Mikhail Fradkov. Photo by ar Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov ordered the Ministry of Natural Resources and Rosprirodnadzor more often to conduct inspections of subsoil users, "so that they all stand on their ears." According to RIA Novosti, he stated this on Tuesday in Neryungri at a meeting on the construction of the oil pipeline East Siberia - the Pacific Ocean.

Handcuffs. Photo from Newsru.com In Russia, the number of serious and especially serious crimes continues to decrease. This was stated on Tuesday by the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Rashid Nurgaliev, speaking at a meeting of the Council at the Presidential Presidential Representative in the Ural Federal District. According to him, in January and February 2007, the country recorded 15 percent less murders, almost 9 percent less cases of serious harm to health.

Vladimir Abarinov The other day, Deputy Prosecutor General of Russia Alexander Zvyagintsev, discussing the prospects of extradition of Boris Berezovsky, likened to the disgraced ex-oligarch Decembrist Nikolai Turgenev and Narodlop, Lev Gartman. This indicates not only the change of historical milestones in the Kremlin. Indirectly Mr. Zvyagintsev confirms that Moscow unsuccessfully achieves the issuance of Berezovsky in the same way as in these cases, the motives - political.

The failure of the soil. Photo from RIA Novosti website Due to the subsidence of asphalt on Tuesday, the movement of vehicles on Leningradsky Prospekt in Moscow is difficult. This was reported by RIA "Novosti" with reference to the traffic police of the capital. "The sinking of the road surface of one of the lanes when moving towards the region occurred at about 13.00 opposite the Dynamo metro station. The approximate area of ​​the emergency site is 20 square meters," the traffic police said.

DHC-8 aircraft At the Airport of the Japanese city of Sikoku with a non-entry chassis, the All Nippon Airlines Passenger DHC-8 has successfully landing. It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to local television. On board the airliner following the #1603 flight from Osaka to Koti were 56 passengers and four crew members.

Alexander Veshnyakov. Photo from the site www.radiorus.ru His current chairman Alexander Vesnyakov was not included in the new composition of the Central Election Commission. President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday appointed five members of the Central Election Commission of Russia, the press service of the head of state said. According to the presidential decree, Igor Borisov, Stanislav Vavilov, Vasily Volkov, Maya Grishin, Igor Fedorov were appointed members of the CEC.

Windows logo Microsoft transfers to Russia the production of discs with the pre -installation versions of the Windows operating system and the Microsoft Office package. This is written on Tuesday "Vedomosti" with reference to the company "Microsoft Rus". The main consumers of these discs are Russian collectors who install software for computers and servers they manufactured. Until now, collectors received them from abroad.

Vladimir Mikhailov - Commander -in -Chief of the Air Force of the Russian Federation, Army General at the command post of the Air Force. Photo by Dmitry Borko/Grani.ru Russia begins to create a new air defense system, which significantly exceeds the S-400 systems received by the S-400 systems, the Army General Vladimir Mikhailov told the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Air Force. With such a statement, Mr.

Port Vladivostok. Photo from the site www.russia.org.cn In the Gulf of Peter the Great, 30 miles from Vladivostok, the Russian cargo ship "Sinar" is on fire. It was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the Vladivostok Marine Rescue and Cording Center. There are ten crew members on board the ship, all of them Russians. There has not yet been received information about the victims. "The fire arose in the hold of the vessel, according to preliminary data, cars lit up.

Fire. Photo from the website bomberos.cl The cause of a large fire at the Phiclikroval plant for the production of roofing materials in the west of Moscow, according to preliminary data, was arson. This was reported on Tuesday RBC with reference to the head of the press service of the Ministry of Emergencies in Moscow Evgenia Bobylev. According to him, in favor of this version is the fact that the fire occurred simultaneously in three different places.

Gela Gulguashvili. Photo from the site civil.ge After the conclusion of the UN military observers is received on the fact of the shelling of the Kodor gorge on the night of March 12, all the perpetrators will receive merit. Such a statement was made on Tuesday, the head of the Georgian Foreign Ministry Gela Trahjuashvili, RIA Novosti reports.

Military cemetery in Tallinn. Photo from the site www.britishembassy.gov.uk The military burial commission recommends the Minister of Defense of Estonia to reburrow the remains of Soviet soldiers who rest at the monument to a bronze soldier in the center of Tallinn. This was reported by Gazeta.ru with reference to the newspaper Eesti Paevaleht.

Fire engine. Photo SFN On the fact of a fire at the Moscow plant of roofing materials located on Kutuzovsky Prospekt, a criminal case was instituted. This was reported by RIA "Novosti" with reference to the press service of the metropolitan prosecutor's office. The case was opened under part 2 of Article 167 (intentional destruction or damage to property by arson or in another generally hazardous way), which provides for a punishment in the form of imprisonment for up to five years.

American patrol on the border of Kosovo and Macedonia. Photo Reuters The European Parliament supported the proposals of the special representative of the Secretary General of the UN Marty Akhtisaari about the future status of Kosovo. Deputies noted that these proposals "are of extreme importance to ensure stability in the region," NTV reports. According to parliamentarians, on the basis of the proposals of Akhtisaari, the UN Council of Council should adopt a resolution as soon as possible.

Plato Lebedev. Photo of a new newspaper The Chita Regional Court rejected the cassation of the prosecutor’s office on Tuesday to the decision of the Ingodinsky district court of Chita on the complaint of the former head of the MFI Menatep Platon Lebedev to the investigator of the Prosecutor General’s Office. According to Interfax, this was stated by lawyer Lebedev Vladimir Krasnov.