Tbilisi is developing new plans to resolve conflicts. It has already been announced that a plan has been prepared for South Ossetia, providing for the maximum degree of autonomy for this unrecognized republic. Next up is a plan for Abkhazia. But Abkhaz President Sergei BAGAPSH, in an interview with Vremya Novostey's correspondent in Tbilisi, Mikhail VIGNANSKY, proposed something else to the Georgian leadership: to go down in history by recognizing the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

Capital investigators are on the trail of the “rattle” mafia The Main Investigation Department (GIS) of the Moscow City Internal Affairs Directorate sent to the Presnensky and Tverskoy district courts of Moscow the first three of a series of criminal cases initiated as part of a large-scale investigation by the special services into tax fraud with children's toys, which has been ongoing for a year and a half (our newspaper reported on the beginning of this investigation on July 7, 2004 year) .

Damascus did not like the UN Security Council resolution After the unanimous adoption on Monday of UN Security Council Resolution No. 1636 on the report of the commission investigating the assassination of ex-Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, the head of this commission, German Detlev Mehlis, returned to Beirut yesterday to continue its work. And Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk Sharaa said that the resolution is unfair, as it repeats the conclusions of the commission.

Kyrgyz authorities restore order in the colonies Yesterday, special forces of the Ministry of Justice of Kyrgyzstan and internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs carried out an operation to restore order in the correctional labor institutions of the republic. The events took their most violent turn in colony No. 31 in the village of Moldavanovka near Bishkek.

A very interesting match took place in the Women's Basketball Super League. The current champion of the Euroleague and the national championship VBM-SSAU (Samara) confidently beat Spartak near Moscow in Khimki - 88:65. The Volzhanka mentor, the current head coach of the Russian national team, Igor Grudin, was opposed by the former “helmsman” of the national team, Vadim Kapranov, who has been working at Spartak since this season.

Tow trucks have opened the hunting season for violating cars The Moscow authorities, who decided to return to the practice of towing illegally parked vehicles from November 1, yesterday staged a demonstration event to educate drivers who ignore roadside signs.

The Russian economy will be saved by investors from the West and migrants from the East The World Bank's annual report on the Russian economy this time was devoted to regional policy. His main conclusions are disappointing - the population is decreasing, and the stratification between rich and poor areas is growing. Although the World Bank experts found something to praise the Russian leadership for.

Half of Russians don’t know what they will celebrate on November 4th On the eve of the only autumn all-Russian holiday, it turned out that Russians do not really know what kind of memorable day replaced the traditional “November” ones, firmly associated in the minds of compatriots with demonstrations and Olivier salad.

World nickel prices are reducing the profit of Norilsk Nickel MMC Norilsk Nickel yesterday published net profit for the third quarter of this year. Compared to the same period last year, profit decreased by 13% and reached 14.5 billion rubles. Norilsk Nickel explains the decline in quarterly profit by fluctuations in metal prices (for nickel they fell by 20%), assuring that the company has no changes in production and sales volumes.

The bird flu virus has spread to the World Wide Web Human psychology is designed in such a way that what you fear most mysteriously attracts attention. This explains the continued popularity of horror films, as well as the passion for risk and adventure. It is precisely this property of homo sapiens that the ubiquitous hackers have once again brutally abused. They created a dangerous computer virus that was sent by email under the guise of a document warning about the spread of bird flu.

The Ministry of Natural Resources has influential opponents Today the State Duma will consider in the first reading a new version of the law “On Subsoil”. The main ideologist and developer of the bill, Minister of Natural Resources Yuri Trutnev, will have to fight with deputies, most of whom do not agree that the regional authorities are being deprived of the right to manage the subsoil located on their territory.

Yesterday, Americans discussed another heartbreaking news related to Hurricane Katrina: a 77-year-old woman was killed in Pasadena, Texas. She was strangled and robbed by those fleeing the hurricane in New Orleans and to whom she gave shelter in her home. In New Orleans itself, these days, fifty police officers were fired because they ran away from duty immediately after the hurricane that happened at the end of August.

There will be less noise at CSKA matches in the ULEB Euroleague Today, with a home match against the Italian club Montepaschi (Siena), CSKA basketball players will start in the sixth edition of the ULEB Euroleague - a tournament of the strongest teams of the Old World. At the preliminary stage, the army team plays in Group “C” and their opponents will also be “Panathinaikos” (Greece), Spanish “Unicaja” and “Real”, “Pau-Ortez” (France), “Ulker” (Turkey) and “Partizan” (Serbia and Montenegro).

At the end of November, the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships will be held in Melbourne, Australia, where athletes will compete for medals in the all-around and individual events. Less than a year ago, new people came to the leadership of the Russian team. And the head coach of the team, Andrei Rodionenko, immediately stated that one should not expect bright results this season, since the main task of the coaching corps is to establish a system for the reproduction of gymnastic talents.

The State Duma liberalizes the Gazprom share market in a fire order The State Duma Council yesterday decided to accept for consideration an amendment to the law “On Gas Supply,” which would abolish the 20 percent quota on the ownership of Gazprom shares by foreigners. After this, the text of the amendment was sent to the official mailing list to persons who will take part in the discussion of the new version of the famous Article 15.