The prosecutor's office is studying the results of the “special operation” in Sernovodsk and Assinovskaya The sweeps in the villages of Assinovskaya and Sernovodsk, carried out early last week by federal forces, eventually resulted in a big scandal. After the confident statement of the Minister of Internal Affairs Boris Gryzlov that the security forces behaved strictly within the law, the prosecutor's office nevertheless opened a criminal case into the violations committed by the feds.

In the first years of its existence, the Constitutional Court more than once found itself drawn into political confrontation between President Boris Yeltsin, on the one hand, and the Supreme Council and the Congress of People's Deputies, on the other. Therefore, the decisions of the Constitutional Court were influenced not only by the desire to strictly adhere to the law, but also by current political events.

How the American EP-3 spy plane was taken out from the Chinese island of Hainan, Anatoly Karpov, general director of Polet Airlines, told reporters yesterday. At the same time, Mr. Karpov denied rumors that his company secured an order for this transportation thanks to dumping prices. The general director did not provide financial evidence, but presented a Chinese 10 yuan banknote with the autographs of American specialists who participated in the removal of the spy plane.

Is it possible to ride a bike down the ski slope? It turns out that it is possible. This was proven by the participants in the competitions held at the Kant sports club. The country's strongest masters of this unusual sport gathered here. The competition was one of the stages of the “World Series” of competitions between cyclists, or, as they are also called, snow bikers.

Today Hollywood actor Jim Carrey arrives in Moscow on an unofficial friendly visit. His visit, as it became known, is not connected with any joint film projects, the choice of locations for upcoming filming, or advertising of upcoming premieres. Kerry comes first to Moscow, and then to St.

35th Montreux Jazz Festival The most prestigious annual jazz festival, invented 35 years ago by Swiss enthusiast Claude Nobs, is once again taking place in the Swiss city of Montreux. Already in the first years of its existence, the Montreux Jazz Festival gained worldwide fame, glorifying the town near Lake Geneva throughout the world.

Putin cast his “hardware shadow” over the criminal police President Vladimir Putin actually put an end to the personnel shake-up in the leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, yesterday appointing three chief deputy ministers in charge of the main areas of the department’s work.

The election campaign for the election of governor of the Oryol region can be considered open. Yesterday, the regional election commission officially registered the first candidate for governor. This is the current speaker of the Federation Council, Yegor Stroev, who intends to compete for the governor’s post for the third time. To date, Mr. Stroev is the only candidate for governor.

The Vice-Governor of St. Petersburg has been charged Yesterday, representatives of the General Prosecutor's Office for the North-Western District brought charges of receiving a large bribe against the Vice-Governor of St. Petersburg, Valery Malyshev. Investigators are not yet talking about the details of this scandalous case. However, this turn of events cannot be called unexpected - Mr.

For Croatian Goran Ivanisevic, who had been in the shadow of the tennis elite for several seasons, his victory at Wimbledon allowed him to make dramatic progress in the ATP Championship Race. Before this tournament, the Croatian occupied a place at the beginning of the second hundred of the modern tennis ranking, and now he has surpassed many athletes who are constantly in the public eye and has broken into the top ten: 1. Andre Agassi (USA) - 574 points, 2. Gustavo Kuerten (Brazil) - 490, 3.

US Supreme Court opposes expulsion of criminal immigrants In the space of one week, the U.S. Supreme Court issued two decisions that represented a major victory for human rights activists who take criminal immigrants under their wing and a major defeat for immigration authorities and law enforcement. Investigators and prosecutors say the edicts border on madness, and the American Immigration Lawyers Association is rejoicing because a party has come to its streets.

This is what Boris Nadezhdin, a member of the SPS faction, told the correspondent of the newspaper Vremya Novostey, Viktor KHAMRAEV, after analyzing procedural conflicts around the Land Code (LC) . -- Is the Duma obliged to take into account the opinion of regional legislators between the first and second readings of the Land Code? -- Obligated, judging by Article 13 of the law on the principles of delimitation of the jurisdiction of federal authorities and regional authorities.

The famous boxer Mike Tyson, famous for his hooligan antics, has not calmed down yet. Recently, Michigan authorities disqualified him for three months. Tyson refused to undergo a doping test, for which he was suspended from participation in fights and fined $5,000. However, Tyson himself was not particularly upset about this and immediately agreed with the punishment.

Polish President apologizes to Jews Yesterday, all roads in Poland led to the small town of Jedwabne, which could barely withstand the unprecedented influx of thousands of people and several hundred journalists from all over the world. The unexpected attention to this settlement, 150 kilometers northeast of Warsaw, was explained by the tragic anniversary: ​​the 60th anniversary of the death of more than one and a half thousand Polish Jews, burned alive in a barn.

On Wednesday night, the participants in the traditional, already 51st, All Stars match were named, in which the teams of North America and the world (read Europe) will meet for the 4th time in NHL history. The game will take place on February 4 in Denver. As expected, this list of 15 hockey players is headed by Pittsburgh center forward Mario Lemieux, who sensationally returned to the ice at the end of December.