The Saratov Regional Court announced today a verdict in the case of Eduard Limonov. The leader of the NBP received four years of imprisonment V earlier the charges required him ten years more. For three years, the founder of the Limonka newspaper Sergei Aksenov was convicted for six months, ITAR-TASS reports. Limonov’s lawyer Sergei Belyak expressed satisfaction with the court decision and the hope that the term would be conditional.

After yesterday’s paper, messages about the death of Hussein, today information about the death of his youngest son Kusai, whom many considered the heir to Saddam. Kusai died from an air raid on the way to Syria, the Emirates agency told you with reference to a source in the Iraqi opposition. The pickup, in which Kusai was heading towards the Syrian border, was fired by an American aircraft in the area of ​​the village of As-Sakliya.

The next resolution condemning Israel was adopted today by the UN Human Rights Commission, AFP reports. The country's authorities are accused of the massacres of Palestinians in the occupied territories, the liquidation of “Palestinian activists” (apparently, it is now customary to call terrorists), as well as extrajudicial reprisals. Presented the resolution of the Arab and Muslim countries, as well as China and Cuba; 33 states voted for it, 15 countries abstained, five countries voted against.

American tanks occupied Tikrite , the hometown of Saddam Hussein, the newspaper reports. According to the brigade General Vincent Brooks, this means the end of the most important military operations in Iraq. Meanwhile, relations between the United States and Syria are transferred to a more tense phase. Last weekend, Washington accused Syria of storing chemical weapons , covering Saddam and his environment, as well as in support of terrorism.

The British Museum will send specialists to Iraq, who will help restore the Iraqi museums and libraries defeated by looters. Archaeologists and restorers will go to Baghdad as soon as the city will be put in order, BBC reports. According to the director of the British Museum Neil McGregor, the situation in the country can be compared with a cultural disaster. The restoration of the destroyed will take many years and require the widest international cooperation.

George Bush’s chances to be re -elected for the next term increased. This is evidenced by the survey conducted by the publication of Wall Street Journal and NBC television company. At the moment, ITAR-TASS reports, Bush is approved by 71% of the Americans, and 52% intend to again give votes for him next year. It is interesting that, considering the justified policy of preventive strikes (63%), the Americans do not want new military actions against states such as DPRK, Iran or Syria .

Konstantin Kazenin In the distant time, when the Russian press still found it possible to bless Aslan Maskhadov, newspapers flew around his words that the machine in Chechnya "became a continuation of the human hand." Neither Maskhadov with his colleagues V Khasavyurt peacekeepers, nor the feds, who had gone to Chechnya to restore their power in 1999, was able to deprive the human hand of this “continuation”.

The IL-76 military transport aircraft crashed in Iran on February 20, as evidenced by the data of the first “black box” discovered at the site of the tragedy, crashed due to the pilot error. According to decrypted data, a few minutes before the aircraft collided with the mountain, the pilot told the dispatcher about high cloudy, poor visibility and mentioned the need to reduce the height.

The coalition command begins to withdraw troops from Iraq. This was announced today by the representative of the United Committee of the Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces, General Stanley Mc Crystal. Kitty Hawk and Constellation aircraft carriers will leave the Persian bay this week; Two strategic bomber B-2, several F-117A and F-15C, Interfax reports from Iraq and Turkey, Interfax reports.

The dollar rate decreased by 4 kopecks to 31 rubles 19 kopecks. In the Forex market, currency courses range within the framework of the previous ranges. Oil prices remain relatively stable. There is confident growth in world stock markets, continues to climb up the Russian market - the RTS index at 15:00 added 1.22% and rose to the mark of 384.59 points. Review of the Finmarket agency

At that distant time, when the Russian press still found it possible to favorably quote Aslan Maskhadov, the newspapers spread his words that the machine gun in Chechnya “became an extension of the human hand.” Neither Maskhadov and his colleagues, the Khasavyurt peacekeepers, nor the federals, who went to Chechnya in 1999 to restore their power, were able to deprive the human hand of this “continuation.” But sooner or later, the “extension of the hand” will leave the forefront, and then it will

It is no secret that the quality of education in many Russian commercial universities leaves much to be desired. Often they are engaged in a kind of “dumping”. It is more profitable for parents to pay a private university than to give huge bribes in the state. In fact, this is just the sale of diplomas by installments.

The threatening statements of the coalition forces against Syria, which began , apparently, would not have a continuation. According to the newspaper The Guardian , citing intelligence sources, George Bush has already imposed a veto on hostilities against this country. The Deputy Minister of Defense for Political Issues of Dragment Faith and the head of the Pentagon Special Planning Department, William Lyuti, was instructed to list the grounds for American military intervention in Syria.

An unprecedented decision was made today by the Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia and the Government of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). For the first time, the right to use subsoil for the purpose of exploration and extraction of diamonds in Yakutia will be put up for auction; His date has not yet been defined.

Following the European Union , visa restrictions on entry into the country of the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko and seven senior officials of Belarus, Newsru.com . The statement of the official representative of the State Department of Philip Riker indicates that the United States took this step in response to the cooperation of Belarus in the creation of the OSCE office in Minsk. They also argued their decision in Europe.