In Yekaterinburg, two employees of the correctional colony number 2 accused of the murder of the prisoner were sentenced. Last Thursday, the Verkh-Isetsky District Court sentenced each of the defendants to 10 years in prison in a maximum security colony. The sentenced were taken into custody right in the courtroom, RIA Novosti reports. The convicts held the positions of senior inspectors of the security department in the colony.

In Zimbabwe, an athlete who pretended to be a woman was sentenced to four years in prison, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the France-Presse agency.

The court of the city of the Slobodsky Kirov region issued on Friday the verdict of the three Perm police officers detained in the region during the sale of 2 kg of heroin. According to ITAR-TASS, the organizer of an illegal deal, a native of Slobodsky and a former employee of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the Perm region received 6 years in prison, and two of his accomplices who did not want to cooperate with the investigation were convicted of 7 years.

In the south of Moscow, on Friday evening, a fire occurred in the hostel of the Moscow Engineering and Physical Institute (MEFU). “At about 20:00, a signal was received to the dormitory’s fire to the attendant’s remote control at Koshkin Street, house 11, building 1,” RIA Novosti said in the capital's fire service. The fire occurred on the fourth floor of a six -story brick house.

The National Organization of Russian Muslims (Norms) reports that believers in the Russian Federation managed to create an important precedent for protecting their rights in the information sphere, reads the text of the press release received by Newsru.com.

Israeli combat helicopters applied a gas sector on Friday night on Friday. According to Palestinian sources, four strokes were made in total, the goals of which were the buildings of militarized groups in the settlements of Jabalia, Khan-Junis and Dir El Balah. The Israeli military confirm the fact of two shelling, both on the targets of Hamas: the training center in Jabalia and the weapons warehouse of the terrorist group in Khan Junis, reports The Jerusalem Post .

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In Chechnya, five military personnel of the Russian Ministry of Defense were wounded as a result of a vehicle undermining. This was announced by RIA "Novosti" a source in the combined grouping of troops in the North Caucasus.

The head of the State Committee for Ingushetia for Refugees of the Refugees of Kazbek Sultygov and two employees of this department were injured from firearms, the representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ingushetia told Interfax.

To suspend the construction of the monument to Nicholas the Wonderworker at the entrance to the capital of Adygea - Maykop and at the same time stop the protest at the place of construction - such a decision was made at a meeting of interested parties in the city administration.

Alfa-Bank was the first among investment banks decided to evaluate the influence of the 2008 presidential election on the Russian business climate. The leading analyst of the bank advocates the president of President Vladimir Putin in power. And investments in the opposition, the report said, threaten the state’s attack on business, writes Vedomosti .

Residents of the Chechen village of Borozdinovskaya, who was brutally cleared by federal forces a month ago, again leave their homes. The Avars, who received compensation promised by Ramzan Kadyrov, immediately leave. This is done with the permission of the management of Chechnya. The rest are waiting for money and worrying what is not enough for everyone.

As a result of the collision of two tankers off the western coast of the Japanese Island, Honsu, one person died and five were missing. According to the representative of the coast guard department, the incident occurred at 04:10 local time near the city of Kumano Prefecture MIE. In conditions of poor visibility caused by the fog, the maneuvering tanker rammed another smaller tanker on which the fire arose, to date, extinguished.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, by his decree, appointed Dmitry Ayatskov with the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Belarus. This was reported on Friday in the press service of the President of the Russian Federation. With another decree, Putin freed Alexander Blokhin from the performance of the responsibilities of the Russian ambassador to Belarus in Belarus in connection with the transition to another job, Interfax reports.

President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko for the second time from the date of taking office arrived in Donetsk. At a meeting with representatives of the local authorities and the public, Yushchenko said that he was going to "solve the problems of the region by dialogue," Prua.com reports. "I hope for an honest conversation and making wise decisions," Yushchenko emphasized.