The military denies its authorship There are several versions of what gas was used during the storming of the Theater Center building on Dubrovka. According to preliminary data from specialists who took part in rescuing the hostages, the special services used the latest gas, made on the basis of a psychotomimetic potent toxic substance - phencyclidine (SN), developed in the 50s in the USA and transferred by the American special services to their Russian colleagues.

This week the government will consider the draft law “On guaranteeing the return of deposits of individuals in banks.” According to a source in the Vremya Novostei newspaper in the Ministry of Economic Development, the Cabinet of Ministers agreed with the proposal of the presidential administration to rename the guarantee system to the deposit insurance system, and now the adoption of the bill will proceed at a faster pace.

“Dear compatriots! These days we went through a terrible ordeal together. All our thoughts were about people who found themselves in the hands of armed scum. We hoped for the release of those in trouble, but each of us understood that we had to be prepared for the worst. An operation to free the hostages was carried out early this morning. It was possible to do the almost impossible - to save the lives of hundreds, hundreds of people. We have proven that Russia cannot be brought to its knees.

The seizure of the Theater Center in the capital of Russia was being prepared by an underground terrorist network organized by Chechen militants in the Moscow region. This conclusion was announced on Saturday by the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Boris Gryzlov, based on operational data from the special services.

The Ministry of Press made only four comments These days, almost all Russian media accepted with understanding the warning that any careless words could play into the hands of terrorists, and voluntarily agreed to “dosage” information. After the end of the operation, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Vladimir Vasiliev even thanked the correspondents of Russian and foreign media for their “considered work” at the scene. And yet it was not without problems.

295 people will remain in the Ministry of Railways The “fine-tuning” method that has been used for two years to restructure the federal government apparently also applies to its individual components. Thus, while the idea of ​​merging the Ministry of Railways and the Ministry of Transport in connection with the reform of the railway industry has not received formal status, the Ministry of Railways is reforming itself independently.

Doctors were preparing to help the wounded, but had to treat the poisoned Almost all the hostages who could not be saved during the special operation at the Theater Center died due to the effects of the gas used. The head of the Moscow Health Committee, Andrei Seltsovsky, said yesterday that only two of the 117 dead had gunshot wounds. The cause of death for the rest was heart failure, circulatory disorders and suffocation.

Sebastian Grosjean overcame it in the final of the tournament in St. Petersburg The St. Petersburg Open men's tennis tournament has ended on the banks of the Neva. On the last day of the competition, two Russians took part in the final matches. Neither Mikhail Youzhny, who played in the decisive singles match, nor Marat Safin, who was paired with Georgian Irakli Labadze, managed to achieve victory. And the main title of the St. Petersburg tournament went to the Frenchman Sebastian Grosjean.

The Auditor Oversight Board could be headed by former FBI and CIA chief William Webster. On Friday, the head of the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Harvey Pitt, proposed his candidacy, the Wall Street Journal reports. True, Webster himself (he is now a partner in the law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy) has not yet confirmed this information.

The journey of amateurs has no end Dmitry Krymov, who staged Hamlet on the stage of the Stanislavsky Theater, neglected the opportunity to address the public with a declaration of his aesthetic views, a creative manifesto, or something similar. Thanks for that too. The program reports exactly as much as it is supposed to. Author - W. Shakespeare. Translation by A. Chernov. There are fifteen characters (about half as many as in the original). Performers: such and such.

Russia was promised support at the APEC forum Nowhere is completely safe, and therefore terrorism must be fought together - this was the leitmotif of the discussion at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, which ended yesterday in the quiet Mexican resort town of Los Cabos.

If a country is in mourning, it is inappropriate to trumpet victory. We are experiencing a tragedy, although we understand that everything could be much worse. We could count and recount those we managed to save, rather than those we lost. Experts - both ours and abroad - claim that the Russian special forces worked professionally . There is no reason not to believe them, especially since the gloomy statistics of precedents also testify to this.

One of the most famous and oldest Formula 1 stages may disappear from the royal racing calendar. We are talking about the longest route, Spa-Francochamps, the length of which is 6.9 km. The section of the circuit called "Eau Rouge" (red water), which has been the scene of many accidents, is considered one of the most dangerous places in modern racing. But this is not the reason why the Belgian Grand Prix can remain only in historical reference books.

Ministry of Taxes insists on continuation of tax reform The voice in support of tax reform did not come from where one might have expected. On Saturday, the head of the Ministry of Taxes and Taxes, Gennady Bukaev, said that tax reform must continue. As Mr. Bukaev said at a meeting of the council of heads of tax administrations of the Baltic region countries in St.

On the day before the assault, answering this question, political scientists unanimously ended their forecasts with the words that everything would depend on how the events in the shopping center on Dubrovka would end. The events ended, and the correspondent of the Vremya Novostei newspaper Olga KOLEVA turned to the experts with the same question.