A new agreement on strategic offensive weapons (START) between Russia and the USA may be prepared until December 5, 2009, said Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Ryabkov. “We are sure that in the presence of political will, such a document can be prepared before the expiration of the current agreement on START, that is, until December 5 of this year,” RIA Novosti quoted Ryabkova.

The organization Free Software Foundation Europe ("Free Po -Europe" Fund) announced that it joins the antimonopolyan proceedings against Microsoft Corporation in Europe and plans to submit a request for recognition in the specified case of an "interested third party".

On March 1, in Hamburg, under the motto “1949-2009. Such a powerful breakthrough was not yet“ an event was held, preceding the opening of the Brotherhood of Christians and Jews in many cities of Germany today, organized at the initiative of the Coordinating Council of the German Societies of Christian Jewish Joint Work (GesellSchaften Für Christlich-Jüdische Zusammenarbeit), reports the Sedemitsa.ru portal with reference to the German Catholic and Protestant News Sites.

Fire in the office of Russian Railways OJSC in the center of Moscow on New Basmann Street Potushen. There was no information about the victims. The preliminary cause of the fire is the closure of the electrical wiring. "The fire is eliminated, the pouring work continues.

The bodies of five pilots who died in the An-12 aircraft of the Egyptian city of Luxor, which were divided at the Egyptian city of Luxor, were sent board Aeroflot to Moscow. As ITAR-TASS reported in the consular department of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Cairo, the remains of three Russians will be delivered to Russia for examination. Two Ukrainian citizens will be transferred from Moscow to Kyiv for a genetic examination there.

In Gayan, bloggers have published a message that Guyana Bank for Trade & Industry intends to seek government and go bankrupt if it does not receive five million dollars. The Central Bank of Gayan had to extend an official refutation of information about the financial difficulties that allegedly arose at the bank, and thousands of calls of concerned depositors entered the bank, but the mass withdrawal of funds from accounts did not begin.

The day before the opening of the international car dealership in Geneva, the French company Renault introduced photos of the “hot” Megane RS 2010 model year. It is at this exhibition that the premiere of the novelty will be held. Outwardly, the new Megane RS is very reminiscent of the Megane Trophy compartment, which made his debut last year on a car show in Paris, WorldCarfans reports.

The crisis first hit the financial sphere. The dismissal began in it and were especially large -scale. It would seem that financiers will not be able to find a job in the near future. However, the demand for specialists of the financial sector grew by 10-40%, on Monday, the publication "Trud" writes.

Many Americans are trying to keep their housing from withdrawal for mortgage debts during a deep economic recession, it states Prian.ru . One family from Missouri, meanwhile, is trying not to lose his cave. Kurt and Deborah Squipers bought three Acre of land and a cave in Festus in 2004 for 80 thousand dollars, on the condition that the remaining 80 thousand over the next five years will be introduced.

The leadership of Russia and in particular Vladimir Putin wants to revive the Russian Empire. The head of the Pentagon Robert Gates said this on the air of the NBC television company. According to Gates, it is imperialist intentions that create obstacles in American-Russian relations. At the same time, the Minister of Defense is confident that the "imperial manners" are more inherent in Putin than Medvedev.

It is necessary to amend the budget code in connection with the need to finance the budget deficit of 2009 from the reserve fund. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said this at a meeting on economic issues. In addition, he urged to change the procedure for financing the regions of the Russian Federation, providing them with the opportunity to more quickly maintain municipal finances, Interfax reports. According to the Prime Minister, these measures will be temporary.

The Ministry of Finance informs the President of Russia that his intervention in the state tax policy is unnecessary. Such a conclusion can be drawn from the draft report of the financial department Dmitry Medvedev in response to his next order to soon change the system of taxation of the coal industry. The history of this bureaucratic correspondence today looks like a direct ignoring of president’s instructions by Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Kudrin, writes “Independent Gazeta” .

The literary prize of Ivan Belkin was awarded to one of the oldest Russian playwrights, the author of the play "Warsaw Melody" and scripts for the films "Pokrovsky Gate" and "Tsarist Hunting" Leonid Zorin for the autobiographical story "Copant Sunset", reports Radio "Liberty" .

The right business party, according to preliminary data, was able to hold its representatives to the legislative bodies of six regions of the country. The most successfully right performed in Togliatti, where the city thought was elected on March 1. The list of movement "December", headed by the deputy head of the political council of the Samara regional branch of the party Sergei Andreev, scored 26% of the votes.

The British military intends to use a special gel, capable of hardening to protect against enemy bullets when hit. The Ministry of Defense of the country has already allocated a small company that developed the composition, 100 thousand pounds. As expected, soon the gel will begin to be used when creating soldier's helmets.