16:34 // 03/03/2006 The former head of the traffic police of Russia, a member of the Federation Council Vladimir Fedorov considers an unnecessarily sentence to the driver Oleg Shcherbinsky - a participant in an accident, which killed the Governor of the Altai Territory Mikhail Evdokimov, his driver and guard. "In this case (in this accident -IF) mutual wine, but the degree of guilt of the driver of the" Mercedes "Governor Evdokimov was not studied," Fedorov told Interfax on Friday.

Georgia ceases to participate in the Council of Ministers of Defense of the CIS countries. The corresponding decree was signed by Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili on January 25.

17:55 // 03/03/2006 Ukraine in January unauthorized selected 550 million cubic meters of Russian gas intended for Europe, said the head of Gazprom Alexei Miller. Answering the question of journalists about the fulfillment of Gazprom, Miller's obligations to supply gas to Europe, Miller said: "The question of our image in Europe is very important for us.

15:26 // 03/03/2006 The American authorities agree to this, provided that Russia will go to a similar step. “We are ready to increase the validity of entry visas for Russians to five years, but on the condition that this will be done on a mutual basis, that is, the Americans will be able to enter Russia for the same time,” the US Secretary of State for Consular issues of Mora Harta told reporters on Friday in Moscow.

09:09 // 03/03/2006 Gazprom announced the creation of the joint venture "Ukrgaz-Energo", RIA Novosti reports. The chairman of the supervisory board of Ukrgaz-Energo, established on Thursday, was elected Deputy Chairman of the Board of Gazprom, Alexander Ryazanov, the press service of Gazprom reports.

16:40 // 03/03/2006 Georgian intelligence agencies discovered an anti-aircraft missile aimed at the air route of the President of Georgia, reports News-Georgia. As stated in the message of the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs, on Friday night in the Karelian district, an assigned controlled control rocket of Strela-1, a referent-fired on the air route, used by Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, was discovered.

12:08 // 03/03/2006 In the Danish Strait, the Kattegat during the training flight was crashed by the Canadian Helicopter "Xi King". There were five crew members on board, of which no one was injured. The helicopter sank about 50 km from the east coast of Denmark and is now at a depth of 16 meters, reports ITAR-TASS . The crew "SI King", based on the destroyer of the Canadian Navy "Atabaskan", worked out the landing on the ship. Source: gzt.ru

18:03 // 03/03/2006 This is evidenced by a survey conducted by the Kyiv Institute of Public Opinion, which was provided by RIA Novosti on Friday. The Party of Regions of Ukraine gained 27.0% of the votes of respondents, the Blok Yulia Tymoshenko - 20.2%.

20:20 // 03/03/2006 If Georgia leaves the Council of Ministers of Defense of the CIS, Moscow will consider this as a sovereign decision, the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Mikhail Kamynin told Interfax. “We will consider this as a sovereign decision: Georgia is a sovereign country, she herself decides in which organization to be in,” said Kaminin.

20:44 // 03/03/2006 Georgia remains in the CIS, despite the decision to stop participating in the work of the Council of Ministers of Defense of the Commerce countries, said the head of the Georgian Presidential Administration, Georgy Arveladze.

The court sentenced the driver of Oleg Shcherbinsky to 4 years in prison with a serving in the colony-settlement for violation of the rules of the road, which entailed the death of the Governor of the Altai Territory Mikhail Evdokimov. The defendant did not plead guilty.

A cruise ship with 1400 passengers on board, which disappeared from the screens of the Radarov Egyptian Coast Guard in the area of the Saudi Arabia coast in the Red Sea, sank. Near the place where the ship was seen for the last time, from helicopters, the bodies and boat, in which three people are found on the water, were noticed. The liner disappeared from sight shortly after he set sail from the port of oaks in the west of Saudi Arabia at 7 pm local time on Thursday.

10:07 // 03/03/2006 The prosecutor's office of the Khabarovsk garrison is investigating the case of mockery of a soldier from the Saratov region, who was amputated by his legs. Evgeny Koblov was called up from the city of Balakovo. The incident with Kotlov occurred in May last year, a representative of the prosecutor's office of the Far Eastern Military District told RIA Novosti. “In the framework of the criminal case, all versions are checked, including non -state relations.

10:40 // 03/03/2006 The robot is able to raise small cars. Two hydraulic "hands" of the apparatus, each 5 meters long, move no worse than human and can tear up to 1000 kilograms from the ground. The robot tests successfully conducted in the Niygat Prefecture today were announced by TMSUK Co. “Enru” or “dragon rescuer” weighs about 5 tons and “growth” about 3.5 meters, ITAR-TASS reports.

09:21 // 03/03/2006 The Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation plans to reduce admission to state universities by 10.2% this year. "Design of control figures for reception for the training of specialists with higher professional education for 2006 were formed in the amount of 528 thousand 644 people or 89.8% of the volume of established control numbers for 2005," the press release of the Ministry received in RIA Novosti on Thursday.