The State Duma on Friday, despite the protests of the Communist Party faction, adopted in the third, final, reading amendments to the Constitutional Law "On the referendum of the Russian Federation." They consolidate the exceptional competence of the state authority of the Russian Federation on some issues submitted to the all -Russian referendum, Interfax reports.

In Samara, the police arrested the murder of eight people. The criminal carefully kept the things of the victims in one of his apartments. The detained unemployed resident of Samara, 34-year-old Sergei Kuznetsov, was charged, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the Investigative Committee at the prosecutor's office (SCP) of the Russian Federation.

Three people were killed and three received serious burns as a result of the explosion of the container with polypropylene at the enterprise of Stavrolen LLC in Budennovsk, Stavropol Territory. It is reported by ITAR-TASS with reference to the press service of the LUKOIL NK. The enterprise where the incident occurred is part of the Lukoil-Neftekhim group.

President of Tanzania Jakayu Kikla, by his decree, ordered to put the albino citizens living in this country under the defense of the state from the attacks of the sorcerers. According to ITAR-TASS, Tanzani healers and sorcerers are increasingly attacking albinos and kill them for the manufacture of amulets, which allegedly promise good luck. Albinos - people who do not have enough melanin pigment in the blood, are also found among representatives of the black race.

In a 22-story building No. 8 on Akademika Korolev Street, an explosion thundered in Moscow in Moscow. Crimezone.ru reports that as a result, the 600-apartment building caught fire: the apartments on several floors openly burned. Arriving firefighters assigned the second level of complexity on a five -point scale. Emergency services of the city followed the place. The evacuation of the inhabitants passed. - Rescue work will last until the morning.

In the Rossvyazhkuzcrancultures, the actions of religious organizations to preserve the historical and cultural monuments that are in their use are welcomed. “It is reasonable to ask if there are interested users (monuments of history and culture in Russia. - Approx. Ed. )? Yes, they exist.

The Board of Directors of the RAO "UES of Russia" recommended that the company's annual meeting of the company not pay dividends for 2007. The energy holding report says that the recommendation was given on the basis of the government directive. RAO "UES", due to the planned net profit of 2007, has already sent 75.8 billion rubles to investment. "In particular, for the commissioning of mobile gas turbine installations in the Moscow region to cover peak loads in the winter.

The brilliant actress Elina Bystritskaya celebrates the 80th anniversary on Friday. "Everyone who saw her in the image of Aksinya in Gerasimov’s movie" Quiet Don ", and today, on the stage of the Maly Theater, they will exclaim admiringly: the years are not powerful over this woman," said the artistic and director of the Moscow Theater, the famous actor and director Vladimir Andreev.

Egyptian Aiman ​​Az-Zawakhiri, who is called the second person in the Islamist organization Al-Qaeda, answers, as planned , a large number of questions about the grouping and its leader, Osama Ben Laden. According to the Italian Corriere Della Sera , his speeches sound encouraging: the movement comes, and the Usama "feels good" contrary to "pseudo messages", according to which Ben Laden is sick. The "media" presence of AZ-Zavakhiri is huge: 50 audio and video executions from 2003 to date.

The Russian striker of the Washington Capitals club Alexander Ovechkin set a new record for the effectiveness of the National Hockey League. Having made a double on Thursday in a match against Tampa (4: 1), he brought his sniper score to 65 goals. This is the best result in the history of the NHL for the left extreme attackers in one regular season, says ITAR-TASS.

A man who suffered the day before from a flock of stray dogs in Izmailovsky Park is in extremely serious condition. Now he is in intensive care. The patient has multiple bites and cut wounds of the head and all limbs. As a source in Moscow Central Internal Affairs Directorate of Moscow told Crimezone.ru , the state of the man is evaluated as critical. The Veterinary Committee of Moscow "Interfax" reported that at present the dogs that bit a man are caught.

The head of the St. Petersburg branch of the Yabloko party, Maxim Reznik, said that he was called on Saturday for interrogation to an investigator in a previously initiated criminal case. "I received a summons for interrogation for Saturday, at 11:00 Moscow time," Reznik said on Friday, recalling that it was at this time that the opposition forces conference were appointed in St. Petersburg. It is worth noting that Reznik is one of the organizers of the event.

The Ukrainian delegation came to Moscow for the next round of negotiations with Gazprom on gas supplies, ITAR-TASS said. The delegation included the head of the Prime Minister Vitaly Gaiduk, Chairman of the Board of Naftogaz of Ukraine Oleg Dubina, his first deputy Igor Didenko and Deputy Vladimir Tricolich. The previous round of negotiations between the companies took place in Moscow on March 31 - April 1, nothing is reported about their maintenance.

The American concern Chrysler has launched two of its Jeep SUVs on the Russian market - Grand Cherokee and Commander - with a modernized 4.7-liter V8 gasoline engine. Compared to the previous engine installed on these models, its power as a result of modifications increased from 231 hp. up to 303 hp Moreover, the new “engine” has become 5% more economical.

In the barracks of one of the military training grounds of the Chita district of the Trans-Baikal Territory, a soldier soldier hanged himself. The body of the 20-year-old recruit Dmitry Matvienko, called up from the city of Zelenogorsk, Krasnoyarsk Territory, his colleagues found on March 27 in the morning. According to the military commissar of Zelenogorsk Oleg Gorsky, the young man served 10 months and was characterized positively.