Interethnic contradictions in Dagestan took the form of a political struggle against criminal bias Preparations for the elections to the People's Assembly of Dagestan, scheduled for March 11, continue to develop in the action genre . On Wednesday evening, the head of the republican branch of the Patriots of Russia party, Eduard Khidirov (pictured) , was seriously wounded in Makhachkala. The car in which he was traveling with his wife and driver was machine-gunned. Mr.

The Second Moscow Biennale starts with an accompanying program at the Central House of Artists Today, the exhibition “An Artist’s Diary”, prepared by Marat Gelman and Alexander Panov, opens at the Central House of Artists on Krymsky Val. She will talk about the lives of those who consider themselves to be part of the art community. What does it feel like to be an Artist today? Easily? Is it difficult? Is there a burden of responsibility? Or is the lightness of existence unbearable?

Vladimir Putin: Everyone who needs it is already working at their posts The reshuffle in the government that Vladimir Putin made yesterday not only does not mean a radical “revision of positions” on the eve of the elections, but, on the contrary, strengthens the configuration in power that the president, apparently, prefers. Although Russian political scientists yesterday were in a state of shock from these changes.

Turks will observe construction on the Temple Mount Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert allowed a team of Turkish experts to inspect construction work on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. This promise was made in Ankara during negotiations with the head of the Turkish government, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The Israeli prime minister tried to convince his Turkish counterpart that the builders do not plan to approach the Muslim shrines of the Temple Mount.

Werder almost secured passage to the next round While Spartak was fighting with Celta in Luzhniki, the next opponent of the winner of this confrontation in the 1/8 finals of the UEFA Cup practically became known. It will most likely be the German Werder, which defeated the famous Ajax - 3:0. Now even the Dutch themselves do not believe that such a handicap can be won back in a week in Amsterdam.

The latest edition of the law on the Unified State Exam will give a second chance to failed applicants and military personnel Using the Unified State Exam certificate, you will be able to enter the university twice. This was stated yesterday by the head of the Federal Service for Supervision in Education, Viktor Bolotov, commenting on the latest innovations included in the law on the Unified State Exam , recently signed by President Vladimir Putin.

Credit Suisse estimates quarterly profits and fires its CEO The Swiss bank Credit Suisse Group will acquire a new manager, transferring the post of executive director to a younger specialist. The bank's current CEO, Oswald Grübel, who recently turned 63, will step down in May this year after delivering outstanding quarterly results. “I am leaving because my mission is completed. We made the company profitable again,” he said at a press conference yesterday.

The case against director Ponosov was closed due to insignificance It took the judges just over a month to close the case of Perm teacher Alexander Ponosov, who fell under the hot hand of anti-piracy fighters. Accused of using unlicensed versions of the Windows operating system and causing damage to Microsoft in the amount of 266 thousand 596 rubles. 63 kop.

Today a report on the activities of the Military Information Services (MIS) over the past 16 years is due to be published in Poland. The VIS was created in 1990 as a result of the reorganization of military intelligence and counterintelligence in socialist Poland. In 2006, the VIS was liquidated by order of President Lech Kaczynski and Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski. The 400-page report is designed to reveal abuses and abuses of power in the work of military intelligence services.

China refused to buy expensive Russian electricity The export of Russian electricity to China , as it became known yesterday, was stopped on February 1. This year, the structures of RAO UES of Russia were supposed to supply about 1.4 billion kWh to the Celestial Empire, but since February, energy workers say, the Federal Tariff Service has approved new tariffs in this direction, which are almost twice as high as the previous ones.

United Russia is concerned about medicines for the electorate Last year's debts, which arose during the implementation of the program for additional drug provision (DLO), became a “stone on the neck” of the Ministry of Health in 2007.

The Prosecutor General's Office announced yesterday that criminal case in connection with the activities of the Bio-Rad Laboratories company, which is involved in the supply of medical supplies to healthcare institutions.

The former deputy head of the State Fisheries Committee received six years in prison and a million-dollar lawsuit The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow yesterday handed down a guilty verdict against the former deputy head of the now abolished State Fisheries Committee, Alexander Tugushev . He received six years in a general regime colony for embezzling $3.7 million received from a Far Eastern fishing company for allocating quotas for catching biological resources.

The issue of the UEFA Cup “Spartak” will be decided away Russian clubs risk losing their representation in Europe after the 1/16 of the UEFA Cup. After CSKA failed to win against the Israeli Maccabi, Spartak also failed to defeat their opponent at home. The Red-Whites reduced their first match with the Spanish Celta to a 1:1 draw, and now to continue the fight they need to score in the return match on February 22 in Vigo.

The head of the engineering troops of the Far Eastern Military District is suspected of bribery Another major scandal broke out in the Far Eastern Military District. A criminal case under part one of Article 285 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (abuse of official powers) was initiated against the head of the engineering troops of the Far Eastern Military District, Ilya Cherechukin.