Five people died in a fire in the Altai Territory, reports Gazeta.ru with reference to the message of the Ministry of Emergencies in the Altai Territory. Tonight at 01:37 a message was received about a fire in a one -story metal trailer located on the street. Lenin in the village of Nikolaevka of the Pospelikhinsky district. Five dead were found at the site of the fire. The cause of the fire is set.

Ukraine called the conditions for Russia to enter the World Trade Organization (WTO), Kommersant writes today with reference to the statement of the President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko. Yushchenko noted that Ukraine is waiting for Russia's approval by the Russian-Ukrainian free trade agreement, which was signed in 1993 by presidents Boris Yeltsin and Leonid Kravchuk.

Business is trusted more than the authorities. And the media in Russia is much less than them. These are the results of the Trust Barometer study by Edelman, in which Russian respondents took part for the second time. The Trust Barometer study is conducted by Edelman for 9 years, expanding its geography each time. Last year, Russia was included for the first time - and this could already observe some dynamics.

Today, on January 29, from the most part of the Swiss company Noga in France, the funds of Russian organizations were removed, the remaining accounts will soon be released, the press service of the Ministry of Finance said on Tuesday. The press release of the Ministry of Finance reports that for Russian organizations whose accounts were blocked, no negative financial consequences will occur, since the NOGA will not be able to keep part of the arrested funds.

The head coach of the Russian Tennis team Shamil Tarpishchev said that Russian Marat Safin would take part in the meeting of the first round of the Davis Cup against Serbia, which will be held in Moscow from February 8 to 10. It is reported by " Soviet sport ". Safin did not take part in the final match of the last Davis Cup against the US national team, as it was restored after the knee injury.

The Minister of Education and Science Andrei Fursenko, speaking on Monday at International Christmas Readings, suggested holding school Olympiads on the “Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture” (OPC), the Izvestia newspaper reports . The minister expressed confidence that the Council for School Olympics, led by the rector of Moscow State University Viktor Sadovnichi, would support his idea.

The well -known Russian culturalist, filming, doctor of art history, director of the Russian Institute of Cultural Studies , a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a member of the Scientific Council of the Russian Academy of Sciences on the integrated problem “History of World Culture”, Honored Artist of Russia, Film Critician and Publicist, Kirill Razlogov responded to the scientific part of the New Year's survey “Polit.ru”: 1.

Dmitry Rogozin presented the new permanent representative of Russia under NATO to the General of the Tomagavk Alliance, Echo Moscow reports. “I thought for a long time what a souvenir might like the Secretary General, which often happens in Russia and probably saw our nesting dolls and samovars, you won’t surprise him with this, so I asked our Russian masters to make an inlaid combat ax,” Rogozin said.

In the Central Election Commission, a draw for the distribution of free airtime among participants in the presidential election will take place today. The beginning of the draw will begin at 14.00, reports Echo of Moscow. The envelopes for the draw will be prepared by “Channel One”, “VGTRK”, “TV Center”. For each candidate and for each political party that has nominated the candidate, one hour is allocated. Each candidate will receive a television and radio broadcast for an hour.

Leo Uskin So right-it is worth saying to himself: "Moscow, the last years of the XVII century", and for some reason a continuous summer seems to be. The carefree, warm sunny summer, some impenetrable raspberries on the outskirts, leisurely movement of people, a lazy bell charge ... The one who has to blow up this world a few years later, is almost invisible-builds his boats somewhere, travels to Arkhangelsk, or drunk in his friends in the German settlement. However, it was apparently otherwise.

The London Criminal Court of Old Bailey sentenced four defendants accused of the largest robbery in the history of the bank, by 15 years in prison, Lenta.ru reports with reference to Sky News. The court sentenced four defendants to imprisonment: Lee Rasha, Stuart Royla, Jetmire Bukpap, Rogers Kutse. The fifth defendant Emir of Hysendezha was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Recall that the robbery occurred on the night of February 22, 2006.

The court verdict regarding the “Maykop” student who posted a cruel video on the Internet, was canceled for the softness of punishment, Echo Moscow reports. The protest to the decision of the court of first instance was appealed by the state prosecutor.

On the fact of the explosion at the bus stop in Orel, a criminal case was opened under the articles of the murder and illegal storage and wearing of an explosive device, Gazeta.Ru reports with reference to RIA Novosti. According to Olga Bernikova, senior assistant to the head of the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee in the Oryol region, the investigation considers all versions of the incident, but there are currently no facts that it was a terrorist attack.

The CEC of Russia is ready to satisfy the request of the OSCE BDIPCH to increase the number of observers mission and the terms of its arrival in Moscow, if he receives a reasoned request, said Igor Borisov, a member of the CEC, Gazeta.Ru reports. Borisov said that if the request is truly motivated and based on generally recognized principles of international observation, the CEC is ready to go to the BDIPCH meeting.

The accounts of the RIA Novosti news agency at VTB Bank in Paris are still not unlocked, reports Echo of Moscow. This was announced on Tuesday by the deputy editor -in -chief of RIA Novosti Alexander Babinsky, commenting on information about the unlocking of the arrested Russian accounts on the claim of the Swiss company Noga. Babinsky emphasized that the loss of the company is purely technical.