As Vremya Novostei learned, on Monday Kazbek Dukuzov, who is the main suspect in the murder of Paul Klebnikov, editor-in-chief of the Russian version of Forbes magazine, was brought from Minsk to Moscow. Together with him, master of sports in freestyle wrestling Valid Agayev was brought to Russia under escort. According to investigators, he organized the kidnapping of banker Akhmed-Pasha Aliyev and could also have been involved in the shooting of the journalist.

The situation in our publishing market (at least as regards the publication of translated literature) can be bluntly characterized as follows: an obvious drift towards mediocrity. Just recently I was discouraged by a banal question that fell on me like a bolt from the blue: “What should I read?” I can tell you the plots of a dozen recent novels, but that doesn’t mean they’re worth reading. I swear I was confused. Of course, we can recommend strong English-speaking “good guys”.

Israel and the Palestinian Authority are trying to make peace Yesterday, the Israeli Ministry of Defense approved a new route for the construction of a protective wall designed to protect the country from the penetration of Palestinian militants. The defenses still skirt some Jewish settlements and, as a result, extend into Palestinian territories.

December Evenings opened at the Pushkin Museum on Volkhonka “It will be done!” - this is how the great conductor Evgeny Svetlanov reacted succinctly to remarks from the audience with requests to repeat this or that part of the concert he liked. The axiology of “fulfillment,” the essence that is responsible for the final “completeness” of the perception of art and life, became the main theme of Svyatoslav Richter’s December Evenings in 2004.

Egypt considers Russia a country with a market economy Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov was closer than ever to having World Trade Organization member Egypt sign a joint protocol on Russia's accession to the WTO. Yesterday, while in Cairo (this is the first visit of one of Russia's leaders to this country in the last 30 years), Mr. Fradkov achieved recognition by Egypt of the market status of the Russian economy.

Dance Theater Festival begins The artistic director of the Kinetik Theater, Sasha Pepelyaev, annually gathers dance folk across Russia and shows their creations at the Tsekh festival. This year the festival will not be particularly large (five days, from Wednesday to Sunday), but will not be small either (two stages of the Luna Theater are used, performances are performed at both four and eight in the evening).

FIRST NOVEMBER 29, MONDAY 6.00 Good morning 9.00, 12.00, 15.00, 18.00, 3.00 News 9.20 "INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE." Action 11.30 Joke after joke 12.20 “WOMEN IN LOVE.” Series 13.10 Disney Club 13.40 “FAREWELL TOUR”. Hood. movie 15.20 Guess the melody (S) 15.50 The Last Hero (S) 17.00 Five evenings 18.20 Boom or bust 19.00 “CLONE”.

Pinochet's victims live even in Moscow The Chilean government will pay compensation to victims of the Pinochet regime. This was announced on Sunday in a televised address to the people by the country's President Ricardo Lagos. He acknowledged that torture became part of government policy during the Pinochet years and then “was shrouded in oblivion” for many years.

Chairman of the Council of Judges of the Russian Federation Yuri SIDORENKO told Vremya Novostey about the main questions that the judicial community is going to ask the authorities at its congress. -- Yuri Ivanovich, what main issues are included in the agenda? - There are several fundamental points.

President Held the traditional meeting with government members.

The New Left divides the votes of future voters The National Bolshevik Party (NBP) held its founding congress yesterday at the Moscow Theater of Mimicry and Gesture. The leader of the National Bolsheviks, Eduard Limonov, announced at the congress that the party was beginning its fifth attempt to register with the Ministry of Justice as a political organization. Before this, according to him, the NBP submitted documents for registration four times and was always refused.

Jordanian monarch changes heir Only five years after the death of his father, the current 42-year-old King of Jordan Abdullah II decided to get rid of the heir to the throne imposed on him by the royal family in February 1999. King Hussein, who had died at that time, ruled the country for 47 years, and the family decided that the inexperienced monarch who replaced him needed a good assistant, who was also the crown prince, ready to take the throne if necessary.

The Ukrainian elite is preparing for new elections Today, the Supreme Court of Ukraine will continue its meeting on the conflict surrounding the presidential elections. One should not expect a quick decision on the complaint of opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko against the Central Election Commission, which recognized Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych as the winner of the November 21 elections.

Russians were given two years to think about the Housing Code Starting next spring, the attitude of the majority of Russians towards the square meters on which they live should change radically. The new Housing Code passed its second reading in the State Duma at the end of last week. Of the 2,000 amendments, almost 700 were included in the final version, and from March 1, 2005, apartment owners will be able to fully dispose of their property.

Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov, who arrived in Egypt yesterday on a working visit, will try to help Russian automakers sell their products in this North African country. As a source in the Russian delegation told RIA Novosti yesterday, “the issue of assembling the VAZ-2110 in Egypt is currently being worked out, a contract has already been prepared with the Egyptian side for the production of Gazelles, and UAZ is ready to conclude a contract for the assembly of a thousand UAZ-3162 SUVs.