The Russian striker of Washington Alexander Ovechkin entered the leaders in the dispute of snipers and bombers of the season in the NHL. In the game against the Atlanta, Ovechkin abandoned two goals and gave one burning gear. The double of Alexander allowed the Russian to overtake the Canadian Crosby, playing for Pittsburgh in the sniper race. From now on, there is 50 goals in the asset of the Russian (he is ahead of Crosby to one accurate throw).

Dmitry Medvedev was today in a television personality to the Polish people in connection with a plane crash near Smolensk, in which the President of Poland, many representatives of the Polish military command and prominent public figures of the country, died.

The leadership of the World Boxing Council assigned a qualifying heavyweight match between the first lines of the rating of the Cuban, Odlanier Solis and the former world champion in this weight Nikolai Valuev. Now representatives of boxers have the opportunity to agree on the conditions of the battle during bilateral negotiations, if the agreement is not reached, on April 30, the WBC headquarters in Mexico City (Mexico) will be traded for the right to organize this fight.

Before the tragedy near Smolensk, in which the President of Poland and his accompanying persons, the most significant on the global scale, caused the death of the heads of states and politicians of the world, according to RIA Novosti , was the death of the UN Secretary General Swede Daga Hammarscheld. His plane crashed on September 18, 1961 , when the UN Secretary General was heading with a peacekeeping mission to the Congo (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo).

The Tu-154 aircraft crew, on which the Polish delegation led by President Leh Kachinsky flew to the Smolensk region, several times did not follow the head of the flights of the Smolensk airfield. This was stated to reporters by the First Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Air Force, Lieutenant General Alexander Aleshin. "At the distance of 1.5 km, the flight management group found that the crew increased the vertical speed of the decline and began to decline below the glideal.

The head of the Russian government, Vladimir Putin, who arrived in Smolensk , approved the composition of the State Commission to establish the reasons for the disaster of the Tu-154 aircraft, on board of which almost the entire political elite of Poland was located.

At least 90 people were wounded during the day on Saturday, the Thai security forces of the Thai security forces of the anti-government demonstrators of Ratchadaminn Avenue in the historical part of Bangkok and Ratchapason Square in the business and tourist center of the Thai capital, ITAR-TASS reported on Saturday, citing local and foreign media. The PHYA Thai Party and the Movement of Red Red Businesses on March 12 have been conducting massive anti -government manifestations in Bangkok.

A family of five, including two young children, died on Friday during a fire in a private residential building in the village of Levikha Sverdlovsk Region, RIA Novosti told the deputy head of the press service of the Russian Ministry of Emergencies for the region Natalya Zyryanova. "The fire report was received at 23:48 (local time, 21:48 Moscow time). A private residential building was burning on Pushkin Street, as well as outbuildings.

The Hydrometeorological Center of Russia the day before predicted a strong fog in the Smolensk region, where the plane of the Polish President crashed on Saturday morning. "The weather conditions were predetermined by us the day before - the three weather stations of the hydrometeorological center in the Smolensk region showed that a strong fog was expected at night and morning hours," Interfax told the hydrometeorological center.

The Hot Line in Russian and Polish was organized in connection with the catastrophe of the President of Poland Tu-154 in the administration of the Smolensk region. Phone number 8800-100-19-01 . As ITAR-TASS said in the administration, at present on the "hot line" there is data on registered passengers for a flight, accurate information about the dead should be later.

State Duma Chairman Boris Gryzlov called a heavy loss of death in the plane crash of Polish Polish Lech Kachinsky. “The Russian people mourn with the Polish people,” the Duma Duma of public relations and media interaction quotes the speaker quoted on Saturday. Gryzlov expressed deep condolences to the relatives and friends of Lech Kachinsky, relatives of all the victims of this disaster - citizens of Poland.

Messages about death in a disaster near Smolensk Polish Ambassador to the Russian Federation Huri Bar are not true. This was reported at the Embassy of the Polish Republic in Moscow. “An error has occurred,” the diplomatic mission emphasized. “Jerzy Bar was at that time at the Smolensk airport among those met. Messages about his death are not true.” The press service noted that dozens of Muscovites are now bringing flowers and candles to the walls of the embassy, ​​ITAR-TASS reports.

The head coach of Milan Brazilian Leonardo intends to leave his post due to frequent public criticism from the bosses of the Italian football club. The vice president of the club Adriano Galliani denied this information, however, according to Corriere Dello Sport , Leonardo is already tired of constant negative comments about his work by Milan President Silvio Berlusconi.

The prosecutors of Russia and Poland agreed to investigate the Smolensk catastrophe of the Polish President in close cooperation on the basis of international treaties and regularly exchange information about the investigation. This was reported to ITAR-TASS by the official representative of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Marina Gridneva.

Ukraine made Russia a number of proposals for cooperation in the gas region, but they require detailed study. This was stated today by the chairman of the Russian government, Vladimir Putin, following the results of a working meeting with the Ukrainian colleague Nikolai Azarov. According to the Russian prime minister, on behalf of the President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych, "Azarov made proposals." “They are quite interesting, I admit that we can get to the decision,” Putin said.