The Russians like the holidays, and the holidays are worth the money, writes Inopressa.ru , citing a publication in the Spanish El Pais . After the collapse of the USSR, there were more holidays in Russia, and their content has partially changed. The key element of the "festive accounting" is the creative combinatorics of bureaucrats, the purpose of which is to maximize the number of non -working days, the publication believes.

The Moscow Central Internal Affairs Directorate refutes some media information about a series of attacks on flower shops in the capital on holidays. “A number of media outlets mistakenly reported that on the eve of International Women's Day and directly on March 8, several raids were committed in the city for shops selling flowers. These data are not true,” ITAR -TASS said on Monday, the duty officer of the Moscow State University of Internal Affairs, Anatoly Lastovetsky.

Major, Major Dymovsky, fired from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, was released late in the evening on Sunday, since the court canceled the decision to arrest him as no sense. However, the former policeman illegally extended the period of arrest for 5 hours, which the suspect himself considers revenge on the part of employees of the investigative insulator.

International Women's Day, celebrated on March 8, will celebrate the vast majority of Russian residents - 87%, evidenced by the data of a sociological survey. According to the press service of the Romir research center, according to the results of the All-Russian survey, only 7% of respondents said that they would not celebrate this holiday, Interfax reports.

The victims of bloody clashes on religious grounds that flashed in the central part of Nigeria became about 500 people, and not 200, as was originally reported. The reprisal occurred last resurrection in one of the villages of the Nigerian state of the plateau in the vicinity of the city of Jos, which was already an arena of inter -religious clashes in 2009. The cause of the tragedy was to defeat between groups of local Christians and Muslims.

The first participants in the 82nd ceremony of the Oscar film awards appeared on the famous red carpet, spread out at the Hollywood Boulevard before entering the Hollywood End Highland complex in Los Angeles.

More than 270 thousand employees of the British sphere of the UK began on Monday a two -day, largest strike since 1987, which threatens to touch almost all areas of life - from taking exams on driving to the work of the parliament, RIA Novosti reports. The discontent of the members of one of the largest British trade unions - the PCS budget and commercial employees - caused the government’s decision to reduce the amount of compensation upon dismissal.

Three people who crashed when falling from a 31-story residential building in Glasgow were Russians who were looking for political asylum in the UK, Sky ’s British TV channel reports on Monday with reference to their own sources. The bodies of the three people - presumably this is a husband, wife and son - found Red Road at the foot of the residential complex on Sunday evening.

The American Academy of Cinema has spread statistics relating to the current 82 Oscar. According to ITAR -TASS, the creator of the painting "Lord of the Bury" Katherine Bigelou - ex -wife of James Cameron - became the fourth representative of the fair sex, put forward for this prestigious award in directing. Bigelou's predecessors in this field were Lina Vertmüller (Italy, 1976), Jane Campion (New Zealand, 1993) and Sofia Coppola (USA, 2003).

The first lady of France Karl Bruni ignored the protocol on the dinner arranged in honor of the Russian president Dmitry Medvedev and his wife, writes Inopressa.ru with reference to the Italian La Repubblica . "O-la-la! And where is the bra?" - The British press did not miss the “golden” possibility provided by Carla Bruni: at an official dinner with the Russian president and his wife, she appeared in a magnificent blue dress.

Former German Defense Minister Folker RuE called on the organization of the North Atlantic Treaty to adopt Russia in its composition to effective opposition to Asian influence. In the multipolar world, it is necessary to ensure a balance for balancing the political, economic and strategic dynamics of large Asian powers. But without Russia's participation, this task cannot be fulfilled, the position of the former minister quotes Deutsche welle .

On Monday, Pakistan police arrested the native of the United States Adam Gadan, who is considered an active member of the al-Qaeda terrorist organization. For many years, Gadan called for a holy war against the United States, sending videos with his performances on the Internet. The arrest of 31-year-old Adam Gadan in the city of Karachi was announced by two special services and representative of the Pakistan government, reports the Associated Press.

US President Barack Obama, speaking on Sunday in the Pink Garden of the White House with a statement dedicated to the parliamentary elections in Iraq, emphasized that the United States intends to fulfill the promise to withdraw all its troops from Iraq by the end of 2011, ITAR-TASS reports. As the head of the American administration noted, "the population of Iraq should know that the United States will fulfill its obligations." “We will continue the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq.

Ten cars burned during a fire in a garage-construction cooperative in the north-west of Moscow, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the press service of the capital's department of the Ministry of Emergencies. The fire occurred on the night of Sunday to Monday on 3rd Khoroshevskaya Street. “The fire covered several dozen garages of 200 square meters,” the agency’s interlocutor said. According to him, the fire was liquidated within two hours.

Two famous representatives of domestic culture immediately made a harsh criticism of the current Russian authorities of the Russian Federation - the Petersburg theater and film actor Alexei Devotchenko and the St. Petersburg rock musician Yuri Shevchuk, the Echo Moscow radio station reports.