The Parliament of South Ossetia once again appealed to the State Duma and the Federation Council of the Russian Federation with a request to consider the issue of recognizing the unrecognized republic. This time, the parliament of one of the Russian regions - North Ossetia-Alania - joined the request. The statement of the deputies, as Interfax reports , was adopted at a joint meeting in Vladikavkaz.

The former mayor of Saratov, Yuri Aksenenko, who was previously under recognizance not to leave the city, was arrested, the Kommersant newspaper wrote on Thursday . Some sources claim that this arrest may be connected with the murder of Saratov region prosecutor Evgeny Grigoriev . A criminal case against Aksenenko was initiated in October 2007.

06.03.2008, 17:32:10 version Print | PDA/PDA Screenshot of the site rutube.ru Seen or not seen Gazprom-Media did something with RuTube in early March On March 6, the Kommersant newspaper published an article “Gazprom Video”, which greatly excited everyone who is even slightly interested in the Russian media market and Internet business.

Linda Perry, songwriter and producer of popular British singer James Blunt, has filed a lawsuit against the record company Warner Music Group. The producer accuses the record label of not paying her millions of dollars in royalties, Reuters reports. The lawsuit against Warner and its division Atlantic Records, which distributed Blunt's commercially successful album "Back to Bedlam", was filed on behalf of the record company Custard.

On the night of Thursday, March 6, 2008, an attempt was made on the life of Rybinsk prosecutor Vladimir Seregin in the Yaroslavl region. A local resident in a Jeep Cherokee SUV rammed a Mazda car driven by the prosecutor, Interfax reports . The hit-and-run on Seryogin's car, classified as an attempt on his life, occurred around 2 a.m. The prosecutor of Rybinsk survived. The driver of the SUV that collided with Seryogin’s car was detained.

Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko sent to the country's President Viktor Yushchenko an official letter , which states that the Cabinet of Ministers does not intend to implement part of the agreements in the gas sector reached between Yushchenko and Vladimir Putin . In particular, Tymoshenko said that the government cannot agree with the purchase of Russian gas at $315.6 per thousand cubic meters with advance payment, Interfax notes .

Employees of maritime and coastal rescue services in the UK have announced a strike scheduled for March 6, Sky News reports. More than seven hundred employees responsible for coordinating search and rescue operations and warning of potential dangers will take part in the strike. All emergency calls will continue to be received and helicopters and boats will patrol coastal areas, the government agency that runs the rescue services said. The strikers are demanding higher wages for rescuers.

Boeing has delivered to Japan the second of four previously ordered KC-767 tankers, according to a press release on the company's website. The plane made a 13-hour non-stop flight from Wichita Airport (Kansas) to Gifu Airport, located near the Japanese city of Nagoya. Initially, the tanker should be taken over by the Japanese company Itochu, which, after carrying out the necessary technical training, will transfer it to the Japanese Self-Defense Forces.

The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation rejected the protest of the prosecutor's office and the complaint of more than two hundred victims against the verdict of two police officers accused of negligence that led to the seizure of a school in Beslan. The judges approved the acquittal of the head of the Malgobek district police department and his deputy, RIA Novosti reports .

Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov was expelled from the Russian Union of Journalists. The decision of the Chechen branch of the Russian Journalists was canceled by the Secretariat of the Union of Journalists. According to representatives of the Russian Journal of Journalism, during the inspection not a single evidence of professional journalistic activity of the President of Chechnya was found, Interfax reports .

06.03.2008, 10:51:16 version Print | PDA/PDA C-130 Hercules. Computer model from avsim.com Cargo plane catches fire while landing in Indonesia A Hercules cargo plane caught fire while landing at Wamena airport in the Indonesian province of Papua on the morning of March 6, AP reports. None of the seven crew members were injured. The plane of the private airline Manunggal Airlines was delivering fuel and food to the province.

Intel will begin releasing six-core Xeon processors in the second half of this year, PC World reports. Previously, the chips were known under the code name Dunnington. Intel President and CEO Paul Otellini, speaking to investors at a conference in Santa Clara, California, said that the six-core processor will be part of the Intel Xeon MP 7000 family, and will be an integral element of the Caneland server platform based on Clarksboro chipset.

06.03.2008, 17:29:30 version Print | PDA/PDA Gosha Kutsenko and Gregory Peck Historical week Cinema from March 6 This week, several films are being presented in Russian cinemas, the action of which takes place in historical settings. In addition, fans will be able to watch the new film with Jack Nicholson, watch the life of Russian street racers and marvel at the remake of “Roman Holiday”.

Russia will no longer comply with the ban on trade, economic and transport ties with the unrecognized Republic of Abkhazia, established in 1996. The corresponding statement was posted on the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation reported that the Russian side will no longer implement the Decision of the Council of Heads of State of the CIS, in accordance with which these restrictions were established through the state.

On March 6 , Russian Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov will leave his office on the fifth floor of the Government House and move two floors below - to the office assigned to the country's president, the Kommersant newspaper writes, citing sources in the government apparatus. The next government meeting, which was usually held on the fifth floor, will also take place in the hall on the third floor, near the new prime minister's office.