In Mexico, composer Consuelo Velazquez died, who composed one of the most famous romantic melodies of the 20th century "Besame Mucho" ("Kiss me tightly"). She died on Saturday in one of Mexico City Hospital. According to Reuters, Velazquez died in the 84th year from complications after a heart attack, postponed in November last year. A mourning farewell ceremony with Consuelo Velazquez took place in the Palace of Elegant Arts on Monday.

The paradox, but the starving deputies cost the Duma more expensive. Oleg Kovalev, chairman of the Duma regulation committee, said that the Hunger of the Five Deputies of the Rodina faction, which was begun on January 21 in the State Duma, including its leader Dmitry Rogozin, entails the spending of significant financial resources of the chamber.

Employees of the Department of Internal Affairs of the city of Nyagan of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug detained two local residents on Sunday, from which 224 fake Russian money banknotes of various virtues were seized.

The images of the great women of the world plans to embody the ballerina Anastasia Volochkova in the new art project. She reported this at a press conference on Monday at the Izvestia media center. “Most likely, it will be about ten characters. Perhaps Cleopatra, Jeanne -D`ark, Mata Hari, Chanel, Edith Piaf,” the ballerina said. Volochkova said that she plans to submit the project to the public at the beginning of next year. As she noted, all dances will be set by various choreographers.

The modern Russian state does not seek to manage religion, the Minister of Regional Development of the Russian Federation Vladimir Yakovlev said today. “This era has irrevocably gone the past,” the minister said at the XIII international Christmas readings in Moscow. According to him, the state, on the contrary, seeks to promote the integration of religious associations into civil society and cooperate with faiths.

In the city of Kurchatov, the Kursk region, two people died during the explosion of gas equipment of a private car "Zhiguli". According to preliminary data, the explosion was caused by a leak of propane from the gas system of the car, according to Monday in the Department of Internal Affairs of the Kursk Region. The explosion occurred when the car was in the garage. In the premises of the car were its owner and his son-schoolboy, both died during the explosion, Interfax reports.

President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko appointed Yulia Tymoshenko acting as Prime Minister of Ukraine. He signed the corresponding decree on Monday before departure to Moscow, said Presidential press secretary Irina Gerashchenko. It should be noted that the press service of Yushchenko kept the information secret until the start of negotiations between the presidents of Ukraine and the Russian Federation .

Hackers attacked the website of the Rodina party and its parliamentary faction www.rodina.ru . The site does not work again on Monday, although after the Sunday attack of hackers, according to the party representatives, it was possible to restore it. It turned out that only for a short time.

The relevance of the danger of global warming in the world is first clearly indicated in the international report, which will be published tomorrow. The bad news is that the world is almost on the threshold of this danger. The time remaining to the climatic disaster is determined by a special commission from high -ranking politicians, business leaders and scientists around the world, and it is very small.

The abolition of benefits can lead to mass layouts from the Russian army. When choosing a military profession, the benefits were powerful, and often the only incentive, writes New Izvestia . Now there are no incentives. Military personnel, like police officers, do not have the right to strike and go to rallies. So the only form of protest and expressions of disagreement remained for them reports about dismissal.

The leaders of the Ukrainian Christian churches congratulated the head of state, Viktor Yushchenko, with an entry of office and blessed for the presidency.

In Moscow, from January 28 to February 28, the International Festival of Contemporary Art will be held - the first Moscow Biennale. About 300 artists from 30 countries of the world will come to the Russian capital: Austria, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Germany, Holland, Spain, Italy, China, Cuba, Nigeria, Poland, the USA, Turkey, France, Sweden, Japan. According to the "Interfax" the organizers of the project, these are recognized leaders and young artists.

In the Moscow region, a stash for prostitution was eliminated, in which girls from the regions of Russia and the CIS countries worked. According to the Central Department of Internal Affairs of the Moscow Region, the operation to detain prostitutes and the organizers of the brothel was carried out in the Podolsk district by the employees of the Department for Combating Organized Crime and the Department of Own Security of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.

On Monday, at the pre -season gathering in Italy, the Moscow CSKA held a control match with the local Club "Trentinara", which is the leader of the "D" series of the Italian championship. The game ended with an unconditional victory by the Russian team: the red and blue stone on the stone did not leave the Italians from the defense, scoring 19 goals at their goal.

Midland Group, belonging to the native of Leningrad Alex Schneider, will acquire the Jordan Formula 1 command. This was reported by Reuters with reference to the press service of the team . The appropriate statement by Jordan says that in the 2005 season, the team will be called Jordan Grand Prix, and Midland Group will report the subsequent details of "at one time".