According to the charity public fund "Mother's Law", about 3 thousand draftees die annually in the Russian army. "The data of the Ministry of Defense, according to which 1,100 people died in 2004, are not conferred by the army. There are some kind of crafty. According to our data, this figure is three times higher. Annually, about three thousand people die in our army," Veronika Marchenko, the chairman of the Board of the Mother's Rights, said at a press conference on Monday, Interfax reports.

Arab countries began to repay debts to Russia in order to protect themselves from American aggression. Over the past 15 years, Russia's communications with Arab countries have noticeably weakened, former companions have learned to do without a northern comrade. But now there is a Renaissance of Russian-Arab economic relations. Paradox: the closer to the war, the stronger friendship. Arabs received loans, weapons, goods, specialists and technologies from the USSR, and gave only friendship.

Israel began the release of the Palestinian prisoners in accordance with the decision of the government and after the Supreme Court of Justice rejected the appeals filed against amnesty. On Monday morning, about three hundred Palestinian prisoners held in the Kziot camp in Negev’s camp went home, the Kursor news agency reports.

In Vladivostok, the police detained three prisoners who escaped from the investigative insulator. According to the press service of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Primorsky Territory, there was a signal on duty of the Primorsky regional department of private security that there were three people at the Krygin bus stop, following the signs of those who escaped from the pre-trial detention center.

Last Friday, the VAZ-2107 car was shot in the Kurchaloevsky district of Chechnya, in which there were 2 security officers of the President of the Republic of Hussein Taraev and Kazbek Akkarov, as well as 3 inhabitants of the village of Geldygen. All of them died, reports ITAR-TASS. Representatives of one of the power structures operating in the republic under the counter -terrorism operation are involved in their death, according to one of the versions.

- Why EU Constitution The Spanish referendum on the European Constitution opens a long series of similar events in the European Union, writes Le Temps . There was practically no doubt that Spain will say yes. The Spaniards voted without excitement, but expressed their position quite clearly. The adoption of the EU constitution voted 78% of the total number of voters. However, less than half of the voters took part in the vote. This is exactly so that the Spanish government could be satisfied.

Unknown people tried to set fire to an Islamic school in the Netherlands. The police reported that they were investigating the incident at the school in the city of Heerle to the west of Amsterdam. The building was caused by insignificant damage, reports Reuters. "We are looking for witnesses. Children continue classes in the neighboring building," said the police representative.

Russia has turned into the world's largest diamond manufacturer and left behind even Botswan. Moscow analysts predict the industry monopolist, the company "Alrosa" a brilliant future. Already today, every fifth in the world, the extracted diamond is the production of this company. Data on the production of diamonds, which by the beginning of the new year for the first time published the government, even surprise the experts in the industry.

More than half of Russians hope that Russian-American relations will improve in the coming years. On February 24, Bratislav will host a bilateral summit of Russia and the USA . During the January All -Russian survey of the population conducted by the Romir Monitoring research holding, Russians were asked how, in their opinion, relations between Russia and the USA would develop in the coming years.

About 3 thousand Orthodox Muscovites were greeted by the relics of the Grand Duchess Elizabeth Fedorovna and the monks of Barbara, who were delivered to the Cathedral of Christ the Savior tonight, Interfax reports. The ceremony of the meeting of the shrine was headed by the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II .

Ronaldo lost the golden boots and the collections of T -shirts, which he received from players around the world, speaking at various tournaments. At the time when the Brazilian striker was combined in Paris with his friend Daniella Sikarelli, in Rio de Janeiro unknown people cleaned his father’s apartment and carried out all valuable sports trophies.

The Yekaterinburg diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church (Russian Orthodox Church) and travel agencies cannot divide the tourist route into Ganina Yama - the place where the remains of Nicholas II and his family were buried. The other day, representatives of the diocese ensured that only employees of the monastery have been conducting excursions here, the Blagovers-info reports with reference to the New Region IA .

The court in the case of the murder of State Duma deputy Galina Starovotova rejected the request of one of the lawyers to re -conduct a ballistic examination. At the next court hearing on Monday, the testimony of expert Sergei Zykov, who conducted a ballistic examination of weapons found at the scene , was heard on Monday. According to him, the Agran-2000 submachine gun, discovered at the site of the murder, was unsuitable for the shooting due to a bike defect.

Law enforcement agencies in Nalchik established the identities of the destroyed militants during a special operation on Shogentsukov Street.

Russia does not intend to change the ambassador in Ukraine, the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sergei Lavrov, who was in Kyiv on Monday. Current Russian diplomatic mission in Kyiv is headed by Victor Chernomyrdin. "Chernomyrdin is here, it has been working in Ukraine for a long time. He is a vigor, full of strength, and I wish him success in this field," Lavrov told reporters after negotiations with his Ukrainian colleague Boris Tarasuk, RIA Novosti reports.