A court hearing will be held today in the capital of Qatar, Doha, at which the verdict will be announced in the case of two Russians accused by the Qatari authorities of the murder of Chechen separatist Zelimkhan Yandarbiev. This information was confirmed to RIA Novosti by the Egorov, Puginsky, Afanasiev and Partners law office, which represents the interests of Russians.

In Israel, a bus with schoolchildren rolled over the settlement of Kfar-Yon. Three children were killed, 35 were injured. Three of them are in critical condition. It is reported that the bus turned over after a collision with a military jeep. Firefighters and rescuers are trying to pull out several children from a specialized bus. Today in Israel the last school day before the summer holidays. It is reported by "Gazeta.ru" with reference to Ha'aretz.

British researchers concluded that passive smoking is much more dangerous than before, reports Reuters . Previous studies showed that nicotine increases the threat to the heart by only 25-30 percent. In new experiments, researchers evaluated the content of passive smokers in the blood of tobacco decay products and concluded that the high concentration of these substances increases the risk of heart disease by 50-60 percent.

Bulat Nureyev It seems to be stomping the “right” already indecent. Anyway, to discuss the scandal of Kirkorov with a Rostov journalist is each writing the fact of the statement on this subject, regardless of his position, is “smeared” in the general intellectual slurry. Another thing is that the ATP in this case is a model, the purest sample of how to avoid reasoning in essence, seducing the questions of the second, or even third order.

From August 1, the Government of the Russian Federation will simultaneously increase duties on raw oil and oil products, said the head of the Maystam Gref. At the same time, according to him, the dynamics of the duties for oil products will follow the dynamics of oil duties, but it is not necessary that the increase will be proportional, RIA Novosti reports. Earlier, the Russian government established from June 1 new export customs rates for oil and oil products.

Saddam Hussein and several high -ranking Iraqi officials were transferred to the jurisdiction of the Iraqi authorities. It is expected that the first court hearing over the former Iraqi leader will be held on Thursday, July 1. Among the crimes incriminated by Hussein are genocide and crimes against humanity. Earlier, the opinions were expressed that if Hussein’s guilt in war crimes is proved, he was facing an execution. Today, by the way, a moratorium on the death penalty was canceled in Iraq.

At a meeting of the Magadan City Duma, the head of the administration of Magadan Nikolai Karpenko resigned. As RIA Novosti reported today in the press service of the Magadan City Hall, the resignation of the head of the city administration is related to his transition to the post of head of the control department of the Presidential Presidential Protection of the Russian Federation in the Southern Federal District.

The leadership of the Sheremetyevo International Airport reduces the charter flight program. According to the monitor , this decision was made as part of a new strategy aimed at optimizing the airport operating mode and improving the quality of passenger service. The priority task of the airport will be to ensure quality maintenance of regular flights, said the official representative of Sheremetyevo Angelina Matrosova.

The Transnistria authorities will soon reach the 90 percent level of gas supply and transfer RAO Gazprom $ 2.5 million on expense of its supplies in June. These measures of Tiraspol are caused by a warning from Gazprom on the complete cessation of natural gas supply from July 1, the monitor reports with reference to the press service of the Russian-Moldavian enterprise Moldovagaz.

Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili appointed Valery Chechelashvili with a new ambassador to Russia. Prior to this appointment, V. Chechelashvili was a representative of Georgia in the organization of economic cooperation of the Black Sea basin states, and even earlier - the Georgian ambassador to Ukraine, RBC reports. It is expected that V. Chechelashvili will go to Moscow, where on June 3-4 he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

A large traffic accident happened in Cheboksary. At 7:40 a.m. Moscow time, the Audi car crashed into a crowd of people who stood at a public transport stop in the city center. As a result, six people died, five were injured. This was reported to RIA Novosti in the Ministry of Emergencies of Russia. The cause of the accident is to establish the investigation.

The soil under the feet of the head of the General Staff is becoming more and more shaky. His department not only want to lower in status , but also Anatoly Kvashnin himself, apparently, will be appointed the culprit of the tragedy on June 22 in Ingushetia. In the last week they are actively looking for a “scapegoat” that would answer for the inaction of the security forces during an attack on Ingushetia.

Three men tried to hide the plane, heading on Tuesday from Munich to Istanbul with 150 passengers on board. The pilot managed to return to the Munich airport, where the special forces stormed the plane, reports Reuters. The police said that the pilot pressed the alarm button; By this moment, the plane was in the air for 10 minutes. None of the passengers were injured, the German television channel Bayerischer Rundfunk said.

Such numbers were called the chairman of the board of directors of OJSC RAO “UES of Russia”, opening today the annual meeting of shareholders of the energy holding. According to 2002 data, 52.5% of the shares of RAO UES were concentrated in the Federal Administration, so over the reporting period the state of the state in the company has grown.

The Portuguese team has an advantage in the semi-final match with the Dutch. It almost led to van der Sar scoring. Ronaldo responded to Luis Figo's cross but just missed the ball - 0:0, the match is in the 13th minute.