In the first three months of this year, the number of abductions of people in the Chechen Republic decreased by 24.5 percent compared to the same period last year. This was announced today by the head of the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Chechnya Ruslan Azaev. “If in the first three months of 2004 53 cases of abduction of people were noted, then from January to April of this year 40 people were stolen in Chechnya,” Atsaev said.

Member of the State Duma Committee on Security (Rodina faction) Mikhail Markelov demands to conduct an examination to establish the causes of a fire in his house on the Dmitrovskoye Shosse. The deputy announced this on Saturday on the air of the Radio station "Echo of Moscow" . "We will contact experts in the FSB, the prosecutor’s office to come to experts and establish the cause of the fire," he said. The house burned on Saturday night, the fire began at 4:00, Markelov noted.

In Chechnya, an active participant in the Bandgrappa of Abu Al-Valida was detained. This was reported by RIA Novosti on Saturday at the regional operational headquarters (Rosh) for managing a counter -terrorism operation in the North Caucasus. "During the operational -search measures, a local resident was detained in the village of Novoterskoyskoye, who was a member of the bandit group of the Arab terrorist Abu Al Valid," said a representative of the headquarters.

This was stated by the world of WBO in the WBO weight of heavyweight Vitaly Klitschko, who performed in Kyiv in front of the Ukrainian press. According to the older brother, the next opponent of Vladimir may well be the former absolute world champion Mike Tyson. In order for this duel to become a reality, Vladimir Klitschko needs to defeat Cuban Elizio Castillo, whom he meets next Saturday.

Official Tokyo today expressed a decisive protest to the Chinese government in connection with today's anti -pupil performances, accompanied by "acts of vandalism." “Such actions cannot be justified by any reasons, and they deserve our most decisive condemnation,” the Japanese government’s statement said in the ITAR -TASS.

The main goal of the Union of Communist Parties is the revival of an updated union state. This was stated by the Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov, speaking on Saturday with a political report at the 33rd Congress of the Union of Communist Parties (SCP-CPSS), Interfax reports in Moscow.

Russian border guards begin to leave the area of ​​responsibility of the Moscow border detachment at the Tajik-Afghan line. The transfer of this most complex and responsible section of the border begins on Saturday with the high -mountain outpost "Shagon", created almost 70 years ago.

The reason for distrust was the meeting of the defender "Manchester United" Rio Ferdinand and the executive director of Chelsea Peter Kenion. At the beginning of the week, the British media were crowded with news that Kenion and Ferdinand met to discuss the transition of the 26-year-old defender to the Chelsea camp.

The chairman of the Moscow City Duma, Vladimir Platonov, denied information about the police of the police to expel from Moscow on the eve of the celebration of the anniversary of the victory of persons without a specific place of residence.

Muscovites and guests of the capital, who came to the Kremlin today, witnessed the new solemn ceremony. The presidential regiment and the honorary cavalry escort for the first time performed the divorce of foot and horse guard. With the first midday strike, chimes to the sounds of a flute and drum fraction against the backdrop of the golden -headed cathedrals of the Kremlin from the arsenal on Ivanovo Square, a company of a special guard of the presidential regiment came out.

Russian-American relations have “huge potential” were stated on the eve of her visit to Moscow by US Secretary of State Condoliza Rice. She performed on Friday at the congress of American society of newspaper publishers. In the capital of Russia, the head of the US foreign policy will hold the upcoming Tuesday and Wednesday, ITAR-TASS reports.

In the main duel of the Russian volleyball tournament among women's teams, groups will meet that were preferred at the semifinal stage. Club Uralochka-TSTMK from the Sverdlovsk region became the first finalist of the Russian Championship In the semi -final match of the Final Four, which takes place in Moscow, Uralochka outplayed 3-0 Balakovo NPP. Despite the final account, the meeting turned out to be quite stubborn, especially in the third batch - 25:20, 25:16, 25:23.

Representatives of the organizing committees of cities applying for the right to hold the Olympics -2012 will make presentations of their concepts. This will happen at the International Sports Exhibition "Sportscord", which will be held in the German capital from April 16 to 20. This was reported by the official website of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

In Samara, as part of the 5th round of the Russian Football Premier League, the local "Wings of the Soviets" tied with the Moscow Lokomotiv. The clubs approached this match in a different mood. After the victory in the previous round over the “Rubin”, Lokomotiv settled on the 5th place in the standings, and the Samara, defeated in the same round of CSKA, occupied a modest 11 line.

The Coordination Headquarters of the United Opposition of Bashkiria intends to apply to the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation with a demand to institute criminal proceedings on the fact of organizing supporters of the president of Bashkiria Murtaz Rakhimov on Saturday in Ufa, which, in their opinion, led to a disruption of the authorized opposition action.