thursday evening, a Russian soldier was injured as a result of the explosion of Fugasa, the Interfax agency reported. According to the military, the explosion occurred when a column of armored vehicles passed along the highway. The army truck is damaged. In the area of the explosion, an operation began on the search for those involved in the sabotage.

Mourning ceremonies are held in Moscow today - in memory of the dead hostages, captured exactly a year ago by an armed group in the theater center on Dubrovka. A memorial sign with the names of the dead will be installed in the square in front of the center. On Sunday, there will also be a requiem. The hostors and artists who participated in the musical "Nord -Ost" were taken as hostages - only 912 people.

Lilya Palveveva , Moscow: A year has passed since the hostage terrorists captured in the theater center on Dubrovka. The relatives of the dead and the former hostages themselves believe that the true number of victims of the Nord-Ost tragedy is still unknown.

The Prime Ministers of Russia and Ukraine - Mikhail Kasyanov and Viktor Yanukovych - will discuss controversial issues on Friday regarding the Kerch Strait. According to Interfax, such an agreement was reached by the presidents of the two countries - Vladimir Putin and Leonid Kuchma - during a telephone conversation on Wednesday evening.

Marina Timasheva , Moscow: The theater center of the Union of Theater Workers of Russia in November will offer the audience an extensive program. Alexander Kalyagin met with reporters, not only to talk about new projects. The chairman of the STD, like the entire theater community, is concerned about the proposals of the Ministry of Finance on the reform of budgetary organizations, including theaters.

The former military leader of the Kosovo Albanians, Agim Chek, was released this morning in the capital of Slovenia Ljubljana after a short detention. The check was arrested on Wednesday by the Slovenian authorities - according to the warrant issued by Serbia. The head of the UN interim administration in Kosovo Harry Koloceri turned to Slovenia with a request to free the check, because, according to the UN, the warrant for his arrest is invalid. The request was satisfied.

The host of the St. Petersburg hour of the Liberty Live program Olga Pispanen: in St. Petersburg, candidates for the post of Commissioner for Human Rights began again. This year, the city parliament has already made an attempt to choose Ombudsman, but not one of the candidates who went on the second round gained the required number of votes. Why, in St. Petersburg, where the regional law on the Commissioner for Human Rights was adopted by one of the first in Russia, is still not Ombudsman?

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives today in Kyrgyzstan - to participate in the opening ceremony of the Russian military base. In addition, Putin will negotiate with the President of Kyrgyzstan ascar Akayev - on issues of bilateral relations. At the Kant’s military base, Russian combat aircraft will be placed near the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek. About 500 military personnel will serve at the facility.

American neuropathologists unveiled the results of the large -scale clinical tests of Esopicillon - a new sleeping pill created by the Sepracor biotechnology corporation. The authors of the article published in the November issue of the magazine "Sleep" came to the conclusion that Esopicclone can be continuously used for at least six months, and it practically does not give any side effects. The developer expects a permit for mass production and selling a new medicine no later than next year.

"Doctors without borders" - an international medical humanitarian organization, as it determines itself, works in 80 countries, including Russia. In Russia, this help homeless in Moscow, refugees in the North Caucasus, tuberculosis patients in the Kemerovo region. So, from Kemerovo "doctors without borders" leave. The reason is disagreements with the Ministry of Health of Russia.

The program is maintained by Andrei Shari. Participated: Radio Observer Freedom Elena Fanailova, poets Evgeny Bunimovich and Svetlana Kekova. Andrei Sharry: The third international festival "Biennale of Poets", which takes place under the motto: "The displacement of space. Russian poetic abroad," was opened in Moscow. The festival has already been announced the laureate of the Moscow-Transit Prize. It was the famous poet Bakhyt Kenzhiev, living in Canada.

The Sakharov Award, established by the European Parliament, was awarded the United Nations. According to the representative of the European Parliament, the deputies considered it necessary to honor the memory of the special representative of the UN in Iraq Sergio Viyira Diral, who died in August in Baghdad. It is expected that the award ceremony will take place during the visit of the UN Secretary General Cofi Annan in early January to Brussels.