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.

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.

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.

The investigation was completed in relation to one of the defendants in the case of terrorist attacks on the Tu-134 and Tu-154 aircraft, lawyer Sergei Kazimirov, representing the interests of Artamonov, said. According to him, the case will be considered at the place of the crime - the Domodedovo court of Moscow, RIA Novosti reports. In September, the prosecutor's office charged three arrested in the case of terrorist attacks on the Tu-134 and Tu-154 on August 24.

Three Russian tourists were injured in a traffic accident in Egypt , which occurred late on Sunday evening. As the head of the consular department of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Cairo Sergey Stepanov, a minibus in which the victims followed, said on Tuesday ITAR-TASS, collided with another car. In total, there were five Russian tourists, of which three were serious injuries, and two escaped with light bruises.

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.

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.

The leader of the Russian Democratic Party "Yabloko" Grigory Yavlinsky can become the Prime Minister of Ukraine. According to the newspaper "Russian Courier" , this issue is now being discussed in circles close to the chosen president of this state Viktor Yushchenko. The publication claims that, in addition to the post of new clans, the prime minister, the chief “Yablooper” may be offered the position of personal adviser to the Ukrainian president.

The US Armed Forces lost during the operation in Iraq, which began in March 2003, 1363 soldiers and officer. According to Pentagon on Monday, of which 1071 soldiers were killed directly during combat clashes with the enemy, the rest died as a result of accidents. More than 10 thousand people were injured in varying severity, reports ITAR-TASS. Units of other countries that are part of or were previously part of the coalition forces also suffered losses in Iraq.