The US Army has launched an investigation into evidence that military doctors refused to confirm a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder , presumably to save money on treatment. This as reported by Reuters . was stated by US Secretary of the Army John McHugh, As it turned out, doctors at the Lewis-McChord military base in Washington state canceled this diagnosis for 40 percent of the military personnel whose health status was studied.

Human rights activists demanded the creation of a special unit within the structure of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, which will deal only with the investigation of police crimes. The corresponding appeal to the head of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, was posted on the Petitions in Action website.

Too easy Politicians are preparing to create several dozen parties As expected, on March 23, the State Duma will approve a bill simplifying the registration of parties in its final reading. Against the backdrop of liberalization of legislation, politicians announced the creation of new parties and the re-establishment of old ones.

Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov removed the republican Ministry of Internal Affairs from his subordination, expelling its head Asgat Safarov from the Cabinet of Ministers. The corresponding decree was signed on March 10 - the day before the high-profile incident with the death of a detainee in the Kazan police department "Dalniy". The Kazan edition of Kommersant writes about this.

On March 21, screenwriter, poet and writer Tonino Guerra died in Italy. He was 92 years old. Guerra began writing for film in the mid-1950s. During his career, he has worked with some of film's most decorated directors, including Federico Fellini, Michelangelo Antonioni, Andrei Tarkovsky and Theo Angelopoulos.

During the national equestrian games held in Bishkek, one of the horses was among the first to finish, despite the loss of a rider. As reported by AKIpress, this was announced by the press secretary of the parliamentary faction "Republic" Ulan Isabekov. According to KirTAG, the athlete fell from his horse on the second lap.

In a forest park in the south of Moscow, the corpse of a woman was found with a vodka bottle in her genitals. reported this on the morning of Thursday, March 22, Interfax citing a source in law enforcement agencies. According to the agency's interlocutor, the body was found the night before on a bench opposite house number 22 on Lebedyanskaya Street. Next to the deceased were three more vodka bottles. Nothing has been reported about the possible causes of the woman's death.

On March 22, the United States strongly condemned the organizers and perpetrators of the military coup in the West African country of Mali, reports Reuters . "We call for the immediate restoration of constitutional government in Mali, including the return of the army to civilian control and respect for democratic institutions and traditions," the White House said in a statement.

22.03.2012, 19:32:09 version Print | PDA/PDA Mikhail Gorbachev. Photo by RIA Novosti, Ramil Sitdikov Too easy Politicians are preparing to create several dozen parties As expected, on March 23, the State Duma will approve a bill simplifying the registration of parties in its final reading. Against the backdrop of liberalization of legislation, politicians announced the creation of new parties and the re-establishment of old ones.

The governor of the Saudi province of Riyadh, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz, issued an order according to which single young men will be allowed to visit shopping centers, reports Agence France-Presse . Previously, such men were not allowed into shopping centers without their wives, fearing that they would start flirting with girls and women. This restriction, however, only applied in the evenings and on weekends, when the stores see the greatest influx of visitors.

Russian goalkeeper Evgeniy Nabokov has extended his contract with the NHL club New York Islanders. The new agreement will be valid until the end of the 2012/13 season. The official website of the club reports this. As the official NHL website clarifies with reference to the TSN TV channel, in the 2012/13 season Nabokov will earn $2.75 million (in the 2011/12 season the goalkeeper’s salary is $570 thousand). Nabokov signed a contract with the Detroit Red Wings in January 2011.

In January-February of this year, not a single high-quality (classes A, B+, B-) office building was commissioned in Moscow. This is stated in a study by Cushman & Wakefield. As experts note, in February, a small amount of office space was put into operation as part of multifunctional complexes on the outskirts of the capital. The total volume of quality offices is currently estimated at 12.6 million square meters.

In Yekaterinburg, on Mashinostroiteley Street, a cardboard box with weapons and ammunition was found near garbage containers, according to a press release from the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Region. An investigation is currently underway to determine whether the previously found weapons were used in crimes. According to API, the box was discovered by a police officer.

left in January 2012 World hockey champion Pavel Bure became a candidate for the post of president of CSKA, from which Vyacheslav Fetisov . Bure himself did not comment on this information, noting that he did not have any information. The former hockey player promised to talk about a possible appointment “as soon as something happens,” writes the Soviet Sport publication. Honorary President of CSKA Viktor Tikhonov also stated that he knows nothing about Bure’s invitation.

22.03.2012, 18:53:01 version Print | PDA/PDA French special forces in Toulouse after the completion of the operation. Photo by Reuters Through the window in the bathroom Toulouse terrorist killed by riot police after 24-hour siege The siege of a house in Toulouse continued for more than a day, where the terrorist Mohammed Merah, who had previously killed seven people - three military personnel, three students of a Jewish school and their teacher - barricaded himself.