Today it was decided that the trial of the accused of attempted Anatoly Chubais would be held closed. Along with the prosecution, the lawyers of the victim supported this position. We asked to comment on this position of Andrei Shugaev, a lawyer representing in court the interests of the victim.

A group of researchers from the American University of Wake Forest University, under the leadership of Dr. Anthony Atala), developed and successfully tested on 7 patients the technology of growing bladder from the patient’s own cells and the subsequent transplant of the grown cell donor. This was reported by an article by the authors of the study in the last issue of Lancet . 7 patients performed a biopsy of the bladder, and both muscle fibers and uroterial cells were taken.

On April 4, a military aircraft broke up on the island of Hainan in southern China, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the South China Morning Post newspaper. According to the newspaper, the collapse of the training was a training military aircraft, which made a regular flight. Residents of the island reported that the incident occurred at about 14:00 local time in the northeast of the island, between two small towns of Nanyan and Xinhe. The number of victims is not reported.

Today, one of the employees of the Krasnouralsky Chemical Plant, who announced a hunger strike due to non-payment of salary debts, was hospitalized, RIA Novosti reports. As the agency was informed in the ambulance service of Krasnouralsk, the call to them entered 7:20 local time. She was taken to the Central City Hospital. In a 50-year-old woman, an increase in pressure was observed, but in general her condition is evaluated as satisfactory.

The head of Rospotrebnadzor Gennady Onishchenko suggested that the head of the Federal Customs Service Alexander Zheerikhov block access to Russia not only of wine and wine materials from Moldova and Georgia, but also cognacs and champagne wines. The letter “On the import and sale of alcohol” was signed and sent on April 4.

The Prime Minister of Palestinian Autonomy Ismail Khania said today at the first meeting of the government that the treasury of autonomy is empty, reports Reuters . According to him, the Ministry of Finance received from the predecessors an absolutely empty treasury and plus to that the debts of the ministry and the government as a whole. In the place, with that, Hania emphasized that the government will make every effort to pay salaries to 140 thousand working Palestinants.

In Russia, 1.6 - 1.7 million abortions are made annually, RIA Novosti reports. This was announced today by the Minister of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation Mikhail Zurabov. At the same time, he noted that their number is reduced: several years ago, these figures were much higher - 2.4 - 2.5 million abortions per year.

In Colombia, in the case of the supply of cocaine in the United States, seven people were arrested in the amount of $ 10 million, including corrupt police and employees of Avianca Airlines. This was reported in the American anti -drug department (DEA), RIA Novosti reports. The arrests were carried out during the operation "Kaso Drado", in the interaction of American and Colombian law enforcement agencies.

Todorovsky had an accident at about 15:00 last Tuesday at the 35th kilometer of the Kaluga highway. There is an adjustable intersection at this place, however, the newspaper’s website reports with reference to Interfax , as a result of violation of the rules of the road, one of the participants in the accident clash of the Todorovsky car with another car.

Six former officers of the army of the Bosnian Serbs rejected on April 4 at a meeting of the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (MTBU) charges of the address, RIA Novosti reports. Now the judges will have to set the date of the start of the trial of the accused.

Galina Kozhevnikova This review continues a series of publications, begun by the owl center in the fall of 2004. The article, as before, is written based on the materials of daily monitoring, carried out by our center, under the leadership of Alexander Verkhovsky. All materials, except for especially agreed, can be found on our website: Xeno.Sova-center.ru . The activity of the National Radikals Violence The main subjects are racist and neo -Nazi motivated violence, as before, are skinheads.

South Korea puts off the flight of his first astronaut, reports Associated Press . According to the Government of South Korea, the expedition planned for 2007 will not take place due to a shortage of seats on Russian ships of the Union . The Seoul Space Program suggested that the country's citizen would go to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2007, and the agreement on this was signed by the South Korean President RO MU HENOM and Vladimir Putin back in 2004.

The reliability of Russian energy will be guaranteed provided that a number of emergency measures will be carried out. The reserve of its development inherited from the Soviet Union has been exhausted, ”said Boris Weinzikher (member of the board, technical director of RAO UES of Russia) at today's round table on energy security issues. There are not so many key turns in the history of the Russian energy system.

In Russia, 2007 will be the year of reading. This was the head of the Book Union of Russia, the chairman of the Accounts Chamber Sergei Stepashin reported on Tuesday in Moscow, speaking at the 10th World Russian People’s Cathedral, reports Newsru.com . The corresponding decision was already adopted by the Russian Book Union. Russia is included in the first five in terms of the number of books published, Stepashin noted.

Today, as part of his official visit to Russia, the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev will perform in the State Duma. This is the first official visit of Nazarbayev after his election by the president, RIA Novosti reports. Nazarbayev arrived in Moscow on Monday, April 3, at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin.