Lawyers for private Andrei Sychev, crippled at the Chelyabinsk Tank School, filed a cassation appeal against the sentence being too lenient, from their point of view. Representatives of the convicted Alexander Sivyakov also appealed the verdict. They, in turn, are dissatisfied with his severity and believe that their client’s guilt has not been proven.

The Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed that North Korea conducted a nuclear test on Monday. “Russia’s national nuclear control systems detected a nuclear explosion in North Korea at 05:35 Moscow time on Monday,” the military department’s information and public relations department said. “This was an underground test of a nuclear charge,” the department noted. If these data correspond to reality, then Russia has a new serious military rival.

Another Russian-Georgian scandal, when politicians from both sides clashed shouting “Who are you?!” and went to beat out shots with bald heads on the parquet, showed one curious thing. Generally speaking, well-known, but still... THE CIS DOES NOT EXIST IN NATURE. In fact: the two CIS countries are at loggerheads. To whom do they shout, “Hold me, otherwise I’ll stab him!” Hold me, otherwise I’ll do something like that... I don’t know what!”? They (i.e.

Novaya Gazeta, for which Anna Politkovskaya, who was killed on Saturday, was a columnist, put forward two versions of the crime. According to the publication's journalists, either Chechen Prime Minister Ramzan Kadyrov or people who want suspicion to fall on him were involved in her death. Indirect confirmation of this is the interview that the journalist gave on the eve of her death to the online publication “Caucasus Center” and Radio Liberty.

The case of the assassination attempt on Anatoly Chubais will be considered in the absence of the main accused. Vladimir Kvachkov was removed from the courtroom until the end of the trial. This decision was made by Judge Alexander Kozlov after selecting the jury. The official justification is violation of the legal process on the part of the defendant. “According to the law, a defendant can be removed only for systematic violations,” said lawyer Oksana Mikhalkina.

In the Kremlin Right terror: already now October 9, 2006 Alexey Makarkin Last year, a television series entitled “Ataman” was released about the hero of our time, a courageous officer -state that confront crime and terrorism. The series begins with a sign scene - the main character during one of the episodes of the Chechen war hits and throws a man in glasses, an accomplice of the bandits, who had just become the culprit of the death of Russian soldiers. This man is a human rights activist.

Nikolai Svanidze, about the murder in Moscow of Anna Politkovskaya: We will never know who killed Anna Politkovskaya, at best, over time, we will know the name of the performer, a name that will not tell us anything and will not indicate anyone. Therefore, now, according to the fresh traces of the tragedy, not even the timing of the disclosure of the crime is important: it, I repeat, will not be disclosed. The main thing is different.

After a week of fighting against everything Georgian in Moscow, similar operations began in the regions. Law enforcement agencies have intensified the fight against ethnic crime and, in particular, against immigrants from Georgia who are engaged in illegal activities. In Saratov, Ivanovo and Bashkiria, companies whose founders include Georgian citizens are subject to thorough inspection.

((http://www.blagovest-info.ru/index.php?ss=2&s=3&id=9349 The memorial service)) was served by priest Georgy Chistyakov. About 100 people attended the service. At the end of the prayers, the priest spoke about the murdered Anna as a pure and bright person, spoke about a special type of martyrdom, which he called “public martyrdom”: “When a person testifies to the truth, he works without fear for the sake of the truth.” So fearlessly Anya testified to the truth.

The head of the Volgograd administration, Evgeny Ishchenko, who was elected to this position in October 2003, was taken into custody at the end of May 2006. The investigation into the case was conducted under the control of the FSB group. The official was charged with abuse of official powers, illegal business activities for the sake of personal, selfish interests, as well as illegal storage of ammunition. Ishchenko has already partially admitted his guilt.

Russia's relations with the West are not going through the best period. Before our eyes, mutual suspicion is growing, and new ones are being added to old grievances. Several years ago, our partners in the United States and Western Europe stubbornly insisted: the West is interested in a powerful, self-confident, prosperous Russia. And now, when things seem to be getting better in the country, there is a cooling. They are trying to explain this paradox both here and abroad.

Around Russia Direct and obvious threat October 9, 2006 Alexander Golts Well, it seems, they waited. In Pyongyang, a successful underground nuclear test has been announced. The Ministry of Defense of South Korea confirmed this. When in 2003 North Korea left the contract on non -proliferation of nuclear weapons and began to develop highly enriched split materials, many reassured themselves: they say, from possessing plutonium to creating a nuclear device - a huge distance.

“Relations between Russia and Georgia have deteriorated through no fault of Russia. After all, despite all the difficulties, before the change of power in Georgia, these relations were built normally. But politicians come and go, but peoples remain, and I think that our peoples are doomed to live together.” , - said Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin, deputy head of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, on the air of the Ekho Moskvy radio station.

On Saturday, some time before the start of the evening service, a police squad arrived at the temple gates and began checking the documents of everyone entering ((http://www.blagovest-info.ru/index.php?ss=2&s=3&id=9361 temple )). Two singers, after presenting their passports, were detained indefinitely, despite having visas. Due to this, the service started 15-20 minutes late. The singers were released by the police only after the intervention of the rector.