State Duma deputy, director of the Institute of CIS countries Konstantin Zatulin is confident that Georgia will not go to military operations with Abkhazia, but may provoke separate skirmishes. "I do not think that Georgia is ready for real military operations. Because, no matter how far from reality, no matter how they are self -hypnosis of their capabilities, they cannot but understand that an attack on Abkhazia is an attack on Russia with all the ensuing consequences," Zatulin told Interfax .

A resident of North Texas was arrested while trying to cash out a check in the amount of $ 360 billion. 21-year-old Charles Ray Fuller said he needed money in order to start his business. Seeing the young man in a named check on such a large sum, the cashiers in the Fort Worth bank, suspected that 10 zeros were simply completed, reports Associated Press . The young man explained that the check gave him his girlfriend’s mother so that he could open his sound recording company.

On May 1, the First Deputy Chairman of the Nikolaev Regional State Administration for Economics and Finance, Svetlana Karpiy died in an autocatastrophe in Egypt. This information was confirmed by ITAR-TASS in the regional state administration. Carpius has been working in this position since the end of 2007. Earlier, she headed the Main Directorate of the Economics of the Regional State Administration.

The Georgian freestyle wrestler David Modzmanashvili, who became the European Champion of 2008 in the weight category up to 120 kg, was convicted of doping and in the near future they disqualified. “Gold” will receive a Russian David Musubes, who is currently representing Slovenia. The Sports Information Agency "All Sports" was reported about this by sources in the International Federation of Joint Strong Wrestling (FILA).

After the defeat from the St. Petersburg “Zenith” in the return match of the semifinals of the UEFA Cup “Bavaria” Luka Tony apologized to the fans of his team for a bad game. “We must apologize to our fans,” said the best scorer of the tournament to German journalists. “It was the worst of our games in my memory.” He believes that the matter is not in bad luck, but in the "failure game". The German media agree with the Bavarian football player. They call the match in St.

The Minister of Defense of South Sudan Dominic Dim died today in a plane crash. As ITAR-TASS reports with reference to representatives of local authorities, 23 people were on board the crash of the aircraft. The incident occurred in the area of ​​the city of Rumbek, located 200 km from the capital of Southern Sudan, the city of Dzhuba. High -ranking officials returned to Jubu from the party’s conference of the Folk Liberating Movement of Sudan, which took place in the city of VAU.

The Russian system of warning about a missile attack will be able to work effectively and without receiving information from the Ukrainian radar stations located in Mukachevo and Sevastopol Ukraine, said Lieutenant General Alexander Lopatin, deputy commander of the space forces, in an interview with Interfax . "Our plans to abandon use about these stations have not changed," the general said.

Famous cultural figures ask the federal authorities to stop the demolition of historical buildings in the center of St. Petersburg. In the coming days, a letter about the extremely difficult situation that, according to its authors, has developed in St. Petersburg in the field of preserving the architectural and historical heritage, will be sent to the State Duma, the Federation Council and the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation, RIA Novosti reports.

In Canada, in the country that gave the world the best game on ice, the 72nd world hockey championship with the puck starts. The championship matches will be held in the cities of Quebec City and Galifax.

More than 2 million Russians took part in rallies and processions on the occasion of May 1, RIA Novosti was told in the press center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. "On May 1, festive events took place in 1 thousand 75 cities and settlements of Russia.

The Labor Party ruling in the UK lost 421 place at 22:15 Moscow time in the local councils of England and Wales, losing most of them Tori. This is the worst result of the Labor in the intermediate elections over the past 40 years, ITAR-TASS reports. The ongoing counting of the ballots promises the laborers only new losses. Local commentators have already christened the Labor Black Friday today. The main rival of the Labor, a conservative party, added 299 seats for the specified period.

In Zimbabwe, the official results of the presidential election passed more than a month ago (March 29) were announced. According to ITAR-TASS, according to official figures, the leader of the opposition Morgan Tswangirai received 47.9% of the vote, and President Robert Mugaba-43.2%. At the same time, the opposition refused to recognize the official results announced by the Zimbabwe CEC.

The centr CSKA Alexei Savrasenko and Anatoly Kashirov will not be able to help the team in the Final Four Four Basketball Euroleague. According to the press service of the army club, Savrasenko in training worked on the restoration of the shoulder joint under the leadership of the physical training coach George Artemyev. Kashirov, who turned his leg, is engaged in an individual program.

A man who lost the tip of his finger during an accident claims that he grew again after he sprinkled a sore spot with a powder made from a pork bladder. According to The Times , three years ago, when Lee spa from Ohio worked in a toy store, a piece of the middle finger was torn off the propeller of the aircraft model. According to him, the doctors said that the missing part would never grow again.

The magnitude of the magnitude of 4.6 on the Richter scale occurred on Friday morning on the western coast of the Southern Island of New Zealand, RIA Novosti reports with reference to NZPA news agency. According to the GNS Science Institute, the ardent impetus was recorded 60 kilometers south of the Khokitik settlement at a depth of about two kilometers. The earthquake was noticeable almost throughout the western coast, nevertheless, victims and large destruction were not recorded.