Illustration from the website of Rostelecom The Federal Tax Service accused Rostelecom of non-payment of 3.474 billion rubles of taxes for 2003, Prime-Tass reports. As stated in the press release, from this amount 2.181 billion rubles is a claim for paying additional taxes, and 1.293 billion rubles - fines and penalties. A planned tax audit of the company's activities for 2003 was carried out from October 3, 2005 to April 27, 2006.

Black actor in the role of Christ. Shot from the film "Color of the Cross" The Moscow authorities offer to fine for racial or ethnic discrimination, ITAR-TASS reports. Such measures are provided for by bills that were considered on Thursday at a meeting of the Mosgordumi Commission on Interethnic and Interfaith Relations. The bills propose to establish administrative responsibility for racial and ethnic discrimination in the form of a warning or fine.

Pre -trial detention center. Photo from the site www.lenta.ru The speaker of the Volgograd City Duma Pavel Karev, after interrogation in the investigative department of the prosecutor's office of the Volgograd region, was detained for 48 hours and placed in a temporary detention center, RIA Novosti reports.

Vladimir Putin. Photo by ar The successor of Vladimir Putin as the President of Russia can be a person who is "not entirely known in the media." According to the Air Force, Putin himself stated in Shanghai, once again emphasizing that he would not go for a third term. "Such a decision would undermine my inner confidence in the rightness of what I do because it is impossible to demand from other compliance with the law when you violate it yourself," Putin said.

On June 30, in Moscow, on Gagarin Square, the first "intercepting" parking in the capital will start working. According to PRIME-TASS, the new parking lot located under the overpass covers an area of ​​more than 100,000 square meters and is designed for 640 cars. The Department of Transport and Communications of the capital reported that during the day the parking will be used as an "interceptor", and in the evening it will be used by motorists living in nearby houses.

Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo by ar The Prime Minister of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov said that the field commander Shamil Basayev would be responsible for the death of the President of the Republic of Ahmad Kadyrov and many other Chechens. This is stated in Kadyrov’s statement, widespread on Friday, Interfax reports. “Until yesterday, I only assumed that the customer of this monstrous terrorist act is none other than Shamil Basayev.

OSAGO policy. Photo from the site http://amh.ru The State Duma adopted in the first reading amendments to the law on OSAGO, RIA Novosti reports on Friday. Amendments are proposed to take into account the benefits when concluding a new insurance contract after a change in the vehicle. “For” 406 deputies voted with the necessary 226 votes, that is, the amendments were adopted unanimously.

Ukrainian-Russian border. Photo from the site www.odecca.com In the Kharkov region, at the international checkpoint "Pletnevka", border guards detained two Russian citizens who tried to get away from the persecution of employees of the State traffic inspectorate of Ukraine across the Ukrainian-Russian border, Prua reports. The border guards who served at the checkpoint saw that the Hundai Tiburon car was approaching on the road at high speed. He was pursued by a traffic police car.

Abu-Dzeite. Photo from the site vesti.ru Employees of the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office deciphered the electronic archive of the Arab mercenary Abu Dzeit, who was killed in February last year, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the deputy producer of Russia Nikolai Shepel.

NATO flag On Sunday, 35 US military will arrive in the Crimea to ensure the sending of cargo, which was supposed to be used on the interethnic exercises "Sea Breeze-2006". This was written on Friday "Ukrainian Pravda" with reference to the representative office of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic. US military will arrive on the peninsula in civilian clothes and without weapons.

Power lines In the Rostov region, as a result of a collision of a passenger car with a support of the power line, three young men and one girl, reports the Southern Region. The disaster occurred in the Semikarakorsky district, on the Molchanov farm. At the wheel was a 16-year-old teenager who took the car without the permission of his parents. It contained three more 18-year-old boys and a 17-year-old girl.

Strasbourg Court of Human Rights Russian Nina Shevanova, living in Latvia, won the process against the Latvian state in the Strasbourg Court of Human Rights. This was reported on Friday by RIA Novosti with reference to the Diena newspaper. Now Latvia is obliged to pay Shevanova 6000 euros and restore in rights.

Homemade explosive device. Photo from the site www.fsb.ru A series of terrorist attacks was committed in the capital of Tajikistan Dushanbe.

Money. A criminal case has been instituted against the chairman of the Volgograd City Duma Pavel Karev. This was announced by ITAR-TASS as deputy prosecutor of the region Mikhail Muzraev.

Firefighters. Photo from Newsru.com As a result of the gas explosion in a residential building in Moscow, one died and four people were injured. According to RIA Novosti, the representative of the Moscow Fire Service said that the body of the gas explosion in Vnukovo remained under the rubble of the wreckage of the walls and ceilings of the house. “Rescuers do not exclude that there are still people under the rubble,” the agency’s interlocutor said.