The leader of the public organization “Alan”, uniting Balkars, Karachais and Ossetians, retired Lieutenant General Sufiyan BEPPAEV, answered the questions of Vremya Novostei special correspondent Ivan SUKHOV in connection with the appointment of Arsen Kanokov as the new president of Kabardino-Balkaria. —Are you satisfied with the choice of the president? - We agree with him unconditionally. The option of opposition from the Balkar people, with whom everyone is afraid, is excluded.

Yesterday a meeting of the executive committee of the Russian Football Union (RFU) took place, at which a new general secretary of this organization was appointed. As expected, this post was taken by the famous former FIFA referee Alexey Spirin, who until that moment headed the RFU inspection committee.

Forecast for the coming days The fine anticyclone will move a little towards the Urals, but the North Atlantic cyclones are in no hurry to take its place in the center of European Russia. Only in Karelia and the northwestern regions will light rain begin. Over the weekend, the nature of atmospheric processes, and therefore the weather in European territory, will not change significantly. In the north-west there will be light rain, during the day +12...+18оС.

Lamon Brewster defends his championship Rumors about the demise of the entertainment of professional boxing turned out to be greatly exaggerated. After a pretty decent fight between Wladimir Klitschko and Samuel Peter, the WBO heavyweight title holder Lamon Brewster and the German of Albanian origin Luan Krasnichiy gave a simply super fight!

"Satyricon" held a troupe gathering Today, the theater led by Konstantin Raikin opens the season, and opens it with a premiere. “Funny Money” by the English producer of public comedies Ray Cooney (he is familiar to Moscow audiences from “No. 13” at the Moscow Art Theater and “The Too Married Taxi Driver” at the Satire Theater) was staged by the artistic director of the theater himself.

Georgia decided to get rid of Russian peacekeepers Yesterday, Georgia warned that it was going to reconsider its approach to the activities of Russian peacekeepers on its territory. For the first time, dates for the end of their presence were outlined in an openly ultimatum form.

The traffic police are preparing the ground for tougher penalties for drivers It is likely only a matter of time before penalties for traffic violations increase. Yesterday, this idea was once again voiced by the head of the road safety department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Viktor Kiryanov, at the 54th kilometer of the Moscow Ring Road, 100 meters from the Mozhaisk highway, in a special parking lot under a canopy. Mr.

Luzhkov's subordinates are used to pacify regional elites Yesterday, news agencies reported that the Presidential Plenipotentiary Representative in the Central Federal District, Georgy Poltavchenko, submitted a list of candidates for the post of governor of the Ivanovo region to President Vladimir Putin for consideration. Let us recall that the powers of the current Ivanovo governor Vladimir Tikhonov expire on December 27, 2005.

"Artmedia" beat the winner of the Champions League This year's Football Champions League turned out to be a completely democratic tournament. Every club, even the most modest one, has the right to vote. On Tuesday, the Swiss “Thun” made a loud statement by beating “Sparta”. And the next day, the Slovakian “Artmedia” won the first victory in the tournament. And not over anyone, but over the 2004 Champions League winner Porto. But the tournament favorites do not always manage without losses.

The government is learning to make healthy children and national projects National projects, the need for which the president announced on September 5, are now “our everything.” At yesterday's government meeting, Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov ordered ministers to come up with these projects and prepare plans for their implementation. And he himself is going to test these plans - at specially convened boards of ministries.

CLUBS Esthetic Education (Ukraine - Belgium). A very interesting and funny group, one of the unexpected sensations of the Afisha Picnic. The music is a mixture of French pop-rock and Britpop. Concerts are always a show with dressing up and a variety of transformations. At Moscow concerts the band will present their new single Leave Us Alone. September 30 in “16 tons” , 23.00. October 1 in PodMoskovye , 21.30. Jimmy Haslip (bass), Chad Wakerman (drums) and Jeff Richman (guitar, all USA).

Algeria is fed up with civil war Yesterday a referendum was held in Algeria on the draft Charter of National Reconciliation proposed by the authorities. It must put an end to the confrontation between the authorities and the radical Islamic opposition. The civil conflict began in 1992 after the results of parliamentary elections in the country were canceled, in which Islamic radicals won a landslide victory under the auspices of the now banned Islamic Salvation Front.

About the novel by Leonid Zorin The new novel by Leonid Zorin (“Banner”, No. 9) can be considered an “ideological” and even “political” work.

Lithuanian chapel left Polish church without famous icon A serious conflict arose between parishioners of two Catholic churches in the Lithuanian capital. The congregation of the Polish Church of the Holy Spirit in the Old Town of Vilnius is outraged by the transfer of the miraculous image of the Merciful Jesus to a Lithuanian chapel of the same name specially built for it, as well as by the replacement of the original famous image with its modern copy.

The owner of “Mystery of Sound” fell victim to dumping The prosecutor's office of the Northern District of Moscow yesterday opened a criminal case for the murder of 33-year-old Airat Sharipov, the founder and co-owner of the largest Russian record company, Mystery of Sound. He was shot dead by an unknown killer on Wednesday evening, two steps from his own office. According to investigators, the attempt on Mr. Sharipov’s life is most likely related to his professional activities.