Ashgabat discovered new sources of international terrorism in Moscow President of Turkmenistan Saparmurat Niyazov has a reason to join the fight against international terrorism. Turkmenbashi “caught by the hand” four Georgians “with unknown citizenship” who shot at his motorcade on November 25 and regarded the incident as “an act of international terrorism.” Moreover, Niyazov promptly published the names of the Turkmen “gang of four” allegedly behind this crime.

City Hall awaits new claims from former hostages In the near future, the number of claims against the Moscow government from victims of the terrorist attack on Dubrovka may increase. This was announced yesterday by lawyer Igor Trunov, who represents the interests of former hostages and relatives of the victims, who on Monday went to court demanding compensation for moral damage in the amount of $2.5 million. According to Mr.

The Athens Games program could be seriously reduced Tomorrow the 114th session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will begin in Mexico City. One of the main issues on the agenda is a discussion of changes in the program of the upcoming Olympics. Before the start of the forum, at a meeting of its executive committee today, recommendations are being developed on the future fate of individual sports and some disciplines based on the report of a special commission.

Ukrainian radars are lost between Baghdad and Beijing The US State Department made public the report of 13 experts from the US and Great Britain who visited Ukraine in October to clarify the noisy case of the sale of four Kolchuga radar systems to Iraq in violation of UN sanctions.

German authorities fear biological terrorism As the Christmas holidays approach, the Germans are taking increasingly serious measures in case of a possible terrorist attack. Although the security services and police have no concrete information about the planned attacks, German burghers are strongly urged to be vigilant and maintain order. Christmas is the main holiday of the year with large crowds of people in city squares, which may play into the hands of terrorists.

The new media law will soon land on the president's desk A new version of the law “On the Mass Media”, prepared by the Industrial Committee together with the Ministry of Press, may appear in the very near future. As its president, General Director of Channel One, Konstantin Ernst, said at a meeting of the committee yesterday, the bill is almost ready.

Hockey. NHL. Regular season. "Rangers" -- "Carolina" -- 3:1 - - Kasparaitis "R" (0+1) , "Colorado" -- "Chicago" -- 1:0, "Dallas" -- "Phoenix" -- 5 :1 - - Zubov "D" (0+2), "Detroit" -- "Edmonton" -- 4:5 (OT) -- S. Fedorov "D" (1+1) , "Minnesota" -- " Vancouver - 1:2, Ottawa - Toronto - 2:0, St. Louis - San Jose - 1:4 - Khavanov (0+1) . The Rangers' victory came at a high price. Team captain Mark Messier, who is the club's top scorer with nine goals, was injured in the meeting with Carolina.

Premiere at the National Opera and Ballet Theater of Ukraine The backdrop is a calm sea, a strip of horizon. In the middle of the stage - from the back to the proscenium - there is a white podium. Radu Poklitaru, a thirty-year-old choreographer who last year solemnly snatched first prize from a Moscow ballet competition, presented Pictures at an Exhibition at the Kiev Opera and Ballet Theater as a resort fashion show taking place in the middle of landscape sculpture.

The UN is trying to slow down the spread of missile technology Representatives from more than 90 countries signed the International Code on the Limitation of Ballistic Missiles on Monday in The Hague. In addition to Russia and the United States, the EU countries, Ukraine and Libya joined it.

UEFA President Lennart Johansson, Swede, in an interview with the Swiss newspaper Dimanche, said that Russia is not a favorite in the race for the right to host the European Football Championship in 2008. In his opinion, Russia may be hampered by internal problems, a clear illustration of which was the seizure by terrorists of the theater building where the musical “Nord Ost” was held. Other candidates also suffered.

Russian national team forward Dmitry Sychev filed a lawsuit against Spartak. The footballer demands not only his work record, but also compensation for moral damage. Now Sychev is at the Dynamo Kyiv base in Koncha-Zaspa, where he trains with the third team of the Ukrainian club.

Vladimir Putin returned the “symbol of fathers and grandfathers” to the army If the day before yesterday the president showed himself to be a liberal by rejecting legislative amendments restricting freedom of speech, then yesterday he took a step that will attract the approval of the more conservative part of society. Vladimir Putin supported the idea of ​​returning the Soviet five-pointed star to the battle banner of the Russian Armed Forces.

Mikhail Kasyanov took care of small nations Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov demanded that approaches to solving the socio-economic problems of indigenous peoples of the North be adjusted. The head of government put forward such a demand yesterday in the capital of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Salekhard, where he held the first meeting of the Council on Problems of the Far North. Speaking at the meeting, Mr.

The Ministry of Property will become the largest land owner in Russia At the All-Russian meeting of the Ministry of Property Relations, Minister Farit Gazizullin, who usually keeps a low profile, made a large report in which he spoke very emotionally about the new role of the Ministry of Property in the system of state power and the challenges facing it. The main one is the optimization of the management of federally owned property. Mr.

The Consul General of Japan in Khabarovsk, Mr. Kusumoto, presented the Chairman of the Khabarovsk branch of the Peace Foundation, Galina Potapova, with the Order of the Noble Treasure. The 125th Emperor of Japan, Akihito, awarded Ms. Potapova a high state award from the Land of the Rising Sun for her assistance in finding the burial places of Japanese prisoners of war who died in the USSR after the Second World War.