Belarusian democrats have put forward a single candidate The number of contenders for the post of President of Belarus has dropped to a dangerous minimum. Yesterday, one of the candidates, Semyon Domash, submitted a statement to the Central Election Commission that he was ceasing to participate in the election campaign.

Champions League. 3rd qualifying round. "Dynamo" (Kyiv) - "Steaua" - 1:1 (first match - 4:2), Bayer - "Crvena Zvezda" - 3:0 (1:2), "Liverpool" - - "Haka" - 4:1 (5:0), "Barcelona" - "Wisla" - 1:0 (4:3), "Mallorca" - "Hajduk" - 2:0 (0: 1). The favorites advanced to the main tournament, and few doubted their victory. Although Mallorca had some problems in the match with the Croatian champion, which were resolved only in extra time. Among the teams that made it to the group stage were Dynamo Kyiv.

A powerful explosion occurred on Tuesday at one of the Akatsiya self-propelled artillery installations (SPG) during a planned tactical live-fire exercise at the Gorokhovetsky military training ground (Volodarsky district of the Nizhny Novgorod region). Two servicemen were killed. As the press service of the Moscow Military District reported, after nine shots, a tenth, large-caliber high-explosive fragmentation projectile exploded in the barrel of the self-propelled gun.

Former Prosecutor General of Belarus Oleg Bozhelko returned to Minsk. Yesterday he was supposed to hold a press conference in Moscow and confirm information about the involvement of the Belarusian leadership in the disappearances of famous politicians. But the ex-prosecutor never decided to go against the “father”. Instead, he fled to Minsk. For the last six months, Mr. Bozhelko has been in Russia, where he fled after his resignation, fearing persecution.

A group of counterfeiters was detained by employees of the Main Directorate for Combating Economic Crimes (GUBEP) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Department for Combating Economic Crimes of the Volgograd Region. In the city of Mikhailovka, detectives captured three unemployed local residents, 18-20 years old, Zubchenko, Samoilenko and Gorin. In addition, the head of the information and security department of the local branch of Sberbank of Russia No. 4006 was detained.

The anniversary has passed. Vladimir Putin remained silent The leader of the Union of Right Forces, Boris Nemtsov, presented Boris Yeltsin with a silver figurine yesterday - the first president holds the Russian flag in his hands and tramples a tank with his foot. At this point, the participation of officials in the festive events dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the victory over the State Emergency Committee and the Day of the State Flag of Russia was exhausted.

Discussion continues around energy reform Two of the most powerful players in the Russian electricity market - RAO UES of Russia and Rosenergoatom - are offering ways to reform the industry. RAO has decided to form a committee under the company’s board of directors that will work on all reform issues affecting the company.

She seeks the “collapse of the dictatorship” The Georgian opposition, including non-parliamentary parties, decided on an unprecedented unification against the ruling “Union of Citizens” - in the office of the beer king and at the same time the head of the “Industry will save Georgia” movement, Goga Topadze, an agreement was concluded to create a coordination council in September.

Roma set their sights on a second Scudetto in a row The capital club Roma, after a long break, finally won the gold medals of the Italian championship and is now preparing to defend its title in the next championship starting on Saturday, combining games in the domestic competition with matches in the Champions League. The task is not the easiest, but doable.

In the Irkutsk region, one of the four convicts who escaped from the Tulun prison was detained yesterday. 39-year-old Vitaly Ermakimov was discovered by police officers and employees of the GUIN several tens of kilometers from the place of detention in the village of Shuba, Tulunsky district. Four prisoners escaped on Tuesday, killing an on-duty guard with a homemade crossbow and wounding a guard. The fugitives broke through the posts, threatening them with wooden dummy pistols.

A commission for the restoration of the city meets in Lensk The head of the government commission for the restoration of Lensk and Minister of Emergency Situations Sergei Shoigu yesterday at a meeting in Lensk put forward a proposal to exempt construction workers working in the city from paying registration fees, any fines and taxes. According to Mr. Shoigu, he made such a proposal to the Minister of Taxes and Duties Gennady Bukaev and the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Boris Gryzlov.

Disposal of weapons-grade plutonium delayed Difficulties that have arisen in implementing the Russian-American agreement on the disposal of weapons-grade plutonium recovered from Cold War-era warheads are not causing much concern in Russia. The reason is simple: official Moscow will be quite happy if the implementation of the agreement signed last September is delayed. And this is exactly what we are talking about now.

Karachay Wahhabis have been fighting with Russia for two years The first case in a series of investigations into the organizers of the preparation of the coup in Karachay-Cherkessia and Kabardino-Balkaria has reached the court. The emir of the Karachay jamaat, Kazbek Shailiev, one of the close associates of Achimez Gochiyaev, who was wanted for the explosions in Moscow, will appear before the servants of Themis.

Insurers urge airlines to work according to rules Insurance companies specializing in aviation risk insurance are going to publicly appeal to air carriers. One of these days, an open letter from the Russian Association of Aviation and Space Insurers (RAAKS) to airlines is to be published, where they urge partners to comply with flight safety rules. Many accidents in the air occur due to non-compliance with these rules.

The Serbian government is again on the verge of collapse In Yugoslavia, which has somewhat faded into the background due to events in neighboring Macedonia, a new crisis - the ruling Democratic Opposition of Serbia (DOS) coalition, which removed Slobodan Milosevic from power last October, is in danger of collapse.