Only comrades remained in the Ukrainian army 59 2 minutes. ... military reform The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine decided to remove the address “pan” from military use. The deputies returned the previous address - “comrade”. An exception is made only for foreigners: Ukrainians will address them in accordance with the etiquette accepted in the armed forces of a given state.

16 3 min. ... The decision of the Russian government to sell over 1.5 million tons of grain from state reserves in the second half of February during interventions to reduce bread prices caused a mixed reaction from participants in the Siberian grain market. According to the chairman of the board of directors of one of its largest players - Novosibirsk OJSC Siberian Bread Corporation (SHC) - Dmitry Tereshkov, interventions will not help reduce bread prices.

The district department of the State Drug Control Service summed up the results for the year 13 3 min. ... Yesterday, the Main Directorate of the State Drug Control Service of the Russian Federation for the Volga Federal District held a meeting on the results of work in 2003. The head of the department, Vladimir Makarov, said that the establishment is complete and discounts for the youth of the department are no longer accepted.

129 1 min. ... 90% of Russians are confident that the current head of state will win the presidential election. Moreover, if the elections were held next Sunday, 70.8% of Russians would vote for Vladimir Putin. Such data is provided by the Public Opinion Foundation based on an all-Russian survey conducted on January 31-February 1 (3,000 respondents were surveyed in 200 settlements in 64 regions, territories and republics of Russia, the statistical error is within 2.5%).

process 43 2 minutes. ... Yesterday in San Diego (USA) the trial of two Russian sailors who worked under a contract with a Panamanian company on the fishing vessel Zvezda Maru began. In May 2001, the US Navy found 12 tons of cocaine in the hold of this ship, and the entire crew, including Russian sailors, were accused of drug smuggling. Zvezda Maru was detained on May 3, 2001 in international waters 500 miles from Acapulco (southern Mexico).

Hockey 45 7 min. ... NHL Championship Boston--Atlanta 5:4 ( Samsonov , 0+2 - Kovalchuk , 1+1; Vyach. Kozlov , 0+2). Washington--Tampa Bay 2:1 ( Khabibulin (Tampa Bay), stopped 12 of 14 shots). NY Islanders--Vancouver 5:4 (overtime). Toronto--Chicago 1:4 ( Zhamnov (Chicago), 0+1). Pittsburgh--Montreal 3:4 ( Koltsov , 1+0; Morozov , 0+2 - A. Markov , 0+1). New Jersey--Ottawa 2:1 ( Brylin (New Jersey), 0+1). Nashville--Detroit 1:4 ( Datsyuk (Detroit), 1+0). Colorado--Carolina 3:1.

On February 5, the Georgian parliament introduced amendments to the country's constitution that significantly expanded the powers of the head of state. The amendments were adopted by an absolute majority of votes - 167 deputies supported it, only 9 were against. According to the amendments, the institution of a cabinet of ministers is being introduced in Georgia, the post of prime minister is provided for, but the head of government is the president.

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Russia is going to modernize the Indian T-72 94 1 min. ... Yesterday the international exhibition of land and naval weapons DEFEXPO INDIA-2004 opened in New Delhi. Russia presented the largest exhibition of military products. As the head of the Russian delegation at the exhibition, head of the export and import department of Rosoboronexport, Igor Sevastyanov, said, this exhibition is one of the priorities for Russian defense industry.

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The authorities of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug and Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug agreed to play by Tyumen rules 24 3 min. ... The authorities of the Yamalo-Nenets and Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrugs agreed to make concessions regarding the transfer of their state powers to the Tyumen region.

"The Last Samurai" with Tom Cruise 1K 3 min. ... movie premiere Today, the historical epic “The Last Samurai” is being released on Moscow screens, which did not live up to Tom Cruise’s hopes of being nominated for an Oscar once again. The Hollywood star was eclipsed by Japanese Ken Watanabe. Four minor "Oscars" (supporting actor, sound, costumes and art work) that shine for "The Last Samurai", according to LYDIA MASLOVA, are more than enough.

"I offer meat from chickens that have been slaughtered to prevent the spread of poultry 364 1 min. ... Thaksin Shinawatra Prime Minister of Thailand “I offer meat from chickens slaughtered to prevent the spread of bird flu, cooked, canned and sent to poor countries to support the hungry.” This proposal was put forward by Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. A bird flu epidemic is raging in Thailand, and millions of chickens have been killed in recent days to prevent the spread of the virus.

31 1 min. ... The Federal Service of the Railway Troops of the Russian Federation includes headquarters structures (including the director’s office and seven deputies), 4 railway corps directorates and 28 separate railway brigades, the Military Transport University, the Higher Central Officer Courses, the Cadet Corps and research institutions. 23 associations of FSZHV are planned to be transferred to a contract basis in the near future.

liquidation 376 2 minutes. ... Yesterday, the Federal Commission for the Securities Market (FCSM) revoked the license of the Yekaterinburg Stock Exchange Non-Profit Partnership. Officially, the site is accused of non-compliance with a number of requirements of the legislation of the Russian Federation.