In the course of a visit to Ingushetia, the commissar of the European Council for Human Rights on Human Rights called the actions of the gangster underground in this republic cruel and merciless, and the measures taken by the security forces are hard, but the main problem of the republic, in his opinion, is corruption. “We understand that in Ingushetia there are underground structures. At the same time, their measures are cruel and merciless.

British Children's writer Philip Pulman, author of the Triynaya Print trilogy (Northern Lights or Golden Compass, Wonderful Knife, Amber Telescope), intends to present a new anti -clerical novel Jesus and villain Christ for Easter in 2010 (The Good Man Jesus and the Scorel Christ), writes The Guardian .

The Russian stock market on Tuesday demonstrated growth. This was mainly due to a weak dollar and, following world sites on the signs of restoration of the global economy, summarizes the “Finmarket” of the day. The MICEX index increased by 37.9 points (3.41%) to close the previous session and amounted to 1149.81. Bidding took place with active average.

The leaders of the Moscow Institute of Steel and Always (MISIS) are suspected of fraud for 57 million rubles. The circumstances of the theft are investigated by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Interfax said on Tuesday in the press service of the Department of Economic Security (Deb) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Near the Sakhalin city of Makarov, a 35-year-old resident of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk burned down on Tuesday night in a car. According to the Makarovsky GOVD, at 02:14 Sakhalin time, information was received in the fire department of Makarov about the KamAZ car burning outside the city. "The fireman arrived at the fire site 5 minutes after the information received. By this moment, the car’s cab was completely covered by a flame.

In the first half of 2009, 392 thousand square meters of retail space were introduced in the Russian regions, of which 112 thousand meters were on million-plus cities. According to Jones Lang Lasalle, the new shopping centers increased the number of vacant areas from 5 to 15% and brought down rental rates, in places up to 70%, writes Bfm.ru.

The Russian team suffered the first defeat at the European Basketball Championship among men's teams passing these days. In the match of the second round, David Blatt's wards in a dramatic struggle, which was in tension up to the final siren, lost to the Germans with a score of 73:76. The first half of the meeting Russians frankly failed, the press service of the RFB notes.

The Kutaisian Court of Appeal freed the captain of the Turkish tanker Buket. It is reported on Tuesday RIA "Novosti" . Earlier, the captain of the vessel is Turkish citizen Mehmed Joshkun Oztyurk sentenced to 24 years in prison. The Georgian court issued such a decision, saying that the tanker with smuggled load several times violated the territorial waters of Georgia when he sailed to Abkhazia.

The co -chair of the opposition movement "Solidarity" Boris Nemtsov advocates bringing the mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov to criminal liability for corruption. To this end, he prepared the report "Luzhkov. Results", the presentation of which was held on Tuesday in Moscow. As the site Kasparov.ru reports, the opposition expressed his willingness to sue with the mayor of Moscow in case of a lawsuit.

The last Russian and foreign visits of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill demonstrate his increasingly growing political influence, reports Radio Liberty . “Patriarch Kirill is very energetic, and he sees himself not only a religious figure, but also a person who is able to play a certain role in secular affairs,” says Boris Falikov, associate professor of the Center for the Study of the Russian State Humanitarian University.

The short list of the Buker Prize for 2009 included six English-speaking novels, including the work of twice laureate of the award, writer John Maxwell Kutzeey, the chairman of the jury, Scottish journalist and writer James Noti said at a press conference in London. According to him, the jury will have a very difficult job, since two former laureates of Boker, one finalist and one semi -finalist of previous years reached the final. There are only two debutants of the award in the short list.

A fire occurred in the hostel of the medical college in the city of Magadan. Eight people were evacuated from the building. As reported on Tuesday in the Far Eastern Regional Center (DVRC) of the Ministry of Emergencies, no one was injured as a result of a fire. According to the Ministry of Emergencies, the incident occurred on Monday on Oktyabrskaya Street. Information about the fire in the four -story building was received at 13:50 by local time (05:50 in Moscow).

The Federal Bailiff Service (FSSP) asked the Ministry of Communications to deal with cellular and fixed communications, refusing the bailiffs to provide subscribers. The FSSP assures that we are talking exclusively about the numbers of the telephone numbers of debtors. Operators are afraid that the next step will be the write -off of subscribers money in terms of debt repayment, such as alimony or fines for violating traffic rules, Kommersant writes.

The Commissioner for the Rights of the Child under the President of the Russian Federation Alexei Golovan believes that the mechanism for resolving parental conflicts around children must be changed. According to the Ombudsman, it is no longer necessary to deal with individual cases, but to solve this problem systemically.

The Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Metropolitan Vladimir turned to the President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko with a request to protect the constitutional rights of believers of the UOC and prevent interfaith confessional confrontation and incitement between believers of the Ternopolism, Newsru.ua reports with reference to the official website of the UOC.