17:10 // 04.10.2008 The investigation has every reason to assume that the explosion near the headquarters of the Russian peacekeepers, who thundered the day before in Tskhinvali, was arranged by Georgian special services, the official representative of the Investigative Committee at the RIA of the Russian Federation (SCP) Vladimir Markin said on Saturday.

14:40 // 04.10.2008 South Ossetia President Eduard Kokoito signed a decree on the creation of the Ministry of Civil Defense, Emergency Situations and the elimination of the consequences of natural disasters, RIA Novosti Irina Gigloeva told RIA Novosti by telephone. The Ministry of Emergencies will be engaged not only in the warning and elimination of emergency situations, but also by civil protection of the population. The acting Minister of Emergency Situations was appointed Sergey Sanakaev.

10:10 // 04.10.2008 On October 4, the height of the flight of the International Space Station (ISS) will be increased by the optimal conditions for the attachment of the Soyuz TMA-13 manned ship, the representative of the flight control center (TsUP) told RIA Novosti . According to him, the correction was canceled on October 2 due to the threat of a collision with cosmic garbage at the point of the orbit where the station was supposed to be moved.

11:10 // 04.10.2008 Ex-President of Cuba Fidel Castro criticized some members of the Cuban government, which is headed by his brother Raul, Mexican media reported with reference to the Granma newspaper. "Some (government members) hide in the clouds, while the state needs strict discipline and absolute order, as well as a clear definition of priorities," Fidel Castro writes in an article published on Friday on the Granma pages. “There is no need to be afraid to do what is now extremely necessary.

10:40 // 04.10.2008 The ceremony of the equestrian and foot guard of the presidential regiment on the Cathedral Square in the Kremlin will not be held on October 4, a representative of the Center for Relations with the press and the public of the Federal Security Service of Russia told RIA Novosti . According to him, the abolition of the event is associated with a business trip in which the entire personnel is located.

19:53 // 04.10.2008 The editor -in -chief of the magazine "Expert" Valery Fadeev became the new President of Mediasoyuz, replacing Alexander Lyubimov as this post. The decision was made during the media forum in Ufa, Fadeev himself said on the air of the Echo of Moscow radio station. "First, the founders of the" Mediasoyuz "voted for him, and then it was confirmed by representatives of all districts," Fadeev said. "Mediasoyuz" - an all -Russian organization of media workers, established in 2001.

14:50 // 04.10.2008 President Dmitry Medvedev made a package of documents on the creation of the Customs Union to ratify the State Duma, RIA Novosti reports. The agreement on the creation of a unified customs territory and the formation of the Customs Union was signed as part of a meeting of the interstate council of the Eurasian Economic Community, held on October 6, 2007 in Dushanbe.

15:10 // 04.10.2008 The US military command in Iraq announced the liquidation of one of the "emirs" of the Caida al-Jihad group. Maher Ahmed Mahmud Az-Zubeidi, also known under the names of Abu Assad and Abu Rami, was shot dead on Friday in Baghdad during the special operation of American troops, ITAR-TASS reports. According to the representative of the US command, the location of Abu Rami was established on the basis of intelligence.

11:40 // 04.10.2008 The interests of Russia in Georgia, who have torn diplomatic relations with Moscow, will be represented by Switzerland, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Friday. Georgia broke out diplomatic relations with the Russian Federation after the recognition of Moscow’s independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. The recognition of the independence of these former Georgian autonomies from the Russian Federation occurred on August 26.

17:40 // 04.10.2008 Two people died and six were hospitalized as a result of a fire that occurred in the morning in a residential building in the Ruzsky district of the Moscow Region, a law enforcement source told RIA Novosti . "The fire arose in the apartment of the residential building in the village of Dorokhovo near Moscow about 8.00 Moscow time, the fire area was 30 square meters," the agency’s interlocutor said. Details of the incident are clarified.

15:20 // 04.10.2008 President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko said that on October 7, he intends to consult the dissolution of the Verkhovna Rada. The head of state, in an interview with reporters in the Khmelnitsky region, expressed confidence that now he has the right to dissolve BP. “I completely understand that I have every right to dissolve the parliament today,” his press service quotes Yushchenko.

10:20 // 04.10.2008 The solemn ceremony dedicated to the beginning of a large-scale reconstruction of the railway station from the Russian Khasan station to the North Korean port city of Rajin will take place on Saturday at the DPRK at the Pogumangan station, a representative of the Service of Public Relations of the Far Eastern Railway told RIA Novosti .

15:40 // 04.10.2008 The Minister of Defense of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos believes that Russia's military presence in Latin America will contribute to the return during the Cold War, RIA Novosti said with reference to Caracol's Radio Radio. “Russia, which has 16 thousand atomic bombs, has a great desire to be a key player in the world.

13:30 // 04.10.2008 The court of the American city of Las Vegas Nevada found guilty in the past athlete O´ji Simpson in armed robbery and abduction of people, RIA Novosti reports with reference to CNN. The journalist of the television channel, who conducted a report from the courtroom, noted that O Weji Simpson was found guilty of all 12 accusations, and he was facing a life imprisonment. In the courtroom, the 61-year-old Simpson was handcuffed. The final sentence will be announced later.

19:58 // 04.10.2008 In Somalia, Islamist militants defeated the office of the British humanitarian organization in the capital of Mogadish. The attackers abducted computers and all other documentation from the premises of Mazl Aide, ITAR-TASS reports. Last week, the militants closed three offices of the American humanitarian group "International Medical Corps" in the south-west of Somalia, also previously plundered them.