The introduction of the visa regime for the Kaliningrad region will be reflected, first of all, on the economy of the region, the Echo of the Council of the Federation from the Kaliningrad Region, Deputy Chairman of the Committee of the Russian Federation for International Affairs, Valery Ustyugov, said on the Echo of the Council of Echo .

The Israeli army units, with the support of tanks at dawn on Thursday, conducted an operation in the Palestinian city of Ramalllah, on the western bank of the Jordan River, RIA Novosti reports. As a result of the ensuing shootout, one of the commanders of the Palestinian paramilitary detachments of Tanzim was killed. It is indicated that the commander was part of the so -called "black list" involved in terrorist activities compiled by the Israeli. Three Palestinians were arrested.

The leaders of the religious communities of Tatarstan, representing Islam, Orthodoxy and Judaism, signed a joint appeal today with condemning a recent terrorist attack in the Dagestan city of Caspian, RIA Novosti reports.

The Volgograd press dubbed Pavlik Mikhailov "heated on his chest with a snake." Remaining a round orphan, the boy after a while was adopted by the intelligent family, who had regretted him.

With the call to allow teaching in schools and universities of Russia the cycle of Orthodox subjects once again addressed the Minister of Education of the Russian Federation Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II , Interfax reports. Speaking today in Moscow at a meeting of the Coordinating Council on the interaction of this ministry with the Russian Orthodox Church , the Patriarch recalled that Orthodoxy is a leading faith in Russia.

One of the visitors of the Izmailovo equestrian complex tried on Wednesday to steal the horse. The police, having interrogated the detainee, suspected the woman for selfish purposes. According to the assumption of law enforcement officers, the woman was going to roll children for money for money. The incident occurred on the arena of the complex at about 14:00. The instructor, along with his ward, Merin, nicknamed "Crust", was waiting for a 36-year-old Muscovite.

US Prosecutor General John Ashcroft was under the fire of criticism due to the fact that this senior official moves around the country on a specially captured jet aircraft. At the CBS request, why Ashcroft uses a separate aircraft instead of ordinary commercial flights, the Ministry of Justice said that this was done for security reasons. The FBI finances the Minister’s flights from expenses aimed at organizing the protection of prominent statesmen.

Crime in Russia is growing. Every year, about 3 million crimes are committed in the country. Such data were brought on Thursday by the Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Solovyov at a meeting opened in Kazan on public security issues, ITAR-TASS reports.

In the Irkutsk region, an emergency regime has been introduced today in connection with a difficult fire hazardous situation, the regional administration said. Currently, there are 141 forest fires on an area of ​​3.7 thousand hectares in the region, the regional agency Siberian News reports. According to the Irkutsk base of the aircraft protection of forests, over the past day, the area of ​​fires increased by 2.7 thousand hectares.

In the Chechen village, a terrorist attack is committed. According to the local commandant’s office, the bandits undermined the Ural military vehicle on the radio -controlled landmine, in which employees of the interior of the internal affairs were driving, RIA Novosti reports. As a result, one policeman died and 10 were injured. The explosive device was laid on Lenin Street. The senior lieutenant of the police Dmitry Skochilov died on the spot from the wounds received.

From Moscow on May 15, at the 89th year of her life, the famous actress Tatyana Okunevskaya died, Echo Moscow reports. Okunevskaya was born on March 3, 1914 in the suburbs. Tatyana went to school in Moscow. Two times during her studies, she was excluded from the school as the daughter of a “deprivation” - a person affected by his rights. The acting of Okunevskaya began when she turned 17 years old - the assistant director approached the street and invited to act in films.

Russia and the European Union have not yet been able to agree on what conditions the citizens of the Kaliningrad region will come to the "large land" after the accession of Lithuania and Poland to the Schengen agreements. After the expansion of the EU, Kaliningrad turns into a Russian enclave in the territory of the European Union, and its inhabitants may actually be in isolation from Russia.

Woody Allen's puny figure on Wednesday threw an impressive shadow on the red carpet of the stairs of the Cannes Film Festival √ AP agency wrote so highly, reporting the great director of an exceptional award. “Having ascended the steps of the famous staircase, I felt an excitement close to a panic,” said 66 -year -old Allen, known for his modesty and a noose way of life, answering the question of journalists how he feels, discovering the famous festival.

It took a German policeman for several hours to catch a turtle discovered on the banks of the River. Servants of the order could not assume how many works they would cost “arrest” only one, but a very aggressive individual of a rare type of biting turtles, which passers -by discovered on the banks of the Veser River on Wednesday. Arriving people in uniform for several hours caught a “freedom -loving” turtle, the shell of which exceeded a length of 40 cm.

The average life expectancy of an Israeli man is the highest in the world - 76.5 years. This is stated in the report prepared by the Israeli Ministry of Health, Jewish.ru reports. The average life expectancy of Israeli women is four years larger. However, in this indicator, Israel takes only tenth place after the United States and a number of European states.