Alexander Solzhenitsyn. Photo from the site http://www.ural.ru Almost every real writer, regardless of the number of years, has his own eternal age, dictated by books and fate. Lermontov is a very young man with the seal of early death on the Fatalist chela. Tolstoy is a peppy collective farm old man, prone to escape. Dostoevsky is an irritable, middle -aged nervous man. Gogol is a mentally ill, timid young man, not deprived of a sense of humor.

Children whose one or both parents died as a result of a terrorist attack near the National Hotel will receive monthly compensation payments from the Moscow government - 1.5 thousand rubles a month, Gazeta.ru reports citing ITAR-TASS. According to the order of Mayor Yuri Luzhkov, benefits will be paid to children until they reach the age of 18, and if they study in daytime higher education institutions - up to 23 years.

US forces on Wednesday arrested 41 people in Iraq on suspicion of links to the masterminds of the murder of Spanish intelligence officers. According to Reuters, citing Spanish Defense Minister Federico Triyo, the US intelligence service, British and Spanish troops, and Iraqi police took part in the operation 30 km south of Baghdad. According to the US military, there were no casualties during the operations.

Rolandas Paxas. Photo by ar In the Seima of Lithuania, on Thursday, 40 signatures of parliamentarians were collected for impeachment to the President of the country to Rolandas Paxas, a member of the Sejm Gintaras Steponaviyus told Interfax. "This means that impeachment to the president who did not hear the requirements to resign is inevitable.

The youngest of the "Washington snipers" - Lee Boyd Malvo could not distinguish between good and evil. Such a statement, according to AP, was made at a court hearing on Wednesday by psychiatrists invited by the defense, who examined the accused. According to doctors, the teenager was under the influence of his older friend John Allen Muhammad. Psychiatrist Neil Bloomberg, who testified in court, examined Malvo in prison 20 times.

On Thursday, the Moscow City Court began interrogating the defendants in the September 1999 case of apartment building explosions in Moscow and Volgodonsk. Lawyer Igor Trunov told RIA Novosti that Adam Dekkushev and Yusuf Krymshamkhalov will, in particular, have to comment on the material evidence, which the court began examining on December 9. According to Trunov, we are talking about 14 video cassettes presented by the prosecution with investigative experiments, as well as other recordings.

Irina Khakamada. Photo from the site www.mdf.ru The Ural representatives of the ATP invited Irina Khakamade to run to the State Duma in the Upper Isetsky single-mandate constituency number 162 (Yekaterinburg), where the elections were recognized as failed on December 7. The candidate "against all" gained more than 20 percent of the vote here and went out in the first place.

The Arbitration Court of Yakutia today satisfied the claim of Surgutneftegaz against the organizers of the tender for the right to develop the central block of the Talakan oil and gas field and ordered the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation and the government of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) to immediately issue a permanent license to the company to develop the field, presumably for 25 years. This was reported to RBC by a source in the company.

On suspicion of kidnapping 11-year-old Jamal Gamidov, who was released on Wednesday in Khasavyurt, the head of the anti-abduction department of the Department for Combating Organized Crime of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Dagestan, Lieutenant Colonel Imamutdin Temirbulatov, was detained. This was reported to Interfax by a confidential source in law enforcement agencies of the republics. Temirbulatov was detained simultaneously with the release of D.Gamidov.

Released from the hostages 11-year-old Jamal Gamidov, son of the late Minister of Finance of Dagestan, State Duma deputy of the first convocation Gamid Gamidov. This was reported to RIA Novosti by the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Dagestan. He spent 3.5 years in captivity.

Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov warned the United States against trying to split the international community over Iraq, Interfax reports. "The war in Iraq, unfortunately, has split the international community and weakened its capabilities in the fight against international terrorism.

The US military killed a high-ranking officer from among the supporters of Saddam Hussein. On Wednesday, the Americans attacked his home in northern Mosul, AP reported, citing witnesses to the incident. The American command confirmed the information about this raid, but declined to comment on reports of the death of Colonel Hanem Abdul-Khani Sultan Al-Zeidi. According to the Colonel's neighbors, American troops attacked Az-Zeidi's house around 4:00 am using helicopters.

Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Eli Isaev, who is currently acting head of government, could become the new prime minister of Chechnya. This is reported by "Kommersant" with reference to informed sources. As the administration of the President of Chechnya explained to the newspaper, Popov, most likely, will not return to the republic.

Top model Elizabeth Jagger, the daughter of the lead singer of the Rolling Stones, was very critical of the character and professionalism of another "star girl" - designer Stella McCartney. It is reported by Ananova.com. Jagger complained that Stella "thinks too much of herself" and treats her like a little sister, even though they barely know each other.

State Duma. Photo from the site www.duma.sps.ru A number of deputies of the State Duma of the fourth convocation combine their efforts with the aim of creating a deputy group of liberal orientation. This was stated on Thursday night by independent deputy Vladimir Ryzhkov. "We are trying to unite in the framework of this group of liberal -minded like -minded people," he said.