The Ministry of Taxes and Duties reported to the Prosecutor General of Russia that, according to preliminary estimates, the company "Yukos" and the structures controlled by it did not pay 150 billion rubles to the budget. According to Interfax, the ministry, in particular, notified the Prosecutor General’s Office for the non-payment of Yukos taxes in 1998-99 and the use of tax benefits for “investment agreements” with the state bodies of Mordovia in 2002-2003.

In the north of Iraq in the city of Havija, American troops held a massive raid in search of Deputy Saddam Hussein Ibrahim al-Duri. Several hundred military personnel participated in the operation. According to the military, 27 militants were detained, including two commanders of the Saddam personal guard units. However, Ibrahim al-Duri is not among the arrested. He is listed as the most wanted after Saddam Hussein as a member of the former Iraqi leadership.

Russia does not ratify the Kyoto protocol in its current form. At a meeting with industrialists of the European Union and Russia, President Vladimir Putin said that ratification of the protocol that limits the release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere of greenhouse gas will adversely affect the development of the Russian economy.

The Lithuanian parliament will consider today the issue of the beginning of the impeachment procedure against President Rolandas Paxas. On Monday, the Parliamentary Commission of Lithuania confirmed the fact of the connection of the president’s environment with Russian organized crime. Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas called on the president of the country of Rolandas Paxas to resign.

The Khamovnican Court of Moscow today recognized the founder of the financial pyramid of MMM, Sergei Mavrodi guilty of falsification of the passport and sentenced him to 13 months in prison. Mavrodi is also accused of fraud and tax failure. In the early 90s, he did not fulfill his obligations to the depositors, assigning more than 100 million rubles. The investigation of these cases has been completed, more than 60 thousand people were recognized as victims.

In Iraq, another attack on the coalition troops was committed. According to the command, the American soldier was ambushed today and was killed in the vicinity of the city of Samarra to the north of Baghdad. Today, in the capital of Spain, the funeral of seven counterintelligence officers killed on Saturday in Iraq was held. The mourning ceremony was attended by the king and Queen of Spain, the Prime Minister and members of the office.

The world met with the Caucasus and the peoples inhabiting it thanks to the works of scientists, writers, artists. In the 20th century, cinema also connected to the process of cognition of this region. By the end of the century, the so -called "Caucasian cinema" was formed. The domestic and even foreign audience liked the films of regional filmmakers, they were able to develop several creative directions. It is enough to mention, for example, about such a famous direction as Georgian cinema.

The program is maintained by Andrei Shari. The special correspondent of Radio Liberty/Free Europe in Baghdad Valentinas Mitya and the expert of the Carnegie, John Wolfstol, are involved, the Radio Liberty correspondent in Washington Vladimir Abarinov talked with him. Andrey Shary: We will talk about the situation in Iraq.

The acting President of Georgia Nino Burjanadze is found today with US Secretary of State Colin Powell. The meeting is scheduled for a meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, held in the Dutch city of Maastricht. Yesterday, Burjanadze held a meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Igor Ivanov. She stated that during the negotiations it was not possible to overcome disagreements regarding the role of Russia in the region.

The presidents of the United States and Egypt George Bush and Hosni Mubarak discussed the situation in the Middle East by phone. The representative of the White House Scott McClellan said that one of the main topics of the conversation was the current contacts between the Israeli government and the new Palestinian cabinet. The parties also discussed the situation in Iraq.

Lev Roitman: On the first of December, in Geneva, Israeli and Palestinian activists solemnly signed a symbolic peace treaty. The agreement, which neither the Israeli government nor the leadership of the Palestinian autonomy support and do not recognize. Meanwhile, a recent American survey of Israelis and Palestinians testifies: the majority of the population on both sides approves the Geneva initiative.

US Secretary of State Colin Powell called on Russia to withdraw troops from Moldova. Although in 1997, Russia signed an agreement with Moldova and the OSCE, obliging it to withdraw troops from Transnistria until the end of 2002, the troops are still there. At the same time, Powell warned against growing separatist sentiments in Georgia and called on international organizations to take measures to ensure the country's territorial integrity.

On the western coast of Jordan, the Israeli army conducts a large -scale anti -terrorism operation for the second day in a row. The Palestinian militant was shot dead and two houses belonging to extremists were destroyed. On Monday, at least 4 Palestinians were killed in the city of Ramalllah. A 8-year-old boy died in a shootout. 30 activists of the Hamas group were detained.

State Duma deputy Vladimir Yudin appealed to the Prosecutor General’s Office with a request to verify the activities of the Chairman of the Board of the company Yukos Semyon Kukesa. Yudin claims that Kukess appears in the trial in the New York District Court against the owners of the Tyumen Oil Company (TNC), who are accused of extortion and other crimes. Yukos spokesman Alexander Shadrin rejected these charges, saying that Semyon Cukes is neither a witness nor the accused of this trial.

Mikhail Salenkov , Moscow: According to human rights activists, the number of attacks on people of the "non -Slavic" appearance in Russia annually increases by about a third. Every day in the country, 3 to 7 national incidents occurs. On Saturday in Moscow, students of the University of Friendship of Peoples named after Patrice Lumumba were beaten. For the second time in a week, this university was in the spotlight.