The President of Chechnya warns of the possibility of new terrorist attacks Chechen President Alu Alkhanov promised at a funeral meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers yesterday that the perpetrators and organizers of the terrorist attack in the village of Znamenskaya would be found within 30-35 days. According to him, three perpetrators are already known to law enforcement officials. Let us remind you that on Tuesday in Znamenskaya a car with Russian military personnel was fired upon.

ALROSA and Sumitomo Corporation intend to fight for a share in Sakhaneftegaz In addition to ALROSA, there was another contender for the shares owned by YUKOS in Sakhaneftegaz - the Japanese Sumitomo Corporation. Deputy Minister of Economic Development of Yakutia Taras Popov reported this to the AK&M agency. However, he is confident that the deal is unlikely to take place in the foreseeable future due to the corporate wars surrounding Sakhaneftegaz.

The government has figured out how to get a million Russians off the hook The government yesterday approved the Federal Target Program to Combat Drug Addiction, the implementation of which, as the Federal Drug Control Service assures, will reduce the number of drug addicts in the country by 16-20%, or approximately 1 million people, by 2010.

The Pentagon report on the situation in Iraq presented to the US Congress yesterday gives the White House grounds to ask coalition allies not to withdraw troops from the US-led 160,000-strong joint military contingent in Iraq. The United States and its allies have trained more than 170 thousand military and police personnel for Iraq. However, according to the Pentagon, only 2/3 of the Iraqi army and 1/2 of the police forces are capable of resisting the resistance forces.

Tourists from Japan plant potatoes in the gardens of residents of the Far East A new type of entertainment for foreigners has appeared in the Far East. Japanese tourists discovered Russian dachas, and so-called agricultural tours to the Amur region became a real hit in the Land of the Rising Sun. True, it is mainly older tourists who are mastering this new form of recreation.

New Sydney Pollack film in theaters “The Translator” is the most mysterious blockbuster of this summer. It goes against Hollywood's general tendency to reveal the secrets of things we've long wanted to know but were afraid to ask. They explained to us in detail how Batman learned to fly. They showed how easily built-in household appliances turn into the home arsenal of the killer Mrs. Smith.

The opponent of the capital's Lokomotiv in the second qualifying round of the Champions League has finally been determined. They became the champion of Macedonia, the Rabotnicki team. Loko will play the first match in Skopje on July 27, and the return match will take place in Moscow on August 3. In the first qualifying round, Rabotnichki won a very convincing victory over Skonto. The first match of these teams ended in the defeat of the Latvians - 6:0.

George W. Bush assassination suspect was into guns and hamsters It took Georgian and American detectives two months and ten days to identify and detain the suspect in the terrorist attack on Freedom Square in Tbilisi during a speech by the presidents of the United States and Georgia.

The “Invasion” festival awaits progressive youth This year, the “Invasion” festival, which has been held by “Nashe Radio” for seven years, will take place in the same place as a year ago - in the village of Emmaus in the Tver region (we remind you that the festival did not have good relations with the Moscow region authorities). The organizers, not without pride, mention the fact that the Tver Emmaus is located at the same distance from Moscow as the biblical Emmaus is from Jerusalem.

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The government approved a new program for the destruction of chemical weapons Yesterday, the Russian government approved the new, third edition of the federal target program “Destruction of chemical weapons stockpiles of the Russian Federation.” The document will be finalized and resubmitted to the government by August 15.

This is how Ovechkin’s move to Washington is assessed overseas Late on Wednesday evening, Russian national team forward Alexander Ovechkin completed negotiations with Washington and made a decision - he is going to the NHL. The event is not just the signing of a contract by player X with club Y. Firstly, the guy is the first number in the 2004 draft.

Autonomy acquired an airline The authorities of Iraqi Kurdistan planned the first international flight of their “national” airline for yesterday. By the time the issue went to press, the Vremya Novostey correspondent was unable to establish whether the Kurdistan Airlines flight had taken place from Dubai to Erbil airport in northern Iraq.

Forecast for the coming days The weather in the European regions of Russia will remain under the influence of the cyclone and its atmospheric fronts. In the middle zone and in the south, summer-like warm and even hot weather will remain. Over the weekend, the rain will ease, but the temperature will not change significantly. In the central region all days, including weekends, there are intermittent rains and thunderstorms. The weather is warmer than usual, during the day mostly +22...+27оС.

Why is the appointment of a governor delayed in Nizhny? The delays in the process of nominating candidates for governors of Nizhny Novgorod strongly contrast with how successfully and without glitches the new mechanism for electing regional heads operates. Let us remind you that the powers of Nizhny Novgorod Governor Gennady Khodyrev expire on August 8, 2005.