The American concern Chrysler decided over the next few years to reduce the model range of his SUVs by half, which was announced by the head of the Gihigant Jim Press, speaking at the New York car dealership. The main reason for such a step, he said, was the combination of sales of brands Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge through a common dealer network. Now these brands in total release 11 SUVs. Which models are planned to be removed from production, the press did not specify.

In Moscow, in the South-Western District, there was a clash of members of the Borsterniki gang with police officers, there are victims. According to RIA Novosti, a source in the capital’s law enforcement agencies, the investigators used weapons during the detention. As a result, 11 people were detained, one suspect was wounded. As it became known, the shootout occurred on Tuesday morning at one of the houses in the area of ​​Ordzhonikidze Street, not far from Leninsky Prospekt.

Two -time world champion Fernando Alonso said that he could leave the French team at the end of this year and join Ferrari, reports Eurosport . After the failure last season, Renault associated great hopes with the return of Alonso. However, in Australia and Malaysia, the Spaniard finished the fourth and eighth, respectively, noticeably inferior to the leaders in speed.

In the Tobolsk, the Tyumen region, the platoon commander of the Patrol and Steal Service of the police is accused of beating a clergyman, student and investigator of the prosecutor's office. The reason for the beating was an accident that occurred due to the fault of a policeman - his colleagues. As the press service of the regional prosecutor’s office said on Tuesday, the 31-year-old policeman Vladimir Zaborskikh was charged under paragraph “a” of part 3 of Art.

A fifth -grade student of the secondary school of Sterlitamak (100 km south of Ufa) died in a physical education lesson - unspokened football gates fell on the girl. According to Tuesday, the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Bashkiria, the tragedy occurred on March 21 at about 10:00 in the physical education lesson, which was held in the gym of secondary school N33.

Russia and Georgia resumed direct air traffic between countries interrupted in early October 2006 due to a sharp exacerbation of relations between states: the first aircraft from Tbilisi arrived in Moscow on Tuesday evening on Tuesday. - In the near future, postal and naval messages between Georgia and the Russian Federation will resume However, with the reverse departure of the aircraft from Moscow in Tbilisi, unexpected problems arose.

Marina Litvinenko, the widow of the ex-officer of the FSB Alexander Litvinenko, who, according to the British authorities, was poisoned by Polonia in November 2006, filed a request from the British authorities to resume the investigation of the circumstances of her husband's death. She was forced to show such persistence that the Russian side was not going to extradite the suspect in the murder of Andrei Lugovoi under any pretext, RIA Novosti reports with reference to Reuters.

The Tretyakov Gallery requested materials on errors made by the museum experts in the examination of the authenticity of some paintings from the Rossvyazkhosthkulture. The museum’s leadership has already received three such certificates, however, according to its director Valentin Rodionov, representatives of the Rossvyazhkazkhostkulture announced the issuance of 80 conclusions by experts of the Tretyakov Gallery about the authenticity of fake works.

In Miami (Florida), a crane collapsed at a construction site, AR reports. As a result of the incident, two workers died, 4 more were taken to the hospital with injuries of varying severity. The tragedy occurred at about 21:00 Moscow time at a construction site in the city center. The reason is unknown. The largest part fell the building located next door, breaking through the roof. According to representatives of law enforcement agencies, there were no people in the building.

The press service of the joint British-Russian enterprise TNK-BP confirmed on Tuesday evening that 148 seconded employees of the British company BP were withdrawn from TNK-Br. "The reason for the recall is that the status of these seconded employees is not completely regulated in accordance with the norms of Russian migration legislation," the press service said.

The Guangzhous Service of the Marine Salvation (the Yuzhnkita Province of Guangdun) sent an additional 22 divers to participate in the search operation off the coast of Hong Kong, where the Ukrainian ship "Neftegaz-67" sank. Thus, in total, 44 submariners are already involved in these works, including 10 Hong Kong, ITAR-TASS reports.

With the advent of spring for Russian motorists, such a characteristic of a machine as its cross -country ability is extremely relevant. Indeed, far from all cars it will be comfortable to overcome numerous pits, puddles and blurred from rains, especially outside the city. Autonews.ru is a rating of the most suitable for the intersection of the spring virgin lands. The first on the list is Hummer H2 , on which to drive off -road?

The stories and the rich cultural heritage of the Coptic Orthodox Church are devoted to expositions in one of the Cairo museums, the site Tourgenius.ru reports. The Coptic Orthodox Church was founded by the Holy Apostle Mark at the very beginning of our era. Formers of the science and art of modern Egypt recognize the culture of the first Christians to be an integral and important part of the heritage of their country.

A reduction in value added tax may occur in 2010-2011, said Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation Alexei Kudrin during an expanded meeting of the College of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation. In this case, falling income, according to him, can amount to 2% of GDP.

The Prosecutor General’s Office believes that it is necessary to abandon the system for the sale of smuggled goods at the domestic market at reduced prices, as well as prohibit the implementation of the seized smuggling in the Russian Federation in general. The deputy prosecutor of the Russian Federation for the North-Western Federal District Alexander Gutsan was this proposal, Interfax reports.