At 21:30, the Domodedovo airport will arrive an airplane with Russian citizens evacuated from Iraq. In total, about 150 people left the country today. “The removal of our compatriots from Iraq in connection with the aggravation of the situation around this country continues, V told the representative of the Dipmission of Interfax. This time this time we are mainly about members of families of specialists working in Iraq through private Russian companies.

VTsIOM represents the results of a representative express survey of 1600 Russians conducted from February 28 to March 3, 2003 . The distribution of answers is given as a percentage of the number of respondents. We want to pay attention to the fact that our sample structure has changed. The survey was conducted in 100 settlements of 40 regions of the country. Statistical error within 3.4%.

Last night, the American authorities said that, together with one of Al-Qaeda's leaders, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was arrested and dealing with the financial issues of Mustafa Ahmed al-Khavsavavi in ​​the terrorist organization. According to the authorities, it was al-Khavsavi who transferred through bank accounts to the United Arab Emirates the money to the chief organizer of the terrorist attacks on September 11 Mohammed Atta.

Messages about the strict resolution of PACE in Chechnya are printed today in the first lanes of many newspapers. The document contains a proposal to establish a special tribunal on military crimes and crimes against humanity in the Chechen Republic on the model of the criminal tribunal in the former Yugoslavia.

Today, the Sheremetyevo airport has been struck - the British airline British Airways (BA) officially announced its move from Sheremetyev to Domodedovo. The conversations that BA and several other Western airlines will leave Sheremetyevo for a long time. Prior to this, Sheremetyevo skeptically reacted to the flight of individual airlines at Domodedovo, their passenger traffic was too small. Now, and even more so if other Western companies follow the BA example, the situation may change.

The Supreme Court did not satisfy the complaint of residents of Tatarstan about the instructions for the management of the passport and visa service of the republic, which prohibits them to be photographed for a passport in scarves. Thus, it was confirmed that the Qur'an is not a source of law in Russia. In the ban on women to be photographed on a passport in scarves, many faithful see the infringement of their rights.

VTsIOM represents the results of a representative express survey of 1600 Russians conducted from February 28 to March 3, 2003 . The distribution of answers is given as a percentage of the number of respondents. We want to pay attention to the fact that our sample structure has changed. The survey was conducted in 100 settlements of 40 regions of the country. Statistical error within 3.4%. In March of this year, there are 50 years since the death of Stalin.

In Russia = in a friendly family of numerous special services, a new power structure may appear - the Federal Investigation Service (FSR). According to sources in the leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which is referred to by the “Independent Gazeta ”, the president’s table already lies the draft decree on the creation of the Russian analogue of the FBI.

Russia hit the top ten countries with the pure, fresh water. These data are given in the UN report on the eve of the 3rd World Water Forum. The report says that if you do not take emergency measures, then by the middle of the century 7 billion people will experience the lack of water. Already now, 6,000 children from drinking dirty water die in the world daily. It is best with water now in Finland, Canada and New Zealand, these countries occupy the first three places in the report.

Before the trading of the ETS, market participants doubted that the dollar would be stable. These doubts (completely logical V, after all, the dollar falls in the world market) immediately after the start of trading: there is a demand for dollars, and a rather big V, and therefore the final rate grew up on a penny, to 31 rubles 59 kopecks per dollar.

The punishment of the famous Belarusian journalist, chief editor of the opposition newspaper Pagon, Nikolai Markevich, convicted of slander of President Alexander Lukashenko, was changed. According to RIA Novosti in the Secretariat of the Osipovichsky District, it was decided that Markevich would work on correctional labor at the place of residence in Grodno with a deduction of 15% of earnings.

Today, Russia, France and Germany signed a joint declaration of support for inspections in Iraq and the need to continue them. The document says that the countries “will not allow a resolution to be allowed to use force against Iraq”, and Russia and France as permanent members of the UN are ready to take all the responsibility (Germany is an inconsistent member of the UN Security Council). The meeting of the UN Security Council at Iraq will be held on March 7 at the level of foreign ministers.

We continue to publish VTsIOM polls dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the death of I.V. Stalin. Yesterday we published data from a survey of Petersburgers , today we publish the results of a survey of Russians as a whole. In the whole country, the picture is even more depressing: 53% of respondents believe that Stalin played a positive role in the history of our country.

The Turkish military command supported the government’s decision on the placement of the US military in the country, the Sky-TV television company reports. According to the head of the General Staff, Hilmi Ozkok, the presence of an additional front will contribute to the war to be short. On the other hand, he noted, a non -alignment of the force against Iraq will lead to the fact that Türkiye will remain without compensation for possible damage as a result of the war.

Not only United Russia is engaged in the restoration of Soviet traditions . According to Utro.ru , the day after tomorrow in the State Duma will be considered the proposal of deputy Alexander Chuev to restore tax on the childlessness that existed in the USSR. According to the deputy, income from tax should go to increase benefits to citizens who have children.