A Serbian inventor claims to have developed a tiny robot that can hunt foxes better than dogs. Zoran Kostic, 43, hopes to enter the UK hunting market with his device, where fox hunting is very popular, Ananova reports citing Glas Javnosti. The inventor says that, unlike dogs, the 1.4-kilogram robot is compact enough to follow a fox into its lair. The robot moves on caterpillars and uses high-tech cameras and sensitive sensors to track the fox and lead hunters to its burrow.

The Ministry of Culture intends to take advantage of the situation with the fire in the Manege in order to revise at the legislative level the relationship with the Moscow authorities in the field of protection of the capital's historical and cultural monuments. This was stated to Interfax by the Minister of Culture and Mass Communications Alexander Sokolov, reports Gazeta.Ru.

The diagnosis of hepatitis A was confirmed in two out of 16 hospitalized pupils of the children's boarding school in the Kuzbass city of Berezovsky. This was reported to RIA Novosti on Monday by the press service of the administration of the Kemerovo region, referring to the data of the regional Center for Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance.

Back on Saturday, the PRC authorities brought the troops in the provinces located in the immediate vicinity of Taiwan into combat readiness. According to the Hong Kong publication South China Morning Post, if the riots after the referendum on the island will intensify, China will begin a full -scale invasion of Taiwan.

The fire at the Zapadnaya mine in Donetsk, Rostov region, has been eliminated, RIA Novosti reports, citing the words of the mine dispatcher. "The fire has been extinguished, the mine rescuers are checking if there are any other sources of fire left," the dispatcher said. According to the information department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia, a message about the ignition of methane in a mine at a depth of 600 meters was received at 18.20 Moscow time.

The head of the Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematography, Mikhail Shvydkoy, positively assessed the project for the restoration of the Moscow Manezh building, proposed by the City Planning Council under the Mayor of Moscow. "The restoration project proposed by Moscow is of high quality and highly serious," Shvydkoi said.

Sergey Pavlenko has been appointed head of the federal service for financial and budgetary oversight. The Government Information Department of RIA Novosti reported that Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov signed a corresponding order. Previously, Pavlenko worked as the head of the secretariat of Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin.

On Monday, the head of the new ministry for culture and mass communications, Alexander Sokolov, spoke to reporters. According to the NTV television company, the new minister said that the ministry will be divided into a number of agencies that will deal with culture and the media. In addition to Sokolov himself, only one position has been approved so far. Leonid Nadirov became the first deputy.

The consideration in the Moscow City Court scheduled for Wednesday of a private complaint of the All-Russian Movement "For Human Rights" related to the tragic events at Dubrovka has been postponed indefinitely. The complaint concerned the refusal of the Zamoskvoretsky District Court at a meeting on March 2 to consider on the merits the complaint of human rights activists against the Moscow prosecutor's office.

The volume of net capital inflow into the Russian Federation may amount to $3-4 billion in 2004, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said at a briefing on Monday. "For the first time we expect a net inflow of capital this year - from $3 to $4 billion," Rueters quoted the minister as saying. According to the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, in 2003 the net outflow of capital from Russia amounted to $2.9 billion.

Actor and director Mel Gibson has announced that he intends to make a film about the history of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah. According to the BBC, Gibson was very interested in the story of Hanukkah - the story of the victory of the Maccabees over the Greek king Antiochus IV. After the victory, Jerusalem, which was under the rule of the Greeks, again became a free city, and the main temple of the city was re-consecrated.

Estonia and Russia emblems. Images from the site Goraldika.ru. Two employees of the Estonian Embassy in Russia are declared persons Non Grata. They must leave Russia within a two -day period, the Department of Information and Press of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports.

Pattern of the Black Sea Fleet. From the site www.zhilbel.ru Today, the spring exercises of the Black Sea Fleet of Russia begin, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the press service of the Black Sea Fleet. About 20 ships and boats, 10 support vessels, aviation, marine infantry, and coastal units will take part in them. The collection-offline is led by the fleet commander Admiral Vladimir Masorin.

On Sunday, a fire broke out at the Zapadnaya mine in Donetsk, Rostov region. According to RIA "Novosti" with reference to a source in the Southern regional center of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia, methane at the mine caught fire at about 17.20 Moscow time. Now the fire is almost extinguished. There were no reports of casualties or injuries. 24 miners were evacuated from the mine.

On Sunday in Stockholm, hooligans interfered with a Jewish cultural evening attended by Israeli Ambassador to Sweden Zvi Mazel. According to MIGnews, hooligans smashed windows and shouted anti-Semitic slogans. According to the spokesman for the Israeli Embassy in Sweden, Ran Yakubi, a large number of police cars arrived at the scene, as well as a unit to disperse the hooligans. According to the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet, police detained 88 people after the demonstration was dispersed.