President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko promised that he would force officials to report on the income and expenses of his families. Yushchenko said this at a press conference in Zhytomyr, RIA Novosti reports. "In relation to financial declarations related to the president and government officials at all levels, they will be filled with a whole family. I will do it," he said. He previously stated that corruption is one of the most acute problems for Ukraine.

The Economic Observer of Polit.ru Grigory Gritsenko presented his version of how the Yuganskneftegaz shares scheme could really look like. So, the bank, where Rosneft accounts are ongoing, opens a loan for the same $ 7 billion (in currency or rubles a loan was opened, now it does not matter).

On Tuesday, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic Askar Aitmatov arrives in Moscow on a working visit, the Kyrgyz Minister in Russia said.

The website of the Chechen separatists “The Caucasus Center” published a video recording of the 4-minute performance by Shamil Basayev, in which he refutes information about his death, reports Gazeta.ru . It is claimed that the recording was made on February 6, 2005 in Chechnya.

The head of the State Duma Committee, Vladimir Vasiliev, said that he was not offered to take the post of head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, RIA Novosti reports. So the deputy commented on the information that appeared in the media about his possible appointment to the post of Minister of the Interior. “Recently, newspapers have talked about my possible appointment for this post already three or four times,” Vasiliev said.

A group of Russian human rights activists proposed recognizing the political prisoner Zaru Murtazaliev, sentenced by the court to nine years in prison for the preparation of the attack and illegal storage of explosives, the newspaper reports. ru , citing Interfax. “We are convinced that Murtazalieva was condemned illegally and for political reasons.

Dast Mughu-Peddie, director of Boba Marley, said in an interview with Reuters to the Reuters agency that an extremely successful concert dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the most famous African artist in the history of music could be an annual event. Moreover, the festival is planned to be carried out not only in Ethiopia, but also in other African countries.

Human rights center "Memorial" Human Rights Center “Memorial” Russia, Moscow, 103051, M. Karetny Lane 12 Tel.: (095) 200-6506, fax: (095) 209-5779, E-mail: [Email Protected] Web-Site: www.memo.ru Over the past five and a half years, that the Second Chechen War has been going on, the abduction and disappearance of stolen people has become a common place. Last 2004, officials talked a lot about this, and journalists wrote.

Today, introducing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the new Minister of Ukraine Boris Tarasuka, Yushchenko again emphasized that he intends to simplify the visa regime. The President of Ukraine emphasized that today, after the "Orange Revolution", in the wave of international interest in the republic, especially important is the question of how to support the desire of foreign tourists to see Ukraine.

The foreign policy of Ukraine should be understandable and public and form exclusively by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and not the Presidential Administration or the SBU, Viktor Yushchenko said, presenting the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the new Minister Boris Tarasuka, UNIAN reports. “From now on, foreign policy will be formed through the Foreign Ministry, and not through the AP, the SBU.

President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko plans to reduce 42 out of 62 government committee and consider the concepts of territorial reform. According to the press service of the head of the Ukrainian state, Yushchenko reported this in Zhitomir after the submission of the new head of the regional administration, RIA Novosti reports.

The Middle East four-sided summit with the participation of the leaders of Egypt, Israel, Palestine and Jordan opens in the Egyptian city of Sharm-Esh-Sheikh. The conference at the top is held at the initiative of the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who performed with her during a meeting with the head of the Palestinian administration Mahmoud Abbas on January 29, and then sent personal invitations to the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and King of Jordan Abdulle II.

The Council of the Duma at a meeting on Tuesday will consider the issue of making a vote of mistrust to the government, news agencies report. It is expected that on Wednesday this issue will be issued for discussion at a plenary meeting of the chamber. The Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Fradkov will be present on Wednesday at a meeting of the State Duma when discussing this issue.

In Moscow, an attempt was made on the son of the president of the CSKA football club, he was seriously wounded, the newspaper reports. ru, with the link "Interfax". At 19:15, on Tuesday on the Rostov embankment, unknown people shot a jeep, in which the son of the president of the football club of CSKA Vladimir Giner and his guard were traveling. The fire was opened from an automatic weapon from a car that overtook a jeep. Giner was wounded in the chest area, his guard in his hand.

On Tuesday in the State Duma, parliamentary hearings will be held on the topic "Legislative support for the implementation of the provisions of the Kyoto Protocol in the Russian Federation to the framework of climate change", RIA Novosti reports. The event was organized by the Duma Ecology Committee.