In Japan, 14 members of the criminal pyramid were arrested. As the police suggests, in two years they received more than 10 billion yen (almost 100 million dollars) fraudulently from private individuals. Another 6 people are wanted. So far, the police of the city of Tokyo and the prefectures of Oita and Yamaguti managed to collect evidence in three episodes of extortion totaling 13 million yen (more than 126 thousand dollars).

The government is ready to sharply limit the powers of the tax authorities during inspections. The revolutionary proposals of his ministers were supported by President Vladimir Putin. The White House expects to legalize new, more transparent, rules of the game by the end of the year, the newspaper Vedomosti writes. A week ago, at a meeting of the Governmental Council for competitiveness, businessmen criticized the actions of tax authorities tortured entrepreneurs with inspections.

Relatives and relatives of the victims in Chechnya in 2000 of the Sergievoposadian riot police ask the President of Russia to take control of their investigation. If their request remains unanswered, the relatives and friends of the dead riot police intend to go on Red Square on March 2 and put their own orders on the paving stones.

In Egypt, six twins were born at once. On Wednesday, in the hospital of the city of Kafr Esh-Sheikh in the Delta Nile Mabruka Subhi gave birth to six boys. The woman made a cesarean section. Two of the babies are viable, and the rest are placed in a special incubator. According to the doctors, their state of health is still stable, RIA Novosti reports.

The recently appeared rumors about the return of the ex-champion of the Lennox Lyuis Lennox Lynx Light Ring to meet Vitaly Klitschko were not without reason, Allboxing reports citing the British publication The Daily Mirror . Lewis really received an offer that was difficult to refuse, and has already begun to restore contacts with the members of his former team, when his mother Violet intervened.

A scandal associated with sexual adventures of local firefighters flare up in Sacramento. Investigations conducted by local authorities showed that debauchery flourishes in the fire department. Over the past few months, the adventures of urban firefighters have not left the pages of local newspapers. 24 fighters received severe disciplinary sanctions for drunkenness at the workplace and visiting "depraved events" during working hours.

On the walls of the Tauba Mosque in the Avtozavodsky district of Nizhny Novgorod, the Nazi swastika reappeared, the Islam website in Nizhny Novgorod reports. This mosque over the past year is regularly attacked by vandals. Groups of adolescents and adults of 25-30 years old throw mud on the walls, beat the windows, break the fence. Cases of threats in relation to the administration of the mosque were noted.

In Lipetsk, two women put the skinheads who attacked the Caucasian. The incident occurred at a public transport stop at the Lipetsk railway station. A group of shavat-headed 15-16-year-old adolescents suddenly attacked an elderly citizen with an Armenian appearance. Moreover, this was not a merchant from the market at all, but a doctor by profession. He was beaten with chains and forged boots. No one responded to the cries of the victim for help, although there were many people at the stop.

The chief rabbi of Russia Adolf Shaevich expressed the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II gratitude for the "clear and unambiguous assessment" of the statement of the Group of State Duma deputies on the activities of Jewish organizations. “The activities of the Moscow Patriarchate , aimed at preserving interfaith consent in our multinational country, have always been highly appreciated by Russian Jewish religious organizations,” said A.

The Moscow District Military Court postponed on February 14 a preliminary hearing in the case of General of the Ministry of Emergencies Vladimir Ganeyev and six employees of the Moscow criminal investigation department accused of corruption. According to Ganeyev’s lawyer - Boris Kuznetsov, the process was postponed due to the fact that one of the defenders did not manage to get acquainted with the materials of the criminal case, Interfax reports.

The famous Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho, whose novels are very popular in Russia, would like to make a trip along the Trans -Siberian Railway. “We planned to do this this year, but so far it did not work,” Coelho said in an interview with RIA Novosti . The writer for the seventh time takes part in the work of the World Economic Forum, the annual session of which opened on Wednesday in Davos. "There is an old institution called" Dialog "that we have lost.

The Catholic charity organization Karitas provided Muslims with one of the regions affected by the tsunami, 2500 "sets for prayer", Islam.ru reports with reference to the Ekklesia website. They included rugs for prayer, as well as the traditional clothing among local residents, corresponding to the norms of Islam - sarongs for men and muchens, covering the head and body of a Muslim, for women.

The abductions of people, who have long turned into a profitable business for Chechen militants, are also a good increase in the salary of special services employees, the New Gazeta claims. The publication believes that this fishing is not a private initiative of individual officers. “Here the interests coincided: the leadership of a counter -terrorism operation does not want to see representatives of the Western public and foreign media reporters on the territory of the Caucasus.

The Government of the Russian Federation has found a solution to the problems related to the implementation of the law on preferential payments, Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov said at a government meeting on Thursday. This cost the government 50 rubles for each beneficiary. “We state that the work has been carried out, the decisions have been found. Now the implementation of these decisions depends on the regions,” Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov said.

The Yukos NK will not export oil in February, the Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Company Alexander Temerko told the oil industry (Ani). "We will not export oil in February due to the fact that we cannot pay the export fee, since our accounts are arrested," he said. Temerko also added: “Maybe some other companies with whom we agree will go according to our schedules,” Interfax reports.