The main shareholders of the Group Menatep Limited, the largest owner of the company Yukos, are ready to offer the Russian authorities their shares in the company in exchange for the liberation of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Plato Lebedev. This was said by Bloomberg Leonid Nevzlin, who owns 8% of the group and is now in Israel. According to him, this decision was made a week ago, in Russia they have not yet reacted to it. “We will do everything to liberate our friends,” said Nevzlin.

In the coming hours, the Paris Insurance Company, which insured visitors, will determine the size of the first payments. Recently, an insurance policy from an accident at the entrance to the water park has acquired about every second visitor, in an interview with ITAR-TASS, deputy general director of Paris Alexei Sulavko. According to him, "insurance will be paid regardless of the reasons for the tragedy." The maximum amount of insurance to relatives of the dead will be 60 thousand rubles.

The powerful snowfall, which fell this weekend to the northern and central regions of Israel, led to a significant increase in water level in Lake Tiberiades. According to RBC , over the past day the water level in this lake, which is actually the main source of fresh water in Israel, increased by more than 7 cm. In connection with the snowfall in Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Israel and Palestinian territories, many schools, state institutions and shops are closed.

In the discussion, Polit.ru suddenly spoke that Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin should have more television broadcasts than all other candidates. After some bewilderment, I seemed to understand where the strange, at first glance, illogical thoughts come from. From hunger. Some speeches are akin to unathed food: a lot is said, but it is said - on low -fat yogurt.

The health status of the arrested security officer of the company Yukos Alexei Pichugin seriously worsened, the prosecutor's office and the leadership of the Lefortovo pre -trial detention center are hiding this. Pichugin does not provide the necessary medical care. This was announced in an interview with "Echo of Moscow" lawyer Pichugina Tatyana Akimtseva. According to experts, Pichugin develops a severe form of diabetes and tuberculosis, said Akimtseva.

The press service of the VTsIOM-A On January 23-26, 2004, the analytical service of VTsIOM (VTsIOM-A) under the leadership of Yu. Levada conducted a representative survey of 1601 Russian in 40 regions of the country (100 points of the survey). The distribution of answers is given as a percentage along with the data of previously passed similar surveys. Statistical error of such surveys within 3.4%. What are you most afraid of?

To assist the victims as a result of the tragedy in the transval water park in the capital, a special account was opened in the Bank of Moscow. This was reported in the Department of Social Protection of the Population of the Capital, RIA Novosti reports. You can transfer money to the account: Department of Social Protection of the city of Moscow TIN 7704253064, checkpoint 770401001.

The price of March futures contracts for oil of WTI stamps during trading on the New York Modern Exchange (NYMEX) on Friday increased by 1.7% - to $ 34.56 per barrel, which is $ 0.58 higher than the values ​​of the previous trading, the Bloomberg agency reports. On the International Oil Exchange (IPE, London), the price of April Brent futures increased by $ 0.60 on Friday and amounted to $ 30.57 per barrel.

The first, after the end of the war in Iraq, the official delegation of the PRC left for this country. According to Radio Liberty , a delegation of 13 people on Sunday evening headed from the Jordanian capital of Amman to neighboring Iraq. The head of the delegation said that the Chinese government is striving to protect its rights and interests in Iraq.

Russian presidential candidate Sergei Glazyev said that his former associate, and now the enemy Dmitry Rogozin was included in the leaders of the Rodina bloc at the request of President Vladimir Putin. The former co-chairman of Blok told reporters at a press conference in Moscow, the Russian Air Force service reports.

Today in the Armed Forces of Russia, the second stage of the Strategic Command Studies "Security 2004" begins, ITAR-TASS reports. Training will be held on a grand scale. Strategic bombers of the Tu-160 and Tu-95MS will launch cruise missiles above the northern regions of Russia. Strategic missile troops will carry out several educational-combat launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles "Topol" of mobile basing and "Stilet"-from mine launchers.

“The Moscow style now means not only turrets on buildings, but also an operational headquarters near the ruins.” Thus, “ Namedni ” connects the collapse of the roof in the water park with the terrorist attack that occurred last week in the Moscow metro. It seems that an accident and a terrorist attack are different events.

The daughter of the creator of the Pakistani nuclear bomb Abdul Kadir Khan could take out important documents from the country that the scientist was going to transfer to the investigation in exchange for his release, reports Lenta.ru . Observers believe that she will reveal their content if the trial of her father still begins. In December 2003, a scientist, who led from 1976 to 2001 the country's nuclear and missile programs, was contained under “house arrest”.

The rescue operation at the place of collapse of the water park dome in Yasenevo is completed, only search work is carried out. The operation to collapse the remaining roof of the Transvaal Park began. The Ministry of Emergencies says that under the rubble, most likely, there are no more alive, and now rescuers will be sought only by the dead. According to the latest official figures, 25 people became victims of the tragedy.

As the Gazeta was known yesterday, the leadership of the Rossiya channel has an unspoken agreement with presidential candidates who will be given an additional 29 minutes of free broadcast. This is due to the scandal that President Putin got into: last week the Russia TV channel canceled the release of Vesti to show Putin’s meeting with his proxies.