Five militants were killed during a special operation in Ingushetia. This was reported to RIA Novosti by a representative of the Regional Operational Headquarters (ROSH) for managing the counterterrorist operation in the North Caucasus. "In the course of a targeted special operation carried out by special forces of the internal troops, officers of the FSB and the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the village of Stary Malgobek (Ingushetia), five militants were liquidated," the source said.

A technical college in the west of Great Britain began teaching the Elvish language, invented by the author of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. According to AFP, the Elvish language is offered as an elective subject. Teachers believe that the popularity of the book (and especially the film based on it) will help teenagers unite and overcome various difficulties of the transition period.

The rescue mission helicopter lands on Spitsbergen. Image from Newsru.com All polar explorers from the SP-32 station were delivered to Spitsbergen, RIA Novosti reports. According to the Ministry of Emergencies of Russia, at 18.27 Moscow time, Mi-26 and Mi-8 helicopters and polar explorers on board landed. The evacuation operation is completed. The Ministry of Emergencies with the rescued flew from Svalbard to St. Petersburg, and from there to Moscow.

In Ingushetia, the seal of the election commission was stolen from the chairman of the precinct election commission, RIA Novosti was told at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic. According to the ministry, the crime was committed the day before in Nazran. "Unidentified persons, threatening with physical violence, stole a bag from the chairman of the precinct election commission for presidential elections," said a spokesman for the Interior Ministry.

On Saturday, the mercury column of the thermometer rose to plus 36 degrees Celsius in the Turkmen capital, RIA Novosti reports. According to the Turkmenhydromet, this is a record figure for the beginning of March in the entire history of observations. Until today, the maximum air temperature at the beginning of March was 27.2 degrees above zero in 1945, and the lowest temperature was observed in 1908 - 12.1 degrees below zero.

From March 9 to March 12, Baku will host an Israeli film festival organized by the Israeli embassy jointly with the World Organization Sokhnut, Rosbalt reports. According to the Israeli embassy in Azerbaijan, the festival will show the films "Through the Eyes of a Man from the West", "Kadosh", "Urban History" and "Christmas Excitement". You don't have to pay to view content. Films will be accompanied by subtitles in Russian.

The ballots of those voters who voted for Ivan Rybkin early in the presidential election will be declared invalid, said Alexander Veshnyakov, head of the Central Election Commission, on Saturday. According to RIA Novosti, on Saturday the CEC at its meeting canceled the registration of Ivan Rybkin as a candidate for the post of President of Russia. This decision was made on the basis of a written statement from Rybkin, who withdrew his candidacy, received by the CEC the day before.

On Friday, the Kursk police received a statement that a pupil of one of the boarding schools rushed to the teacher with a knife, Gazeta.Ru reports. As the victim said, in the morning she came to wake the pupils, but one of them refused to get up. The teacher called the administrator on duty for help, and they tried to persuade the young man to get up for another hour. As a result, he grabbed a knife from under the pillow and rushed at the teachers, shouting "I'll kill you!".

The All-Latvian Congress of Defenders of Russian Schools has ended in Riga, RIA Novosti reports. According to observers, the congress demonstrated the determination of Russian-speakers in Latvia to defend their rights to preserve their national identity and receive education in their native language. The documents, unanimously adopted by the delegates, condemn the policy of the Latvian authorities towards national minorities.

In the center of Moscow on Friday evening, a two-story building caught fire, RIA Novosti reports. In the building, located on Novy Arbat, there is a restaurant "Kishmish". Visitors to the establishment have not yet been evacuated. Puffs of smoke escape from under the roof of the building, open flames are not observed. Seven fire brigades are involved in extinguishing the fire. Due to the work of firefighters in the area, traffic is hindered.

A British citizen, a representative of Shell, died in the bar of the Moscow Marriott hotel, Gazeta.Ru reports. Steed Jan Colin, born in 1954, died on Friday night at about 4:15 Moscow time. According to unconfirmed reports, death occurred as a result of acute heart failure.

The fire in a Moscow restaurant located at # 26 on Novy Arbat has been extinguished. According to RIA Novosti, ten fire brigades took part in extinguishing the fire. An ambulance was at the scene. The evacuation of visitors to the restaurant was not carried out.

According to operational information, members of illegal armed groups are preparing a series of terrorist attacks in various regions of the country, including the North Caucasus, for the presidential elections in Russia on March 14. This was reported on Saturday in the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of North Ossetia, Gazeta.ru reports with reference to Interfax.

An explosion occurred in the center of Moscow on Friday evening, RIA Novosti reports. A one-story house exploded, in which, according to Ekho Moskvy, a school of Judaism is located. There were no reports of casualties. Firefighters, police, rescuers and ambulances left for the scene (Goncharnaya embankment, 3).

On the border of the Gaza Strip, an explosion killed three Palestinians and injured 15 others. According to Reuters, the incident occurred at a checkpoint in the north of the Gaza Strip. Palestinian militants attempted to blow up a car bomb near an Israeli checkpoint. However, the Israeli military, noticing a suspicious car, opened fire on it. As a result, the car exploded near the Palestinian police station.