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Compiled by Luba Schwartzman (luba_sch@hotmail.com)
Research Analyst, Center for Defense Information, Moscow office
HEADLINES
Monday, August 04, 2003
:: Russian President Vladimir Putin is on an official visit in Malaysia. He will discuss political issues, economic and military and industrial cooperation, including cooperation in military and civilian aircraft construction with Malaysian leaders.
:: On the eve of his visit to Malaysia President Putin conducted a number of meetings. He discussed the recent terrorist act in Mozdok with government officials, aid to the victims of the terrorist act with President of North Ossetia Aleksandr Dzasokhov and Deputy Prime Minister Galina Karelova, and the legislative basis for the work of the law enforcement organs with General Prosecutor Vladimir Ustinov and Supreme Court Chairman Vyacheslav Lebedev.
:: Supreme Court officials believe juries will improve the court system. The first jury trial begins in the Moscow City Court today. The defendant, 25-year-old Igor Bortnikov, is accused of murder.
:: Akhmad Kadyrov has officially begun his election for the position of President of the Republic of Chechnya.
:: In North Ossetia, an official Day of Mourning is held today for the victims of the Mozdok terrorist act.
:: Two individuals suspected of participating in the planning of the Mozdok terrorist act have been detained.
:: Deputy Prime Minister Galina Karelova reported that the Russian government will pay 100,000 rubles to the families of those who died in the Mozdok Hospital terrorist act and 50,000 to those who were injured.
:: A wooden cross and a black marble block have been installed in front of the Mozdok military hospital. 64 of the people wounded in the terrorist act remain in hospitals throughout Russia.
:: A soldier deserted his garrison in the Moscow suburb of Chekhov and attacked a motorist with a knife.
:: Two Russian Emergencies Ministry helicopters are being used to fight forest fires in France.
:: 20 people were injured in a political demonstration in the center of Tbilisi, Georgia.
:: 15-year-old Aleksandra Pets won the open marathon swim across the Amur Bay.
:: The prestigious hockey award, the Stanley Cup, is in Moscow tonight.
:: An International Viking Convention began in St. Petersburg.
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