On April 16, 2009, the National Anti -Terrorism Committee (NAC) of Russia, on behalf of Dmitry Medvedev, made fundamental changes to the organization of counter -terrorism activities in Chechnya. From this day, the entire territory of the republic has ceased to be considered a zone of the counter -terrorist operation (KO). On the same day, the President of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov announced the media that from now on on April 16 it would be celebrated as a national holiday.

The Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Communist Party Gennady Zyuganov spoke at the session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in the Strasbourg for holding a referendum in Russia to join Abkhazia and South Ossetia, our correspondent Lev Finberg reports. The leader of the Communist Party of the Communist Party of the Communist Party made an appropriate statement in an interview with Georgian journalists.

The State Duma sent for an examination the legislative initiative of the Duma of the Khabarovsk Territory, which proposes to change the procedure of early voting, Kommersant writes. The project involves a change in Art.

Yesterday, on the official website of Interpol, information was published on the announcement of four citizens of Russia in the international search, including the State Duma deputy from Chechnya Adam Delimkhanov. All four are wanted by the Dubai police for "crimes against life and health", namely, for the attempt on the ex-commander of the Vostok special battalion, Hero of Russia Sulim Yamadayev, Kommersant writes.

The laureates of the State Prize of the Russian Federation in the field of science and technology of 2009 were Astrophysicist Dmitry Warshalovich , virologist Joseph Atabekov , as well as the author of antivirus programs , Yevgeny Kaspersky . This was reported by the newspaper "Kommersant". The Council on Science, Technologies and Education under the President of the Russian Federation had to choose laureates from 16 applicants.

Today, the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, Information Technologies and Communications, the Institute of Modern Development and Polit.ru held a round table on the topic: “New social information technologies against the crisis”.

The former head of the Yukos oil company, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, and the former head of the MFO MENATEP, Platon Lebedev, will remain in custody until August 17. This was stated by Judge Viktor Danilkin, who is considering their new criminal case, Ekho Moskvy. Previously, the defendants filed a petition in which they asked to set the period of detention in the framework of the new case.

Commenting on the Vesti. Ru news about today's death of Ekaterina Maksimova , Honored Artist of Russia Andris Liepa said that he personally "does not see more ballerina for himself." “And my father always admired her talent and danced a lot with her. Of course, this is a great couple - Vasiliev and Maksimov. And I really grieve, and we all, our family, pray for her and just wish Vladimir Viktorovich to transfer this loss.

Today, April 28, the Tver Regional Court canceled the decision of the Moscow District Court on the parole of the former mayor of Tver Oleg Lebedev, the Tver Information Agency reports. The material at the request of Lebedev about the UDO is aimed at the next consideration. The meeting in this case will be held again in the Moscow District Court, but with the new judicial composition. Before the new meeting, Oleg Lebedev will be free.

UN experts will deal with the situation around industrial pig farm in Mexico. The head of the organization told the Russian Air Force service that the information that the people who were near the farms became victims of the pig flu need to check. The Food and Agricultural Organization of the UN sends a special team of experts to Mexico. They should investigate the suspicions that industrial pig farmes were the source of the pork flu epidemic.

Today, the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, Information Technologies and Communications, the Institute of Modern Development and Polit.ru held a round table on the topic: “New social information technologies against the crisis”.

The organizing committee of the main British award for contribution to contemporary art - the Turner Prize - has announced the names of four finalists. The winner, who will receive £25,000, will be announced on December 7, reports BBC News . gave its own characteristics for each of the nominees The Guardian . Enrico David is “a figurative artist, but an unusual one...

Today, thousands of people were evacuated in New York, dozens turned for medical help due to Boeing-747, which was circulating at the low altitude, Vesti.Ru reports. The White House explained that this was just a secret photo shoot, which only high -ranking Pentagon officials and the White House administration knew about. “Board number one”, in other words, the presidential plane, accompanied by F-16 fighters flew over New York at low altitude.

The Stockholm International Institute for Research of Peace Problems (Sipri), having analyzed the period from 2004 to 2008, notes the growth of weapons in the world and the growth of its supply to the Middle East, writes Independent Gazeta. During this period, weapons sales were 21% higher than in the preceding five -year period. At the same time, the United States remained the largest supplier of weapons and military equipment. 31% of this type of trade fell on them.

Ekaterina Publichuk , Anna Sakoyan Russian challenge On April 20, 2009, during a two -day visit to Finland , Russian President Dmitry Medvedev mentioned that Russia has a draft international document , the actual purpose of which is to replace the current energy chart . The reaction of the Western public to this initiative can be observed almost exclusively on the news of the news in the media; There are quite few expanded analytics on this occasion.