Aron Tsypin When discussing the versions of saline hype, many observers indicated that along with understandable increased demand for goods, burdened with heavy historical memory - salt, sugar, cereals, matches - there were also a number of natural reasons.

The case of the death of a special correspondent of the NTV television company Ilya Zimina was transferred to the Office for the investigation of banditry and murders of the Moscow prosecutor's office, RIA Novosti reports. This decision was made by the prosecutor of the capital, taking into account the nature of the professional activity of the deceased correspondent.

The European Union warns Serbia about the need for more active cooperation with the Hague Tribunal. This question is in the focus of attention at today's meeting of the ministers of the EU countries, which is held in Brussels. The EU states that the prospects for Serbia entering this organization depend on whether Belgrade will transfer to the international justice of the wanted war of war criminals, first of all, Karadzhich and Ratko Mladich are pleased.

As you know, the basis of the early period of the development of radio engineering was electronic lamps. Now almost extinct, these devices also passed in their own decades, in some way a dramatic, evolutionary path. Small magic glass spray cans, in the vacuum's gut of which something is silent and something invisible, to this day is elegant and mysterious.

At the Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematography, a meeting of the board was held following the results of work for 2005 and the adoption of the plan for the current year. This was done on the eve of the College of the Ministry of Culture, which will take place exactly before the female day. Experience suggests that it is in the department of Mikhail Shvydky, as usual, they will say all the most interesting. This is the difference between facts and numbers and “spiritual” demagogy .

Members of the Public Chamber will visit the Chechen Republic Members of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation will visit the Chechen Republic on February 27-28, where they will discuss issues of the social sphere with representatives of the country's leadership. Two topics are indicated in the protocol order: the first day will be devoted to familiarization with the conditions and problems of the social troops there.

The Iranian delegation arrives in Moscow to continue negotiations to create a joint venture to enrich Uranus tomorrow, RIA Novosti reports. The delegation will be headed by the deputy secretary of the Iranian National Security Council, Ali Hoseini-Tash.

The investigation reached the murder of the NTV telecorrhever Ilya Zimin, RIA Novosti reports. The source close to the investigation reports that over the past day, investigators managed to restore the picture of the crime and establish the identity of the alleged killer. The operatives know the name of the suspect, now his active search is underway. Most likely, he will be detained in the near future.

** What to expect in the coming hours. Announcement of events ** In Moscow: A video conference of Moscow-Vladivostok on the topic: "Scientific, technical and innovative cooperation within the APEC", organized by the Russian trade and industrial board, will be held.

With caution, they evaluated the results of the negotiations of the head of the "Rosatom" by Sergei Kiriyenko in Tehran about the conditions for the creation of the Russian-Iranian joint venture to enrich the Uranus of the Western media ( FT and Spiegel) .

The commander of the defense forces of Estonia, Vice Admiral Tarmo Kyuts, presented the awards "Cross for the difference in the armed resistance" 13 former "forest brothers", RIA Novosti reports. The commander thanked the awarded and noted that their "strong spirit in the fight against enemies was a symbol of resistance during the occupation." “Thanks to the perseverance and iron will, manifested in defending your ideas and freedom, you are an example for today's Estonian soldiers,” Kyuts said.

Information appeared about the longest observation of the gamma-flavor in the history of observations, recorded by NASA researchers on February 18 of the current year. It lasted for 33 minutes, instead of a fraction of a second or tens of seconds, as still observed. Outbreaks of this type have never been previously observed. The flash of gamma radiation, called GRB 060218, was first registered by the Swift satellite .

In Sweden, about 50 thousand fans gathered to meet the winners of the XX Winter Games, RIA Novosti reports. The day before, the fans feared that the celebration might not take place, since the Swedish team did not have time to fly to Stockholm. However, the winners of the Olympic tournament, to the joy of the Swedes, received one extra day from the NHL clubs. The plane with the hockey team Third Kunur, who arrived on Monday from Italy on Monday evening, made two circles of honor over Stockholm.

Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow issued a sanction for the arrest of the Director of the Basmann Market Mark Mishiev. He is accused of "causing death by negligence to two or more persons due to improper performance of his official duties" (Article 109 of the Criminal Code). On February 24, he was detained.