The American military helicopter crashed on Saturday near the Iraqi city of Tikrit after rocket fire from the ground was opened on it. Tikrite - the birthplace of the ousted president of Iraq Saddam Hussein - is one of the main centers of resistance to American forces. As a result of the accident, five people were injured, Sky News reports. The representative of the American troops Captain Jefferson Wolf confirmed the fact of the helicopter disaster.

The formula of the prosecution to the head of the Tax Code Yukos Mikhail Khodorkovsky in the near future can be expanded. This was stated by Interfax on Saturday, the official representative of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Natalia Vishnyakova. "At the moment, Khodorkovsky is accused under the articles of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The prosecution formula is about 50 sheets.

Yaroslavl "Lokomotiv" and Omsk "Avangard" played their first matches under the leadership of new coaches on a high note. Both teams won. “Loko” defeated Tolyatti’s “Lada” with a score of 3:2, and “Avangard” defeated Kazan’s “Ak Bars” - 4:0. In Valery Belousov's first match as the new Omsk coach, the championship leaders were defeated. Note that Czech forward Pavel Patera scored two goals in this game.

If Taylor Piartt put in the top three to Daniel Biris and Chris Druri, then you will see the transformation from checking into a forward scoring. This is exactly what the audience who gathered in Anaheim saw their horror. Piatt abandoned two goals, making a double in the second match in a row. In turn, "Anahaim" lost once again - 2: 5. In addition to Piartt, it is worth highlighting Briah, who made three assists. Earlier, Taylor performed in the three with Maxim Afinogenov and Curtis Brown.

The militants of the Taliban movement, removed from the authorities in Afghanistan two years ago, again took control of a number of regions of the country. This is stated in a report prepared by the Deputy General of the UN Secretary General responsible for peacekeeping operations, Jean-Marin, Jenno. He described what was happening in Afghanistan as a “anxious sign” of the weakening of central power in the country.

The assistant to the head coach of Spartak Vladimir Fedotov will not become the head coach of the team, but regardless of the new coach there will be his assistants. However, the candidacy of the coach himself is not yet clear. In addition to Nevio rock, the most real candidate for this position was, expelled from Inter Ector Cooper. In an interview with ITAR-TASS, the president of the Moscow club Sergei Chervichenko announced in an interview.

A magnificent game will take place on Saturday in the Championship of Spain. Valencia already has in his collection of scalp “Real” and “Barcelona”. Only one of the leaders of the championship - "Deportivo" remained. It is these two teams that will converge on Saturday evening at Riazor. Recall that now Valencia takes first place in the championship, winning six meetings in a row. The whole game of "Valencia" in the attack is made by two football players: Pablo Aimar and Ruben Barah.

The following is the full text of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, the All -Russian Organizations "Business Russia" and "Support of Russia": The escalation of the actions of the authorities and law enforcement agencies in relation to Russian business has recently sharply worsened the atmosphere in society. The trust of the business to the authorities is blown up and, in fact, their dialogue is interrupted.

Only last night, Ukraine stopped the work of the earth -wrap, with the help of which attempts were made to deepen the Strait, separating the Tuzla braid and the Russian dam. According to the Radio station "Echo of Moscow" , this was done after representatives of the administration of the Taman Peninsula arrived at the dam at night. Ukraine intended to deepen the strait to 18 meters to prevent the construction of the dam by the Russians.

Fighters of the militarized mountain rescue unit began the search for 13 miners, the whereabouts of which in the western mine is not yet known. This was reported to ITAR-TASS in the operational headquarters to eliminate the accident. Rescuers are divided into two groups of five people each. The route of their movement is defined. They deliberately move to the place where, according to experts, people can hide.

The detention of the head of the NK Yukos Mikhail Khodorkovsky will inevitably cause a negative reaction from investors, however, the duration and scale of this reaction will depend on the further development of events around the largest Russian oil company, analysts surveyed by Interfax believe. President of the Troika Dialog management company Pavel Teplukhin believes that the market reaction to the detention of Khodorkovsky will be sharply negative.

Pyongyang is ready to consider the proposals of the United States on the provision of written guarantees of the DPRK on non -aggression in return for its refusal to conduct a military nuclear program. This was announced today by the official representative of the North Korean Foreign Ministry, ITAR-TASS reports.

Pat Riley left the post of Miami Hit coach. According to information from the team, he himself left this position, providing the club control to his assistant Stan Van Gandhi. Now Riley will act as the president of the Hit. It is interesting that, according to Van Gandhi himself, Riley asked him only one simple question: "Are you ready?" The call of the great mentor to the mobile van Gwandi came a few hours after Riley officially announced his resignation.

Seven active participants in illegal armed groups were detained last day by employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Chechnya. According to ITAR-TASS in the temporary press center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation in the North Caucasus region, the militants were arrested according to operational information, as well as according to the information received from local residents.

The Kaliningrad sea canal due to the stormy wind, which has fallen today to the western Russian region, is closed to shipping. According to ITARS-TASS in the Service Management Service, now the wind speed in the channel in the area of ​​the city of Baltiysk reaches 19 meters per second, which exceeds the norms of safe passage of ships. The wind prevented four vessels from leaving the Kaliningrad ports in the morning, several more, heading to the ports, took refuge in the Baltic Sea Bays.