Czech military intelligence officers caught copying classified materials. According to RIA Novosti, this was reported by the Prague newspaper Pravo on Tuesday. According to Czech Defense Minister Yaroslav Tvrdik, a special commission found dozens of floppy disks in the safes of the heads of some units, on which there were hundreds of copied secret files with extremely secret materials.

Muslim women of Tatarstan intend to file a cassation appeal against the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation in the "hijab case". In case of a negative answer, they will appeal to the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation and international human rights organizations. This was reported to Volgainform by the leader of the Union of Muslim Women Almira Adiatullina, who returned to Kazan from Moscow.

The deacon of the Church of the Apostle Philip on the Arbat, Dmitry Gribov, was the victim of a robbery, Interfax reports. The incident took place on Sunday evening near the church. Two unidentified persons sprayed the priest in the face with a gas canister, inflicted several blows on his face and body, tore off a golden cross from his neck, stole a bag with documents and 6,500 rubles. Compiled identikit robbers. According to the victim, the perpetrators were 16-18 years old.

The Supreme Sharia Court of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria sentenced all organizers of the referendum in Chechnya to death. The text of this decision is published by the website of the Chechen separatists Kavkaz-tsentr.Ru.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is submitting to the State Duma "a package of amendments to liberalize criminal legislation." The President announced this, speaking on Tuesday in the Kremlin at a traditional meeting with members of the government. According to Putin, the point is to "mitigate the punishment for minor crimes."

Iraqi officials have refuted Washington's claims that oil mines have begun to be mined in Iraq. This is reported by Reuters. Earlier on Monday, sources in the US administration said that, according to their information, Iraq is transporting explosives to fields in the north and south of the country. In particular, according to the US administration, oil wells near the city of Kirkuk have already been mined.

In Moscow, a policeman driving an official car knocked down a rescue service officer, Interfax reports. A source in the police department of the capital told the agency that the incident occurred on the night from Sunday to Monday in the Rostokino microdistrict, on Selskokhozyaistvennaya Street near house number 18. Senior police lieutenant Yuri Plekha, driving a VAZ-2110 service car, hit a pedestrian. The victim was a cameraman of the Moscow rescue service Oleg Petrov.

The Gorky Automobile Plant (GAZ) plans to deliver 250 Volga cars to Iraq in March. This was reported to journalists by the General Director of OAO "GAZ" Alexei Barantsev. According to him, the cars will be shipped to the customer on March 21. As Barantsev noted, cars for Iraq are distinguished by a special package. In particular, they are equipped with an air conditioning system, an efficient engine cooling system, power windows, and a door lock blocking device.

The mobile operator Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) is going to enter the markets of India, Iran, Pakistan and Lebanon, writes the Vedomosti newspaper . The company has already created analytical groups that are working on scenarios for entering these markets. "The operator wants to remain in the category of growing companies and is ready to pay substantial funds for this.

On Tuesday, the premiere of Eldar Ryazanov's new film "The Key to the Bedroom" will take place at Pushkinsky. According to Ekho Moskvy, the director himself wrote the script for the film and defined his film as a sitcom. The action takes place in St. Petersburg before the First World War. The film starred Sergei Bezrukov, Evgenia Kryukova, Nikolai Fomenko, Sergei Makovetsky. On the same day, the movie theater "Prague" will host the premiere of the film-musical "Chicago".

The US-planned war in Iraq threatens to turn into a massive humanitarian disaster. Ute Watermann, a representative of the German section of the International Association "Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War", warned about this, as RIA "Novosti" reports, speaking on the Hamburg radio channel "NDR-info" on Tuesday. The experts of this international organization proceed from the fact that the result of a possible US war against Iraq will be about 250,000 dead and 500,000 wounded.

A torpedo explosion in the suburbs of the city of Fuzhou in the Chinese province of Fujian led to the death of two people and the injury of one. According to experts, the torpedo remained here for 100 years after the naval battle between China and France, Xinhua reports. A powerful torpedo explosion thundered at noon on March 9 in the village of Lyulin in front of the gates of the salvage collection point. The police immediately cordoned off the waste collection point and called in explosives.

The UN is reducing the number of its inspectors in Iraq and is preparing a plan for their evacuation in the event of hostilities. According to Interfax, this was announced on Tuesday at a press conference in Baghdad by the official representative of the inspectors, Hiro Ueki.

A deserter who had been on the run for more than a month was detained in the Rostov region. As RIA Novosti was informed by the press service of the North Caucasus Department of Internal Affairs for Transport, the fleeing soldier was arrested by police officers at the Likhaya station. The 19-year-old serviceman left the military unit in Novocherkassk on February 5 this year without permission. The detainee was transferred for further investigation to the military prosecutor's office.

The start of the consideration of the criminal case against the former heads of the State Statistics Committee has been postponed until April 21, Ekho Moskvy reports. This decision was made in connection with the absence of one of the accused in Moscow. The so-called "case of statisticians" was initiated in 1998.