It is planned to create a federal investigation service in Russia, Justice Minister Yuri Chaika said after a meeting in the Swedish capital of the heads of law enforcement agencies of Russia and the European Union troika. According to the minister, it is planned, in particular, to create a single investigative committee. At the same time, minor investigative actions will be carried out by the FSB, and issues related to state crimes and terrorism will be resolved by the prosecutor's office.

Model tests of the operation to raise the Kursk will take place on the basis of the state unitary enterprise Central Research Institute named after Academician Krylov, reports Ekho Mokva with reference to Interfax. They will begin after the conclusion of a contract between the Central Design Bureau Rubin and the international consortium for the lifting project nuclear submarine "Kursk".

The Union of Right Forces party, which will be created in a few months instead of the SPS movement, will be led by several co-chairs, “the most prominent politicians from the right,” Viktor Nekrutenko, executive secretary of the SPS Coordination Council, said on Friday. “Yesterday we had a meeting of the coordination council, and we approved the charter, according to which the future party will be led by co-chairs.

The main shareholder of the TV-6 television company, Boris Berezovsky, sent a letter to the staff of the NTV television company and NTV General Director Evgeniy Kiselev, in which, on behalf of the shareholders of TV-6, who have a controlling stake, he speaks of his readiness to “immediately begin to implement all necessary procedures” that will allow them to exit aired on channel TV-6.

Today, at about five o'clock in the afternoon, a group of unknown armed people in camouflage uniforms blocked the Tula Regional Electoral Committee, located in the regional administration building. There is no information yet about the purpose of this action, as well as about its organizers, reports Ekho Moskvy with reference to Interfax. Also today it became known about the murder of a city council deputy, which occurred in Tula the day before.

Today in Moscow the match between these teams opens the fourth round of the Russian football championship. One of the main sensations of the start of the national championship was the last place of the army club: Pavel Sadyrin's charges successively lost to Chernomorets, Krylia Sovetov and Spartak.

The French Foreign Ministry today condemned Israel's actions in the Palestinian territories, emphasizing that the Israeli authorities have chosen the "wrong path" and called for the resumption of dialogue between the warring parties. The resumption of dialogue between Israel and Palestine is the only reasonable solution that can put an end to seven months of violence, French Foreign Ministry spokesman Francois Rivasseau emphasized.

The Russian government has resolved the financial issues of the project to raise the Kursk nuclear submarine from the bottom of the Barents Sea, ITAR-TASS reports, citing Deputy Prime Minister Ilya Klebanov. Ilya Klebanov’s conversation with journalists took place in St. Petersburg. Currently, the head of the state commission to investigate the causes of the death of the Kursk is accompanying Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on his trip to the northern capital.

In Moscow, employees of the Regional Department for Combating Organized Crime detained 31-year-old native of Chechnya, Magomed Abubakarov. As NTV.ru previously reported, during his arrest a 200-gram TNT block, an F-1 defensive grenade, two fuses and about three grams of heroin were confiscated from him. According to law enforcement agencies, being a supporter of the ideas of Islamic extremism, Abubakarov took part in hostilities in Chechnya in 1995-1996.

In a house on the outskirts of the town of Slantsy, Leningrad Region, a real brothel operated for a long time, in which girls under 18 years old were kept and served clients. The brothel was liquidated by employees of the Northern and Northwestern Regional Department for Combating Organized Crime. Vyacheslav Galkin, senior investigator of the prosecutor's office of the city of Slantsy, says: “Girls of 14-15 years old from dysfunctional large families were involved in prostitution.

13 tanks with fuel oil derailed and caught fire in the regional center of the village of Zubova Polyana (240 km west of Saransk) in Mordovia. As reported by the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations, at 15:50 Moscow time, when a freight train consisting of 58 tanks with fuel oil was entering the station, the dispatcher noticed that the eighth and ninth tanks were burning. He decided to stop the train. Immediately after this, experts tried to separate the train.

Israeli army helicopters attacked Palestinian targets in the Gaza Strip today. As reported by Reuters, the strikes were carried out on four posts in the area of ​​the Palestinian refugee camp of Jabaliya. As a result of the raid, several buildings were destroyed and there were wounded.

Reconstruction of the pedestrian zone on Novy Arbat will cost almost $4 million. The first stage of reconstruction will begin this year, during which a parking lot for 360 cars will be built. According to the plan, it is planned to improve the pedestrian zone on the odd side of the houses of New Arbat - decorative lighting will be installed here, and the lawns will be moved closer to the high-rise buildings.

Oil prices on the London International Exchange ( IPE ) have remained at $25.27 per barrel since the beginning of trading, an ITAR-TASS correspondent reports. Referring to the opinion of experts, the agency reports that the stability of quotes is due to a whole range of factors. In particular, the OPEC price forecast, released today by the Venezuelan Ministry of Energy, is of considerable importance. According to this study, commodity prices should go up in the second quarter.

On the upcoming feast of the Annunciation in Yekaterinburg, for the first time, a service will be held with sign language interpretation.