Zoya Svetova On January 26, 2005, due to the illness of Judge Natalia Olichver, court hearings were unexpectedly postponed in the scandalous well-known case of businessmen Igor Poddubny and Evgeny Bobkov, accused of fraud and smuggling. This case is considered already the third jury collegium. It became known to the general public thanks to unusual circumstances. The jury of the two colleges filed an open letter to President Putin in search of defense.

The special operation in Dagestan, where the militants are blocked, will continue tomorrow morning, the Echo of Moscow reports. Among the militants, the exact number of which is unknown, there are killed. According to unofficial data, several law enforcement officers were injured. Two OMON employees were killed. The special operation is suspended with the onset of darkness.

Experts found another “hole” in the Windows operating system, because of which millions of computers around the world can suffer if they are attacked by hackers. According to the chief specialist of the antivirus company F-Secure, Mikko Hipponen, are currently under threat of all versions of Windows. The “hole” allows hackers to infect computers with viruses through programs disguised as graphic files. This became known last week.

Gazprom will be able to supply gas to European markets, bypassing Ukraine, the statement of the representative of Gazprom Sergey Kupriyanov will be awarded to the Middle -Housing Perspect. “It will be able, but only in the mid -Health term. At the moment, we only have an option to supply gas through the Yamal -Europe gas pipeline through Belarusian and Poland, and there is a“ blue stream, ”said Kupriyanov. "The North European gas pipeline is also being built, these are in any case new volumes.

The Russian Foreign Ministry considers it possible to talk about the terms of signing the Russian-Georgian Friendship Treaty only after normalizing the atmosphere in bilateral relations. This was stated by the State Secretary - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Grigory Karasin, RIA Novosti reports.

The ex-president of Iraq Saddam Hussein told his lawyers that in the event of a death sentence, he would like to be executed by a shooting team, not hanging, Gazeta.Ru reports with reference to The Washington Times. Hussein insists that he is still the supreme commander in chief of the armed forces of Iraq. In his opinion, the execution is the right way to execute a military leader. “I'm not afraid of death,” Hussein said to his lawyers. “Of course, I'm not guilty.

“The position of the Government of Ukraine is harmful to citizens of Ukraine and its economy,” the secretary of the Secretary of the party “United Russia”, vice speaker of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin, told parliamentary correspondents to parliamentary correspondents.

In Ankara, a mentally unbalanced Turk blew a cracker in the building of the Ministry of Justice of the country, RIA Novosti reports. Local media immediately reported an intentional explosion. The head of the police department of Ankara Erjuent Yilmaz said that the incident occurred on one of the floors of the Ministry of Justice building, where the penalty was located. "The incident is not a terrorist attack.

The head of the Ministry of Industry of Russia, Viktor Khristenko, believes that European gas consumers can connect to solving the current problem of gas transporting through the territory of Ukraine, RIA Novosti reports. "European consumers have the opportunity to ask a question to the transit to the country (Ukraine)," Khristenko said. He also said that unauthorized gas selection would not last "for a long time, as it was in past years." “Gas will not be selected,” he said.

Nina Gorlanova Within the framework of the section “Lukomorye (Political)” “Polit.ru” publishes the story “Sucking” from Nina Gorlanova’s book “Bright prose” ( Gorlanova N.V. Bright prose: Stories / Nina Gorlanova. M.: OGI , 2005. 320 p. ). Nina Gorlanova is a Perm writer, author of the books “Rainbow every day”, “Native people”, “All Perm”, “Love in rubber gloves”, “House with all inconvenience”. The book "Bright Prose" includes stories written by the author over the past ten years.

Pakistan is negotiating with China on the acquisition of six to eight atomic reactors in the next 10 years. According to Financial Times, the transaction amount may amount to $ 7-10 billion. Thus, Pakistan will be able to increase the production of electricity by 3600-4800 MW (when buying reactors with a capacity of 600 MW each). According to a senior Pakistani official, the installation of reactors can begin in 2015, and construction will be completed by 2025.

The Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs warned India against interference in the internal affairs of Pakistan. Such a reaction followed in response to concern, expressed by the official division in relation to a military operation in Baloudjistan. In his statement, the foreign policy department of Pakistan quite sharply stated that India is better to "go about their business", RBC reports with reference to the Air Force.

Two women at once were killed in the south-west of the capital, Interfax reports. They were discovered near house number 8 on Mirgorodskaya Street. Both women died from the blows on the head.

In Ukraine, the body of the last of those killed in the fall of the Russian aircraft in the lake near Kharkov the day before, RIA Novosti reports. The body of the pilot was found by rescuers at the bottom of the lake, where the plane fell. All crew members died - two pilots and a stewardess. According to eyewitnesses, the pilots did everything possible to unscrew the plane from the village. The car walked with a large roll, almost touching the roof of the houses, and collapsed into the lake.

The European Union must respond to a gas conflict between Moscow and the Kyiv creation of a unified energy concept with Ukraine. This, according to the "German wave", said the head of the foreign policy committee of the European Parliament Elmar Brock. According to him, Russia is trying to put pressure on Ukraine with the help of gas prices and thereby pursues the goal of cancel the results of the "Orange Revolution".