#6019
[Second Issue of the Day]
#8
NTV news summary
January 11, 2002
The following is a transcript of the main news broadcast at 1900 on the Segodnya
Program.
The Presenter is Pyotr Marchenko
The situation in the Krasnodar region is nearing crisis. Specialists from the Emergency situations Ministry are about to arrive in the region now swamped by floods. The local authorities have authorized the use of military helicopters that are to bomb ice jams and release backed-up water in the Kuban river. Hundreds of houses have already been flooded in the town of Temryuk. Local residents are being evacuated.
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There is no case against Alexander Voloshin. Prosecutor General's office is just doing its routine inspection work, prompted by a parliamentary inquiry that was filed by several State Duma deputies. State Prosecutor Vladimir Ustinov has agreed to meet journalists to brief them on the story.
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The TV6 company is to be liquidated. The Supreme Arbitrary Court has reiterated that decision today. The verdict is final and not to be appealed. The channel's lawyers say the ruling, though unjust and political, will nonetheless be carried out. They still hope to win in the Constitutional Court and even in the European Human Rights Court. Comments by Tatyana Ilyana.
<<TV6 lawyers were in a philosophical mood before the arbitration hearing started. They say they have done their best and hope the God-Almighty is willing and the judges wise. For their part, Arbitration Court spokesmen assure journalists that the Supreme Arbitration Court is absolutely impartial in settling the dispute over TV6. No coverage was allowed except at the beginning of the hearing. Both sides address the Court in a meaningful and concise manner. Lukoil-Garant pension fund, one of the TV6 shareholders that is acting as plaintiff, voices its main argument that the company hasn't had revenues for the last 3 years which makes its further existence meaningless. The TV6 lawyers insist that the company ended last year with increased assets and that it is expecting to get revenues this year.
The TV6 defendants point out that according to a new law on joint stock companies that came into force in January 2002 share holders don't have the right to initiate a company liquidation process. It takes the panel of judges about an hour to bring the verdict against TV6. The reaction follows immediately. At a press-conference convened by the journalists Berezovsky announces he isn't going to give in.
Politicians don't stay sitting on the fence either. Gennady Raikov, leader of the People's deputy group, says he believes the ruling to be just though he sympathizes with the TV company staff. Sergey Mironov, head of the Federation Council, is also sure there's no policy involved. This point of view isn't shared by everyone, though. A special TV6 shareholders meeting is set for January, 14. The main question on the agenda will be how to carry out the Court's ruling. A liquidation commission is to be organized and liquidation deadline to be set.>>
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A new scandal is flaring up in North Osettia two weeks before the presidential election. The fate of Sergey Khetagurov, one of the main candidates for the presidency, is at stake. He can be withdrawn from the presidential bid. Large crowds of people gather in the streets in his support though the verdict hasn't been voiced yet
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Secretary of State of the Russia and Belorussia Union Pavel Borodin has joined in a discussion on Moscow sharing some of its responsibilities as a capital with St-Petersburg and proposed to declare St-Petersburg the capital of the Union state. According to Borodin, such a decision will suit both those who stand for raising Petersburg's status and those who don't want Moscow to lose its status as a capital.
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US new military facilities in Kyrgyzstan and Khazahstan are frantically being prepared to host the American contingency taking part in an anti-terror operation in Afghanistan.
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Any time now a plane with 20 captured fighters of Al-Qaida and Taliban on board will land in Cuba. Unprecedented security measures are being taken at the Guantanamo military base. Hundreds of American special forces men are stationed there to guard the captured fighters. CNN reports the construction of the prison to be used hasn't been completed yet so it's quite possible that the fighters will have to sleep on the floor. The future of the arrested men still remains unclear. The Pentagon doesn't have exact information on whether the fighters will face an International Court Martial or whether they will be sent back home where their fate will be ruled under local laws.
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Tensions between India and Pakistan are running high. India General headquarters has made a public statement today that national army leaders are considering the possibility of a limited nuclear war with the neighbor country. Clashes between the troops on both sides have resumed today in the border state of Kashmir. Meanwhile policy-makers in Delhi and Islamabad are looking for a way out to settle the crisis.
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The Bolshoi Theatre has found itself involved in a huge scandal. The theatre administration has received a message from Israel saying two ballet groups were to go there on a planned tour. The news turned out to be quite unexpected for the Bolshoi theatre which didn't plan any such tours.
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Anatoly Kornukov, commander-in chief of the Russia air force, has filed his resignation today. Under the military service law top senior officers are to retire at the age of 60. An exception can be made only by the President's direct order as it was with the Defense minister Igor Ivanov. In this particular case Vladimir Putin is expected to sign the resignation papers in the near future.
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Criminals accused of assaulting expensive cars owners have been arrested in Moscow. The militia don't exclude the possibility that amongst those arrested were those who mugged and robbed Michael Zhvanetsky, the famous writer. The satirist has already identified one of the assaulters, the ones who on January, 5 snatched his brand new Mercedes jeep, money and his famous leather brief case.
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An energy crisis has struck near Moscow. A military station only a dew dozens kms away from Moscow that used to belong to the air force elite is literally freezing. Pilots that have fought wars live in apartments without heating which they call caves. Our reporter Alexei Ivliev has just returned from the Stupino garrison.
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