The lag of Russia in equipping passports with biometric data can turn into discrimination against Russian citizens when passing passport and visa control abroad. This was stated by the assistant to the President of Russia Viktor Ivanov in his speech at the first meeting of the interdepartmental working group for the preparation of the introduction of new generation passport and visa documents in Russia.

In Iraq, the next evidence of the atrocities of the Saddam Hussein regime were discovered. In the north of the country, the largest mass burial was found. Now more than a hundred bodies have been extracted from the ground-the first scientific exhumation of the Iraqi “death fields” has begun in history. The results of the examination will be presented in the trial against Saddam Hussein. The Americans found a terrible find in the vicinity of a small village of Hatra in the north of the country.

On Tuesday, the Ministry of Justice of Russia announced the data obtained by the specialists of the German bank Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DKW) during the estimate of Yuganskneftegaz, the main oil company Yukos.

** Federal Assembly ** The leader of the United Russia party, the chairman of the State Duma , B. Gryzlov , said that some members of the government are going to join the ranks of the "United Russia" for ideological reasons. The State Duma accepted in the first reading ... The bill "On the Enforcement of the Housing Code of the Russian Federation".

Government members will soon be able to occupy leading posts in political parties. The State Duma adopted the corresponding law today - at once in three readings, reports Echo of Moscow . In general, no one opposed the party government as the principle of the formation of the Cabinet of Ministers, the deputies noted that this approach would really make ministers responsible to voters.

The classification of the results of the parliamentary investigation of the terrorist attack in Beslan, which is carried out by State Duma deputies and members of the Federation Council, will lead to an increase in tension in the North Caucasus, said the first President of Ingushetia Ruslan Aushev. Aushev explained that "if the parliamentary commission does not give an assessment ...

As a result of the explosion on the road in Baghdad, three US troops were killed, reports Reuters . The bomb exploded on Wednesday night at the moment when a column of American troops drove along the road. Other victims of the explosion are not reported. According to the agency, from the beginning of the invasion of Iraq in March 2003, the number of dead American troops reached 820 people.

In the Iraqi city of Mosul, a suicide bomber sent an explosive car a car to an American patrol jeep, RIA Novosti reports citing a satellite television channel Al-Arabia. According to eyewitnesses, the explosion led to a fire of an armored car. According to a representative of the American military command, three American troops were injured as a result of the incident, who were immediately taken to the hospital.

On Thursday, October 14, the Constitutional Court of Ukraine will unveil the conclusion on the project to amend the Constitution of the country, the Ukrainian News report. The CS will make the conclusion on the conformity of the bill No. 4180 Articles 157 and 158 of the Constitution. The approval of the Constitutional Court is a mandatory stage of amendments to the basic law of the country. The bill No. 4180 has already received preliminary approval in the Rada.

In CJSC “Sibur -Himprom” (Perm), which is part of the Sibur holding, a new product was received - a neopentil glycol, known around the world under the Neon trademark. In July 2004, the Sybur-Khimprom CJSC began the synthesis of this product in the analytical department of the technological center. During this time, methods for obtaining neopentillycol were developed. The first experimental and industrial batch of a new product was received.

The State Duma will consider amendments to the Federal Constitutional Law "On the Government of the Russian Federation", allowing ministers to occupy the highest leadership posts in political parties. This decision was made on the eve of the Council of the Chamber.

The deputies adopted in the first reading the bill "On the introduction of the Housing Code of the Russian Federation". With the necessary 226 votes, 338 deputies voted, against 62. According to the bill, the free privatization of housing located in the state and municipal housing stock is extended until January 1, 2007. In accordance with the bill, accounting for citizens in need of improving housing conditions adopted until January 1, 2005 is maintained.

** test ball ** Last week, a great surprise for both the Russian public and the press was the performance of the head of the Central Election Commission Alexander Veshnyakov, who examined in detail the latest legislative initiatives of President Vladimir Putin. The fact that the head of the main electoral body spoke out about bills that would fundamentally change the entire electoral system of the country is completely natural. Surprisingly different: the very content of the performance of Mr.

The presentation of the three -volume of Boris Berezovsky has just passed "The art of impossible." The presentation was held in the club "Nikolskaya Pies", where Berezovsky answered readers' questions by phone from London. The question of interest to the Polit.ru correspondent concerned the upcoming elections in Ukraine and whether the "disgraced oligarch" takes part in them.

Representatives of the Government on Sakhalin were the Deputy Minister of Industry and Energy Ivan Materov, director of the Department of Tax and Customs and Tariff Policy of the Ministry of Finance Mikhail Motorin, head of Rosenergo Sergey Oganesyan, Deputy Director of the Department of Structural and Investment Policy in the industry and energy of the Ministry of Industry and Energy of the Ministry of Industry and Energy of O. Rybak, said the Department of Government Information.