The so -called Minister of Defense of Ichkeria Magomed Khambiev persuaded to surrender to the federal authorities after his relatives were detained, Kommersant writes. Recall that on Monday, one of the most influential leaders of the Chechen militants , Magomed Khambiev, folded his arms and surrendered. This happened in the village of Centora, where he appeared in front of the security officers of the President of Chechnya Akhmad Kadyrov.

The criminal case of the murder of journalist Vladimir Sukhomlin is submitted to the court. “The preliminary investigation in the case was completed, and the materials were transferred to the Moscow City Prosecutor's Office. In the near future, the case will be sent to the Moscow City Court,” lawyer Dmitry Agranovsky, representing the interests of the victim, said on Tuesday.

Trading in the Russian foreign exchange market on Tuesday began with a sharp drop in the value of the American currency, which was a consequence of the appearance of a large supply of dollars on the part of banks serving exporters, and euros growth to the dollar in the Forex market. So, at a single session and daytime tenders of the MICEX, the cost of the dollar fell by more than 10 kopecks, rolling up to the levels of the beginning of the month - to the area of ​​28.5 rubles per dollar.

At Latvia, at an extraordinary meeting on Tuesday, after the three hours of Debatov, the country approved the new government of the country. 56 deputies voted for approving the government, against - 33.

The Tunisian fishing ship left the Sfax port in the southern part of the country and headed for the Libyan coast. The trawler entered the danger zone near the Libyan city of Zuar, prohibited for the shipping of such ships. Due to bad weather and difficult conditions of shipping, the ship sank. On board there were 15 Tunisian and one Algerian fisherman. All Tunisians died, reports on Tuesday AFP with reference to the Tunisian press.

In the inaccessible town of Kapanguri in the north-west of Kenya, angry neighbors forcibly arranged washing the farmer, who did not wash for 10 years, the Air Force reports. The 52-year-old bachelor John Kasong extended such a stench that people living next to him simply could not stand it. When the patience of the neighbors burst, the four of the most powerful men in the district of men laid the farmer when he returned home from work, tied with ropes and washed thoroughly.

The raccoons, once brought by the Nazis from North America, intensively master the spaces of Europe, setting up new territories. In 1934, German Goering released raccoons to nature in Germany, "to enrich the Fauna Reich." The first pair of raccoons was released in Kassel, in a hilly forest district north of Frankfurt. Today, the number of raccoons in this area reached 100 animals per square kilometer.

The Transkavkaz highway, due to the gathering of snow avalanches, is closed for an indefinite period, the operational duty officer of the Ministry of Emergencies of North Ossetia said on Tuesday. Over the past few days, 11 snow guards have gone to the motorway. Snow avalanches destroyed power transmission supports in some places and completely demolished several hundred meters of the roadway, Interfax reports.

A serious scandal is flared up around the American transport aircraft Boeing-727, detained in Zimbabwe. At the airport of the capital of this African country, local authorities detained a liner with 64 mercenaries and military equipment on board. The story with this aircraft with mercenaries is becoming more confusing.

On March 6 and 7, one of the most funny Jewish holidays was celebrated - Purim , or the holiday of the lot. The celebrations on this occasion were held in Moscow, the press service of the Federation of Jewish communities of Russia (Feor) said. About 2,000 people gathered on a holiday at the Moscow Jewish Jewish Commun Center. On this Jewish holiday, it is customary to dress up in carnival costumes, dance and give gifts. The Jews have been celebrating Purim for more than two thousand years.

In conditions of poor visibility and ice, a large collision of cars occurred on March 8 on the 19th kilometer of the federal road Krasnoyarsk-Oniysk. As reported on Tuesday in the press service of the regional traffic inspectorate, there are no victims and victims. However, about 20 vehicles received damage to varying degrees. Moreover, according to the witnesses of the clashes, the guilty in it disappeared from the scene, and their active search is currently underway, RIA Novosti reports.

The leaders of the Chechen fighters Aslan Maskhadov and Shamil Basayev are hidden in Russia. This was announced on Tuesday by ITAR-TASS a senior representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. These iconic figures associated with international terrorist organizations are located in Russia, a representative of the Ministry of Defense noted.

The Holding company Warren Buffete Berkshire Hathaway announced a record increase in income in 2003. Her net profit for 2003 amounted to $ 8.15 billion compared to $ 4.29 billion a year ago. In a letter to shareholders, Buffett said that in 2002 he took up currency speculations for the first time in his life and expanded his currency positions in 2003. At the end of 2003, Berkshire had long positions on five foreign currencies against the dollar totaling $ 12 billion.

The terrorists do not intention to attack the United States, the director of the CIA George Tenete said on Tuesday at a hearing in the US Senate. “The spectacular terrorist attack in the United States remains a dream that many are striving under the leadership of Al -Qaeda or without it,” Tenet said. At the same time, the head of the CIA noted, al-Qaeda is significantly weakened and decentralized by the arrests of activists of this group.

In Madagascar, during a strong cyclone, he disappeared by the Samson ferry with 100 passengers. On the steam schedule, he was supposed to arrive at Madagascar on Monday morning, reported in shipowner companies in the city of Mahaang in the north-west of the island of Madagascar. But a strong tropical cyclone fell on the island, and from Sunday the ferry does not give signals. On Tuesday, the authorities reported that perhaps the passengers of the ferry were killed, Reuters reports.