On Wednesday, the Moscow prosecutor's office extended the investigation into the case of the collapse of the roof of the Transvaal Park. This was reported to ITAR-TASS by the press service of the Moscow prosecutor's office. The investigation has been going on for exactly 2 months so far and, according to the original plans, the investigators had to meet this deadline. The version of the terrorist attack is not being considered, the prosecutor's office added.

The terrorist act in the train "Mineralnye Vody - Kislovodsk" has been fully disclosed, Nikolai Khazikov, acting head of the Office of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation in the North Caucasus, told RIA Novosti. According to him, as a result of the investigation, the picture of the committed crime was completely restored. "The investigation established the type of explosive device, as well as how it was set off.

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko says he will run for a third term if the people support him, RIA Novosti reports. "If I decide to go to the next presidential election, and the people support me in this, then I will take part," Lukashenka said, speaking to Belarusian parliamentarians on Wednesday. Presidential elections in Belarus are coming up in 2006.

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov ordered tax bills to be submitted to the State Duma, RIA Novosti reports. This is a draft law "On Amending Article 3 of the Law of the Russian Federation "On Customs Tariff" and Article 5 of the Federal Law "On Amending and Adding Part Two of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation and Certain Other Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation, as well as on Recognizing as Invalid certain acts of the legislation of the Russian Federation".

American scientists experimentally observed the superfluidity of a degenerate quantum gas formed by atoms with half-integer spins. Physicists from Duke University reported in the journal Physical Review Letters that they were able to observe the superfluidity of an exotic form of atomic condensate, discovered only earlier this year.

Ahmad Kadyrov. Photo AFP Chechen President Akhmat Kadyrov promises to pay the remuneration for the capture of Aslan Maskhadov. According to RBC, Kadyrov said about this at a briefing in the president’s envoy in the Southern Federal District. The president did not say anything about the amount of remuneration. “I'm looking for Maskhadov,” said Akhmat Kadyrov.

Deputy Prosecutor General of Russia Vladimir Kolesnikov, who is now acting as Prosecutor General, proposed introducing criminal liability for persons who are hiding from the investigation. According to Gazeta.ru, he made this proposal during his speech at the Federation Council. According to him, there are 100-150 thousand such people today.

A dormitory caught fire on the campus of the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia. Eyewitnesses told Gazeta.ru that the fire was located on the 15th floor of a hostel located on 21/1 Miklukho-Maklay Street. According to eyewitnesses, the room burned strongly, from which thick smoke was pouring. All students from the hostel were evacuated. The fire was extinguished an hour later. Five fire brigades took part in extinguishing the fire.

French journalist Alexandre Jordanov was kidnapped on Sunday in Iraq. This was reported to RIA Novosti by Jean-Marie Michel, editor-in-chief of the French television agency CAPA-Presse-TV. He specified that Zhordanov, who worked for this television agency, was abducted around 3:00 pm on Sunday, about 60 km from Baghdad. According to Michel, the television agency has no information about who exactly kidnapped the journalist.

The Czech charitable foundation Man in Need is leaving Iraq, RIA Novosti reports with reference to Radio Prague. Due to the aggravation of the situation in the country, the fund temporarily recalls its employees from this country. Since May 2003, the foundation has carried out a large number of projects in southern Iraq, totaling 118 million crowns.

In the Astrakhan region, the active phase of the Air-Fire Conference began at the Ashuluk training ground. This was reported to RIA Novosti on Wednesday by the head of the press service of the Air Force, Alexander Drobyshevsky. "During the conference, generals and officers will learn how to conduct exercises and maneuvers," Drobyshevsky said. The conference involved more than a hundred combat aircraft and helicopters, as well as anti-aircraft missile systems.

Hearings on the criminal case of Nadezhda Shashkina, who rented her apartment to 15 clients at once, began at the Domodedovo Court. about . writes This is what Novye Izvestiya One of the victims, a native of the Arkhangelsk region Valery Lebedev, agreed with Shashkina to rent a one-room apartment for only $150 a month. Shashkina told him that she was leaving to live with her sick sister for one and a half to two years.

Belarus insists on equality within the framework of the union with Russia and does not agree with the intention of its ally to revise previously concluded agreements on the union state, President Alexander Lukashenko said during his annual message to parliament. It is reported by Reuters. "The union can be strong and attractive to others if it is equal in rights...

Doctors at the Sklifosovsky Institute plan to discharge Nonna Mordyukova in a few days, Moskovsky Komsomolets reports. The actress was hospitalized some time ago with a diagnosis of thrombosis of the left femoral artery. Then diangosis was clarified: complications as a result of atherosclerosis. Mordyukova's operation is not needed, conventional procedures are quite enough for treatment. “We can say that nothing threatens her health,” the actress’s attending physician told reporters.

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has approved by his decree a list of information constituting the state secret of the republic, Interfax reports. The presidential decree was published on Wednesday by state media.