On Sunday evening, at the age of 53, the famous Russian journalist Andrei Aleksandrovich Cherkizov, known for his work at the Ekho Moskvy radio station and on central television, died after a serious illness. In 1977, Andrei Cherkizov (Semyonov) graduated from the Moscow State Pedagogical Institute named after Lenin, but from the next year he became a professional journalist. In 1981-1988 he worked as a literary secretary and assistant to writer Yulian Semenov.

A sunken ship in Kamchatka nearly sank a container ship The cause of a major shipwreck in Avacha Bay, which occurred on the night of January 15, could have been a collision with a sunken object that literally littered the bottom of the bay. The accident was reported by the transport prosecutor of the Kamchatka region, Mikhail Simakhin.

Former head of Minatom Evgeniy Adamov began to be tried In the Zamoskvoretsky District Court of the capital yesterday, the trial began in the case of ex-head of Minatom Evgeny Adamov , accused of fraud, abuse and abuse of power. Together with him in the dock were two former colleagues of Mr.

Searches took place in the Yekaterinburg City Hall building with the participation of masked machine gunners The Yekaterinburg administration building was again searched, forcing the city authorities to remember 1937 and officially declare: lately investigators have been showing increased interest in the team of Mayor Arkady Chernetsky.

The Pension Fund of Russia has published a forecast for the birth rate for 2007 The Russian Pension Fund predicts that in 2007, more than 500 thousand young mothers will receive the right to a monetary reward for the second and any subsequent child - the so-called maternity capital . As the head of the Pension Fund Gennady Batanov (pictured) said yesterday, he expects that 40-50 thousand parents will apply to the regional branches of the fund for certificates every month.

The alleged organizer of the murder of Andrei Kozlov was arrested Yesterday, on the second attempt, the Basmanny Court of Moscow issued a warrant for the arrest of former Chairman of the Board of VIP Bank Alexei Frenkel , suspected of organizing the murder of First Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation Andrei Kozlov .

Or no entry allowed to outsiders The implementation of the new “market policy” has entered an active phase. Yesterday, amendments to migration legislation came into force, significantly increasing the punishment for illegally attracting guest workers.