The head of the State Duma Committee on the Regulations and the organization of the work of the lower house Oleg Kovalev said that the changes to the menu of the Duma dining room have been made during the Great Lent for many years, RIA Novosti reports. According to him, in addition to the usual dishes, deputies can choose lean soups, porridge, cooked on water, various vegetable dishes.

The emir killed yesterday in Chechnya Grozny Jamaat Khanpash Movsarov, suspected of organizing armored vehicles, killing law enforcement officials, robberies, robberies and murders of civilians, had a certificate of human rights activist. The Kommersant newspaper in the material " Emir got through the computer" reports the details of the special operation to destroy the emir.

The Central Powder Commission (CPC) was created in the RAO "UES of Russia", headed by the Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Society of Yakov Urinson, the press service of the energy holding is equal. According to Roshydromet, in January 2005, in most of Russia, an abnormally high temperature background was observed, which provoked intensive snow melting, increasing the supply and significant increase in levels on individual rivers, water bodies and hydroelectric power stations.

After two days of discussion, the Georgian parliament adopted a scandalous resolution on Russian military bases in Batumi and Akhalkalaki. Parliamentarians ordered the government to begin the “impact” procedure on the Russian military, and if by May 15 Moscow does not call the terms of closing the bases acceptable for Tbilisi, the Georgian leadership must require the Russian side to liquidate the base until January 1, 2006.

The shooting, as a result of which 8 people were killed, was opened by a 45-year-old man during the service in the evangelist organization "Living Church of God" (Brookfield, Wisconsin). The reasons for his act are unknown.

Orthodox Christians begins a great post . The 40-day great post is considered the main of the four multi-day posts and is connected with the gospel tradition of how the Lord was fasting in the desert for 40 days. Immediately after Great Lent comes a lean passionate week - in memory of the last days of the earthly life of Jesus Christ and His suffering.

The energy unit 1 Smolensk NPP (SAES) is disconnected from the network due to the operation of the automatic protection system of the reactor, the Smolensk NPP information service said, RIA Novosti reports. "The reasons are clarified. There were no violations of the limits and conditions of safe operation," the report says.

The adviser to the head of the RAO UES of Russia, who was under arrest in Moldova, Valery Pasatdwa, called an ambulance in the camera, as they became ill, RIA Novosti reports. “Twice he called an ambulance in his camera, since he was very bad. It’s very cold in the cell, he was a cold,” said the detainee’s lawyer George Amikholakioe. According to him, Pasat still refuses to eat food, as he is afraid that he will be poisoned. The lawyer said that on Tuesday it would lead a personal doctor to him.

President Putin subjected to sharply criticism of the government to improve the conditions for small and medium -sized businesses in Russia. After the report of the Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Zhukov on the training of personnel, the president noticed that all those who open their job, "need to give a medal for courage." “I’m not talking about taxes, something is happening here, we know this. But it is impossible to register an enterprise. This is just a mockery of people and common sense.

The famous actor Nikolai Karachentsov left the coma, the director of the Lenkom Theater, Mark Warsaver, told RIA Novosti . “Today the attending physician told me about this,” said Warsaver. “The lungs of Karachentsov are connected to the artificial respiration apparatus, but, according to the doctors, he can breathe on his own.

District newspapers in different regions of Russia in early March with an explanation of the provisions of the new Housing Code. So in Moscow they are already telling where it will be evicted by residents who have been owed for utilities for more than 6 months. At the same time, criticism of the law from social positions is deployed: they say, it is impossible to unilaterally eliminate the social obligations of the state to provide housing for the waiting list.

**March 14, Monday** The main events: The Federation Council will host: - meeting of the Chairman of the Federation Council S. Mironov with students of the Higher Diplomatic Courses organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation on the basis of the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. - meeting of the Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Affairs of the Commonwealth of Independent States V.

On Monday, the Riga City Duma refused the Rodina Russian National Union in permission to hold a picket on March 16 in Riga against the propaganda of fascism, RIA Novosti reports. Officially, the refusal was motivated by the fact that the application for a picket was submitted a day later than is necessary by law.

** What to expect in the coming hours. Announcement of events ** In Moscow: The conference "Organizational and legal problems of lending to Russian imports", organized by the Association of Russian Banks and the Bar Association "John Tiener and Partners" will be held. (9:30) Parliamentary hearings of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy on the topic: "Legal regulation of electronic trade in Russia; draft Federal Law" On Electronic Trade ".

The Chairman of the Board of the RAO UES of Russia Anatoly Chubais said that the completion of this transaction is the “business of the state of the state”, the Vedomosti newspaper reports. In an interview with profile magazine, he stated that before signing the Siemens transaction, he agreed with the Russian authorities. “But then six months have passed, and (officials - ed. ) They said:“ Oh, maybe it’s not even possible. ”This is terrible,” the Chubais interview quotes.