No sooner had Prince Charles given a speech at one of the universities in Saudi Arabia about the need to interpret the sacred texts in the light of today, when Kare Blyutgen announced that he was working on a new version of the Koran. The writer believes that most people find it difficult to read the Koran, so he decided to compose a simpler version. Now, however, according to Bluitgen, the book will not have illustrations.

Russia's first diocesan radio station, "Grad Petrov", created in 2000 with the blessing of Metropolitan Vladimir of St. Petersburg and Ladoga, begins work in the FM range. Support for updating the broadcasting was provided by the government of the Leningrad region and the regional radio "Gardarika". From April 3, the radio can be listened to on the frequency 69.05 FM, and its broadcasting time will increase from 8 to 16 hours a day.

On Friday night, the mayor of the town of Dzerzhinsky near Moscow, Viktor Dorkin, was killed. He was shot dead by unknown assailants on a playground near his home. At the scene of the incident, the police found ten cartridges from a Makarov pistol. Death occurred from two gunshot wounds - to the chest and head. Dorkin had headed the city administration for seven years, and, according to a preliminary version, it was his professional activity that caused his death.

The main crime, the Democrats, is that you have deceived the people. What does it mean - deceived? And that means: they promised that it would become better to live. But it did not. I don’t feel so that it becomes! And in Belarus - it became. It became much! The average salary is $ 261, the average pension is $ 108 (official data). In Russia, however, in July 2005, the average salary exceeded $ 300 (plus unaccounted for gray income), but this is not pleasing. There is no feeling!

A rally against the abolition of deferments and for the resignation of Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov was held in Yekaterinburg. Under the slogan “Not funny,” representatives of democratic movements gathered at the monument to Marshal Zhukov at two o’clock in the afternoon. A similar action is being prepared in Voronezh and Moscow.

Up to 1.5 thousand protesters gathered today at the Kyrgyz White House in Bishkek. The reason for the unrest was yesterday's decision of the Central Election Commission of the republic to cancel the registration of Ryspek Akmatbayev as a candidate for deputy of the Jogorku Kenesh. The main demands of the participants: the resignation of Prime Minister Felix Kulov, the head of the Centrizibrikom and the restoration of Akmatbayev’s registration.

In uniform Kashchei Arbat March 31, 2006 Alexander Golts I still could not understand why they were Russian shamans at our Minister of Defense. Well, think about it, compared them in combustion with the maintenance of brothels, so about the committees of soldiers' mothers Sergey Borisovich and did not declare that. And only after reading the transcript of the anniversary press conference of the head of the military department, I figured out the causes of shamanistic hostility.

On March 31 in Sochi, Russia and Georgia signed two agreements regulating the complete withdrawal of Russian military bases from Georgian territory no later than 2008. “With the departure from Georgia, Moscow will be able to more actively interact with Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

From April 1, the work regulations for Moscow officials will begin to operate in test mode. Everyone will receive clear instructions on how to do their job. Thus, a DEZ employee must manage to receive up to 80 people per day, and each visitor should spend no more than 5 minutes. The document even sets the maximum time that a visitor to an institution spends in line. But on such a conveyor belt, you will most likely have to firmly forget about an individual approach to citizens.

I received this letter from Belarus through Paris, from a friend of a legal student. As I understand it, he has what to compare with what. They will tell me - there, in Paris, they also dispersed rallies, also arrested several hundred people, they will also be judged now. Cyril, who sent me a letter, is in the course of Parisian events and that is why he feels the difference: who, for what and how they dispersed and sat down, how and where they now have and what they have to do now.

Russian biologist Andrei Zamyatnin was detained in Sweden on suspicion of espionage. The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Mikhail Kamynin, said today that Russia demands the unconditional and immediate release of Andrei Zamyatnin. Earlier, the Stockholm court extended Zamyatnin’s detention.

The former chief of staff of the presidential guard of the Republic of Ichkeria, Islam Datsayev, turned himself in to the law enforcement agencies of the Chechen Republic. Law enforcement agencies are conducting an investigation to determine the militant’s involvement in the criminal activities of illegal armed groups. A few days ago, the former head of state security of Ichkeria, Sultan Gelikhanov, also turned himself in to law enforcement agencies.

The author of the bill on looting, Gennady Gudkov, believes that if we are guided by the logic of the Criminal Code, then looting is not considered a crime at all, since there is no victim of the robbery. According to the new bill, officials who stole humanitarian aid will also be considered looters.

The coalition of public associations "For Democratic Alternative Civil Service" presented a report "On violations of human rights and freedoms during conscription for military service in the Russian Federation in 2005." The document lists seven main types of violations during conscription: failure to comply with conscription deadlines; misinformation among conscripts; violations during medical examination, etc.

Sergey Glazyev, co -chair of the Rodina faction in the State Duma, on the sale of land to private enterprises: The president’s desire to distribute city lands to private enterprises is perplexed almost free of charge.