In Moscow, the funeral of the first 14 killed as a result of the collapse of the roof in the transval-park water park took place on Wednesday. The dead were buried at Domodedovo, Vostryakovsky, Babushkinsky, Mius, Nikolo-Arkhangelsk, Mitinsky, Preobrazhensky and Shcherbinsky cemeteries. The burial places were chosen by the relatives of the dead, RIA Novosti told in the capital's city hall. The bodies of the dead from other regions are delivered to their homeland.

Russian woman Svetlana Feofanova takes third place in the list of the richest athletes of the world. According to the site TrackProfile.Som , the Russian jump with the sixth managed to earn more than 318 thousand dollars over the past season. In total, last year, more than $ 26 million was played in athletics competitions. The list of 25 athletes, which last year managed to earn the most prize, included three more Russians.

The proposed new structure of a single social tax will not increase the tax burden on citizens, although they will really be offered to pay an additional 4%, the Minister of Economic Development and Trade German Gref said. According to Gref, the transfer of 4% from the employer to the employee is discussed among other options. “Four percent is one of the priority ideas. Such a mechanism is possible,” the minister said.

Last week, a few hours after the official beginning of the presidential campaign, Vladimir Putin said that he has the right to name his successor in four years, when his second term would end. In March, Putin will undoubtedly be re -elected by the president. After that, his supporters will ask about changes in the Constitution , which will allow Putin to stay in his post and after two terms, writes The Washington Times (translation on the website inopessa.ru ).

On suspicion of extortion of bribes and fraud, two police officers working in the criminal investigation department of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Central District of the capital were detained. Senior lieutenants Oleg Belokosov and Sergey Korolev were detained from the Krasnoselskaya metro station in the Krasnoselskaya metro station in the two friends Cafe at the time they transfer 5 thousand dollars to them.

A special commission, imposing the impeachment of the President of Lithuania Rolandas Paxas, recognized the accusations against the head of state for violating the Constitution and the oath. The commission, who met on Wednesday until late evening, was told by the Deputy Chairman of the Commission, Julus Sabatauskas, approved her conclusions on the validity of the charges formulated in the impeachment proposal, and recognized the presidential accusations on all six points.

Siamese twins, fused in the abdomen and divided last Saturday during a multi -hour operation in China, are disconnected from the artificial respiration apparatus. To date, doctors are evaluated as a stable state of one and a half months of Baybey and Baobao, who are now breathing on their own, ITAR-TASS reports. According to the surgeons, the sisters successfully withstood the main test after they became "independent", and can be discharged from the intensive care unit for a week.

Metropolitan of Simferopol and Crimean Lazarus and Muslims of the Muslims of Crimea Haji Emirali Ablaev in a joint statement, with whom they performed the day before, called for the ethno -confessional world on the peninsula, Interfax reports. Metropolitan and Mufti, in addition, asked the authorities of the Autonomous Republic to immediately decide the issue of allocating a land plot for the construction of a cathedral mosque in Simferopol.

The famous singer Nikolai Baskov leaves for Spain. Thus, his concerts, which will be held from March 6 to 8 at the State Kremlin Palace, will become farewell. Soon after these solo performances, the artist leaves Russia. The singer reported this on Wednesday in an interview with ITAR-TASS, emphasizing that he was not sent to the Iberian peninsula forever, but only for a few years.

Two people died, more than 50 were injured as a result of the explosion that occurred today at the Polish military base in Iraq. The incident occurred when two cars tried to break through to the entrance of the base in the city of Hill, which are mainly the Poles. Iraqi citizens turned out to be dead. According to ITAR-TASS, there are not two of them, but four. Among the wounded there are 44 Iraqis and at least eight foreign military personnel from the peacekeeping contingent.

On Wednesday, a man came to the Berlin studio of the DW-World radio station, who introduced himself as a foreign intelligence general of Ukraine, an adviser to the Ukrainian embassy in Germany, Valery Kravchenko. He asked the radio station to provide him with the opportunity to make a brief statement. Below are the text of his application: "Dear ladies and gentlemen. I, General Valery Kravchenko, have materials about the criminal activities of the Kuchma regime.

The Khamovnichesky Interdistrict Prosecutor's Office of Moscow completed the investigation and transferred a criminal case to the court against the former surgeon and the operating sister of the 61st hospital in Moscow. According to the press service of the prosecutor's office, the doctor and nurse are accused under Article 109, part 2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (causing death by negligence due to improper performance of their professional duties).

During training on a snow track near the Swedish city of Ore, the Austrian skier of Michaela Dorfmeister received severe injuries. She was preparing for the next stage of the World Cup, which should take place this weekend. The training descent in the Super Gigant ended with a fall for Michaela, the girl was seriously injured, and was unconscious to the local medical center.

On Wednesday morning, a train exploded at the Khayyam railway station in the northeast of Iran. According to Reuters with reference to official data, the number of those killed in the evening reached 295 people, several hundred people received burns and injuries, the Iranian information agency IRNA reports. The explosion occurred 20 kilometers from the village of Nishapur, which is 75 kilometers from the large city of Mashhead.

The phone numbers of the operational headquarters to assist the victims as a result of the collapse of the Transvaal Park dome have changed. As ITAR-TASS was told on Wednesday at the Yasenevo police department, everyone who was at the time of the tragedy in the water park, as well as relatives of the dead, can apply for a written statement for obtaining lost personal belongings. Two phones are currently functioning: 427-64-11 ; 422-33-83 .