Kazakhstan insists on the innocence of its citizens - pilots of the Il -76 aircraft, detained with a load of weapons on board in Thailand. Meanwhile, this whole story with the aircraft is becoming more and more mysterious: it is still not known for certain where he transported 35 tons of weapons, who was the recipient of the cargo and which airline operated this flight.

The head of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Army General Nikolai Makarov said on Monday at a meeting with the foreign military attache that the transition to a new appearance of the Armed Forces was mainly completed, Interfax reports. According to him, all formations and military units are 100% equipped with wartime states and transferred to a state of constant readiness.

Spies filmed the updated Nissan Patrol SUV to their cameras, known as Safari in some markets. The car passed a test drive in Dubai with almost no camouflage. Patrol was not sold earlier in the US market, but now due to the cessation of American sales of Nissan Armada and Infiniti QX56 SUVs, its appearance in this country is expected. The car, whose main competitors will be Toyota Land Crouser and Mitsubishi Pajero LWB, has become more powerful in appearance and courageous.

The Prize of the Moscow Helsinki Group in the field of human rights protection for 2009 was awarded to the Chechen human rights activist Natalya Estemirova . The award was awarded to Estemirova "For the courage shown in the protection of human rights." This year, as the Radio "Freedom" reports, contrary to the regulations, the prize is awarded posthumously.

The famous actor Oleg Basilashvili was hospitalized at the St. Petersburg Military Medical Academy. It turned out that he tolerates the frosts that were established in the European part of the country very poorly, Life News reports. The publication writes that recently a 75-year-old actor has not felt well.

In the Republic of Chuvashia, a bloody drama ended the attempt of a woman-dentist to engage in private practice at home. She was stabbed on the threshold of the house by a neighbor who began to lose his mind from the bourgeoisie that had overthrow in his ears. The police detained a 51-year-old resident of Cheboksar, suspected of a brutal murder of a doctor.

Thai police officially confirmed that there is no connection between the detainee in Bangkok Il-76 with weapons and the Viktor Buta affair, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the head of the crime department. According to him, "the police failed to find any connection between the Russian and Il-76 with weapons on board from North Korea." Law enforcement officers also confirmed that the weapon was intended for one of the countries of the Middle East.

The Bluetooth Sig consortium announced the Bluetooth 4.0 standard, reports CNews.ru . The new standard is designed for wireless signals from miniature sensors, while Bluetooth is now the main technology for wireless data transmission from mobile phones. The key feature of Bluetooth 4.0 is the ultra -low electrical energy consumption. This was the reason for the development of a new standard. Small energy consumption in Bluetooth 4.0 is achieved using a special work algorithm.

Igor Smirnov, the president of the non -recognized Transnistrian Moldavian Republic, threatened to introduce a visa regime for Moldova citizens if her authorities continue to withdraw passports from the Transnistrians - Russian and Ukraine citizens living on the left bank of the Dniester and not having a residence permit in Moldova, RIA Novosti reports. "I warn you, in response we will introduce a visa regime for Moldovan citizens. I agree that this is wildness.

The BBC British broadcasting corporation has received permission to launch the Canvas project, which provides for the provision of Internet access services through a television network. It is assumed that the newspaper Vedomosti reports that the subscribers of this service that installed special television prefixes will be able to use regular TVs for access to a certain list of sites, in particular to BBC IPlayer, NHS Direct and Amazon, about 200 pounds (about $ 322).

The Governor of the Colombian Department of Certe, Louissko Karvahal, was abducted by a group of armed people, EFE said on Tuesday. Local authorities believe that the abduction is organized by rebels from the left -wing group "Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia" (RVSK). The kidnappers broke into the house of the governor in the city of Florence, brought him out into the street. Then there was a shootout with the police, during which one of the law enforcement officers died.

Oleg Deripaska, owner of the basic element holding in an interview with the Spanish newspaper El Pais, sharply criticized the reform of the 1990s, and also made a number of accusations against the ex-head of the oil company Yukol Mikhail Khodorkovsky. According to Deripaska, Khodorkovsky became an oligarch with the "support of a good uncle," writes Vedomosti . Recall that Khodorkovsky in 2005 was sentenced to 8 years in prison on charges of fraud and tax evasion.

To revive the celebration of the Christmas of Christ, the expulsion of the Napoleonic troops from Russia called last Monday at a press conference in RIA Novosti " Deputy Chairman of the Department of External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate (MPC MP) Hieromonk Philip (Ryabykh). “We forget today about the civil measurement of the celebration of the Nativity of Christ in Russia.

The Government of the Russian Federation is preparing a new federal targeted program for the modernization of housing and communal services. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin recalled that funds from Yukos’s assets will go to the program, Interfax reports. Currently, the main instrument of state policy in this area is the programs of the Housing and Public Utilities Reform Fund, Putin recalled at a meeting of the Government Presidium.

In Lithuania, there were conditions for the secret prison of the CIA of the United States, in which they could contain suspects in terrorism, but it remains not established that they used such conditions. This conclusion was reached by the Seima Lithuania Committee on National Security and Defense, which conducted a parliamentary investigation, Interfax reports.