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 opposition suspects the authorities of rigging the elections After the first round of presidential elections in Romania that took place yesterday, the candidate from the ruling Social Democratic Party (PSD), Prime Minister Adrian Nastase, is leading by a very small margin. Both Nastase and his rival, leader of the opposition coalition and mayor of Bucharest Traian Basescu, are supported by about 40% of voters.

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.

President Held the traditional meeting with government members.

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.

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.

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”.

Viktor Khristenko is not against selling large power plants into private hands The working group on reforming the electric power industry under the Ministry of Industry and Energy held its first meeting yesterday. As you know, it is headed by Minister Viktor Khristenko himself, and the co-chairs are Anatoly Chubais and Oleg Deripaska.

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.

NLMK asks the FAS for permission to purchase the state stake in the plant Novolipetsk Iron and Steel Works decided to participate in the privatization of a 17.84% stake in Magnitka and submitted a corresponding application to the FAS. A source in the antimonopoly service told Interfax about this yesterday.

Inter's draw allowed Milan to move closer to the leader Last Sunday, the central match of the 13th round of the Italian Championship took place at the San Siro stadium. Inter tied 2:2 with championship leader Juventus. On the same day, the main rival of the Turin team, Milan, despite the absence of Andrei Shevchenko due to a thigh injury, beat Chievo with a score of 1:0. Roma looked great, beating Siena 4-0. The game between Inter and Juventus was typically Italian: dense and tough.

Kabaeva and Chashchina shared the highest World Cup awards Last weekend, one of the most prestigious rhythmic gymnastics tournaments took place in the capital for the first time - the World Cup final, a drawing of awards in individual events among the eight best “artists” on the planet. Sounds impressive. However, in reality, what took place at the RSUFK sports complex was more reminiscent of the Open City Championship.

Russia joined the Bali Treaty The annual summit of the countries of the Association of Southeast Asia will continue today in the capital of Laos, Vientiane. ASEAN includes Brunei, Vietnam, Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand and the Philippines. Russia is represented as an ASEAN partner by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. As Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Yakovenko told Vremya Novostey, Mr.