The popular Russian duet "Tattoo", accused of the propaganda of pedophilia in the UK (the public did not like lesbian kisses in combination with school forms), is held at the top of the British charts for the second week. The single duo All the Things Sheid led the UK hit parade last Sunday. By decision of the BBC, the scandalous single was not shown as planned before, in the Top of the Pops show.

The new Customs Code of Russia may come into force on January 1, 2004. This was stated by the deputy chairman of the State Duma of the State Duma Valery Draganov. According to his forecasts, in March-April the Code will be held on the 2nd and 3rd readings in the State Duma, Belarus Today reports. At the same time, said Draganov, the statement of the Customs Union of Russia and Belarus in its current form was a mistake.

Iraq gave on Monday consent to flying to his territory with the aim of inspection with unmanned intelligence aircraft provided by the UN of the United States, France and Russia. This was reported on Monday by reporters at the UN headquarters by the permanent representative of Iraq at the UN Muhammad ad-Duri. According to him, an agreement on this was reached by Iraq with Yunmovik.

By the 25 years of imprisonment, a 25-year-old resident of the city of Obluchye, found guilty of the murder of two girls, was sentenced by the court of the Jewish Autonomous Region. The defendant committed both crimes last summer. As the investigation found out, the convicted person both once invited the girls to drink alcohol, then imitated the rape and brutally dealt with the victims. After that, he inflicted several strokes with a stone on the head.

The Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi said that he would like to see more replacements and smaller draws in football, instead of which Berlusconi offered a penalty shootout after matches. In his opinion, this will contribute to the popularity of the game in the country. He curled this in an interview with the Italian weekly Controcampo.

Last weekend, a gandbole patient with a handball fan of the Bulgarian team nearly died of experienced emotions. But it all ended safely, although local media buried him in advance. It all started during the match for the country's Cup, when Rodoslav Dymov sat on the rostrum and, unable to withstand emotional stress, fell from four meters to the site. For some time the fan lay without movement in a pool of blood, RIA Novosti notes.

The Moscow City Court, at the request of the prosecutor, postponed on February 11 the debate in the case of the defendant of the treason of Professor Anatoly Babkin . According to lawyer Babkin Viktor Danilchenko, the state prosecutor did not explain the reason for the transfer of his speech in a closed process.

For Russian President Vladimir Putin , a new working office is being prepared . Ilyushin OKB was engaged in the development of the aircraft. The IL-96-300 airliner is taken as a basis, which is equipped with a new salon and a modern special communications complex. Until now, the president had to fly on the IL-96-300 aircraft, which he inherited from Boris Yeltsin. About this Yeltsin liner, built in 1996 at the Voronezh aircraft -building association, was once talked about as a technical miracle.

In Afghanistan, a military camp of the German contingent of the UN troops in Kabul was subjected to shelling. This was announced on Monday by the German news television channel "NT-Fau" with reference to its own sources.

Responsible for coordination of Iraq interaction with UN inspectors, General Ammer Saad, expressed the hope that the report of international experts on February 14 at the UN Security Council "will be fair and reflecting reality." At a press conference in Baghdad, an Iraqi military leader noted that his country "has already presented many documents explaining our activities in the past." “We discussed even some issues with inspectors that are not mentioned by the resolution of 1441 SB UN.

At the world skiing championship in Swiss St. Moritz on Monday, first place in a combination of women with a result of 2 minutes 41.63 seconds, Yanitsa Kostelich won Croats. Kostelich went down in the history of skiing, winning three gold and one silver medal at games in Salt Lake City. A 20-year-old skier won the competition in a giant slalom, winning the third golden Olympic medal.

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe accepts joint liability for Russian crimes in Chechnya against human rights, which are now committed under the guise of a "constitutional approach", Die Welt (translation on the website inopressa.ru ) writes. The author of this publication Said-Hasan Abumuslimov. Said-Hasan Abumuslavimov is a co-founder of the Democratic Vainakh party of Chechnya and one of the authors of the Chechen constitution.

Dmitry Sychev and Valery Karpin, apparently, will play as part of the Russian national team in the nearest qualifying match of the European Championship with the Albanian team. Such a conclusion can be drawn after evaluating their preparation by the head coach of the national team Valery Gazzaev, Interfax reports. According to him, Sychev managed to gain game practice, and Karpin’s injury turned out to be frivolous.

Hundreds of British reservists, which, by decision of the government, must be mobilized in connection with a possible war against Iraq, are evading the ranks of the units that will participate in this campaign. According to the British Ministry of Defense, about 13% of 3300 reservists, who, at the present moment, were awarded about the draft, are trying to find a legal substantiation to refuse to participate in the upcoming military campaign.

A special pipe, in which it will be possible to ride mountain skiing all year round, is planned to be built on the Sparrow Hills in Moscow. As a source in the city administration said on Monday, a pipe, in which, using special equipment, a snow surface suitable for skiing will be created, it is planned to be built next to the metromost.