In Kuzbass, the searches of two miners, which are missing as a result of an accident at the Ulyanovskaya mine, continue, RIA Novosti reports. On Monday, the suspension of searches was reported. "The pumping of water continues in anwater production, a pipeline for pumping water is laid. Almost half of the pipeline has already been laid (its length will be almost two kilometers)," the press service of the administration of the Kemerovo region said on Tuesday.

Actors Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint signed contracts for shooting in two final films about the young wizard Harry Potter, ITAR-TASS reports. We are talking about the sixth and seventh episodes - Harry Potter and Harry Potter and Harry Potter and Fatal relics. The premiere of the fifth series of the epic - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix will be held on July 13.

The enterprises and companies of Russia and the PRC signed two dozen agreements and contracts in Moscow in Moscow in the amount of $ 4.3 billion, and a new Chinese shopping center will appear in the capital, ITAR-TASS reports. The signing of these documents took place as part of the National Exhibition of China in Russia.

The elected president of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov arrived in Saudi Arabia the day before. The aircraft of the Russia airline with R. Kadyrov and the faces accompanying him landed at the airport of the city of Gidd. R. Kadyrov told the Interfax agency that he intends to make a mind (Small Hajj.-Ed. ), To visit the saints for Muslims of the whole world a place in Mecca and Medina , to read prayers in Masjid al -Harama.

Russian President Vladimir Putin actually took the first step towards the department of the Federal Migration Service (FMS) from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and giving it the status of an independent ministry, signing a decree that significantly expanded the powers of the FMS. From now on, the service will coordinate the activities of executive bodies in the field of migration and will receive the right to develop bills and their submission to the president and government.

Oleg Deripaska was going to spend $ 2 billion on building the first classic resort complex in Sochi in Sochi. For six years, the Altius Development company will be built on a wasteland of 220 hectares in the Imereta Valley on the Black Sea coast in Sochi more than 1 million square meters. m of housing, hotels, business complexes and shopping centers.

In a T -shirt with a caricature on the Prophet Muhammad, a widow of a man who died in the Madrid terrorist attacks on transport in 2004 appeared on Monday in court. The woman appeared in her in front of 29 people, most of which Muslims accused of explosions.

The Federal Tax Service (Federal Tax Service) is developing criteria, subject to which taxpayers can be released from inspections within a certain period of time, Tatyana Shevtsova, deputy head of the Federal Tax Service, told Interfax. At the same time, the tax authorities reserve the right to request explanations from the payers, as well as conduct checks "for objective reasons".

A group of rescuers discovered a second on-board self-recorder of Mi-8 helicopter. Unlike the first "black box" , which turned out to be damaged, the second device is working. "At the site of the helicopter fall, a second on-board self-writer was found, fixing the technical parameters of the flight and condition of the aircraft", the ITAR-TASS is quoted by the Assistant Prosecutor of the Republic Yuri Knyazeva. The day before, the first of two “black boxes” was found - a speech self -record.

The administration of George Bush condemned the acceleration of the "marsh of disagreements" in Nizhny Novgorod on March 24, RIA Novosti reports. "The reaction of local Russian authorities to the" march of disagreements "in Nizhny Novgorod on March 24 causes serious concern in connection with the ability of Russians to enjoy their right to freedom of assembly, words and peaceful protest," the US State Department said in Washington.

Off the coast of Israel, "signs of oil" were discovered, which in the future can become deposits. After a second analysis of data collected from the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea, conducted using the latest technological tools, responsible for the search for oil and gas Jacob Maymeran came to the conclusion about the high probability of detecting energy fields on the shelf. The data was collected by the Institute of Geology and the Institute of Geophysics.

Engineers from Moteur Development International, based under Nice, spent 14 years on the development of a unique engine, which was already called "one of the biggest achievements of the century." The fact is that he does not need fuel, for his work there is enough compressed air. To drive the pistons in motion in the engine, a technology of air compression is used, so the power plant does not pollute the environment with its exhausts.

Rosneft won the first auction for the sale of property of a bankrupt oil company Yukos, having bought 9.44% of its shares remaining from Yukos after the alienation of Yuganskneftegaz. Yugansk was bought by the unknown company Baikalfinance Gard and subsequently departed Rosneft. An opaque transaction caused a wide resonance and a bunch of speculation.

The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church expressed satisfaction with the course of preparation for the signing of the act of canonical communication with the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad (ROCS), which will be held in Moscow on May 17, 2007.

The British police must receive additional powers to confiscate cars with the most dangerous criminals and leaders of criminal groups. The Prime Minister of Great Britain Tony Blair and the Minister of Finance of the country Gordon Brown made such a joint statement on Tuesday, Sky News reports. The proposal expressed by them is only one of the points of the program voiced by them to combat national crime. In their opinion, the most dangerous criminals must also be deprived of a driver’s license.