This is a completely reasonable remark made today by Sergei Shoigu in an exclusive interview with RBC. Of course, in Primorye the situation is truly emergency, but is the constant presence of the head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations really required to change something there? Wouldn't it be better to fire those who are to blame for the crisis?

The leadership of the FSB claims that it has operational information about the whereabouts of militant leaders. As Nikolai Patrushev, director of the Federal Security Service of Russia, said today, “the activities that are planned during special operations against militant leaders are based on these operational data and will be local in nature.” In total, according to Patrushev, there are about five thousand militants in Chechnya.

By the end of 2001, housing prices in Moscow are expected to rise by 8-10%. The Russian Guild of Realtors reported this to RBC. And in February, a new procedure for calculating rental rates for non-residential premises came into effect. In the second half of last year, prices on the secondary housing market in Moscow rose by 7%. In December 2000, the index of changes in housing prices in the capital compared to December 1997 reached a value of 0.71.

Terrorism is rampant in American schools. The other day, an eight-year-old schoolboy threatened his classmates with a terrible weapon - a chicken leg. And for this he was suspended from school for three days. Christopher Kissinger attends South Elementary in Jonesboro, Arkansas. To somehow diversify his everyday life, the boy brought a chicken leg to class and, pretending that it was a gun and that he himself was a gangster, began to “shoot” at his classmates. Who actually liked this joke.

The UN World Food Program (WFP) plans to resume food supplies to the Chechen Republic from the beginning of February this year. During the delivery period, UN WFP will provide food assistance to 160 thousand Chechens, including those who were forced to flee to neighboring Ingushetia, the UN press center told RBC. Let us recall that the United Nations suspended its activities in Chechnya immediately after the abduction of American citizen Kenneth Gluck in the republic.

A list of the most attractive men in England has been published. It was headed by Hollywood actor George Clooney, known to viewers from the TV series “ER.” As it turns out, most women dream of waking up next to him... In terms of male attractiveness, second place was taken by the lead singer of the Oasis group, Liam Gallagher.

Yegor Stroev believes that “Russia’s debt to the Paris Club is not 170 billion dollars, but only 31 billion.” Stroev noted that Russia will pay all debts, but “first we need to figure out where this amount of debt came from.” According to Yegor Stroev, in solving this problem it is necessary to look for a compromise approach: “It’s time to agree with the Paris Club to put Russia’s debts and what other countries owe it on the same scale and look for a reasonable solution.” He also emphasized that

Well-known businessman Boris Berezovsky will be charged in the case of abuses at Aeroflot. If Boris Berezovsky, who is currently abroad, evades testifying, he may be charged in absentia and, like Vladimir Gusinsky, he will be put on the international wanted list, the Central Election Commission noted.

At least for another week. According to the forecasts of the attending doctors, the governor of the Primorsky Territory, Yevgeny Nazdratenko, will have to remain in intensive care for several more days, NTV reports. The day before, the governor was urgently hospitalized. At least for another week. According to the forecasts of the attending doctors, the governor of the Primorsky Territory, Yevgeny Nazdratenko, will have to remain in intensive care for several more days, NTV reports.

A contract killing took place on Rublevskoye Highway in Moscow. Today at 13:20 on the highway near house 22, the body of Nikolai Perepelitsa was found in a Toyota Runner jeep with Moscow license plates. Death occurred from a gunshot wound. According to preliminary data, this is a police colonel, a teacher at the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The deceased did not have basic identification documents. There are already suspects in committing this crime.

On Friday, February 2, mourning will be declared in Chukotka for the residents of the Autonomous Okrug who died in a plane crash on January 31. The corresponding order was signed by Governor Roman Abramovich. On Friday, February 2, mourning will be declared in Chukotka for the residents of the Autonomous Okrug who died in a plane crash on January 31. The corresponding order was signed by Governor Roman Abramovich.

...billiard rooms. After all, today, on the birthday of the first Russian President Boris Yeltsin, everyone expresses their respect to this mastodon of politics. Today, on the seventieth birthday of the first president, Nemtsov expressed special respect for Yeltsin.

Alexander Krasnenker, former commercial director of Aeroflot, filed a complaint about the illegality of extending the period of the preliminary investigation. “The complaint about the illegal extension of the preliminary investigation was filed in June 2000, and its first consideration took place only six months later,” Kuznetsov also noted.

Today, Prime Minister Kasyanov held a regular government meeting. The Prime Minister spoke about the situation with the failure of the heating season. At the meeting, he first of all pointed out that severe frosts knocked a number of territories out of normal functioning. Today, Prime Minister Kasyanov held a regular government meeting. The Prime Minister spoke about the situation with the failure of the heating season.

Today in Cherkessk there was a real battle between police officers and armed bandits. Private security officers, who came out on a call to check the apartment's alarm system, saw three men running out of the entrance. They responded to the demand to stop by shooting. One of the police officers was immediately injured. However, thanks to the prompt actions of law enforcement officers, it was possible to detain one of the criminals.