Viktor Yushchenko, on behalf of the Ukrainian people, expressed condolences to the President of Russia, the families of those who died and suffered as a result of a tragedy in the Basmann market in Moscow. According to the press service of the President of Ukraine, the head of the Ukrainian state expressed his condolences during a telephone conversation with Vladimir Putin, RIA Novosti reports.

The Russian team reached the semifinals of a hockey tournament at the Winter Olympic Games in Turin. In the mast of the 1/4 finals, the Russians beat the Canadian team with a score of 2: 0. The zeros on the scoreboard were preserved until the beginning of the third period, when, from the transfer of Viktor Kozlov, the first puck to realize the numerical majority managed by Alexander Ovechkin.

In the southwest of Sakhalin on the night of Thursday, seven snow avalanches came off between the port cities of Nevelsk and Kholmsk, as a result of which the traffic was interrupted. All avalanches with a total volume of about 2.7 thousand cubic meters went to one site, RIA Novosti reports. “The length of the site is one kilometer, and the height of the snow cover over the roadway is five meters,” the agency was told in the Nevelsky District Department of roads.

The prosecutor’s office sees the design estimates for the Bauman market building in Moscow, where the roof collapsed, RIA Novosti reports the statement of the prosecutor of the capital Anatoly Zuev. In addition, according to him, a survey of witnesses is conducted. According to the latest data from the Ministry of Emergencies, 35 people died during the collapse of the roof.

In Malaysia, reports of seven cases of people with bird flu were not confirmed. This was reported by representatives of the Ministry of Health of the country. Earlier, representatives of the Malaysian authorities reported that seven people were hospitalized in the country's hospitals with suspicion of poultry flu disease, including five children, RBC reports. On February 20, about 40 chickens were discovered in the area of ​​the capital of Kuala Lumpur, who died from bird flu.

The processions and rallies in the center of Moscow, dedicated to the Day of the Defender of the Fatherland , according to preliminary data, were passed without incident, RIA Novosti reports with a Silka for a source in the Moscow Central Internal Affairs Directorate. “No incidents were recorded during rallies, no one violated public order,” the agency’s interlocutor noted.

According to the latest data, during the collapse of the roof of the Bauman market in Moscow, 13 were killed and 18 people were injured, RIA Novosti reports . Eighteen victims were extracted from the rubble and hospitalized at the Sklifosovsky Research Institute, in the 36th, 29th and 52nd city hospitals. According to preliminary data, at the time of the collapse of the roof in the building could be about 40 people.

The Tokyo court will consider on Thursday the case on charges of the head and founder of the radical group “Red Army” 60-year-old Fusako Sigenobu. She is accused of attempting to kill and seize hostages during an attack on the French embassy in the Hague in 1974. According to the Kyodo Tsusin agency, Sinenobu was arrested in Japan after hiding from justice for 25 years in the countries of the Middle East.

The business community should have an active impact on the policy of states in the fight against terrorism, said Evgeny Primakov, head of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) of Russia. "The business must have a certain impact on the state so that it pursues such a policy of both domestic and international, which does not create the danger of the growth of a terrorist threat," he said on Thursday at a press conference in Brussels.

The celebrations dedicated to the Day of the Defender of the Fatherland were held in Vladivostok on February 23. Wreaths and flowers were laid to the Memorial Complex "Battle Glory of the Pacific Fleet". The ceremony was attended by representatives of the command of the Pacific Fleet, the administration of the Primorsky Territory and the city of Vladivostok, public organizations, and veterans. A commemorative watch was carried by an honorary guard of honor, RIA Novosti reports.

The KGB of Belarus was closed by an unregistered opposition public association "Civil Initiative" Partnership, RIA "Novosti" reports. The association was created, managed and financed by the American non -profit organization "National Democratic Institute" in violation of the current legislation.

At the disposal of the newspaper Kommersant was a draft amendments to the law “On Freedom of Conscience and Religious Associations”, which give the right to the Federal Registration Service (FRS) to conduct a religious examination.

The presidential administration has not yet decided what to do with the liberated building on Ilyinka, writes “Independent Gazeta” . On Tuesday, Valery Zorkin was elected for the third time to the post of chairman of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation. The next 4 years in this post they promise to be difficult: during this time, the Constitutional Court should move from Ilyinka Street in Moscow to the Senate complex in St. Petersburg.

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the need to conduct a thorough investigation on the collapse of the roof of the BA UMAN market in Moscow, RIA Novosti reports. According to him, rescuers do everything possible to save people. “The work continues actively, and the rescuers do everything in their power to provide assistance to the victims,” Putin said at a meeting with the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Alexy the Second, who celebrates his birthday today.

The Tokyo court, having examined on Thursday the case on charges of the head and founder of the Red Army radical group 60-year-old Fusako Sigenobu, sentenced her to 20 years in prison, RIA Novosti reports. Sigenobu was found guilty of attempted murder and seizure of hostages during an attack on the French embassy in the Hague in 1974. Recall that the leader of the Red Army was arrested in Japan in November 2000 after it was hiding from justice for 25 years in the countries of the Middle East.