The population of Ukraine does not support the country's entry into NATO, the results of a survey conducted by the All -Ukrainian sociological service testify. Almost no 35% of Ukrainians do not support the entry into NATO, while 11.1% are expressed for participation in the North Atlantic Alliance. The study was held from February 27 to March 8, 2008 in all regions of Ukraine among 2.5 thousand respondents.

The Minister of Defense of Albania Fatmir Medium filed resigned on Monday. In connection with the Saturday tragedy in the weapon warehouse near Tirana, where, as a result of a series of explosions , according to the latest data, 15 people died and more than 250 were injured. "My decision is dictated by ethics considerations, because I believe that I do not bear any personal responsibility in what happened," said the head of the country's Ministry of Defense.

China authorities closed access to the YouTube website to their citizens. This happened after videos about the dispersal of demonstrations in Tibet were published there, NEWSRU Israel reports. The dissatisfaction of the PRC authorities is difficult to understand: most amateur videos on YouTube dedicated to the events in Tibet are "proki" nature (the numerical superiority of the supporters of Beijing’s position is affected). Many resources are not available to the inhabitants of China.

Representatives of the Jewish community of Russia mourn the head of the Russian Orthodox Church abroad (ROCS) to Metropolitan Lavra , who died last Sunday . “I express from the entire Jewish community of Russia to be condolences to the Orthodox, all relatives of Metropolitan Lavra. This life that is not in vain is lived.

In the case of the murder of the prosecutor of the Saratov region, three suspects were charged, Tatyana Sergeyeva, deputy head of the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Saratov Region, told Interfax on Monday.

In the Perm Territory on the 74th kilometer of Perm - Yekaterinburg, on Sunday, a cargo “MAZ” and a Gazelle minibus occurred on Sunday, as a result of which four people were killed - a driver and three passengers of a minibus, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the press service of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the Perm Territory.

The office of the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance Alexei Kudrin received a letter signed by the head of the Ministry of Economic Development Elvira Nabiullina. In the spring of 2008, the Ministry of Finance, which in January announced the impossibility of reducing taxes, in fulfillment of the February performances of Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev, is proposed to reduce VAT to 12-13% since 2009.

The first clinic in Russia for millionaires opened in Moscow. It is located in Krylatsky, near the cult "reservation of millionaires" Rublevka, and is able to serve up to 50 VIP pacifiers in the highest class. The project investor is the company of Roman Abramovich Millhouse LLC.

The press service of the Russian Hockey Federation on Monday published a statement stating that the media reports about the FCR refusal to transfer the ORHL right to hold the Russian Championship are not true.

The British newspaper The Daily Telegraph is evaluating another Kremlin successor: the Channy’s labrador was replaced by the Cat of Medvedevs - Dorofei. If we take into account the image of a tough politician inherent in his owner Dmitry Medvedev, the successor of Putin’s case, his cat Dorofei is slightly lacking a character, and the British newspaper concludes.

Parisian mayor-socialist Bertrand Delainoe won a convincing victory in the municipal elections, the second round of which was held on Sunday in France. The list he headed, which also included representatives of the environmental movement and other left-wing forces, gained 57.7% of the vote, ITAR-TASS reports. The Socialist Party won the 12 of the 20 districts of Paris, in which there were previously there were socialist mayors.

On Monday, the newspaper Moscow Komsomolets published the text of a note that warned the first deputy chairman of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation Andrei Kozlov about his possible physical elimination. It was this letter in court "in the case of Frenkel that the head of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation Sergey Ignatiev, interrogated as a witness, referred . The author of the message claims to be personally familiar with Kozlov.

The American concern Ford has long been announced the future premiere of the RS version of its Focus hatchback. The other day, the company published the first official picture of the "hot" new items, and also announced the official date of its debut? This is July of this year: the car will be represented as part of the International Motor Show in London. This was reported by the portal "Wheels" .

On Monday, the Meshchansky Court of Moscow will begin to consider the complaint of the defense of the special correspondent of The New Times, Moldova citizens Natalia Moral to refuse to let her into the territory of the Russian Federation. According to earlier lawyer Morar Yuri Kostanov, the complaint was filed in violation of a number of articles.

In Estonia, the Kharya County Court announced the verdict against the activist of the public movement in defense of the monument to the Soviet liberator Tallinn from the Nazis "Night Watch" Yuri Zhuravlev. According to the press secretary of the Northern District Prosecutor's Office of Estonia, Herrit Maysalu, Zhuravlev was accused of participating in April riots, in particular, of complicity in the plunder of the Westmani ARI store in the center of Tallinn.