During the trials, which lasted 84 days, about 230 witnesses of the prosecution and defense were heard, the volume of judicial transcripts amounted to 10 thousand pages. Representatives of 3220 media from around the world were accredited in the Lokerbi case process. It was lit by journalists from more than 20 countries.

It is necessary to take "measures to prevent the radicalization of the religious consciousness" of Kazakhstani citizens. This was stated by President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev on Tuesday in Astana, speaking at the Republican meeting of the Akimov (heads of regional administrations).

In the suburbs on the Minsk highway this morning, Valery Radchikov, a former head of the war of disabled warriors in Afghanistan, was killed in a car accident, ITAR-TASS reports. It is still unknown about the details of the accident, but it is reported that the Moskvich-2141 machine, in which Radchikov rode, crashed into a truck. As a result, 2 people were killed and two more were sent to intensive care.

The head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations Sergei Shoigu presented today to President of Russia Vladimir Putin a report on the causes of the situation in Primorye and measures to withdraw from it. According to the results of this meeting, Putin concluded that the situation for the situation in Primorye lies with three departments: RAO "UES of Russia", the Ministry of Energy and the regional administration.

The heads of England and Germany made a joint statement about this. “We took concern with concern that football associations and representatives of football players cannot agree on the future system of contracts and transfers in European professional football,” the Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and the Prime Minister of Great Britain Tony Blair said in a joint statement of the Chancellor.

Today, the Federation Council at the meeting by the absolute majority of votes rejected the Federal Law "On Amendments and Additions to the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, the Criminal Procedure of the RSFSR, the Criminal Executive Code of the Russian Federation and other legislative acts of the Russian Federation." As follows from the conclusion of the Council of the Federation Council on Constitutional Legislation and judicial issues, members of the upper house do not agree that the

Today, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance Alexei Kudrin said that he shares the concern of the chief sanitary doctor of Russia Gennady Onishchenko in connection with the growth of the amount of beer that the Russians consume. The Deputy Prime Minister said this after a meeting of the Government Commission on the regulation of the alcoholic market.

Vladimir Putin and George Bush in today's telephone conversation, according to official statements, “discussed all the most important points in relations between Russia and America,” NTV reports. Information about how much the conversation between the presidents continued is still unknown, but it is reported that Bush himself called to Russia.

On Tuesday in Kostroma, a court ended in a case, which local journalists called the most high -profile crime of recent times. Last year, NTV.RU already reported the murder of the investigator of the prosecutor's office of the Kostroma region Nikolai Zerodin. His body was found in the fall of 1998 on one of the city wastelands. A few days later, on suspicion of murder, a friend and colleague of the deceased, investigator of the same prosecutor's office Vladimir Poddubny, was detained.

One can talk endlessly about the phenomenon of Russian hockey in our country: it has long left the central channels of television, it is still one of the most spectacular and attended events in Russia. During this championship, almost a million spectators were visited by stadiums, and there is no doubt that this number will increase soon, because the playoffs are ahead. Like last season, two eight teams from the west and east will play the championship medals.

Today the legendary Russian actor Vladislav Strzhelchik would have turned 80 years old. He was called a knight of the theater, and in cinema, back in Soviet times, he was awarded the State Prize for his role as a white officer in the television series “His Excellency’s Adjutant.” An officer of the tsarist army, not devoid of nobility and even capable of arousing sympathy among the viewer, is almost a positive hero.

Supporters of the adoption of amendments to the Code of Criminal Procedure believe that the decision of the Federation, which rejected these amendments, has affected the letter of the Prosecutor General and that each argument in the letter could be challenged.

In Moscow, an explosive device was neutralized at the Kazan station. According to the NTV television company, the night before, a bag with an explosive device was found in the room of forgotten things. A dog handler arrived at the place, he determined that an explosive could be in the bag. Passengers and personnel of the Kazan station were evacuated, the scene was cordoned off. The operation to neutralize the explosives lasted several hours.

Employees of the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime detained a man named Arabul in Moscow. This 49-year-old native of Tbilisi is known in the criminal world under the nickname Robinson. He is considered one of the most dangerous thieves in Russia in law. In December last year, Arabul was put on the federal wanted list after escaping from the colony. According to GUBOP operatives, Robinson settled in Moscow in 1989. He is called the leader of the so -called Kutaisian criminal group.

On February 1, the Gallery "Union Creativity" opens the exhibition "Our Putin". The authors of the exposition are a painter, designer, master of the portrait Fedor Dubrovin and painter -collar Valery Skokuiko, reports Radio "Echo of Moscow". Fedor Dubrovin graduated from the Academy of Painting in Riga. In total, in 1990-1999, he held more than 40 exhibitions. The artist’s works are in museums in Moscow, St. Petersburg and abroad.