Syria refused the request of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to allow its experts to re-examine the object in El Kibar, which the Israeli Air Force attacked in September 2007, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the Arab newspaper Ash-Shark Al-Ausat. The head of the Syrian National Atomic Energy Agency, Ibrahim Osman, informed the leadership of the IAEA that the “site for launching missiles is under construction, which makes further inspections impossible”.

The competitive commission of the Russian fencing Federation (FFR) summed up the results of the competition of candidates for the position of head coach of the Russian national team. The new mentor of the national team was the 1996 Olympic champion in rapier Vladislav Pavlovich, who replaced Oleg Glazov in this post. The vice-president of the Federation Yuri Bychkov was approved to the position of senior coach of the Russian national reservation team.

The International Tribunal for the Investigation of Military Crimes in Sierra Leone found the three leaders of the rebels in the executions of civilians. The terms of criminal punishment will be determined later at the next meeting of the tribunal, the date of which has yet to be determined, ITAR-TASS reports. The ex-commanders of the rebel united revolutionary front (OrF) Isa Sesay, Morris Callon and Ogastin GBAO are found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg condemned Russia for the disappearance of four men in different areas of Chechnya from August 2002 to December 2004 and ordered the victims of 176 thousand 744 euros, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the court of the court. The plaintiffs believe that the missing were arrested by Russian military.

Ukrainian radar stations in Sevastopol and Mukachevo, which are used to warn about missile attack, have stopped transferring information to Russia from today in connection with the denunciation of the corresponding bilateral agreement.

In the village of Argayash, the Chelyabinsk region, a family of three people suffered from hunger - an immigrant from Kazakhstan, who earned a living with magic, died, his wife and minor daughter are in serious condition in the hospital.

The central intelligence department will now inform President Barack Obama and about the economic situation in the world every day. This was reported to reporters by the new Director of the CIA Leon Panett. According to him, it is important to know how a global recession, in particular, in countries such as China and Russia, as well as in regions such as Latin America, "has an impact on foreign policy in these states," ITAR-TASS reports.

The ITIF information technology and innovation fund, an independent organization based in Washington, announced the annual rating of the innovation of the economies of Europe, Asia and the North American region. Among the 40 countries that entered the final rating, Russia took 35th place. Significantly lagging behind the three leaders of this year? Singapore, Sweden and Luxembourg, Russia managed to get around only Cyprus, Greece, Brazil, Mexico and India, reports CNews.ru .

The Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov published an official statement in which he published the facts of numerous violations of the legislation in the Bryansk region, where elections to the regional parliament will be held on March 1, Interfax reports.

The kidney transplanted from one spouse is not considered jointly acquired property. Such an unusual decision was made by the court in the New York suburb of Long Island in the lawsuit of a certain Richard Batista to his ex-wife Donell. Based on this, Jeffrey's divorce judge refused to satisfy the batist, demanding a half million dollars as compensation for a divorce.

A fire in a military warehouse occurred last night in the Nizhny Novgorod region. According to Interfax with reference to a source in the Moscow Military District, the captain and senior warrant officer died. The wooden warehouse building of the 50s burned down. When analyzing the fire, the remains of these two troops were discovered.

The Russians lose the ability to pay mortgage loans - overdue debt for them in the crisis fourth quarter of last year doubled. In foreign currency, every tenth banking loan is not repaid, Kommersant calculated. According to the Bank of Russia, published the day before, over the past year, the total debt on mortgage loans increased by 63% to 995.2 billion rubles.

The Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian government, Sergei Ivanov, who oversees the issues of military industry, said that the new state program, designed for the period from 2011 to 2020, provides for a complete re-equipment of the Russian strategic nuclear forces by 2020. "There will be a complete replacement of the Russian satellite group with more modern devices. A unified information space of the battlefield will be created.

The new emergency occurred in the Russian army. In the military unit of the Miller's garrison, the ensign was under the caterpillars of the tank and died. As a source in the regional law enforcement agencies said on Wednesday, the soldier died from injuries, Interfax reports. "The emergency occurred last Tuesday.

Ratings in Russia for a week from 9 to 15 February In the first place is the premiere of the sightseeing week, the series of Channel One "Zeta Group" (rating - 10.8%, share - 30.3%). This is a thematic continuation of the series “Officers” that has passed on the same channel. Lieutenant Colonel Alexei Timofeev alone releases a bus with hostages, and he is fired from the army for arbitrariness. But such professionals do not lie on the road, and Timofeev again calls for service.