The first figure in Russia Dmitry Medvedev appeared in the Museum of wax figures in St. Petersburg. The figure is placed between the images of Anatoly Sobchak and Vladimir Putin, reports "Echo of St. Petersburg." Voskova Medvedev replenished a collection of sculptures exhibited at the Neva cinema on Nevsky Prospekt of St. Petersburg. According to the exposition curators, now visitors are actively photographed with the figure of presidential candidate.

On Wednesday, about noon in the center of Moscow near the house 65 on Gilyarovsky Street, three men who were traveling in the VAZ 2112 car provoked an accident with the Toyota Corolla car. But, to the great surprise of the "authors", the driver of a foreign car did not reconcile with such arbitrariness: angry, he jumped out of the car and began to beat the glass of "Lada" baseball bat.

Police officers conducted searches in the central office of Slavneft in Moscow. This was reported by "Interfax" with reference to a source in law enforcement agencies. As the source explained, the search in the head office of OJSC Neftegazovaya Company Slavneft in the center of Moscow was held on Thursday by employees of the investigative part under the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Central Federal District.

In the United States, a war veteran is judged by Iraq, who is accused of raping and applying grievous injuries to his own newborn child. A 27-year-old Kirk Kolman, who is accused of a brutal sexual crime against his own daughter, will appear before the state of Colombia. At one time, the accused served in the American landing troops and took part in the Iraqi campaign, writes The Michigan News .

For several days, riots have been going on on the administrative border of Serbia and the self -proclaimed Kosovo. According to the AR, Serbian manifestants protesting against the independence of the autonomous region, the car tires are burning and throw Kosovo police stones at the Merdar gearbox 50 km from Protina. The police fear that the Serbs will try to break into the Kosovo territory with the help of a bulldozer.

The other day, the American concern Ford presented the first information about the serial version of its Kuga crossover. Now the prices for this car in the UK market have become known. So, the novelty in the Zetec configuration will cost 20,495 pounds or $ 41,000. It includes air conditioning, the ESP, ABS stabilization system, alarm, MP-3 radio, 17-inch wheels and a button engine starting system. The second set on the market - Titanium is available at a price of 22,495 pounds or $ 45,000.

The prosecutor's office forbade closing the case against the leadership of the Baikal Central Bank: the corresponding decision was received by the deputy head of Rosprirodnadzor Oleg Mitreol, who had previously put forward the idea of ​​reprofiling the Central Bank to the Coca-Cola plant. However, we note that the head of the department Kirillov, who is trying to take all the contacts of the department under his control and ordered the entire external correspondence to send to him for signature.

If fans of the cinema could vote for American film academics, then the Oscar in the “Best Film category” would go to the light comedy “Juno” , and not one of the two gloomy leaders “The elderly here is not a place” and “Oil” . Such results were shown by an E-Poll survey conducted for Reuters.

Only every 10th Korean eats dishes from the dog at least once a year, although as a nation Koreans insist that "have the right to eat dog-maker." An article dedicated to truth and myths about this peculiar national food is published by the Austrian Die Presse . Dogs are eaten both in the Communist North and in the capitalist south. This is surprised by the defenders of animals and gourmets in the West and around the world.

In the Republic of Tatarstan, a teenager was detained, who is suspected of brutal murder of his own father and grandmother. He made a crime a couple with a friend. In the city of Bugulma, police detained two teenagers who are suspected of double murder, Interfax reports with reference to the senior assistant to the head of the Department of Investigative Committee of the Republican Prosecutor's Office Eduard Abdullin.

In Moscow, the main nominees for the Nic-2007 national film awards were announced. Applicants in the most important nomination "The Best Phenomenon" were the paintings "Cargo 200" Alexei Balabanov, nominated for "Oscar" "Mongol" by Sergey Bodrov, "Simple things" by Alexei Popogrebsky, "Traveling with Pets" Vera Storozheva and "Mermaid" by Anna Melikyan.

Russia and Georgia agreed on the conditions for the resumption of air communication, the press service of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation said, Interfax reports. The air message between the two countries, as well as the message by other modes of transport, was interrupted by the Russian side in October 2006 after a sharp exacerbation of relations between Georgia and Russia.

The All -Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion (VTsIOM) predicts that about 73% of voters with a turnout of about 70% will vote for presidential candidate Dmitry Medvedev. This was announced on Thursday by the general director of VTsIOM Valery Fedorov. He recalled that from Monday a moratorium on the announcement of information related to the elections is introduced. "69.7% of Russians who have the right to vote, according to our forecast, will come and make their choice.

On Wednesday, the French police denied the information that appeared last week that the disappeared 4-year-old British Madeleine McCan was seen in the south of the country. After an investigation of the testimony of the witness, forensic experts came to the conclusion that the woman was revealed, the CNN television company reports. Earlier, a tourist from the Netherlands of Holland reported on the discovery of the disappeared nine months ago.

The ADAC Oberman car club conducted a study in order to find out what places for relaxation were preferred by the Germans, who decided to go on vacation by cars. So, according to the results, most German motorists opt for their native Germany: it was there that 42% of all German residents who chose cars as a means of transportation were ongoing. According to the Deutsche Welle portal, the Baltic Sea coast, as well as the Upper Bavaria, was particularly popular.