Already in three regions of Yakutia there is an emergency mode in connection with forest fires. According to the regional department of the Ministry of Emergencies, the emergency regime was introduced in the Namsk and Tattinsky districts and continues to operate in the Amgina district. In the operation to extinguish fires, helicopters and Il -76 aircraft are involved, ”the Interfax agency notes. The capital of Yakutia was covered with smoke, today was able to intensify.

Investigators check the circumstances of the explosions in a military warehouse in the Iglinsky district of Bashkiria. Earlier on Thursday, it became known that on the open area of storage of ammunition in the village of Urman a fire occurred. According to preliminary data, this led to explosions of 120 mm shells, there are no victims and victims. Local residents and personnel of the military unit are evacuated. EMERCOM employees work at the scene.

In the south of Afghanistan, 4 military personnel of international forces under the command of NATO died in the explosion. According to the military, a home -made explosive device worked. No more details are given. Earlier on Thursday, it was reported about the death of one soldier of the coalition forces in the collapse of a military helicopter in the east of Afghanistan. The cause of the disaster is set.

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In the capital of Poland, Warsaw today opens a two-day meeting of the leaders of the countries of Central and Southeast Europe. The main topic of the meeting will be the discussion of the experience of building democracy in the region in the last 20 years and the possibilities of its use in other regions of the world - in particular, in the Middle East and North Africa. The presidents of Serbia and Romania refused to participate in the summit.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev in court Anna Kachkaeva: Is it possible to make a conviction of modernization after the court’s sentence in the Yukos case, after the decision of the Moscow City Court and the recognition of Amnesty International “Khodorkovsky and Lebedev by prisoners of conscience, the expectation of the decision of the European Court in the Khodorkovsky case, which will be held on May 31?

The net outflow of private capital from Russia over the first four months of the year amounted to about $ 30 billion, said the Chairman of the Central Bank Sergey Ignatiev. According to official figures, over the past year, the outflow of private capital from Russia exceeded its influx by 35 billion dollars, including in the fourth quarter of the year - about 21 billion dollars.

In Bashkiria, 10 people, according to the Ministry of Emergencies, were injured as a result of a fire and explosions in a warehouse of ammunition in the village of Urman. Three of them are hospitalized. Explosions in the warehouse continue. According to preliminary data, artillery shells explode. As a result of the fire, more than 50 buildings were burned or damaged, including residential buildings. People are evacuated from neighboring settlements.

Seven people were injured today as a result of the explosion in Istanbul. The information transmitted earlier by the Turkish media about one deceased has not yet been confirmed. According to police, the explosive device was laid in the garbage tank at the bus stop in the crowded area of Istanbul. An investigation is underway.

Kimmo Kiljunen In Kyrgyzstan, deputies of the Parliament did not recognize the report of the International Commission on the investigation of the causes of the June clashes last year in the south of the country. The head of the Commission Kimmo Kilyunen was declared a person Non Grata. As our correspondent Tatyana Olkhovskaya reports, the deputies accused the chairman of the International Commission of providing false and biased information.

Bill Keller, the one that heads the most advanced newspaper in the world of New York Times, who has mastered the latest information technique better than others, wrote a complaint about progress. Understanding his inevitability, Keller nevertheless reminds us of the price that we pay for intellectual comfort. Before Guttenberg, he writes, everyone had better memory that we gave to the printed book.

Photo gallery: Ratko Mladich Ratko Mladich is arrested in Serbia - a former commander of the army of Bosnian Serbs. Serbia President Boris Tadich confirmed: the former chief of staff of the Army of the Bosnian Republic of Serbian Ratko Mladich was arrested in Serbia in the morning of May 26, its delivery to the Hague is being prepared.

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Ratko Mladich Boris Tadich: On behalf of the Republic of Serbia, I announce that today we arrested Ratko Mladic . The extradition process has begun. This happened as a result of the complete cooperation of Serbia with the Hague Tribunal. We always believed in our strategy and all those who participated in this process. Today we have turned the page of our recent history that will bring us closer to complete reconciliation in the region.

In Spain, an attempt is prevented illegally to put military helicopters and spare parts for a hundred million euros in Iran and Venezuela. According to our correspondent in Spain Viktor Cheretsky, we are talking about nine American-made helicopters Bell-212, the sale of which, in accordance with international standards, requires a special permission of the authorities of the country-seller and manufacturer.