In the Khakassian city of Abaza, the first victims of the flood were buried on Sunday, RIA Novosti reports. Sunday and Monday in Abaza are declared days of mourning. According to the final data, as a result of the flood, which unexpectedly hit the city on April 16, nine people died.

On Saturday, the head of the Accounts Chamber of Russia, Sergei Stepashin, said that there would be no revision of privatization in Russia, but a "separate assessment" would be carried out for some objects.

Floods continue in the southern and eastern regions of Russia. According to Channel One, according to the latest data, 10,000 people were in the flood zone in Kuzbass. At night from Friday to Saturday, people, fleeing from the flood, were forced to climb the hill and spend the night in tents. More than 600 houses have been flooded in the Altai Territory over the past few hours.

Two men were killed at the airfield in the Saratov region as a result of the detonation of an unexploded shell, RIA Novosti reports. According to the Department of Internal Affairs of the Saratov region, the day before, in the area of ​​​​the village of Guryanovo, two men penetrated through the fence into the territory of the aviation training ground of one of the military units.

In the west of Moscow, near the Solnechnaya railway platform, a large fire broke out, RIA Novosti reports, citing a source in the capital's UGPS. "Railway sleepers laid near the station are on fire. The height of the stack is about two meters, the total burning area is 200 square meters," the source said. According to him, five fire brigades are taking part in extinguishing the fire, it is planned to use a fire train. There were no reports of casualties.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia sent a letter to FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov recommending that the Women's World Chess Championship not be held in Batumi for security reasons. According to RIA "Novosti", this statement was made on Saturday by the Minister of Culture and Sports of Georgia Giorgi Gabashvili.

In Grozny, as a result of a special operation, the so-called "emir" of the village of Alkhan-Yurt, Musa Akhmatukaev, who took part in the assassination attempt on the President of Ingushetia, Murat Zyazikov, was killed, RIA Novosti reports.

Tens of thousands of Palestinians took to the streets of Gaza City to attend the funeral of local Hamas leader Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi, who was killed by a rocket salvo from an Israeli helicopter the day before, RIA Novosti reports citing Palestinian sources. According to the agency, more than 70,000 people took part in the funeral procession. Demonstrations were also held in other cities of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.

According to preliminary information, several hostages captured in the village of Ordzhonikidzevskaya in the Sunzhensky district of Ingushetia have been released. This was reported to RIA "Novosti" in the law enforcement agencies of Ingushetia. "According to preliminary information, several hostages, including a woman, have been released," the source said. He also said that the special operation to free the hostages had been completed.

On the evening of April 17, a Palestinian militant was liquidated on the territory of a greenhouse in the Israeli village of Netzarim, Kursor reports. It is assumed that a terrorist armed with a Kalashnikov assault rifle intended to carry out a terrorist attack in the Netzarim residential area. Another armed militant was killed during a firefight near the Kisufim checkpoint (Gaza Strip).

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not express condemnation of Israel's actions to eliminate the leader of the Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas, Abed al-Azizf Rantissi, NEWSRU.com notes. Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Yakovenko expressed only "serious concern" over the incident. "In this regard, Moscow is expressing serious concern about the possible consequences of what happened and the escalation of tension in the Middle East.

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According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, 2,629 houses were flooded as a result of a flood in the Altai Territory, Gazeta.ru reports citing Interfax. Difficult flood situation persists in the Talmensky and Krasnogorsk regions, as well as the cities of Biysk and Barnaul. As a result of an ice jam on the Chumysh River, the regional center of Talmenka and the neighboring village of Lugovoe were flooded. 655 houses were flooded in Talmenka, and 50 houses in Lugovoe.

In Belarus, the broadcasting of the Rossiya TV channel was interrupted. According to Gazeta.Ru, this is stated in the message of the TV channel. According to the technical control service of Belarus, they received a fax informing about "preventive measures on the Rossiya TV channel on Saturday and Sunday from 18.00 to 21.30." The first outage was made on Saturday during the broadcast of the evening newscast.

Russian Security Council Secretary Igor Ivanov, who is touring the Middle East, expressed his concern about the fate of two Russians arrested in Qatar on suspicion of involvement in the murder of Zelimkhan Yandarbiev.