Soldier of the Russian army. Photo from the site slujba.ru In Chechnya, a soldier of one of the units of the internal troops committed suicide. This was reported on Saturday Interfax with reference to a source in law enforcement agencies of the republic.

Mahmoud Ahmadinjad. Photo by ar Iran announced the beginning of work on the installation at a nuclear facility in Natanz a cascade of 3 thousand centrifugs to enrich uranium. This was reported by AP with reference to the Iranian news agency Fars.

Philip Dust Blazie. Photo from the site EU.INT Foreign Minister Philip Dust-Blazie expressed condolences to the Russian authorities in connection with a fire in the Moscow narcological hospital, RIA Novosti reports. "I found out with horror about this fire that claimed dozens of lives," the Dust Blazi statement, widespread by the press service of the Foreign Ministry of France, said in a statement.

Dmitry Rogozin. Photo "Kommersant" State Duma deputy Dmitry Rogozin on Saturday unanimously elected chairman of the All -Russian Public Organization "Congress of Russian Communities" (KRO). He replaced Sergei Glazyev in this post. According to Interfax, such a decision was made at the congress of KRO, where the new name of the organization was accepted at the same time - now it is called "Homeland. KRO".

Anna Politkovskaya. Photo from the site of her memory Journalist Anna Politkovskaya is posthumously awarded a special medal of the Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia. This was reported by Radio "Freedom". Among the awarded also 4 A-310 airbus flight attendants, who had a disaster in July at the Irkutsk airport.

Employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Dagestan. Frame of the TV channel "Russia" In Makhachkala on Friday, an officer of the OMON of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Dagestan was killed. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic. According to the press service, the crime was committed at about 19.00. "Unknown people shot the senior lieutenant OMON in the courtyard of one of the houses on Imam Shamil Avenue.

Christmas tree. Photo from the site foundfoto.ru The US FBI agents detained in the vicinity of a chicago person on suspicion of planning a large attack, ABC reports with reference to sources close to the investigation. According to the source, the detainee planned an attack on one of the hypermarkets in the town of Rockford (Illinois) on Christmas holidays. The terrorist intended to use explosives and small arms.

Pushkin Square: Police in anticipation of manifestants. Photo by D. BORKO/Brani.ru Residents of the village of Butovo on Saturday held a rally in the Novopushkinsky Square. According to Echo of Moscow, participants in the action protested against the arbitrariness of the Moscow authorities.

Millennium hotel in London. Photo by ar In the room 441 of the Millennium hotels, which was currently sealed by the British police, the chief suspect in the case of the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko Andrei Lugovoi lived. This is written on Saturday "Kommersant". Earlier it was reported that the poison may have been prepared in one of the hotel rooms - traces of Polonia were found in the room on the fourth floor.

Vodka. Photo from the Air Force website The Ministry of Finance of Russia decided to postpone by June 1, 2007 the deadline for transferring data in automatic mode to a single state automated information system of alcohol accounting (EGAIS). This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to a senior representative of the Ministry of Finance. According to the source, the draft amendments to the corresponding government decree has already been prepared.

Andrey Lugovoi. Frame NTV Former FSB officer Andrei Lugovoi said that neither Russian nor British investigators interrogated him, although his state of health allowed him to do this, ITAR-TASS reports. Lugovoi said that he feels normally, and today he went through medical procedures all day. He expects official results of the examination by the end of next week.

US Congress. Photo from the site correspondent. The House of Representatives of the US Congress on Friday approved a bill allowing cooperation between the United States and India in the nuclear sphere. As AP reports, 330 people voted for 59. The bill allows the supply of nuclear technologies and equipment to India. In addition, Americans are allowed to supply Nuclear fuel India. As the agency notes, the White House has achieved the adoption of this law since the beginning of the year.

Il-96. Photo from the website of the company '' Ilyushin '' Zimbabwe could not buy passenger aircraft from Russia due to the fact that Russian officials demanded a bribe of $ 25 million from representatives of the African delegation. This is written on Saturday Zimbabwe Independent. In the negotiations in Moscow, the African country was represented by the Minister of Transport Chris Mushov and the head of the reserve bank Gideon Gono.

Employees of the Ministry of Emergencies at the scene. Photo from Newsru.com In the Moscow narcological hospital number 17 on the night of Saturday, a fire occurred. According to RIA Novosti, 45 people died as a result of a fire. The exact number of patients and personnel of the drug and affected by the fire is still unknown. According to preliminary data, the victims were taken to the Sklifosofsky Institute of Emergency, the first Grad and 33th hospitals in the city of Moscow.

Slot machine room. Photo from the site RBC The Tver region will apply for the placement of the gambling zone in its region. According to RIA Novosti, the Governor of the Tver Region Dmitry Zelenin said on Saturday. "If the corresponding competition is announced, then we will apply for the placement of the gambling zone with us," Zelenin said. According to him, the Tver region is the largest region in the Central Federal District. Its territory is approximately the territory of Austria.