Valentin Danilov. Photo from the site www.lenta.ru The Krasnoyarsk Regional Court was fully justified by the physicist of Danilov, who was accused of disclosing state secrets. This was reported by the NTV television company with reference to ITAR-TASS. The prosecutor's office of the Krasnoyarsk Territory is already preparing a cassation performance for the verdict of jurors, said state prosecutor Sergei Kharin.

Michael Jackson complained that during his arrest in November 2003 he was treated extremely rudely. In an interview with CBS, he said that when he was handcuffed, the police dislocated his shoulder. "It gives me constant suffering," - said the singer. “My shoulder hurts a lot, which prevents me from sleeping at night.” He showed bruises on his wrists - a mark from the same handcuffs.

In the Rostov region, a conscript is wanted, who left the unit with a weapon. As ITAR-TASS was informed by law enforcement agencies of the region, private Dmitry Borodin left the unit at about 21.00 on Sunday, taking with him a Kalashnikov assault rifle and 60 rounds of ammunition for it. The fugitive was drafted into a brigade of airborne troops in 2003 from the Kletsky district of the Volgograd region. The operational plan introduced to search for the soldier has not yet yielded any results.

The cassation board of the Novosibirsk Regional Court on Monday overturned the acquittal in the case of the removal of human bodies from Novosibirsk to Germany and returned the case for retrial.

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz signed an order to eliminate four illegal Jewish settlements in the West Bank. According to Ha'aretz, at Mofaz's suggestion, Sharon insisted that the decision be framed as a "political move." This is expected to avoid bureaucratic procedures. Meanwhile, in the Gaza Strip near the Jewish settlement of Netzarim, the Israeli military killed three Palestinians.

From the Baikonur cosmodrome, at 02.00 Moscow time, the Proton heavy-class carrier launch vehicle with the new generation satellite Express-Am22 started. This was reported to RIA Novosti in Rosaviacakosmos.

Armenian President Robert Kocharian advised officials not to participate in the TV game "How to become a millionaire?", reports Rosbalt. According to Kocharian, "it is better for officials not to participate in such games." “For them, it is losing in any case: if a participant in office shows high results, they will say that they have agreed, but if they show a low result, they will say that they are not erudite enough.

A traffic police inspector was robbed in Chechnya, ITAR-TASS reports. As reported on Monday in the temporary press center of the Russian Interior Ministry in the North Caucasus region, a group of armed criminals in camouflage entered the inspector's house and took possession of a large sum of money, jewelry and service weapons - a machine gun and a pistol. The robbers fled in a car belonging to a traffic inspector.

A strong fire broke out in Tyumen in a warehouse adjacent to the buildings of the second children's clinic and the children's trauma department on Melnikaite Street. As reported in the control center of the rescue service "01", the fire occurred on the territory of the warehouse. The call came in at 11:40 am. Seven units of special equipment left for the scene, according to the Tyumen Line news agency.

In Belarus, heads of state structures are prohibited from using their official vehicles on weekends, Rosbalt reports. This resolution was adopted by the Council of Ministers of the country. According to the government document, an exception is made only for officials of enterprises with continuous production. In addition, doctors employed in the ambulance service and the Belarusian police are allowed to use official vehicles on weekends.

The co-founder of the joint venture, which will provide mobile communication services in the GSM standard in China, should be MegaFon, reports . Vedomosti OJSC "MegaFon" was formed in May 2002 as a result of the merger of the St. Petersburg "North-West GSM", the Moscow "Sonic Duo" and a number of regional GSM operators. MegaFon's revenue in 2002 amounted to $409 million, in the first nine months of 2003 - $577 million.

Vladimir Putin signed federal laws amending Article 3 of the RF Law on Tax on Securities Transactions, as well as a federal law amending Article 69 of the Federal Law on the Central Bank of the Russian Federation. This was reported to RIA Novosti by the press service of the President of Russia. These documents were adopted by the State Duma on November 28 and 21, 2003, respectively, and approved by the Federation Council on December 10, 2003.

Branches of the International Red Cross have collected five million euros to help the population of the Iranian city of Bam, affected by the earthquake, RIA Novosti reports. At present, a plane chartered by the Belgian and Dutch branches of the IWC is preparing to take off at the airport in the Belgian city of Ostend, which will deliver two hundred tents and about 13,000 warm blankets to Iran.

Fees for Schengen visas issued by Finland will change from January 1, 2004. "The fee for issuing visas will be 35 euros," the Finnish embassy in Moscow noted.

The official ceremony of inauguration of President of Bashkiria Murtaza Rakhimov, who was re-elected to this post on December 21, took place on Monday in Ufa. Rakhimov took the oath in Bashkir and Russian. In particular, he swore to conscientiously fulfill the duties of the President of the Republic assigned to him by the people of Bashkiria. In his speech, he noted that the current election campaign was more active than ever.