The government of North Ossetia intends to attract the best Swiss lawyers to protect the Russian citizen Vitaly Kaloev, Ekho Moskvy reports with reference to ITAR-TASS. Kaloev was arrested in Switzerland on suspicion of involvement in the murder of a Skyguide air traffic controller. Residents of North Ossetia offer to start collecting signatures in defense of their countryman. The Russian side declares that it will provide Kaloev with all the necessary legal and consular assistance.

Gennady Benyaminov, co-founder of several metropolitan cinemas, was killed in the center of Moscow. As RBC was told in the Moscow police department, on February 29, at about 20.25 Moscow time, the 02 service received a call stating that a man's corpse had been found on the first floor in the house 13/3 on Sadovaya-Chernogryazskaya Street with three gunshot wounds to the head and chest.

Experts found no traces of explosives at the site of the collapse of the roof in the water park in Yasenevo, RIA Novosti reports. According to Moscow Prosecutor Anatoly Zuev, this conclusion was made by specialists after the completion of an explosive technical examination in the framework of a criminal case on the fact of the collapse of the roof of the Transvaal Park. "This once again confirmed the confidence of the investigation in the man-made nature of the causes of the disaster.

An armed attack on a fishing vessel took place on Monday night off the coast of Vladivostok. As RIA Novosti was told on Monday by a source in the Department of Internal Affairs of Primorsky Krai, five armed men in masks stole a boat from one of the boat garages in Tikhaya Bay. Two watchmen were tied up by the criminals. A few hours later, the attackers on boats approached the fishing vessel "Sailing".

African students. Photo from the site www.newizv.ru The 19-year-old student of the Voronezh Medical Academy Julia Borzenkov, who previously stated that she was attacked by an African student, admitted to the police that she had deceived them. According to her, there was no black avenger, and she caused a knife wound to herself. As a source in the GUVD of the Voronezh region told New Izvestia, Borzenkov changed the testimony on Saturday evening. The girl said that she cut herself with a knife.

By March 14, a new structure of the government of the Russian Federation will be formed, and candidates for ministerial posts will be identified, the acting minister told reporters on Monday. Deputy Prime Minister Vladimir Yakovlev. According to him, Mikhail Fradkov may appear at the government house as early as Tuesday and begin work with acting members of the government on the structure of the future cabinet of ministers, RIA Novosti reports.

On the fact of flooding of the road and the underpass in Moscow near the Tulskaya metro station, a criminal case was initiated under the article on violation of safety rules during construction work, Ekho Moskvy reports with reference to Interfax. About a hundred houses were left without water supply as a result of the accident. The foundation pit, which arose at the site of a water supply accident, is promised to be buried by tomorrow morning. This was reported in the complex of urban economy.

Yulia Fedotova, a representative of the committee of relatives of children from Bashkiria who died in a plane crash, claims that Russian citizen Vitaly Kaloev, who was detained in Switzerland on suspicion of killing a Skyguide air traffic controller, is in a psychiatric clinic, Interfax reports. "As we were informed, V. Kaloev's health condition is serious, he is in a psychiatric clinic," Fedotova said.

15 planes flying to Moscow made an emergency landing at the reserve airport of Nizhny Novgorod. The reason for this was the bad weather in the area of ​​the capital's airports, according to ITAR-TASS. All passengers are accommodated in the airport hotel and in the waiting rooms. They were provided with hot meals and regular information about aircraft departures, the dispatch service of Nizhny Novgorod International Airport said.

Kasyanov, Putin and Khristenko. So far. Photo from the site "News Time" The resignation of Mikhail Kasyanov and the nomination of Mikhail Fradkov was commented by the former deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, entrepreneur Konstantin Remchukov : Of course, Mikhail Fradkov is a temporary figure as Prime Minister. His appointment means that Putin, when he decided to resign Kasyanov, did not yet know the name of the new prime minister.

TV. Figure of the faces Mikhail Kasyanov last week leaned more than ... There is no one to even compare with. His past, present and future became the elderly for politicians, political scientists and journalists. The presidential decision was similar to the Politelite rally with an unpredictable ending. Moreover, last Saturday, a rather entertaining show, which is called - “Rice”, was resurrected on Channel One. This is a licensed format.

The Basmanny Court of Moscow has scheduled a hearing on the merits of a claim for moral damages in the amount of 30 million rubles by Anastasia Volochkova against the general director of the Bolshoi Theater Anatoly Iksanov for April 15. According to a RIA Novosti correspondent from the courtroom, preliminary hearings on this claim were held on Monday. The ballerina demands to refute Iksanov's statements published in the September issue of the Argumenty i Fakty newspaper.

Fragment of the cover of the book from the site www.amazon.com In the Moscow OGA publishing house, the Russian translation of the book of David Satter "Darkness at dawn" published less than a year ago by the Publishing House of Yale University. The author of the book, who has worked for several years in Russia as a correspondent of Financial Times, is currently an employee of the Gudzon Institute, and also teaches at the School of Higher International Studies at the University of Jones Hopkins.

Five times a year, the state flag of the USSR must be raised over the buildings of federal and local authorities. The Volgograd Regional Duma addressed the State Duma with such an initiative.

The volume of capital investments in oil refining and the development of the sales network of Yukos Oil Company is planned in 2004 in the amount of $586 million, which is 74.4% more than last year, when capital investments amounted to $336 million.