In Asbest, a criminal case has been opened on the facts of the mass death of babies in a local maternity hospital. This was reported to RIA Novosti on Wednesday by the press service of the prosecutor's office of the Sverdlovsk region. "During January of this year, five newborns aged from one to 20 days died in the maternity hospital of the city hospital # 1 of Asbest," a representative of the prosecutor's office said.

The prosecutor's office of St. Petersburg has charged one of the suspects in the case of the murder of a Tajik girl with murder. According to Gazeta.Ru with reference to Interfax, this was announced to journalists on Wednesday by the city's deputy prosecutor Alexander Konovalov. In addition, according to him, seven more participants in the attack were charged with hooliganism. In turn, the prosecutor of St.

Five members of the White Energy extremist group have been detained in connection with the murder of a Vietnamese student in St. Petersburg, Gazeta.ru reports. This was reported to Interfax by the deputy prosecutor of the city Alexander Konovalov. "Currently, the investigation believes that those detained on suspicion of murder committed a planned action," he said. In turn, the prosecutor of St.

Inauguration. Filming ORT The new constitution will appear in Russia by June 12, 2007. This was announced by the Director of the Institute of National Strategy, Stanislav Belkovsky. The existence of such plans a few days ago on the air "Echo of Moscow" was stated by the head of the apparatus of the Accounts Chamber Sergei Shahrai, who is the author of the current constitution. Belkovsky said that a group of experts is working on the text of the new constitution in the Kremlin.

Zurab Nogaidiyd. Photo from the site DOST For the post of Prime Minister of Georgia, the candidacy of Zurab Nogaidel was nominated, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the press speaker of the President of Georgia. Until recently, Nogaidil served as Minister of Finance of the country. He is considered a man from the team of former prime minister Zurab, who died on February 3. Previously, other possible candidates for this post were called.

On the grave of Alexander Puman. Photo of kp The Moscow prosecutor's office charged two police officers in the case of death during the interrogation of the former submariner Alexander Pumane, Gazeta.ru reports.

Logo of independent social environmental initiative The public organization "Independent Social Natural Initiative" will make a legislative initiative to equip all Russian cars with catalysts. According to RIA Novosti, this was announced by the president of the organization Nikolai Tonskov. "In order to reduce the level of air pollution, it is necessary to equip the cars with catalytic neutralizers," Tonkov said.

The Federal Service for Supervision of Compliance with Legislation in the Sphere of Mass Communications has issued an official warning to the editors of the Kommersant newspaper. The reason for this was the publication on the pages of the newspaper of an interview with Chechen separatist leader Aslan Maskhadov, Ekho Moskvy reports with reference to Interfax.

The Federal Arbitration Court of the Moscow District annulled the decision of the court of appeal dated October 18, according to which the court confirmed the validity of the decision of the inspection of the Ministry of Taxation # 1 on the recovery of more than 9 billion rubles of tax debt for 1999 from OAO Yuganskneftegaz. The court sent the case for a new trial to the Moscow Arbitration Court of Appeal #9, RIA Novosti reports.

On Tuesday in Angola at the carnival in the city of Lubango, a truck crashed into a crowd of people. As a result, at least 38 people were killed and 70 people were injured, reports Reuters. The cause of the accident could be a technical malfunction of a heavy truck - its brakes failed. The driver failed to turn to the side and ran straight into the crowd. According to local media, riots broke out near the mortuary, where the bodies of the dead were taken.

In the correctional colony of general regime # 1 in the village of Tsentralny, Miloslavsky district, Ryazan region, riots broke out among prisoners. They were prompted by a search that followed the use of violence against one of the correctional officers.

On Tuesday evening, an attempt was made on the son of the president of the CSKA football club, Vladimir Giner, in Moscow, Lenta.Ru reports with reference to Interfax. The jeep, in which Giner and his bodyguard were traveling, was shot at 19.15 on the Rostov embankment. The fire was opened from automatic weapons from a car that overtook a jeep. Giner was wounded in the chest area, his guard - in the arm. Reportedly, the wounded guard, without stopping, took Giner to the Botkin hospital.

The sale of Yuganskneftegaz did not negatively affect the work of this company, said Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov, speaking at a meeting of the State Duma. "There is a sale (of oil. - Ed.), oil deliveries and contracts previously concluded are being carried out," the prime minister said.

The European Commission has not agreed to extend the ban on the use of Nazi symbols to those of the Soviet era. MEPs from the former communist bloc countries, including former Lithuanian President Vytautas Landsbergis, insisted on a ban on communist paraphernalia. In their opinion, Europe should make it clear that it is equally negative about both systems.

Roman Abramovich. Photo by ar The owner of the London football club Chelsea Roman Abramovich does not intend to participate in the struggle for the post of president of the Russian Football Union. The Russian businessman said this in a conversation with the editor -in -chief of the Echo of Moscow radio station Alexei Venediktov. “I was not going and not going to participate in the campaign for the election of the President of the RFU,” the radio station quoted the words of Abramovich.