Monument to the SS veterans. Sinimaye. Photo by ar Near the memorial of the 20th Vaffen-SS division in the Estonian district of Ida-Viruma on Saturday, the traditional annual meeting of veterans of the Estonian SS Legion of the SS was held. The rally was registered and permitted by the Viivarasky volost department of the county, RIA Novosti reports. About 200 people took part in the event.

Block post in Chechnya. Frame 1 channel Two young people were stolen by unknown armed criminals in North Ossetia near the border with Ingushetia, Interfax reports. The seven unknown persons in masks and camouflage, armed with automatic weapons, blocked the Mazda car, which were three residents of the Ingush village of Kantyshevo, the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of North Ossetia said. The kidnappers arrived on two Zhiguli cars.

George Bush, US President. Photo by ar George Bush signed a decree on Friday on the tightening of US sanctions against Zimbabwe and President of this country Robert Mugaba, CNN reports. “This step was a direct result of the Mugabe regime,” Bush emphasized in his statement. Now the US Treasury intends to "freeze" the accounts of seventeen Zimbabvian enterprises controlled by it.

The lawyer is pleased with Karadzhich Svetozar Vuyachich. Photo AFP On Friday evening, the term of the arrested former leader of the Bosniysky Serbs was pleasing to Karadzhich could appeal to the decision to the decision on his extraction in the Hague, France Presse. In the Netherlands, Karajich will appear before the international tribunal in the former Yugoslavia, accusing him of war crimes and genocide.

Combator with the heart of Chopin. Warsaw. Photo world.lib.ru The Polish authorities refused to provide the heart of Frederic Chopin for conducting DNA tests, reports Associated Press. The composer’s heart is stored in a reduced form in one of the churches of Warsaw from the day of his death in 1849. Scientists intended to make sure that he actually died of cystic fibrosis, and not tuberculosis, as affirmed after his death.

The submarine K-77. Photo oakhamgraphics.com The American military conducting an operation to raise the former Soviet submarine K-77 from the Dnie-Island River (Rhino Alend), the newspaper "Gazeta" reports. The boat sank during the storm a year ago. Rescue commands with the help of hydraulic pumps are trying to pump out water from the submarine body to stabilize it and raise it to the surface on pontoons.

Vuk Eremich, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia. Photo by ar Serbia does not intend to conduct direct negotiations with Kosovo. This was stated by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia Vuk Eremich, reports Associated Press.

Tug "Hercules". Photo from Marinecarrier.se The militants of the organization Movement for the liberation of the Niger Delta, who attacked the Hercules tugboat on Thursday, which serves oil fields, left five people hostage. Among them are four Russians and a Poland citizen, reports the online publication of the Marine Bulletin. In total, there were twelve sailors on board the tugboat, mainly citizens of Russia and Ukraine.

SPRK S-300. Photo by ITAR-TASS The US Department of Defense believe that Russia will not supply Iran with air defense at least until the end of this year. This was stated by Pentagon press secretary Jeff Morrel. He did not specify that he inspires such confidence in the American military, but explained that the conclusions are drawn "based on the understanding of the situation," CNN reports.

Hummer H2. Photo hummer.ru General Motors, the leading American Automobile Concert, intends to get rid of the unit producing Hummer SUVs in the shortest possible time. Interest in buying the legendary brand, according to GM Executive Director Rick Wagoner, has already shown several potential buyers, reports Reuters. Hummer premium SUVs, developed on the platform of universal all -terrain vehicles of the US Army, turned out to be unprofitable against the background of rising gas prices.

Iran. The execution of the convict. Photo by the IRNA agency Thirty people convicted of various serious crimes will be executed in Iran on Sunday, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Iranian newspaper Aftab. This is the most massive execution in the Islamic Republic in recent years.

The Hague Court. Frame 1 television channel The chairman of the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (MTBU) Fausto Pokar appointed three judges who will conduct the case of the former leader of the Bosnian Serbs, Radova Karadzhich, RIA Novosti reports. The judicial chamber will be headed by the Dutch judge Alfons Or. It also included the Belgian judge Christina van Den Weinhart and a judge from South Africa Bakon Moloto.

Grigory Yavlinsky plants a tree. Photo yabloko.ru Grigory Yavlinsky can be part of the Cabinet of Ministers. According to the newspaper "Your Day", the former leader of the Yabloko party is one of the most likely candidates for the post of head of the newly created Ministry of Ecology. As previously reported by the border.ru, the new department will appear as a result of the reorganization of the Ministry of Nature and Ecology.

Luciano Benhamin Menendes. Photo by ar The court of the Argentine city of Cordoba sentenced Luchaano Benhamin Menendes to the life imprisonment of the former general general, the Air Force. During the military dictatorship of 1976-1983, Menendes, who is now 80 years old, commanded the Third Army Corps in Cordoba. He also was responsible for investigative insulators and prisons, which contained political prisoners.

Oleg Lebedev. Photo TV.ru The mayor of Tver Oleg Lebedev on Friday was taken into custody in the building of the Tver Regional Court, ITAR-TASS reports. The decision was made by the court after the preliminary hearings in the criminal case against Lebedev.