As it turned out, in Makhachkala, the service “Chevrolet” of Deputy Prime Minister Dagestan Ilyas Umakhanov was blown up. Neither the Deputy Prime Minister himself, nor his driver, who were at the time of the explosion inside the armored car were injured. But, as already mentioned, a certain Makhach Vagapov, who was not far from the place of the explosion, was taken to the hospital with shells. According to available information, a magnetic mine, attached to the car, worked.

The first round of elections in Russia took place. According to preliminary data, Putin is the leader in the presidential election, but not with the kind of advantage as expected, and it is likely that the second round of elections will take place. However, in St. Petersburg, more than 60 percent voted for him. Tuleyev, according to the results of voting in Siberia and in the Far East, while he is also giving unexpectedly a lot of votes. Zyuganov is unexpectedly popular in Moscow.

In Tomsk, the second round of elections will still take place. Only the mayor will choose. The current head of the city administration, Alexander Makarov, who gained 34.98% of the vote, and the former vice-mayor Yusup Galyamov from 21.78% reached the final.

While still the acting president and prime minister, Putin, at a meeting with members of the cabinet, gave the ministers the task of immediately taking part in the preparation of the government program.

One of the performers of the terrorist attack in Volgodonsk, someone Ruslan Magayaev, was arrested and is located in the pre -trial detention center, Yastrzhembsky said to the press. "He transported explosives to organize an explosion in Volgodonsk." As for the situation in Chechnya, the presidential assistant still does not make any unambiguous statements regarding the gang, blocked in the Center. "It is still difficult to say how great this group is.

Putin’s victory in the first round is almost no doubt. According to data at 5.00, he scored 51.51%.

According to RIA Novosti, the executors of the attempt on the president of Nagorno -Karabakh Arkady Gukasyan were detained. These are Sasun Agagazhanyan, the head of the security service of the former Minister of Defense of the NKR Samvel Babayan, David Gulian and Varuzhan Melkumyan - bodyguards Samvel Babayan, as well as Eric Paramazyan - the brother of the wife of Babayan and Levon Mirzoyan - unemployed.

The chairman of the Duma committee on credit organizations and financial markets, Alexander Shokhin, believes that the new government will consist of professionals who will rely on the parliamentary majority in their work. Shokhin did not call concrete names, noting only that it would be "already known to the public of the Persons." He also suggested that the government will include "representatives of the St.

Despite the protests of Russia, OPEC countries decided, starting in April, to increase oil production by 8.7% (slightly less than 2 million barrels per day). The official document will be adopted tonight or tomorrow. According to experts, an increase will allow you to maintain oil prices at 25 dollars/barrel. In June, another meeting of OPEC may take place, at which the current agreement may be revised.

The prosecutor's office of Krasnoyarsk opened a criminal case against the head of the Krasnoyarsk branch of Yabloko and the deputy of the Duma of the previous convocation of Viktor Gitin on charges of receiving a bribe. He was detained in Moscow on Friday and now Gitin is in the Krasnoyarsk pre -trial detention center. So far, neither the prosecutor’s office nor the leadership of the apparatus of the Yabloko faction in the parliament give explanations.

Two successful launches of ballistic missiles made today by a rocket underwater cruiser strategic purpose of the Northern Fleet Karelia from the Barents Sea of ​​Barents are dedicated to the Supreme Commander -in -Chief of the Armed Forces Vladimir Putin, elected president, RIA Novosti reports.

After the first department of the concert in honor of the internal troops, Vladimir Putin left the State Kremlin Palace. “Interfax” from a well-informed source became known that Putin went to Gorki-9 to Yeltsin in order to share opinions about the preliminary results of the elections.

The head of the department of the FSB Zdanovich specified Interfax that as a result of the explosion in Makhachkala, Deputy Prime Minister Dagestan Ilyas Umakhanov and his driver were still injured, contrary to the previously incoming information. The car at the time of the explosion was at the Caucasus Hotel. The explosion occurred at 02.16 nights.

Meanwhile, information about the election of governors is transmitted. As we have already reported, the actors are leading. In the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, the current governor of the region Yuri Neelov with 87.71% of the vote is ahead of the current. In the Murmansk region - Yuri Evdokimov with 77.24% of the vote. In the Saratov region - Dmitry Ayatskov - 91.37% of the vote. The results in the Jewish Autonomous Okrug are almost completely processed.

According to the leading analyst of the Federal Information Center Dmitry Oreshkin, the number of processed ballots in the capital is approaching 100%. Putin is the leader - 46.3%voted for him. In second place - Zyuganov (19.2%), 18.48%voted for Yavlinsky. Against all - 5.9%. The turnout of voters in Moscow amounted to 66.9%.