Mikhail Saakashvili prayed on Wednesday morning in the Georgian Church in Moscow for the well -being of today's meeting with Vladimir Putin. “In the morning we prayed in the Georgian Church for a prosperous outcome of today's meeting,” the President of Georgia said at a meeting with the head of the Russian state. Opening negotiations, Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated the President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili on the election of the head of state.

A resident of Manhattan, who once raped his stepdaughter when she was only about 12 years old, received a life sentence on charges of killing her own grandfather. The criminal arranged a reprisal against the old man in order to rob his account in the bank. In addition, 27-year-old Martin Lewis needed an apartment of a pensioner to hold unbridled sex orgies there.

According to the data at 06:00 Moscow time, 98 victims of the explosion in the Moscow metro remain in hospitals. According to the Moscow Department of Health, the health of one of them still causes serious concerns among doctors, 15 people are in serious condition, 36 in moderate severity. Doctors evaluate the condition of 46 injured as "satisfactory." This means that in the near future they can be discharged or go home of their own free will, ITAR-TASS reports.

In the colony of strictly regime of the city of Rustavi on Wednesday, an attempt to mass escape prisoners is prevented on Wednesday. Today, the colony staff found a 57-meter underground tunnel, secretly dug by prisoners, on the territory of a correctional institution.

The law enforcement agencies of St. Petersburg have signs of suspects in the attack on the Tajik family and the murder of a 9-year-old girl .

On Wednesday, in the Moscow City Court, the interrogation of witnesses in the criminal case on the murder of the Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Sergey Yushenkov will continue. According to the lawyer of the chief accused Mikhail Kodanev Henry Reznik, the whole court hears 85 witnesses under this criminal case.

Italian investigators who are dealing with the financial fraud of the Parmalat concern, which allowed the leadership for many years to overstate profits, called "suspicious" banks and financial institutions that participated in financial schemes. According to Wall Street Journal , under suspicion of Parmalat’s relationship with such famous American and European banks as Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America and UBS.

In the capital of India, an explosion occurred near the building of the Technological College on Wednesday evening, reports Reuters. The police have not yet have data on the victims. “The explosive device worked, but we do not have details yet,” the police representative said. Local television reports that the explosion thundered in a bus or car next to the college building. According to local media, two people were injured. As a result of the explosion, several cars parked nearby were damaged.

The English tennis player Greg Russian is sure that he will be able to protect his good name at the hearing about the result of his doping test. A native of Canada and a British citizen is now in his hometown of Montreal, where the ATP commission considers the case on the positive result of the nandrolon test recorded in July. According to the results of the hearings, it can be disqualified for up to two years.

In Israel, on the western bank and the gas sector on Wednesday, an earthquake occurred. The strength of the shocks was about 5.5 points on the Richter scale. The epicenter was east of Jerusalem, not far from the Dead Sea. Many left their offices. According to eyewitnesses, even the Representation of the Reuters agency in Tel Aviv was evacuated. Several underground shocks were recorded at 10:15 local time.

More than 790 citizens of Pakistan were declared missing during pilgrimage to Mecca , ITAR-TASS reports today with reference to local sources and the data received by the authorities from the Office for the Organization of Hajj Saudi Arabia. Their search has begun. According to the same data, 82 Pakistanis died during Hajj from various diseases, 40 people died in a mine in a mine, another 10 pilgrims from Pakistan became victims of traffic accidents. All of them were buried in Saudi Arabia.

Russian planes will be accompanied by armed police in civilian clothes. “The possibility of supporting flights by armed police officers in civilian clothes on a contractual basis is being considered,” Alexander Chekalin, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, said on Wednesday at a press conference at the Domodedovo airport. According to him, police officers are currently underway for this work. “It will be optional training,” Chekalin said.

Olympic champion-2002 Russian woman Olga Pyleva the day before won a gold medal at the Biathlon World Championship in German Oberehof, winning a female individual race of 15 kilometers. The silver medal went to her compatriot Albine Akhatova, who was the leader of the race, despite the fact that she missed at the first fire line. “Bronze” was won by the Ukrainian biathletist Elena Petrova, who lost only five hundredths of Akhatova.

The vast majority of Russians are no longer worried about the fall of the dollar. Employees of the analytical service under the leadership of Yuri Levada at the end of January interviewed 1,600 people. When asked about their feelings about the cheaper dollar, 68% replied that this does not bother them, but only 26% of respondents worried about this. Experts explain this result by the fact that most Russians simply have no savings - why, one wonders, is it?

The Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation did not make decisions on the introduction of a course related to the teaching of materials for some kind of or one denomination in the schools of the Russian Federation, the Interfax agency was told in the press service of the Ministry of Education.