Interpol album ** Interpol Antics Matador, 2004 ** There was a time when we painted our nails black. They painted together, sometimes to each other. But now, a friend, recalling that time, says: "Your nails were Pankovsky, and mine - New Wave. This is the main difference." This is actually a very, very fundamental thing. Therefore, I completely believe the legend that the New York group Interpol was organized thanks to the nuances in the appearance of Dr. Martens.

In Vladivostok, a suspect was detained in connection with the murder of the governor of the Magadan region, Valentin Tsvetkov, in 2002. This was reported to RIA Novosti by a source close to the investigation. According to the interlocutor of the agency, a 29-year-old man who was on the international wanted list was detained the day before by the criminal investigation department. The detainee has already been transferred to Moscow. Valentin Tsvetkov was shot dead in Moscow on October 18, 2002.

The German bank Deutsche Bank AG filed documents on Tuesday with the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas in Houston, in which it challenged the consideration of the Yukos case by this court, the Houston Chronicle reports. Representatives of the bank said that the jurisdiction of the American court cannot extend to the Russian company , which does not have sufficient assets in the United States.

A Novgorod citizen who twice threatened to blow up the city's synagogue was sentenced by a court to three years' imprisonment in a penal colony, RIA Novosti reports. During the debate in the city court of Veliky Novgorod, the representative of the state prosecution asked to give 20-year-old Yuri Novikov 5 years, having found him guilty of inciting ethnic, racial or religious hatred with the threat of violence.

As a result of clashes in Ingushetia on Wednesday, according to preliminary data, one police officer was killed and one wounded. This was reported to RIA Novosti by phone at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ingushetia. "At about 8.00 in the Nazran district of the republic in the settlement of Surkhakhi, a shootout broke out during a special operation to detain members of illegal armed groups," said an employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The Supreme Court of Ukraine left without consideration one of the four complaints filed by presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovych. The other three are still being studied. This was announced by the head of the press service of the Supreme Court Liana Shlyaposhnikova, RIA Novosti reports.

The victims of the tsunami. Photo from the Air Force website As a result of the earthquake and tsunami in Southeast Asia, more than 80 thousand people were killed. AFP reports this with reference to the authorities of the affected countries. Meanwhile, according to other sources that are widespread with reference to the organization of the United Nations, the number of dead can increase to 125 thousand, Echo Moscow reports.

OJSC Vimpelcom has received tax claims for 2002, RBC reports. The total amount of claims is 580.6 million rubles. The company's debt for this year was estimated at 408.5 million rubles, 172.1 million rubles were added as fines and penalties. Vimpelcom's official statement specifically emphasizes that the act for 2002 is a preliminary notice and is not a final tax decision or requirement of the tax inspectorate.

Identification of the corpses of the dead on Sri Lanka. Photo AFP The confirmed number of tsunami victims in Asia has already amounted to more than 80 thousand people, reports Reuters. Indonesia was most affected - 32.5 thousand people died in this country. The Indonesian province of Achech, located at the northern tip of the island of Sumatra, was closest to the epicenter of the earthquake.

Susan Umbers. Photo from the site www.arteria.ru On Tuesday, in New York, at the age of 71, a famous American writer, the largest culturalist and philosopher Susan Umbable, died. She was in the Sloan Kettering hospital, where she underwent a course of treatment for leukemia, reports Reuters. Doctors from the cancer center reported that Susan suffered from cancer since the 70s. Susan Umbrelor was born in 1933 in New York.

The Estonian TV channel Korsent, which broadcast in Russian, was off the air on Wednesday, RIA Novosti reports. The authorities explain such measures by the fact that the channel violated the law "On Language", according to which the volume of broadcasting in Russian without translation into Estonian should not exceed 10% of the total broadcasting volume.

Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko, elected president of Ukraine, urged his supporters to start a blockade of the government building on Wednesday in order to prevent a cabinet meeting led by Viktor Yanukovych, RIA Novosti reports. "Today it was announced that at 10 am (Wednesday - Ed.) the illegal government led by Yanukovych will start a working meeting.

The meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine took place today, but not in the Government House. The meeting was held by First Deputy Prime Minister Mykola Azarov in one of the offices of the Ministry of Finance in the Podolsky district of Kyiv. This was reported to ITAR-TASS by the press secretary of the Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Lukyanchenko. According to him, the meeting was attended by almost all members of the government and deputy ministers.

In recent hours, ten Russians who were vacationing in Thailand during the disaster have been found alive and well. According to Gazeta.Ru with reference to Interfax, this was reported in the operational headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. "In recent hours, ten Russian citizens reported themselves to the Russian embassy in Thailand," a representative of the headquarters said. According to him, no data on new tragic cases among Russians have been reported.

In the north-west of Moscow on Yana Rainis Boulevard, a grenade was found under a car parked near a department store. The police department of the capital told Interfax that at about 22:00, an RGD-5 grenade mounted on a wire was found under a parked VAZ-2115 car, Gazeta.ru reports. The dog handler who examined the car suggested that it was a combat grenade. The place of the incident was cordoned off, the FSB bomb experts were called.