In the near future, Ukrainian courts will consider the circumstances of the privatization of three thousand Ukrainian enterprises. This, as reported by RIA "Novosti", said on Wednesday at a briefing in Kyiv following the government meeting, Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko.

The political council of the regional organizations of the Power of the People coalition and the Socialist Party of the Dnipropetrovsk region is asking President Viktor Yushchenko to dismiss Governor Sergei Kasyanov, who was appointed on February 4, Ukrainian News Agency reports. In their opinion, Kasyanov violated the agreement concluded between the regional administration and the political council with his appointments.

The murder of Mufti Urus-Martan Khas-Magomed Umalatov has been solved in Chechnya. According to RIA Novosti, this was reported at the Regional Operational Headquarters for the management of the counter-terrorist operation in the North Caucasus.

Partial collapse of the roof of the garage complex occurred on Wednesday in the west of Moscow. According to NEWSru.com with reference to Interfax, a source in the city's department of the Civil Defense and Emergency Situations reported that the incident occurred at about 11.00 Moscow time on Lobachevsky Street, house 118. According to preliminary data, one person died as a result of the collapse, two were hospitalized - one in a state of average gravity, the other - in heavy.

In Kizlyar, an attempt was made on the life of the Secretary of the Security Council of Dagestan Akhmednabi Magdigadzhiev and the manager of the Russian Pension Fund for Dagestan, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic Amuchi Amutinov. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the head of the press center of the State Council and the government of Dagestan Eduard Urazaev, Gazeta.ru reports.

The Kyoto Protocol, aimed at combating global warming, comes into force on February 16, despite the fact that the United States did not support it. Ratified by 141 states, the protocol aims to limit emissions of so-called greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, which are considered to be the cause of global warming. Climate change could lead to droughts and floods, rising ocean levels and the extinction of thousands of species by 2100.

Funeral in Lebanon. Frame ORT In the capital of Lebanon Beirut, an elemental anti-Syrian demonstration was held, the reason for which was the funeral of the former Prime Minister of Rafik al-Kariri, who was killed on Monday. Thousands of Lebanese, shouting anti -Siri slogans, filled the streets around the house of the murdered on Wednesday, reports Reuters. “We want to tell the truth, we do not want the presence of Syria. Syria - out of here!” They chanted.

STS. From the site SAT2.HP.infoseek.co.jp March 4 begins the broadcasting of the Home TV channel. According to the Gzt.ru newspaper on Wednesday, the M1 channel will replace the M1 channel in the Moscow range, which STS Media acquired last fall. Given the television, Perm and Kazan purchased at the same time in St.

A group of residents of the Bashkir city of Blagoveshchensk held another picket on Wednesday near the building of the Prosecutor General's Office on Bolshaya Dmitrovka in Moscow, Gazeta.ru reports citing Interfax. The picketers thus express their protest against the actions of the employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic, and also demand from the prosecutor's office an objective investigation of the facts of abuse of authority by policemen in Blagoveshchensk.

At the request of Georgian Defense Minister Irakli Okruashvili, all high-ranking military officials in the armed forces of the republic resigned. A source in the Georgian Defense Ministry, who wished to remain anonymous, told RIA Novosti that the minister is dissatisfied with the progress of reforms in the armed forces. "Dissatisfaction with the course of reforms and the work of officials became the reason for the dismissal of the generals," he said.

Committee - 2008. Members of the “Committee-2008: Free choice” at a meeting on Tuesday agreed to continue consultations on the creation of a single democratic party. As reports with reference to Interfax Newsru.com, a special working group has been created for this. "I believe that the meeting was successful.

Pershin brothers. Installation of faces In the Urals Federal District, on charges of large theft, the leaders of the Khanty-Mansiysk oil company and the Nazim oil and gas company were arrested. According to RIA Novosti, this was announced by the Minister of the Interior Rashid Nurgaliev. "The Director General of the Khanty -Mansiysk Oil Company and the Nazim Oil and Gas Company were taken into custody.

US President George W. Bush, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko held telephone conversations on Tuesday. As a REGNUM correspondent was informed in the Mass Media and Public Relations Service of the Presidential Administration of Georgia, during the conversation a number of political and regional issues were considered.

According to the international human rights organization Human Rights Watch, over a thousand people have been abducted in Chechnya over the past year. This, according to Radio Liberty, was announced at a press conference in Moscow by the representative of the organization Anna Neistat. According to her, employees of federal and local law enforcement agencies were involved in most of the abductions.

By 2010, Yukos plans to increase oil production to 100-110 million tons per year. According to Gazeta.ru with reference to Interfax, this is stated in the Yukos report for the fourth quarter of 2004. Besides, in 2005 the company plans to leave the level of oil production practically unchanged - about 85 million tons of oil per year. The report states that Yukos does not exclude oil from Yuganskneftegaz from its oil production plans for 2005.