10:40 // 01/13/2006 Alexander Koptsev, who attacked people in the synagogue, was charged with three articles of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, RIA Novosti was told in the capital's prosecutor's office.

14:16 // 13.01.2006 The Zamoskvoretsky court of Moscow authorized the arrest of Alexander Koptsev, accused of attacking the parishioners of the metropolitan synagogue, RIA Novosti reports. Thus, the court granted the petition of the Moscow prosecutor's office to choose a preventive measure in the form of detention to the accused. Source: gzt.ru

09:56 // 01/13/2006 The Moscow authorities are concerned about the incident on Wednesday in the center of the capital and intend to strengthen the protection of Moscow synagogues and control over those who go to them, said Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov.

13:43 // 13.01.2006 Who attacked parishioners in the synagogue in Moscow abandoned his testimony given after the detention of January 11. Kopsev said that at the time of testimony was in a state of shock, RIA Novosti reports.

13:24 // 13.01.2006 Sales of new foreign cars in Russia (cars, SUVs, as well as light commercial weights up to 3.5 tons) in 2005 increased by 62% compared to 2004, to 575 thousand units. This assessment was cited by Interfax Valery Tarakanov, Director of Strategic Marketing and PR of the Rolf group of companies.

09:50 // 13.01.2006 The 20-year-old Muscovite Alexander Koptsev, who staged a massacre in the synagogue on Bolshaya Bronnaya Street in the center of Moscow, said during the interrogation that he was going to commit suicide after several parishioners killing. According to Interfax, a source close to the investigation, during an interrogation carried out immediately after the detention, Kopsev told investigators that he was originally planning just such a scenario.

10:10 // 01/13/2006 The acting chairman of the Government of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov advocated that polygamy was allowed in the republic. “In Chechnya, this is necessary because we have war, we have more women according to statistics than men,” Kadyrov said. “We must do it, it is important for the Chechen people,” he added. Kadyrov noted that, according to various sources, there are more than women in Chechnya by 9-18%.

13:35 // 13.01.2006 The State Duma adopted in the first reading amendments to the Law "On Military Duties and Military Service", abolishing delays from draft for military service for the heads of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, RIA Novosti reports. For the adoption of the document, the deputies voted unanimously - 425 votes "FOR".

15:43 // 13.01.2006 The State Duma instructed her relevant committees to request information in the Government of the Russian Federation about the reasons for the adoption of a decision on changes in the rules of the Russian Federation without a wide discussion and their introduction without preliminary informing the population.

13:41 // 13.01.2006 The Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation Alexei Kudrin denied the information that appeared in the media that he allegedly was awarded any documents on the suit of the Yukos minority in the American court. “God sees, I have not seen anyone in the eye, except for officials from the American side with whom he held a series of working meetings, as well as the embassy that accompanied me,” said Kudrin, quoted by RIA Novosti.