Vimpelcom OJSC (Beeline GSM brand) announced financial claims in the amount of about $ 5.5 billion received by its 100%subsidiary in Kazakhstan- Kar-Tel LLP . According to the Kar-Tel press release, the company received an “payment order”, allegedly issued by the Savings Fund for Savings Fund for the Turkish Republic (“Fund”). The order dated October 7, 2004 was awarded to Kar-Telu last week to the Bostandyk district court of Almaty.

The relatives of the dead with a terrorist attack in Beslan are trying to give out unknown corpses in their arms instead of the bodies of relatives, and the commission has not yet been able to establish the exact number of victims and hostages. Former hostages indicate that 40 people were not included in the number of victims and that terrorists were already in the school. Residents of the city are trying to get the truth from the parliamentary commission.

At the next meeting of the court in the case of the organizers of the exhibition "Caution, religion!", Which took place on January 17 in the Tagansky district court, witnesses from the defense were performed. Lev Levinson, an expert at the Institute of Human Rights, a colleague of the accused director of the museum named after the judges, lawyers and the prosecutor. A. Sakharov Yuri Samodurov in human rights activities, former Museum Warehouse Lyubov Kholin.

In the UK, photographs of the bullying of the British soldiers over the Iraqis, who have become evidence in a military court, were published, RIA Novosti reports. On Tuesday, in the German city of Znabrukk, hearings on charges of bullying of the Iraqis, put forward against three British troops, began.

The star of the Madrid football club “Real” David Beckham admitted to an interview with the British newspaper Mirror that he was burdened with the burden of popularity, RIA Novosti reports. “Contrary to the opinion of the majority, I don’t like that posters with my image are hung everywhere, but I can’t do anything,” Beckham said.

The Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation will conduct an audit in all regions for the implementation of the provisions of the law on preferential payments. This was announced on Tuesday by the head of the Accounts Chamber Sergei Stepashin, speaking at a meeting of the Rodina faction.

The Borodin State Quartet on the day of the anniversary concert, held the day before in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, introduced the listeners to the unknown work of Dmitry Shostakovich. The team, celebrating this season of its 60th anniversary and 80th anniversary of the People's Artist of Russia, Valentine Berlinsky, included Shostakovich in the evening of the evening of the "burned quartet". Shostakovich graduated from the ninth quartet in 1964.

A group of Iraqi militants announced that on Tuesday it was stolen by 8 citizens of China, who allegedly worked for American troops in Iraq. The abductors published an appeal to the Chinese government, and the Katar television channel Al-Jazeera showed footage, which captured the alleged hostages, holding their documents in their hands. Nearby stood two armed people in masks and with weapons.

Iran has the possibilities to repel a possible attack by the United States, said the Minister of Defense of Iran Ali Shamhani. “Today we can say that we have such a power that not a single country will dare to attack us, since no one has accurate information about our military potential, since we can use flexible strategies. We can say that we were able to create weapons that are the strongest means of intimidation as soon as possible,” said Ali Shamhani.

The leadership of the Club of the First Division of the Russian Championship of the Krasnodar Kuban today has reached an agreement on the appointment of a well-known specialist from the Czech Republic of 44-year-old Joseph Khovanets. It is expected that upon arrival on Wednesday in Krasnodar, Joseph Khovanets will sign a contract for a period of three years (one + two according to the system), the club’s official website reports.

In Chile, as a result of panic caused by rumors about the tsunami, a woman died, dozens of people were injured. According to eyewitnesses, in the town of Consepsion, which is located 500 kilometers south of the capital of the country, Siren suddenly worked on the warning of the tsunami. 12 thousand inhabitants in a hurry began to leave their homes in order to hide on the hills nearby.

In the Koryak Autonomous Okrug of 11 people who fell under the snow avalanche, two men managed to survive. The remaining 9 people, including four children born in 1998 and 2000 and three women, died. This was reported on Tuesday in the Department of Internal Affairs of Autonomy. To evacuate from the place of the tragedy to the district center of the Oleksor Olensor, Nikolai Nesterov and Anatoly Lechtyenen, the Mi -8 helicopter flies out of the village of Korf.

In the State Duma, on Tuesday, the collection of signatures for the resignation of the government that failed the reform on the monetization of benefits begins. Yesterday's criticism of the government, sounding from the lips of the president , many observers considered incredibly soft. "The president treated the troubles of ministers with much greater sympathy than the problems of the population that lost benefits," Kommersant believes.

Russia is assigned to the UN group with "high vulnerability" for earthquakes. At the same time, the most dangerous areas are named Kurils and Kamchatka. The fact that Russia is in the seismic zone is stated in the UN report "Reducing the risk of disasters: the task of development", the Radio station "Echo of Moscow" reports. The report was published on Monday at the International Conference to reduce the danger of natural disasters.

Rallies and protests against replacing benefits with cash compensations on Tuesday continue in many cities of Russia. In particular, protests were held in Perm, Tomsk (Siberia), Kazan, Naberezhnye Chelny (Republic of Tatarstan), Nalchik, Samara, Tver, Krasnodar, Shadrinsk (Kurgan region). Participants in the unauthorized rally in Perm on Tuesday blocked the Perm-Moscow federal highway. According to law enforcement agencies, in a rally that began at 12:00 local time, 300-400 people take part.