One of the main accused in the case of the murder of the editor -in -chief of the Russian version of the Forbes magazine Paul Khlebnikov Kazbek Dukuzov disappeared. After Dukuzov did not appear in court on Wednesday, the judge put him on the wanted list and in absentia chose him a measure of restraint in the form of arrest. Dukuzov’s lawyers claim that he is in one of the Chechen hospitals and after discharge will appear before the court.

Yesterday, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, Rashid Nurgaliev, announced a sharp decrease in the number of crimes in Russia. However, if spontaneous crime is declining, then organized, on the contrary, is strong, more than ever. As New Izvestia writes today, the newspapers had the materials of the closed college of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, from which it follows that almost a tenth of all regions of the country is under the control of the mafia.

** What to expect in the coming hours. Announcement of events ** Events of the day Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Prime Minister of Italy Romano Prodi will hold interstate consultations, following which a dozen documents will be signed, including in the field of military-technical cooperation. At the end of the visit to Italy, Putin will go to Greece, where on Thursday the project of the Burgas-Aleksandropolis oil pipeline will be launched.

The Commissioner of the Russian Federation at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg Pavel Laptev can leave this post in the near future, Lenta.ru said on Tuesday evening with reference to Interfax. Such information was told by the agency by informed sources at the headquarters of the European Court, who wished to remain unnamed.

While the dean of the sociological faculty of Moscow State University V.I. Dobrenkov represented the leaders of student organizations who had gathered to support the administration’s position, the students discussed where to put the recorder: “Who do I know from the second row?”, the recording device was passed from hand to hand until it found itself right next to the speakers. record such an important meeting It was impossible not to for history.

The personal problems of Roman Abramovich ( divorce from his wife ) in time coincided with the public problems of his eminent ward. Chelsea head coach Jose Mourinho quarreled with the press and declared her a boycott. He is just ashamed that the English press cannot accept the truth and adequately perceive reality, it interprets each statement in its own way and makes it a reason for discussions.

The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Lebanon Hassan Sabee accuses the Palestinian radical group of organizing explosions of buses in Lebanon, reports RBC with reference to the Associated Press. According to him, four terrorists of Syrian origin admitted that they are in the radical Palestinian group "Fath Islam", which organized terrorist attacks that occurred the day before.

On Tuesday, March 13, the topic of toll roads and paid entry into the city center was raised again. Initially, news agencies disseminated information that similar proposals were voiced at the board of the Ministry of Transport by the head of the department, Igor Levitin. Subsequently, the ministry's press service issued a refutation: the minister did not voice such an idea - it was only the initial text of his report, which was distributed to journalists in advance.

The head coach of the Russian national football team HUS Hiddink decided not to process the verdict of the court, who sentenced Evok a fine of € 45 thousand and six months of prison conditionally for tax evasion. It is reported by Gazeta.Ru with reference to Interfax. “It is very important for me that the court did not question my good faith. Now I want to bring the line under this business and look into the future, ”his lawyer said Hiddink's words.

From today, the Rosselkhoznadzor has been introducing temporary restrictions on the import of plant products from Pakistan, as well as products coming from third countries, accompanied by phytosanitary certificates issued by the Pakistani Plant Plant Service, RIA Novosti reports.

Vladimir Putin again confirmed the position of Russia that there is no alternative to the dialogue on the Iranian nuclear problem, RIA Novosti reports. "There is no reasonable alternative to political and diplomatic efforts. This fully applies to the nuclear program of Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq, Kosovo and other conflicts," Putin said at a press conference following negotiations with the Prime Minister of Italy Romano Prodi.

During the shootout between Fath and Hamas militants, one person died in the city of Gaza, seven more were injured, RBC reports with reference to AP. According to Hamas, the deceased was one of the leaders of the military wing of this organization. Hamas activists are already saying that the death of one of their leaders “will not be in vain” and threaten to take revenge on his killers.

The head of the metropolitan subway Dmitry Gayev against the construction of the metro in Zhulebino, the Echo of Moscow reports. By that words, this will only aggravate the situation with the busy Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya line. An additional 20 thousand passengers will be added, and as a result, it will be impossible to board the train in the Vykhino stations and Ryazan Prospekt in the morning, Gaev says.

The US Senate on Tuesday adopted in its editorial office a national security law providing for a wider protection of the rights of airport employees and visa bastards for citizens of countries considered by Washington an ally in the fight against terrorism, Gazeta.Ru reports with reference to AP.

Dmitry Smirnov The management company Finam-Management announced the completion of the first stage of the Golden Pai campaign. It's time to summarize its first results. The action, which will go throughout 2007, started on February 8 from the release of the February output of Forbes magazine, where special coupons with the image of gold ingots were invested.