In the administration of the Chelyabinsk region, the murder of State Duma deputy Vladimir Golovlev is associated with a criminal case initiated against him. Interfax was informed about this by Andrey Kosilov, First Deputy Governor of the Chelyabinsk Region. At the end of last year, Golovlev was charged with abuse of office, fraud and embezzlement in the first half of the 90s, when he headed the Chelyabinsk regional branch of the State Property Committee.

The press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs clarified information about the weapon from which Vladimir Golovlev was shot. Earlier it was reported that shell casings from a TT pistol were found at the crime scene . The press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs told Grany.Ru that it was a foreign-made pistol similar to the TT. Weapon caliber 1.65.

Prime Minister Israeli Ariel Sharon plans to visit Russia with an official visit at the end of September, a leading Israeli newspaper "Yedioth Ahronot". Referring to sources in the administration of the Israeli Prime Minister, newspaper published in Hebrew writes that A. Sharon is going to visit Moscow and other Russian cities. Meanwhile, Israeli sources in Moscow said on Wednesday "Interfax" that they do not have any information on this check.

While clearing debris in a house on Academician Korolyov Street, a lifeguard was injured, Interfax reports. He lost his balance, fell off the stairs and hit his head on a concrete slab. "The victim has been hospitalized. There is no threat to his life," said a representative of the headquarters for the elimination of the consequences of the explosion.

On Wednesday, in connection with a chemical attack, one of the terminals of the international airport in Miami (Florida) was evacuated, reports Reuters. According to the airport authorities, an unknown poisonous chemical was found there. Eight people were injured, all of them received first aid. Currently, firefighters are trying to establish which substance and how it got into the terminal premises.

All issues related to the organization of the funeral of those killed in the explosion at number 32 on Academician Korolev Street in Moscow will be fully taken over by the city authorities. This was reported to Interfax on Wednesday by the first deputy mayor in the Moscow government, the head of the social complex, Lyudmila Shvetsova. She also noted that the issue of paying a one-time allowance to the victims is being worked out, the amount will be determined during the day.

Filming NTV The Minister of Defense, who arrived in Khankala, Sergey Ivanov quickly calculated the "extreme" in the history of the death of the Mi-26. It turned out to be a colonel General of Aviation Vitaly Pavlov, commander of the Army Aviation of the Ground Forces. Before clarifying all circumstances, the general was temporarily suspended from office .

American and British planes bombed targets in southern Iraq, Reuters reports. The Iraqi Air Force command said that three civilians were wounded during the air raid, and the targets of the Americans and the British turned out to be civilian objects.

The number of victims of the flood on the Elbe in Saxony has increased to 16, in addition, more than 20 people are missing here, reports RIA Novosti with reference to the crisis headquarters of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Saxony. On Tuesday evening, the body of a dead woman was found near the town of Mühlbach in Saxon Switzerland. It was discovered near the Muglitz river bed by a specially trained police dog. Thus, the total number of victims of the elements in Germany is 20 people.

The analysis of the rubble at the site of the explosion in a residential building on Academician Korolyov Street has been completed, RIA Novosti reports. This was announced by the head of the press service of the Moscow Office for Civil Defense and Emergencies Yuri Vedeneev. He ruled out the possibility that there could be people under the remaining rubble, as they are too insignificant. There are no missing as a result of the explosion in the house on Academician Korolyov Street.

Abu Nidal shot himself with a pistol in his house during his detention by Iraqi security services, RIA Novosti reports. This was announced on Wednesday at a press conference by the director of the general intelligence service of Iraq, General Tahir Jallil. According to the general, Abu Nidal lived in Iraq until 1983. In 1983, for activities damaging the security of Iraq and other Arab countries, he was expelled from the country.

At a meeting in Khankala, a new scheme was developed for the personal responsibility of the Joint Group of Forces in the North Caucasus for any movement of military personnel of more than 20 people. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was announced on Tuesday in Rostov-on-Don by Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov. At the same time, he stressed that this scheme was developed "regardless of the versions" of the Mi-26 crash in Chechnya. We are talking about "any movement, crawling," the minister said.

Moscow Prosecutor Mikhail Avdyukov told reporters that along with the two main versions of the murder - for political reasons and in connection with the "Chelyabinsk case" - a third one is being considered, which is connected with "hostile personal relationships." This is reported by Interfax. An operational-investigative team has been created, which is studying Golovlev's contacts. The case was entrusted to the Moscow prosecutor's office.

The court charged Maxine Carr, a possible accomplice of the killer of two 10-year-old girls, with perjury. She has already appeared in court. When she was told that she was facing a life sentence, she lowered her head, reports BBC. The court decided to keep her in custody. A crowd of several hundred people gathered outside the courthouse almost tore Carr apart as she was being escorted out. Maxine's roommate, 28-year-old watchman Ian Huntley, is charged with the murders of Holly and Jessica.

Israeli intelligence agencies managed to neutralize the Palestinian terrorist group, part of Hamas. According to Reuters, on account of her 8 terrorist attacks in Israel, including an explosion at the Hebrew University , which killed 9 people. Five members of the group were detained in East Jerusalem and in the Ramallah area.