Former President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko on Tuesday was once again questioned as a victim in the case of his poisoning. The interrogation was held in the Main Investigation Department for the investigation of especially important cases of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, RIA Novosti reports. The interrogation lasted more than five hours, UNIAN reports.

In the tax returns of Putin’s friend, Gennady Timchenko, represented by the court Boris Nemtsov, those billions that, according to some reports, are not visible to the state of the businessman. This was written on Tuesday by the newspaper Vedomosti , which studied copies of declarations. From the documents it follows that in 1999, Timchenko’s tax taxed income from earnings amounted to 326 thousand 929 euros, capital income - 1514 euros, and total taxes and payments - 163 thousand 892 euros.

Most of those who demand the return of real estate in Abkhazia do not intend to return to the republic. This was stated in an interview with the newspaper "Moscow News" President of Abkhazia Sergey Bagapsh. The publication quotes RIA Novosti .

The Zamoskvoretsky court of Moscow recognized the decision to initiate a case to initiate a case on the fact of causing bodily harm to the journalist, public activist Alexander Artemyev, who was broken by the police department after the detention of May 31 last year at a rally on the triumphal square. As Interfax reports, in this way the court rejected Artemyev’s corresponding complaint against the decision of the investigation.

The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Cyril considers the intervention of the church in secular spheres justified. He stated this in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, where the Divine Liturgy was held on Tuesday on the occasion of the two years of the presentation of the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Interfax reports.

The Advisory Council of Saudi Arabia (Majlis Al-Shura) approved amendments to the legislation allowing foreigners living in the country to own real estate in the Kingdom, RIA Novosti reports, citing local media. Due to rapid population growth, the country will need 1.2 million new homes by 2015, according to research by Deutsche Bank AG.

The average prices for apartments in the secondary market rose in January this year in Yaroslavl more than in other Russian cities, by 5.1% to 42.776 thousand rubles per square meter, the study of the federal portal of the apartments said. The average cost per square meter in January increased by about half (54%) of the studied Russian cities, and the average cost of apartments in 70% of cities. "The first month of the coming year was characterized by quite significant price changes.

As the President of the Olympstroy Group of Companies, Taimuraz Bolloev, was appointed to the place of the President of the Civil Code, as the press suggested, Sergei Gaplikov suggested. The 40-year-old Gaplikov was transferred in April 2010 from the post of Prime Minister of Chuvashia to the government apparatus, where he became the deputy of the current mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin.

Mass murder was committed on Monday in Colombia during the celebration of the Carnival. In one of the dance clubs of Tourres in the south of the country, an unknown criminal opened fire on the crowd. As a result, 5 people were killed, and ten more were injured, the newspaper The Latin American Herald Tribune writes with reference to EFE.

The Palestinian terrorists subjected the night before and tonight the missile and mortar shelling Israel from the territory of the gas sector, Newsru Israel reports. On the night of Tuesday, February 1, the Kasam missile released from the gas sector, exploded on the territory of the local council of Esholki. The explosion occurred in open areas. The victims and material damage are not reported.

The US State Department warned his citizens of the US Department of State. In this regard, he recommended that they show vigilance during trips to the country. "The State Department informs American citizens who go to the UK or living there, about a high level of terrorist threats, including the possible attack of terrorists on public transport, aviation and other tourist infrastructure in the UK," the Tass reports, in the statement of the foreign service widespread to Monday.

Details of the biography of the leader of the "Gubden Jamaat" Dagestan Ibrahimkhalil Daudov, who are suspected of preparing two terrorist attacks using suicide bombers during the New Year holidays in Moscow, became known. As it turned out, the 50-year-old Dauds, whom the four members of his group were spoke about after the detention and subsequent arrest , served in Afghanistan, and joined the militants only three years ago.

More than 80 people died in Japan as a result of heavy snowfalls that fell upon the country this winter. This was reported on Tuesday was reported by the Central Fire Department, which in Japan is responsible for eliminating the consequences of emergency situations. According to the management, injuries of varying severity were received by more than 950 people. Most of the dead and victims were injured when they cleaned the roofs of their own houses from snow and fell down.

The Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen announced the decision to leave politics and not put his candidacy in the new parliamentary elections, whose date he will announce today, ITAR-TASS reports. According to the commentators, the prime minister became the "victim" that covered Ireland last year of the financial crisis. Because of him, the country was on the verge of bankruptcy, and the popularity of the ruling party, the ruling party, Fianna Foyle, led by Cowan, decreased sharply.

The government of Ireland accused Russia of stealing personal information of six Irish citizens to make fake passports to scouts. To take revenge on this, the official Dublin sends one of the Russian diplomats from the country, Sky News reports. The Irish Foreign Ministry said that the secret agents of Moscow copied the identification documents to use them for conducting intelligence activities in the United States. These were the results of the investigation conducted by the Irish police.