In more than 30 Russian regions today - on the day the spring drafted for military service, the protest shares demanding to move on to the professional army. In the center of Moscow, about a hundred people gathered for a rally organized by a unified folk party of soldiers. They spoke, in particular, for the resignation of the Minister of Defense Sergei Ivanov. In Samara, more than 200 young people participated in the picket of the building of the military commissariat.

The first match of the semi -final series of the Russian Hockey Championship between the Kazan Ak Bars and the Yaroslavl Lokomotiv was played. "Ak Bars" defeated its ice - 5: 1.

In the third round of the Russian football championship, two matches were played on Saturday. "Spartak" - CSKA - 1: 1 "Shinnik" - "Tom" - 0: 1 "Tom" won the third victory and with nine glasses went out in the first place.

In the Czech Republic and Germany, floods caused by the rapid melting of snow and spilling rains began. In the northeast of the Czech Republic in the city of Ust-Sna-Labem, the water level in the Laba River (the Czech part of the Elbe) quickly rises. The maximum indicator of 8 and a half meters it can be achieved after a day. 400 people are evacuated. In the east of Germany, in Dresden, which is also standing on Elbe, water broke through the dam. About 300 people are evacuated.

The United States completely interrupted the contacts with the new government of the Palestinian autonomy, which formed the radical movement of Hamas. The representative of the State Department Adam Erovrel said that the United States will only work with persons and organizations not related to Hamas.

In Georgia, the parliamentary opposition announced the boycott of plenary meetings. Representatives of the Democratic Front and New Right factions protest against the decision of the parliamentary majority to deprive the deputy powers of Valery Gelashvili, a member of the opposition republican party. Gelashvili was accused of that he - contrary to the law - continued to combine work in parliament with entrepreneurship.

The Tajik government simplifies the visa regime for 68 countries, in particular for the USA, Iran, Germany, France, Japan, Israel and China. Now foreigners will be able to receive a Tajik entry visa directly at the international airports of the republic. In the representative offices of Tajikistan abroad, the deadline for registration of visas was reduced from 45 to 3 days.

Olga Beklemishcheva: Today we are discussing neurological problems. We have in the studio two professors of the Department of Neurology of the Russian State Medical University Alexei Alekseevich Nikonov and Gagik Norayrovich Avakyan. I hope that this is only the beginning of a series of stories about those neurological diseases that so fatally reduce our quality of life. And we are starting from the head today.

In the program of Vladimir Toltsa "Difference in Time" the first program from the new cycle "The aroma of the past."

The Georgian authorities reported on the detention on Saturday of the adviser to the leader of the self -proclaimed Republic of South Ossetia. Vazha Khachapuridze was detained under the village of Ergneti in the zone of the Georgian -Ossetian conflict - on suspicion of smuggling of cigarettes.

NATO military personnel in August can be located in all areas of Afghanistan, This was stated by the Supreme Commander -in -Chief of NATO forces in Europe, General James Jones, emphasizing that the final decision was for NATO member countries.

Roscosmos signed a contract with a citizen of Japan Daisuke Enomoto for a tourist flight to the International Space Station in the fall of 2006. This was announced by the head of the manned programs of the Federal Space Agency Alexei Krasnov. According to him, the candidacy of an American of Iranian origin Anusha Ansari is considered as an understudy Enomoto.

The ITER International Group of Companies filed a lawsuit against the Government of Georgia to the Arbitration Court of the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry - due to non -payment of debt for the supply of Russian gas. According to Taymuraz Gadzhiev, a representative of the ITER, the RIA -News Agency in Georgia, the company previously applied to the Georgian authorities with the demand to pay debt - in accordance with the agreement signed in 2003.

In Cairo, one person died and 17 were injured in a clash of supporters of the two factions of the Egyptian liberal party "WAFD". The brawl began after the supporters of the ex-candidate of the president of the “WAFD” of Noaman Gomaa seized the party headquarters, and their political opponents tried to enter the building. The prosecutor's office assigned responsibility for what happened to Gomaa and issued an order to arrest him.