Five people died today as a result of a collision of a passenger train with a passenger car in the Irkutsk region, RIA Novosti reports. According to the operational duty of the regional Siberian center of the Ministry of Emergencies, Gennady Savelyev, the tragedy occurred on Wednesday at night near the Chuna railway station. According to preliminary data, the driver moved the railway tracks to a prohibiting traffic light.

The approaching presidential elections in Belarus are accompanied by loud scandals. The journalists were at the disposal of materials testifying to the involvement of the first persons of the country in the disappearance of opposition politicians.

Russia will most carefully monitor the progress of the presidential election in Belarus. This was announced today by the head of the Russian Central Election Commission Alexander Veshnyakov, who arrived in Minsk. Moreover, the Russians are going to enter the OSCE observation commission and in September this year to work in Belarus side by side with Europeans as international observers.

CSKA - Spartak 1: 1 Finding meetings of long -standing rivals are always awaited with trembling Moscow. And not only because the classic Moscow derby with a rich history in any tournament layout attracts the attention of fans and specialists. The whole 10 millionth city is being prepared for these matches, for happiness is that in cruel battles (often with victims) fans of two popular clubs do not converge.

Entrepreneurs organizing the battles of bulls throughout Spain said that in the coming days they would declare an unlimited strike throughout the country if the authorities do not compensate them for losses caused by measures against the "cow's rabies". As RIA Novosti reports, if earlier the battle bulls pounded in the corridor were immediately launched on meat, which was considered delicious, now animals are obliged to cremate immediately after Corrida.

Hannibal producer Dino De Laurentiis said he is going to start a new project - a film about Alexander the Great. According to him, he intends to offer one of the key roles in the film to actor Anthony Hopkins. The director's work on the new film will be offered to Dino de Laurentiis' co-author of Hannibal, Ridley Scott.

Today in Rome, US Secretary of State Colin Powell and Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov held a working breakfast on the eve of the meeting of the heads of the Foreign Ministry G8. Breakfast took place in the famous ExcelSior Hotel, located near the US Embassy Via Veneto. After this meeting, Igor Ivanov and Colin Powell made a joint statement. According to RIA Novosti , the issues of strategic stability during the meeting were given considerable attention.

The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation once again sent for consideration to the Supreme Court of Tatarstan the complaint of the church, which was liquidated in absentia back in August of the year before last, reports the Slavic Legal Center . Judge T. Eremenko, who accepted the complaint prepared and submitted at a personal reception by the lawyer of the Slavic Legal Center V.

Vladimir Putin at a press conference on Wednesday stated that the governors of the Russian regions must be elected rather than appointed, and he is not going to change the existing order of things.

In Russia, flights of all Su-33 deck fighters were temporarily discontinued. The representative of the Aviation Command of the Navy said on Wednesday that the ban on flights would be valid until the causes of a deck fighter in the Pskov region are established. The air regiment of the Su-33 fighters is, in particular, in the service of the Admiral Kuznetsov, based in Severomorsk-3, based in Severomorsk-3. To date, more than thirty deck fighters Su-33 are operated in Russia.

In the capital of Italy, on Wednesday at 17:00 Moscow time, a meeting of foreign ministers of eight industrialized countries was opened. Russia is represented by Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov. As RIA Novosti reports, after a traditional joint photo, the ministers retired to the hall called Rafael's Lodge, where the meeting is taking place.

Clothing will soon appear in Japan that will allow a person to receive a daily vitamin norm. Representatives of the Japanese company Fuji Spinning have developed a special fiber containing the so -called chemical provitamin. Interacting with human skin, it turns into vitamin C, reports the Air Force . T-shirts sewn from this fiber, which will be produced under the V-UP brand, will be able to replace two lemons per day and retain their beneficial properties even after 25 washes.

In Kamchatka last night, the armed criminal-recidivist managed to escape from the temporary detention center. According to RIA Novosti , the emergency occurred in the village of Ust-Kharyzovo in the Koryak Autonomous Okrug. According to the press service of the regional Internal Affairs Directorate, who escaped Sergei Muravyov was convicted of 20 years for murder, and earlier he was tried for robbery. The recidivist somehow distracted the attention of the guard and left the camera.

Russian President Vladimir Putin states that he is against the burial of the body of Vladimir Lenin. “Our country lived in the conditions of the monopoly power of the CPSU 70 years. During this time, this is the life of a whole generation. Many people associate their own life with the name of Lenin.

The press secretary of the star of Hollywood Tom Cruise made the first official statement about how the actor’s personal life is developing after a divorce from Nicole Kidman in February this year after 11 years of life together, El Mundo reports. The highest paid actor of Hollywood first announced the connection with another woman after the divorce.