Condoleezza Rice, incoming US Secretary of State, said Tuesday that the preservation of democracy in Russia is a necessary condition for normal relations between the two countries, reports Reuters. "In Russia, we see that the democratic course is uneven and its success is not yet assured," Rice said in a statement to the Senate committee. "We will continue to insist that protecting democracy in Russia is vital to the future of US-Russian relations."

Captain Eduard Ulman. Photo from the site ng.ru. In Rostov-on-Don in the North Caucasus District Military Court for the jury, the court announced a break to Wednesday. According to RIA Novosti, on Tuesday the court could not proceed to the study of evidence due to the failure to appear of witnesses of the prosecution. According to representatives of the prosecutor's office, three former military personnel could not appear at the hearing due to "material problems": there is no money for travel.

A car bomb exploded in Iraq. According to AFP, as a result of an explosion in the city of Ramadi, several US military personnel were killed. The exact number of victims is unknown. The car exploded at 15.30 local time in the city center near the area where the Marines were conducting a military operation. After the explosion, a firefight ensued between the rebels and the US military. On Monday, another kidnapping of a foreigner was also committed.

The Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation Andrey Fursenko is in favor of a transition to a sectoral system of remuneration for teachers, according to RIA Novosti. "The basic part of the salary - 75% - should be tied to the curriculum according to which the teacher works, and the rest could be paid for by conducting electives at school," the minister said, speaking on Tuesday at a meeting of the Motherland faction in State Duma.

A380 airliner. Photo from the Air Force website In the French Toulouse on Tuesday, Airbus officially introduced the world's largest passenger airliner - A380. According to the Air Force, artists dressed in aliens participated in the theatrical performance, and a demonstration of an animated film specially made for the presentation is on a huge screen. According to Skynews, 5 thousand guests gathered.

Bazile George Casmuss. Photo by ar The Catholic Archbishop Basile George Casmuss, stolen the day before in the north of Iraq, was released on Tuesday. It is reported by AR. Details of liberation have not yet been disclosed. Earlier it was announced that the abductors demanded 200 thousand dollars of ransom. However, representatives of the Vatican said that no ransom had to pay.

The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation does not rule out the possibility of indexing the maximum amount of payments to disabled Chernobyl victims. This, according to RIA Novosti, is stated in the draft resolution adopted on Tuesday by the plenum of the Supreme Court. In addition, the resolution plans to give the courts the right to index for the period from July 1, 2000 to February 15, 2001, taking into account the value of the minimum wage.

Gennady Uminsky. Photos of new news The government of Ichkeria is ready to pay the guards to the ensign Gennady Uminsky compensation for the damage to the health of the health during the battles for Grozny in 1996, the New Izvestia writes . This was reported to the former contractor by a certain Nabir Abdullaev, calling on the phone and calling the representative of the Ichkeria authorities. “We will pay you for harm to health,” said Abdullaev. “But after we pay, tell the whole world about it.

Nikolai Denin. Photo from Newsru.com The Governor of the Bryansk region Nikolai Denin, managing the Toyota Land Cruiser jeep, shot down a woman who died from the city of Obninsk, who died. As reports with reference to ITAR-TASS NEWSRU.com, the press service of the Kaluga Internal Affairs Directorate reported that the accident occurred on the 103rd kilometer of the Moscow-Kyiv highway. Denin went to Moscow on a business trip.

The situation in the field of protection of property rights in Russia does not meet accepted international standards. So says the head of the European Commission in Russia, Mark Franco, RIA Novosti reports. He indicated that the EU and Russia are working together in this area. This issue is important not only for attracting foreign investment, but also for the development of Russian technologies in general.

Logo CEC of Ukraine The Supreme Court of Ukraine allowed the publication of the results of the presidential election after January 19, which allows you to finish the election process and conduct the inauguration of the newly elected president, RIA Novosti reports. The decision to remove the ban on the pure of results in the official press was announced by Judge Anatoly Yarem after the meeting. The representative of Viktor Yushchenko Nikolai Nonfynaya asked to lift the ban immediately.

Avalanche. Photo from the site www.dailycamera.com Two of the 11 reindeer herders and their families were found alive. It was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the representative of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergencies of the Koryak District. The condition of people is serious. They received multiple injuries and frostbite. The victims will be delivered to the hospital of the village of Osorus with a helicopter, a source in the Ministry of Emergencies noted.

In Moscow, at the Komsomolskaya metro station of the Sokolnicheskaya line on Monday evening, a man fell onto the rails. According to RIA "Novosti", this was announced by the duty officer of the capital's subway. "The man was quickly taken to the platform, nothing is known about his condition yet. Train traffic has been restored," the officer on duty said. According to RIA Novosti, the delay in train traffic was about 10 minutes. The circumstances of the incident are being investigated.

The agreement between Moscow and the Moscow region on preferential travel in public transport will not include the use of the subway. According to RBC, this was announced on Tuesday by the chairman of the Moscow City Duma, Vladimir Platonov. If an agreement is concluded, the government of the Moscow Region will have to allocate additional funds for the use of the metropolitan subway by beneficiaries.

A fight between supporters of Ukrainian presidential candidates Viktor Yanukovych and Viktor Yushchenko took place on Tuesday near the building of the Supreme Court in Kyiv, RIA Novosti reports. One of Yanukovych's supporters tried to take away the flag from a Yushchenko supporter, after which a fight broke out, in which five people from both sides participated. The brawl lasted no more than five minutes. Then it was stopped by members of the special forces "Berkut".