The Supreme Court denied a motorist the right to use a “broken” car The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation yesterday did not allow vehicles with broken identification numbers to be registered. This decision was made at the request of a citizen who insisted that registering cars only with natural changes and corrosion of these numbers in the presence of a refusal to initiate a criminal case is unlawful.

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the Egyptian Muhammad ElBaradei, believes that Iran “has a chance to avoid UN Security Council sanctions if it cooperates with the IAEA and resumes the search for solutions regarding the fuel cycle.” According to ElBaradei, negotiations between Iran and the Eurotroika (Great Britain, Germany, France) on the Iranian nuclear program can resume within a month.

The Prosecutor General's Office conducts international investigative actions The Prosecutor General's Office announced yesterday a new series of massive searches and seizures in banks and companies associated with YUKOS, whose main shareholders - Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev - have already received 8 years in prison.

State Security takes over Lithuanian politician's diploma Representatives of the Lithuanian prosecutor's office were unable to establish in Moscow the authenticity of a higher education diploma issued to 46-year-old businessman and politician Viktor Uspaskich.

Gazelles and KamAZ trucks will be assembled in South Africa Russian manufacturers of industrial products are increasingly exploring foreign markets and are no longer limited to exports. The Gorky Automobile Plant and KamAZ are planning to assemble trucks in the Republic of South Africa (yesterday the Vremya Novostey newspaper wrote about similar plans in Brazil) .

The Ministry of Health has changed the lists of over-the-counter drugs Only medicines that are truly safe for health will now be freely available in Russian pharmacies. The Ministry of Health and Social Development of Russia recently approved two new orders with updated lists of drugs. The first concerns beneficiaries who receive medications for free. And the second presents a list of medicines that can be purchased by anyone without a doctor’s prescription.

Russia prepared for winter worse than last year The State Duma yesterday became preoccupied with the most popular seasonal topic - the upcoming winter cold. The head of the Federal Agency for Construction and Housing and Communal Services, Sergei Kruglik, made a report on the readiness of the housing and communal services for work in the autumn-winter period. Reports by officials on the topic of preparations for winter have become a Duma tradition in recent years.

The development of events at the World Chess Championship in Argentina resembles a one-man show. Veselin Topalov mainly wins, the rest make up the tournament crowd and assist the leader. In the sixth round, the Bulgarian won his fifth victory, this time over the Hungarian Judit Polgar. The remaining three matches ended in a draw, thanks to which Topalov increased his lead over his closest pursuers to two points.

The United States is very closely monitoring the rapid development of Asia, as well as how Russia is intensifying the eastern vector of its policy. ROBERT BLACKWILL, US Ambassador to India in 2001-2003, who previously held various senior positions in the State Department and the administrations of Presidents George W. Bush and George W. Bush, calls on Washington to make a strategic bet on partnership with New Delhi.

Security Council Secretary Gela BEZHUASHVILI commented on the situation for Vremya Novostei correspondent in Georgia Mikhail VIGNANSKY. -- Tbilisi claims that the latest weapons are coming to Tskhinvali, but South Ossetia says that all its equipment is trophies from the Georgian-Ossetian conflict of 1989-1992. - Only part of the equipment accumulated there was brought out for the military parade on September 20 in Tskhinvali (the 15th anniversary of independence was celebrated. - Ed. ).

Yushchenko's speech angered both Tymoshenko and Yanukovych Yesterday, President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko came to a meeting of the government of Prime Minister Yuri Yekhanurov to talk about his vision of the work of the new cabinet of ministers. Yushchenko considers “commandment number one” of the work of the new government to be completely “apolitical.” They say it’s time to end the revolutionary anarchy of the Maidan (the square where the Ukrainian “Orange Revolution” took place).

Kazakhstan has tightened oil and gas legislation In the near future, official Kazakhstan will be able to block any transaction with oil and gas assets located in the country. The republic's authorities are finalizing legislation giving them the right of priority to buy out shares of companies operating in the republic's oil and gas industry. Yesterday, the lower house of the Kazakh parliament unanimously approved the necessary amendments. Now the Senate must vote for them and sign the president.

Business people have found a solution to judicial arbitrariness A magistrate who wrongfully seized the shares of a Russian company, after the intervention of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, was convicted of violating the law, reversed his decision and was forced to take off his judicial robe.

Yesterday, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) elected a new Commissioner for Human Rights in the second round. He became 63-year-old Swede Thomas Hammarberg, who has extensive experience in the field of human rights protection. He directs the Olof Palme International Center in Stockholm. At the same time, since 2001, Mr. Hammarberg has been a regional adviser to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights for Europe, Central Asia and the Caucasus. Mr.

Instead of the “friend or foe” system from the Su-27, Lithuania received a box of garbage The conflict situation surrounding the Russian Su-27 fighter that crashed on Lithuanian territory reached its climax yesterday. The fact is that the Lithuanian side has officially stated that it has a system for identifying “friend or foe” of the crashed plane.