Exactly ten years ago, on September 6, 1991, militants from the National Guard of the Congress of the Chechen People stormed the House of Political Education in Grozny, where the Supreme Council of Checheno-Ingushetia met. During the seizure of the building, several people were wounded and the first secretary of the Grozny city committee of the CPSU, Viktor Kutsenko, was killed.

General Director of Mosenergo OJSC Alexander Remezov yesterday addressed the RUBOP with a request to assist in the search for Natalya Khokholkova, chairman of the counting commission and head of the energy company's securities department, who disappeared the day before. According to company representatives, on Tuesday evening his first deputy, Vladislav Cherny, approached Remezov and expressed concern about Khokholkova.

The Daria company, a major player in the market of frozen semi-finished products, has begun to develop a new market. Frozen pizza “Daria” will soon appear in stores. Daria plans to produce 50 tons of pizza per month (according to some estimates, the volume of the Russian frozen pizza market does not exceed 300 tons). The company plans to position its products in the premium segment: the retail price will not fall below 90 rubles.

"Rusal" wants to remove Chubais from the wires The country's largest aluminum holding, Russian Aluminum, is laying claim to the main energy switch, which is still in the hands of the head of RAO UES of Russia, Anatoly Chubais. Aluminum workers, who do not like either the policy of RAO UES or the reform of the electric power industry proposed by it, are trying to take revenge.

The intergovernmental working group on combating financial crimes, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), created by developed countries, will today conclude its regular session in Paris and announce what progress has been made in the fight against money laundering in the world over the past three months. At the previous session in June, the FATF compiled another “black list” of countries whose policies in this area do not comply with the recommendations of the working group.

Yesterday, the President of the Russian Hockey Federation Alexander Steblin and the President of Alliance Group OJSC Musa Bazhaev signed a cooperation contract. The amount has not been disclosed, but the President of the Russian Hockey Federation emphasized that this is the largest cash injection in the entire history of Russian hockey. “We are satisfied with this amount,” commented Mr. Steblin. The contract has been concluded for a year.

Rosneft buys Sakhalin Projects company Rosneft will transfer the right to manage its shares in production sharing projects (under the PSA) on Sakhalin to the management company Sakhalin Projects. Rosneft believes that this step will make its work on Sakhalin more transparent. Now Rosneft and its subsidiary Rosneft-Sakhalinmorneftegaz (SMNG) control 20% of the Sakhalin-1 project.

The US resumed testing bacteriological weapons With a much-touted missile defense program starting next May that is expected to protect America from ballistic missiles, the United States is moving to eliminate the threat of biological weapons. On Tuesday, the Pentagon admitted that it is working on the creation of biological weapons components, including anthrax bacteria, for defensive purposes.

There they put her in prison Three Russians were arrested in Miami for smuggling black caviar. Mikhail Kovtun, Mikhail Lyakhov and Inga Soldatenko face up to five years in prison and a fine of a quarter of a million dollars. The little dog, trained for black caviar, made a stand on the luggage of Russian citizens who arrived in Miami on flight 116 from Zurich that week. About a hundred half-kilogram cans of black caviar were found in their luggage.

The Supreme Council of Transnistria decided yesterday to stop negotiations with Moldova until the situation, which Tiraspol calls an economic blockade of the region, is resolved. Pridnestrovian deputies asked for help from the leadership of the guarantor countries of Russia and Ukraine. The introduction of new customs stamps by Chisinau without the right to use them by Pridnestrovian economic agents blocked the road to regional exports.

Viktor Tikhonov, suspected of preparing the murder of Kemerovo governor Aman Tuleyev, did not agree with the charges of “attack on the life of a statesman” brought against him yesterday at a meeting of the Novosibirsk Regional Court. He called the indictment “babble and verbiage,” saying it was “95% untrue.” Before, however, he pleaded guilty. The indictment announced during the hearing notes that 46-year-old Viktor Tikhonov, arrested in August 2000, confessed during the investigation.

The governor awarded Omsk with an airplane Omsk Governor Leonid Polezhaev said yesterday that Rosaviakosmos has actually completed the competition to organize serial production of the new An-70 aircraft and that the local aerospace association Polet won the competition. According to the official competition schedule, applications for the competition close today, and the results should be announced on Monday.

Conductor Rozhdestvensky beat Boris Yeltsin Yesterday, at the Bolshoi Theater, awards were presented to the winners of the “Best Publications of the XIV Moscow International Book Fair” competition. The competition was held in twelve categories, with candidates nominated by publishing houses, printing houses, booksellers and public organizations. Experts from the Ministry of Press reviewed publications published from September 2000 to August 2001 and selected the best.

Alexey Mordashov accuses Oleg Deripaska The confrontation between the two largest Russian metallurgical companies - Severstal and Siberian Aluminum - seems to have entered a new stage. Yesterday, the head of Severstal, Alexey Mordashov, openly stated for the first time that Sibal wants to “sink” his business. In addition, Mr. Mordashov made it clear that his competitor was also behind the “family-themed” scandal. Mr.

The Moscow City Duma is preparing a law against bullfighting for the mayor The capital's deputies urgently decided to provide a legal basis for Yuri Luzhkov's recent decree banning bullfighting.