The prosecutor's office of the Krasnoshchekovsky district of the Altai Territory opened a criminal case on the fact of an outbreak of intestinal infection in the correctional school of the village of Maralich.

The picture of the French expressionist Khaim Sutin set a record at the Christie's in London - 7.8 million pounds were paid for it (13.8 million dollars). The painting "Bull carcass" was painted by the artist in 1924. Experts suggested that the canvas would help out about 4.8 million pounds ($ 7.4 million), the Air Force reports. Chaim Sutin was born in Lithuania in 1893, he moved to Paris in 1913. The artist’s personal exhibition took place only in 1927.

Private Alexei Krasko, who, as a result of an urgent relationship, threatens amputation of the legs, was transferred from Irkutsk to Chita. This was reported to ITAR-TASS today in the hospital of the Irkutsk military garrison. Krasko was hospitalized here on February 1 after on January 28-29 he was beaten with a sergeant and two days in a 30-degree frost came from the unit 40 kilometers from Irkutsk.

The exhibition "Rubens and its era: the masterpieces of the Hermitage Museum" opened on Monday evening in Las Vegas (Nevada). The opening ceremony, which, according to the organizers, was present, was attended by about 500 people, took place in the Guggenheim-errtage museum in Las Vegas. The exposition was compiled by more than 40 works of art, including paintings from the Hermitage collection and objects made of silver and gold.

During the Second World War, the future Prime Minister of South Africa John Forster was considered sympathetic Nazis. After 30 years, he was honored in Jerusalem. This is explained by the fact that Israel and the apartheid regime concluded a secret alliance, fixed by the largest friendly gift - the technology of the atomic bomb, writes The Guardian on Tuesday.

Fatf became interested in the money of Russian officials. During the inspection appointed in April 2007, international inspectors intend to demand toughening the legislation. It is necessary to think about the purity of their capital in advance not only to banks, but also to non -profit organizations, as well as state institutions and officials, Russian Newspaper writes.

Last Saturday, Viktor Melnikov, the son of Konstantin Melnikov, the keeper of his heritage and a house in Krivoarbatsky Lane, died in Moscow last Saturday in Moscow. The fate of his father's heritage remains unclear. Victor Melnikov was an artist and lived in Krivoarbatsky Lane, in a house that is currently part of any history of architecture of the twentieth century. It was possible to get into this house only on the recommendation.

The Estonian Embassy in Russia refused to issue an entry visa to the head of the Presidential Department of the Russian Federation for interregional and cultural ties with foreign countries Modest Kolrov. “I have an official written refusal from the Estonian Embassy in Moscow, which says that I am denied a visa“ without explanation of the reasons ”.

In Russia and Ukraine, members of organized crime groups were arrested, who stole funds from personal bank accounts of the French. According to police, scammers stole more than 1 million euros using "sleeping viruses." The criminals, having infected the computers of the victims with viruses, gained control over a bank account and could devastate it in a few seconds. As a result of one of these operations, only one bank client lost 40 thousand euros.

In Ukraine, new debates began about the supply of Russian gas, after the Ukrainian edition of the "Mirror of the Week" published a detailed article on six so far, who still kept additional documents for the gas treaty of January 4. The Minister of Finance of Ukraine Viktor Pinzenik said that the country cannot feel confident in the gas issue. However, he admitted that he did not see these documents in the eye.

Kyiv "symmetrically" responded to restricting the export of Ukrainian goods to Russia. The government website said that the Interdepartmental Commission for International Trade began the anti-dumping investigation regarding the supply of Russian steel cables and ropes without coverage, as well as iron ore concentrate. Complaints of competitors-Russian were filed by the Ukrainian enterprises "Steelcanat", "Silur" and Inguletsky Mining and Processing Plant.

The coach of the German skaters received permission to represent his country at the Winter Olympic Games in Turin, despite the fact that he was an informant of the former communist secret police "Stasi".

Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked the Federal Security Service "for the results of work in 2005." “In general, the tasks set a year ago were solved, the FSB units acted promptly, competently,” said the head of state, for the first time after a two -year break, participating in the meeting of the college of the department. The collegium was opened by the director of the FSB Nikolai Patrushev.

The special mission of Russia is to convert as many inhabitants of the Earth to Orthodoxy as possible, the rector of the Moscow Church of St. Sergius in Bibirev Hieromonk Sergius (Rybko) believes. "We need to decide what we want. I believe that it is not even the evening, that you can revive the Church, revive Russia. And Russia has its own mission: its holy, its philosophers should enlighten modern European worlds. Then the Gospel will be preached around the world.

London Stock Exchange is negotiating the creation of a strategic partnership with the Russian Exchange, the British edition of The Financial Times reports. "We are considering possible ways for cooperation with Russian exchanges to promote double primary promotions (Dual Initial Public Offerings)," the British newspaper told LSE. IPO is the initial public exchange proposal by the corporation of its shares.