Dushanbe is preparing for elections The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan announced a successful operation to neutralize the “illegal bandit group” and detain its leader Eribek Ibragimov, nicknamed Shaikh. In the northeast of the republic, in the Almalik gorge in the Tajikabad region, a cache was discovered.

The American Kronos Quartet and the Finnish Cluster will perform a new joint program On September 7, at the Moscow Youth Palace, the GreenWave agency opens the season with a concert, which can already be called an outstanding event.

Moscow insists on holding an international conference The end of the week turned out to be bloody in Iraq - more than 50 people were killed in clashes between militants and multinational forces and government troops, as well as as a result of terrorist attacks in various parts of the country. The northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk had the greatest number of casualties, with at least 25 killed and 40 wounded.

A different historical time has arrived in Russia A monument will be erected on the site of school No. 1 in the city of Beslan. Never before in human history have so many children died in terrorist attacks. This “never yet” means the beginning of another historical time for Russia. We find ourselves at a critical point of historical choice. There is a war in the country - the president admitted this.

Anastasia Myskina revealed Anna Chakvetadze to the world Four Russian women reached the 1/8 finals of the US Open tennis championship in New York. Today, in the fight for reaching the top eight players of the tournament, Svetlana Kuznetsova will meet with Frenchwoman Marie Pearce, and Nadezhda Petrova will meet with the first racket of the world, Belgian Justine Henin-Hardenne.

“The government, which counts on public help in the fight against terrorism, must tell the truth” Vremya Novostey correspondents turned to politicians and experts with the question: “What needs to be done to prevent the Beslan tragedy from happening again?” Valery MANILOV, Advisor to the Chairman of the Federation Council, Colonel General: - Do you know why there is order on the streets in Western countries?

State claims to Yukos exceeded $10 billion While the whole world was watching the tragic events in Beslan, the Ministry of Taxes and Duties methodically continued to work according to its schedule of attack on YUKOS. On Friday afternoon it became finally clear that the company would not be able to pay the treasury. On September 2, the Ministry of Taxes and Duties presented Yukos with claims for 2001 in the amount of 119.9 billion rubles. and offered to satisfy them in one working day.

The government resumed energy reform The reform of the electric power industry has moved forward. The Board of Directors of RAO UES on Friday made a decision, which was blocked by Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov for several months, to create a pilot wholesale generating company No. 5 (JSC OGK-5) based on the assets of RAO UES.

The bloodiest terrorist attack in Russian history In Beslan yesterday, until the evening, the counting of victims of the tragic outcome of the hostage-taking drama at city school No. 1 continued. One thing is clear: there has never been a terrorist attack with such terrible consequences in Russia. Martyrology During the day, the death toll increased almost hourly: in the morning they talked about 320 dead, by the evening it was already about 353.

The Central Bank will introduce Western principles of corporate governance in banks The domestic banking business remains weak, poorly managed and irresponsible - Central Bank officials admitted this at the Rossiya Banking Association forum held in Sochi.

The ISS crew worked in outer space in "outdated" Russian spacesuits Earthly prejudices are often completely inappropriate in orbit. This was once again proven by the crew of the International Space Station last weekend.

The Dagestanis who caused panic still cannot return to their homeland The scandalous story with the residents of the North Caucasus, with whom on September 1 Russian tourists who had vacationed in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Mostrevel tour packages refused to fly to Moscow, is not over yet. As our newspaper learned, four Dagestanis (two women, a man and a four-year-old boy) sat at the airport for three days, trying to board the next charter flights.

The Iraqi Ministry of Defense announced the arrest of 62-year-old General Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, former vice president and deputy chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council (chaired by Saddam Hussein). The Americans put ad-Douri on the list of the most wanted leaders of the overthrown regime at number six and placed a reward of $10 million on his head.

The Russian national team at the World Cup of Hockey showed its strengths and weaknesses in the first two matches. The Russians defeated the US team with a score of 3:1, but then lost to the Canadians. And what’s a shame is that with the same score – 1:3. Contrary to restrained forecasts on the eve of the match between the Russian national team and the USA, Bilyaletdinov’s team outplayed their opponents in all respects.

Albania beat the strongest team in Europe The Russian team did not enjoy the unofficial title of European champions for long. The feat of Georgiy Yartsev’s team was repeated by the Albanian team, which beat Greece in the World Cup qualifying match with a score of 2:1. For the victory over the European champions, Albanian football players were promised 500 thousand euros in bonuses. And it seems that the players did not find this money unnecessary.