According to Reuters, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon ordered to reduce the length of the wall, which should separate the Israeli territories from Palestine. The wall thus will be closer to the "Green Line" - the border of Israel before the 1967 war. The order was given before the visit of Sharon to Washington and is designed to persuade the United States to approve the unilateral steps to separate the Israeli from the Palestinians.

The seventh day in Old Oskol (Belgorod region) continues the hunger strike of five disabled people - participants in the liquidation of the consequences of the Chernobyl accident, ITAR -TASS reports. One of the requirements is to provide their families with housing. Perhaps the hunger strike gave its results.

Magomed Khambiev, a well -known field commander from the inner circle of Aslan Maskhadov, the Minister of Defense of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, voluntarily folded his weapons and surrendered. In this capacity, on Monday, March 8, in the village of Tsaltora, he was presented to reporters by Ramzan Kadyrov, the “Service of the Security Service” and the son of Akhmad Kadyrov.

Alexander Sokolov, appointed Minister of Culture and Mass Communications on Tuesday, said that he categorically does not accept censorship in the field of information policy, but considers one of his main tasks to be “removing distorting mirrors from the media.” He stated this yesterday in the Japanese city of Kurashiki, where he presides over the jury at the 5th International Competition for Young Musicians. Tchaikovsky, Monitor reports .

On the day of voting on the election of the President of Russia, the Communists intend to organize a parallel counting of votes, putting their representatives to all polling stations of the country. This was announced on Thursday at a press conference in Moscow, a presidential candidate from the Communist Party Nikolai Kharitonov, RIA Novosti reports. “We set as our task with ahead of the pace to have the results of the vote before announcing them to the Central Election Commission,” he said.

The court enters the decisive stage in the murder of the State Duma deputy Sergei Yushenkov. Yesterday they interrogated the main accused in the case - the co -chair of the “liberal Russia” Mikhail Kodanev, who once again refused to admit his guilt. Today it is expected that the court will move to the debate of the parties. The case is considered by the jury. The court hearing yesterday was almost torn off due to the threat of a telephone terrorist to blow up the court building.

The United States will impose economic sanctions on Syria, Reuters reports citing a representative of the US State Department. Sanctions relate to investment in the Syrian economy, trips to the United States of Syrian diplomats and the restrictions of American exports to Syria. The United States accuses Syria of the occupation of Lebanon, the support of anti -Israeli terrorists and the support of Iraqi partisans.

Today, the City Court of St. Petersburg sentenced the skinheads accused of the murder of a citizen of Azerbaijan, Interfax reports. Only one of the three defendants was convicted under Art. 105, parts 2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (murder committed by the motive of national, racial, religious hatred or enmity). He will spend the next seven years in the educational colony.

The Russian citizens who do not have Moscow registration in the capital will be able to vote on a specially created polling station on March 14, RIA Novosti reports. The site will be in the building of the central telegraph on Tverskaya Street, house 7. The people will have to receive permission for voting in the Moscow City Workshop located at Mokhovaya Street, house 11, building "E", building 8.

The number of those who died as a result of explosions in Madrid increased to 131 people, more than 400 were injured. This was reported by the Air Force with reference to representatives of Madrid security services. According to representatives of law enforcement agencies of Spain, the clarification of the number of victims is complicated by the fact that the bodies of many dead remain in trains, hidden by explosions.

Candidate for the president of Russia, Chairman of the Council of the Federation of the Russian Federation Sergey Mironov advocates the nationalization of a number of Russian companies. Today, during the next election debate on television, he stated that the law on nationalization of enterprises "more than mature", RBC reports. Mironov said that if violations are detected during privatization, then nationalization will occur with "relevant conclusions positive for the state."

Vitaly Leibin, the executive director of the expert institute of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs , Andrei Neshchidin , also about the closest actions of the office of Mikhail Fradkov and about the social sense of the appointment of the new Prime Minister of Polit.ru. Today we publish the final part of this conversation.

Tonight in the center of Makhachkala was blown up by an armored personnel carrier. According to preliminary data, as a result, one OMON employee died. According to RIA Novosti, the explosion occurred at 19:42 Moscow time on Akushinsky Avenue, near the city center. The VAZ-2110 car was found, which the organizers of the explosion could allegedly use. Currently, the police are looking for a Mercedes, in which criminals may be.

The price of April futures for WTI brand oil during trading in the electronic system of the New York Model Exchange (NYMEX) on Thursday morning is $ 36.33 per barrel, which is $ 0.23 above the final value of the environment, Bloomberg reports. Oil is getting more expensive against the backdrop of a reduction in reserves of raw materials in the United States.

** Themes of the day ** Prime Minister M. Fradkov continues to be the main newsmaker for the central media: yesterday he managed to meet with the president, talk with the press and return most of the dismissed ministers to their usual jobs. If the Putin with the prime minister of the press reacted quite passively at the meeting of the meeting, the media noted that it was about the restructuring of the work of the new cabinet, then the materials about the past press conference of M.