On the morning of March 28, in the fire department in the north-west of Moscow it was quiet. In a huge hangar, police were concentrated and studied books. “Raisaka, oh, at X, Ivoni Zebo AST,” the low stooped policeman muttered, looking at the battered textbook. - What does it mean? - asked his neighbor sitting on a pile of textbooks against the wall. This is in Tajik "Sorry for the anxiety, let me show you your documents?" - he answered. In the yard, a heartbreaking meow was heard.

More than half of Russians believe in the existence of extraterrestrial civilizations. The answers “definitely, yes” and “rather yes” gave, respectively, 17 and 40% of respondents, which amounted to 57% of the respondents in total. Most of those who believe in extraterrestrial life turned out to be among Muscovites (positive answers to this question were given by 60% of the residents of Moscow).

At least eight people died during an attack on the UN headquarters in the Afghan city of Mazari-Sharif, reports on Friday, April 1 AFP . The attack was committed in protest against the burning of the Qur'an by the American pastor in Florida on March 20. Information about the number of the victims varies. According to AFP, 10 people were killed. The agency was confirmed by the city police. “Ten UN employees were killed by manifestants.

Twenty years ago, March 17, 1991, the first and last Soviet referendum was held. In recent history, it is Russian to find an event that would be so significant is surrounded by legal entities and myths.

The Bosnian midfielder of the Moscow CSKA Elver Rakhimich said that he was not surprised by the decision of FIFA and UEFA to suspend the membership of the Bosnia and Herzegovina football federation. “All this is expected. So the whole country is arranged, so all Bosnia is arranged. This is idiocy, people do not think their heads. The federations work some idiots who are engaged in corruption and do not help our football in anything, ”Rakhimich RIA Novosti quotes.

The former mayor of Bratsk, Alexander Serov, who left his post in February 2011, was charged with receiving a bribe, writes Prav.ru. Serov is suspected of receiving a bribe in an especially large scale associated with extortion. The 4th part of Article 290 of the Criminal Code, according to which Serov is accused, provides for punishment of imprisonment for up to 12 years.

The board of the Housing and Public Utilities Foundation decided to suspend financial support from the Moscow Region and several other regions of Russia due to violations during the implementation of overhaul programs and resettlement of citizens from emergency housing. This was reported by the relevant press releases ( first , second ) on the fund's website.

In Riga on Friday night, at the 89th year of his life, Soviet partisan Vasily Kononov died, who lost a resonant case against Latvia in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). This was reported by RIA "Novosti" from the words of his lawyer Mikhail Joff. He died in a hospital from cancer.

This photograph, in which L.D. Kuchma is depicted in a good mood, is chosen with meaning. It is in this form, it seems that he was, if not all week, then most of it. Past series It ended that the investigation could not hold the confrontation of Kuchma and Melnichenko, and V. Yanukovych, the president, is silent about Kuchma’s case and flies to Singapore. Yanukovych spoke Yes, V. Yanukovych nevertheless spoke out. He did it exactly in Singapore, but - communicating with Ukrainian journalists.

Russia began to get rid of internal refugees, writes Kommersant . According to the newspaper, the refugees living in the Elector received orders to leave their home until April 15 this year. In refugee camps, several families usually live in barracks, barracks and garages. All of them note that after eviction they will have nowhere to go. The order of the authorities says that within ten days they must free the occupied premises, since further residence in such conditions is “life -threatening”.

The Standard & Poor's International rating agency has lowered the long-term credit rating of Ireland by one step- from A- to BBB+. It is reported on Friday, April 1, Bloomberg. The decrease in the rating became a reaction to the statement of the Minister of Finance of Ireland Michael Nunan that the restoration of the country's banking system will need restructuring and inflicting an additional 24 billion euros. To save the largest banks, Ireland will have to nationalize them.

The current champion of Russia St. Petersburg Zenit rose from the eleventh to eighth place in the ranking of clubs in the world, compiled by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS). According to updated data, Zenit has 230 rating points. The club from the shores of the Neva is the best among Russian groups in the ranking. Moscow CSKA (177.5 points) fell from 22nd to 31st place.

The Yaroslavl Lokomotiv defeated the Atlant submarine in its ice by reducing the gap in the semi-finals of the playoff series of the Continental Hockey League (KHL) to 3: 2 in favor of opponents. The guests lost to the Yaroslavl in overtime with a score of 3: 2 (0: 1, 0: 1, 2: 0, 1: 0). Lokomotiv equalized the score of 5 seconds before the end of the main time and already in overtime sent a winning puck against the enemy. Thus, Yaroslavl hockey players retained the chances of winning the series.

The Polish prosecutor's office extended the investigation in the case of the Tu-154 crash near Smolensk until October 10, 2011. This was stated by the chief military prosecutor of the country Kshishtof Parulsky, RIA Novosti reports. According to him, the case file is more than 150 volumes, and during the investigation more than 500 witnesses were interviewed. At the same time, Parulsky could not answer the question of when the fragments of the Tu-154 will be delivered to Poland.

Troops supporting Alassane Ouattara occupied 80% of the territory of Cote d'Ivoire, ITAR-TASS reports . Supporters of the internationally recognized president are attacking the residence of Laurent Gbagbo and the presidential palace in Abidjan. There is no information about the whereabouts of Gbagbo himself. On Thursday, troops controlled by Ouatarra entered Abidjan, the economic capital of the republic.