At a press conference in Ulan-Ude, the leaders of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Buryatia reported the disclosure of the murder of three post-communications colleges . According to the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic, Mikhail Tsukruk, a former law enforcement officer was detained. The ex-militia is suspected of execution on March 5 in Ulan-Ude three colleges and abduction of 1.2 million rubles.

The first days of the war of the United States and its allies against Iraq showed that the American forecasts regarding the course of the military action were "not realistic," said German defense Minister Peter Shtruk. In his opinion, the assessments made by the American side before the start of the war "" quite obviously did not correspond to reality. " From a military point of view, it is completely clear that the initial scenario can change rapidly, the minister said.

A drunken 58-year-old resident of the capital threatened to blow up the US Embassy on Thursday evening. According to Interfax, at about 18:30 on the phone 02 a message was received about the threat of an explosion at the American embassy. With the help of special equipment, police officers found that they called from the apartment of the house on Novosynevsky Prospekt. They sent a group of immediate response, which detained the owner - Valery Ruprusin.

The head of the Pentagon Donald Ramsfeld performed at a briefing on Friday with a tough warning to Syria and Iran in connection with a military operation in Iraq.

The Roman Catholic Church Pope John Paul II confirmed the intention to return the icon of the Kazan Mother of God to Russia. As RIA Novosti reports, the speaker of the Federation Council Sergei Mironov, the speaker of the Federation Council, told reporters after the audience on Friday at the pontiff. "The Pope said about his desire to return this shrine to our country," Mironov said. According to the speaker, in the first part of the audience, dad spoke Italian.

Deputies of the Tula City Duma propose to rename the entertainment complex "Olbani", which is located in the center of Tula, in "Baghdad" or "Umm-Casr". To express their protest against the war in Iraq, the deputies even offer to break Tula with her American scope of Olbani with partnerships, regions.ru reports. "Olbani" is also a large cinema in Tula with the modern Dolbu sound , which was equipped with the participation of Kodak -Kinomir.

The Iran of the Ministry of Internal Affairs denied the report that on Thursday the paratroopers of the coalition forces were mistaken in Iranian territory. “There were no American or British paratroopers or pilots who accidentally flew into Iranian territory,” RIA Novosti said in the press service of the Iran of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The famous filmmaker Alexander Mitte marks 70 years on March 28. The official honor of the master will be held on March 31 in the House of Cinema the Union of Cinematographers of Russia. A new film “Redeated Saturday” has recently been released in wide rental, and the Culture TV channel shows its tape “Gori, Gori, my star” on Friday. The director was born in Moscow in 1933. He graduated from the MISi Engineering Faculty.

Today, at the World Hockey Championship with the ball held in Arkhangelsk, the scandal unexpectedly erupted. And the Swedes arranged it. According to the Soviet Sport , after the daily match of the national teams of the United States and Estonia for the artificial ice of the Stadium 'Trud', the following participants - the team of Sweden and Norway should have been released. But time flew, and the teams never appeared on the field. Spectators in the stands were perplexed: what happened?

Over the past day, Iraqi troops defiled 33 tanks and armored vehicles of the American-British troops, four military personnel were killed. Such data were cited by the Minister of Information of Iraq Muhammad al-Sahhaf, Reuters reports.

During the year, buckwheat groats rose like no other food - three times. If this happened with bread, beer or vodka, the market would instantly collapse. However, with cereals - the cheapest product - this is excluded: the consumer, due to the lack of alternatives, will buy them at any price. According to the Institute for the Conjuncture of the Agrarian Market, this happened due to the fact that in 2002 the buckwheat harvest fell to a 15-year minimum.

Deputy Prosecutor General of Russia Sergey Fridinsky does not exclude that the amnesty planned in Chechnya can be extended to Colonel Yuri Budanov. Budanov is accused of killing an 18-year-old Chechen girl Elsa Kungaeva. According to Friedinsky, the amnesty should also apply to military personnel involved in special operations. The Deputy Prosecutor's Proceedings at a press conference on Friday noted that the planned amnesty will become a step of mutual trust.

Pope John Pavel II will give an audience to the chairman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of Russia Sergey Mironov today in the Vatican , who is on an official visit to the Apennines, ITAR-TASS reports. The speaker of the upper house will also meet with the State Secretary (Head of Government) of St. throne Cardinal Angelo Sodano. According to Vatican sources, the main topic of negotiations will be the situation in Iraq.

In the area of ​​the Southern Iraqi city of Nasiria on the Euphrates River there is a fierce battle between the Iraqi troops holding the city and the US Marine Corps. In the morning, street battles began in the residential quarters of Nasiria. This was reported from the scene of European journalists. These are the first intense combat clashes inside the city line since the start of the US invasion of Iraq.

On Friday in Omsk, the second semifinal match of the Russian Hockey Championship between the local Vanguard and Severstal went. Recall that the first meeting ended in favor of hockey players from Omsk . In today's game, guests were simply obliged to give a decent battle, which they did. The duel took place in almost equal struggle. Both teams demonstrated beautiful uncompromising hockey. In the main time, the game ended in a draw - 2: 2.