In the village of Tolstoy-Yurt, Grozny region, unidentified men in camouflage abducted a local resident, Mustafilov. This was reported to RIA Novosti on Friday at the Grozny District Department of Internal Affairs. On Thursday at about 3.15 am, several armed men broke into Mustafilov's house and, at gunpoint, took him away in an unknown direction. According to preliminary data, the criminals traveled in a UAZ vehicle. An investigation into the matter has been launched, the ROVD said.

Russian Embassy in Riga. Photo from the site of the embassy Latvia decided to expel the Russian diplomat "on the basis of information from the state security services of the Foreign Ministry of Latvia" that he "took actions incompatible with the status of a diplomat," Gazeta.ru reports, citing Interfax. It is specified that he tried to receive information regarding NATO.

Dmitry Bilibin, who resigned after a fire in a student dormitory, was re-elected rector of the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (PFUR), Gazeta.ru reports with reference to ITAR-TASS. This decision was made at a meeting of the election conference of the university, said Vice-Rector of the University Viktor Ponka. According to him, 96.4% voted for Bilibin. 67-year-old Professor Dmitry Bilibin, Doctor of Medical Sciences, has been in charge of the university since 1998.

The United States would like to offer assistance to the victims of the terrible explosion in North Korea, US State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said. It is reported by AFP. According to Boucher, no laws or resolutions prevent this, but Washington still has no official information about what happened, the extent of the damage, and whether the DPRK needs any help. There are unofficial reports of a very large number of victims.

US presidential candidate John Kerry called on the peoples of the world to officially recognize the 1915 Armenian genocide. US presidential candidate, Democratic Senator John Kerry advocates international recognition of the Armenian genocide in Ottoman Turkey in 1915.

In the holy Iraqi city of Karbala, coalition forces exchanged fire with Shiite militants, reports Reuters. As a result, a Bulgarian soldier was killed. The militants managed to knock out two military vehicles of the coalition forces. The clashes took place in the city hall area. According to the Bulgarian Ministry of Defense, on Friday night, the posts of the Bulgarian Armed Forces near the city hall and the central police department, as well as the base of the Bulgarians, were attacked.

The Omsk Regional Court on Thursday delivered a verdict in the case of the Vozrozhdenie mutual support society, which acted on the principle of a financial pyramid and deceived about 1,500 depositors in the amount of almost 24 million rubles, Gazeta.ru reports citing Interfax. "Vozrozhdenie" began its activity in February 1998. In the spring of 1999, a criminal case was opened against its leaders under Art. 159 of the Criminal Code "Fraud".

The publishing house "Travel & Tourism Survey 2003" selected the Russian capital, Moscow, as the best city for tourism and business in Eastern Europe, according to a survey of readers of the leading Eastern tourist publications "Middle East Travel" and "Al-Iktissad Wal-Aamal", Regnum reports.

In the north of Brazil, the rebellion of the prisoners of the Ursu Branco prison ended, reports Reuters. 14 rebels are killed, including 5 who escaped. All 170 hostages captured last Sunday have been released - mostly friends and relatives of the prisoners. According to another version, 170 visitors decided to voluntarily stay with the rioters. The strikers demanded to change the director of the prison, improve the conditions of detention, and allow the use of mobile phones.

British jazz star Shirley Bassey complains that Roman Abramovich's new yacht ruins the view from her home in Monte Carlo. We are talking about the 350-foot luxury yacht Le Grand Bleu, which the governor of Chukotka bought, according to rumors, for 60 million pounds. How much Bassey bought her mansion in Monte Carlo is not specified, but the bottom line is that the yacht, with its two helipads, depreciated this house for its owner. "What a ridiculous yacht! - the singer is indignant.

The leadership of the traffic police proposes to completely restructure the process of training young drivers, Interfax reports. “It is one thing to prepare a driver, and another thing is to pass an exam. Training in schools should be aimed at teaching how to drive a vehicle, and not just to pass an exam,” said the head of the Main Directorate (GU) of the traffic police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation Viktor Kiryanov.

Brazilian football legend Pele underwent surgery on the retina of his left eye on Thursday, RIA Novosti reports. According to the Albert Einstein Clinic in Sao Paulo, the operation was a success. Pele has been discharged home, where he will spend the next 10 days. A retinal detachment in Pele's left eye was first discovered during a recent trip to Switzerland. Pele did not undergo surgery abroad, opting for Brazilian specialists.

In New Jersey, a 12-year-old student was suspended after a classmate complained that he threatened to treat an allergic teacher to peanut butter cookies. According to the boy's father, he was banned from school from April 2 to May 13, until the case is considered by the district education department.

In St. Petersburg, on the Bolshoi Prospekt of the Petrograd side, a 21-year-old student from China suffered from an attack by teenage girls, reports REGNUM news agency . Medical assistance to the young man was provided on the spot, after which the Chinese student was sent for outpatient treatment. The Central Internal Affairs Directorate of St.

The disaster medicine service in Russia will be reformed. According to ITAR-TASS, it is planned that it will be united with the Ministry of Emergency Situations. This was announced at the meeting of the Board of Directors of Disaster Medicine Centers of the Siberian Federal District, which is taking place in the Altai Territory, the head of the department for work with the regions of the All-Russian Service for Disaster Medicine, Sergey Chernyak.