Grani.ru collage Listening to the case of the claim of the State Duma deputy Sergei Kovalev against the Prosecutor General Ustinov, which begins today in the capital's Tver court, is an outwardly inconspicuous event. The State Television State Television State Television States are silent about him. They are not trumpeted in newspapers. Political disputes do without this news.

Two employees of the Ministry of Culture of the Khabarovsk Territory died in a car accident, Interfax reports. The accident occurred on January 13 in the Nanai district at the 262nd kilometer of the Khabarovsk-Komsomolsk-on-Amur highway. According to preliminary data, the culprit was the driver of the car in which the Deputy Minister of Culture of the regional government, Svetlana Kursheva, and the leading specialist of this department, Margarita Podiyarova, were driving.

In several areas of Kamchatka, due to heavy snowfalls, there was a danger of avalanches coming down. As RIA Novosti was informed in the anti-avalanche service, the avalanche danger in the mountains of the Elizovsky, Ust-Bolsheretsky and Milkovsky regions will remain until January 18. Avalanches are most likely to descend from the slopes of the Vilyuchinsky, Kazelsky, Koryaksky volcanoes, and the Barkhatnaya hills.

The American Music Awards were held in Los Angeles on January 13, AP reports. Rapper Eminem was recognized as the best performer in the pop/rock category, Sheryl Crow was recognized as the best performer. Creed was named the best group by the jury of the competition, Ashanti was named the best debut. In the category "best album" won the same Eminem with the album The Eminem Show. In the hip-hop and rhythm and blues category, again, Eminem and Mary J.

Sergey Ivanov. Photo from the site www.scrf.gov.ru Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said that the detection of instructions for the manufacture and use of ricin and other poisonous substances in one of the Chechen militants indicates the desire of terrorists to access the means with which a “monstrous terrorist attack” can be made.

North Korean Ambassador to Moscow Pak Ui Chun said that Pyongyang's decision to withdraw from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons is not final, AP reports. According to the ambassador, the DPRK is ready to prove that it does not carry out secret work in the framework of the nuclear program, and will do so if the US abandons its "hostile policy" towards it. He explained that he meant inviting independent inspectors to the country.

Germany began the trial of businessmen who are accused of organizing the supply of equipment for the manufacture of weapons to Iraq, reports the BBC. According to representatives of the German authorities, the businessmen violated the UN embargo. Experts say the equipment sold to Iraq could be used to produce long-range artillery pieces that can fire chemical or biological projectiles.

Sean Penn, famous Hollywood actor, ex-husband of singer Madonna, claims that Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein used his name for propaganda purposes without his knowledge, us.imdb.com reports. A month ago, the "Carlito's Way" star undertook a three-day trip to Iraq to find out for himself the facts in support of resistance to the pending Gulf War - and in doing so, violated US law barring US citizens from entering a warring country.

In Rostov-on-Don, more than 59 conscripts were hospitalized to the hospital of the North Caucasian Military District with a diagnosis of pneumonia. According to RIA Novosti, citing sources in the Defense Ministry, all the soldiers are servicemen of the communications training center stationed in Rostov-on-Don. According to preliminary data, the soldiers caught a cold after washing in the bath.

In Russia, due to accidents in heat supply systems, 27 thousand 63 people (in 318 residential buildings) remain without heating. Over the past day, it was possible to restore heat supply in 18 residential buildings. The most difficult situation has developed in the North-West region. In Karelia, Komi, Leningrad, Arkhangelsk and Novgorod regions, 23,948 people remain without heat in 213 residential buildings.

The hero of JK Rowling's children's books and films, the wizard Harry Potter fell under the suspicion of the Greek Orthodox Church. According to RIA "Novosti", on Monday one of the Greek dioceses, the Metropolis of Didymotychus, issued a special statement against the craze for Potter among young readers and viewers. A student of the school of witchcraft and a novice sorcerer cannot be an example for children, the authors of the statement are convinced.

In Moscow, an apartment burned down in a residential building in Shipilovsky passage, RIA Novosti reports. The fire killed 2 people. One of them jumped out of the window and crashed. The fire area was 20 square meters. The fire was extinguished. Four fire crews were on the scene.

On Tuesday in St. Petersburg at a railway crossing near the Olgino station of the Primorsky district, a Volga passenger car collided with an electric train. As RIA "Novosti" was informed in the traffic safety propaganda department of the UGIBDD of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, the accident occurred at 11.00. According to preliminary data, one person who was in the car died. The circumstances of the incident are being investigated.

Junytiro Koizumi. Photo by ar Japanese Prime Minister Japanitiro Koizumi at a meeting with representatives of the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party said that Russian President Vladimir Putin was familiar with the political claims of Tokyo and realized that the bilateral peace treaty would be signed only after the return of four disputed islands returned to Japan. It is reported by Kyodo News.

The Ministry of Railways of Russia has nothing to do with organizing the movement of the electric train on the Sukhumi-Sochi route. This was reported by Deputy Minister of Railways of Russia Yuri Dyakonov, as RIA Novosti reports. According to Dyakonov's information, the movement along the Sukhumi-Sochi route was organized by one of the commercial structures, which leased an electric train from the Ministry of Railways. The state has nothing to do with these shipments.