In the City Court of St. Petersburg at the trial of the murder of Galina Starovoitova on Tuesday, Pavel Stekhnovsky, who was extradited to Russia from Belgium at the end of December last year, was interrogated as a witness, RIA Novosti reports. He stated that in 1998 he worked for Sergei Musin, who is currently on the wanted list as a suspect in the murder of Starovoitova.

In an interview with Gazeta.Ru, Chairman of the Board of Yukos Steven Theede stated that he had not received any documents from the RFFI on the results of the auction for the sale of a stake in Yuganskneftegaz. “Personally, I have not received and have not seen any official document from the RFBR notifying us that Yuganskneftegaz has been sold. There is no official confirmation that the proceeds were transferred to the budget.

Traffic on the federal highway Petersburg-Murmansk, suspended due to bad weather conditions, has been restored, Gazeta.ru reports. As RIA "Novosti" was informed in the press service of the North-West Regional Center of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation, traffic on the highway was opened on Tuesday at about 7.20. As specified in the press service of the Main Directorate for Civil Defense and Emergencies of the Murmansk Region, traffic on the St.

Georgy Satarov. Photo from the site www.amic.ru The co -chair of the Civil Congress Georgy Satarov, in an interview with the Franes, said that the concentration of power in the hands of one person is a consequence of a violation of the current constitution, and not the phenomenon from it arising.

Constitutional Court. Photo from the site www.state.rin.ru The Constitutional Court recognized the provisions of the Law on Political Parties by the Constitution, allowing parliament to regulate the minimum threshold of the number of political parties, RIA Novosti reports. The process was initiated by representatives of the Baltic Republican Party.

The number of domain names registered in the .ru zone (www.name.ru) in 2004 increased by 40% compared to 2003 and exceeded 312,000 units, Interfax was told at the Regional Network Information Center (Ru-Center ), the largest domain registrar in the .ru zone. Also, about 3.5 thousand users are currently served in the .su domain.

On the federal highway "Don" M-4 Moscow-Rostov, traffic has not yet been restored. A multi-kilometer traffic jam on this highway was formed due to ice and snowfall last Sunday. As Interfax was informed by the press service of the Southern Regional Center of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation, due to snow drifts at the 890th kilometer and in the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe settlement of Alekseevsky-Lazovsky, traffic along the FAD "Don" was not restored.

Russian citizens living in South Ossetia will enjoy all the benefits under Russian law. This was announced by the head of the Department of Social Protection and the Pension Fund of the unrecognized republic Vitaly Pliev, RIA Novosti reports. "Our task is to transfer all categories of our pensioners to Russian pensions.

Boris Yeltsin. Photo from the site www.state.rin.ru Boris Yeltsin celebrates his 74th birthday on February 1. As the head of the protocol of the First President of Russia Vladimir Shevchenko, Boris Yeltsin celebrates the 74th anniversary of his wife Naina outside the city, in the Moscow Region, said on Tuesday. According to Shevchenko, most likely the children and grandchildren of Boris Nikolaevich will join the celebration later. As a rule, all the holidays are the Yeltsin family.

People are being evacuated from the building of the Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow. Less than an hour ago, an anonymous signal about a bomb threat was received, Ekho Moskvy reports. Now the building is being inspected by special services. The case of the former head of the Russian Federal Property Fund, Vladimir Malin, was supposed to be heard in this court today, accused of abuse of office and bribery, moreover, in favor of Yukos.

Aslan Maskhadov's relatives have been abducted by the Chechen president's security service, Radio Liberty reports with reference to an unnamed Chechen police officer. According to the source, on December 4 last year, police officers stopped a convoy of cars in which Maskhadov's sister, brothers and nephews were under escort. The escorts, according to a source, referred to an "order from Moscow" and presented a warrant for the arrest of Maskhadov's relatives.

97 deputies have already put their signatures under a motivated justification to bring the issue of no confidence in the government to the meeting of the State Duma. They are ready to join six more deputies who have not yet arrived in Moscow, but confirmed their readiness to sign the document by phone, said on Tuesday the first deputy chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, State Duma deputy Ivan Melnikov.

Russia and the US may sign a bilateral agreement on Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) by the end of 2005. According to RIA Novosti, this was announced on Monday by Russian Minister of Economic Development and Trade German Gref and US Trade Representative Robert Zoellick following talks in Zurich, Switzerland.

At least 4 Iraqi prisoners have been killed and 6 others injured in a riot at the Camp Bucca prison camp near the city of Umm Qasra, in southern Iraq. It is reported by Interfax with reference to the statement of the command of the coalition forces. The riots broke out on Monday during an inspection aimed at identifying illegal items from prisoners in one of 10 barracks, the communiqué said.

Mikhail Kozyrev. Frame NTV The general producer and one of the creators of the radio station "Our Radio" (101.7 MHz in Moscow) Mikhail Kozyrev leaves his post. According to Lenta.ru, this was announced on Tuesday at a meeting of the radio station. The acting general producer of our Radio was appointed by the former marketing director of this radio station Mikhail Zotov.