Venezuela President Hugo Chavez called US President George Bush "coward", accusing him of that he personally did not assume the command of the American troops in Iraq. Venezuela leader made the most sharp criticism of Washington over the past few months. Turning to J. Bush, Chavez often calls him "Mr. Danger." “I'm going to tell you something, Mr. Danger. You are a coward, do you know that? Why do you not eat in Iraq to accept the command of the armed forces.

Grigory Gritsenko The economic situation in Ukraine, even according to official sources, is close to crisis. The volume of industrial production in January decreased by almost 3%(compared with January 2005), the volume of cargo transportation fell by 4%, the volume of passenger transportation was 1.6%.

NATO Secretary General JAAP de Hop Scheffer condemned how the presidential elections in Belarus were held, RIA Novosti reports. He made the following statement: "On behalf of NATO, I condemn the way the elections in Belarus were held.

Today, the director of the Research Institute of Influenza, Academician of the RAMS Oleg Kiselev said that the maximum adaptation of the bird flu virus to the human body can occur in one to two years, RIA Novosti reports. In his opinion, the H5N1 virus will not be pandemic. The pandemic virus will belong to another subtype, since a certain transformation of the virus will occur through a change in hemagglutinin.

Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova rose to one line in the WTA ranking, the full version of which is published today. Sharapova, who scored 2753 points, was ahead of the American Lindsay Davenport and now takes fourth place. This is largely due to the recent success of the Russians at the Tournament in Indian Wells, in which she became the winner. In the final, Sharapova beat her compatriot Elena Dementieva.

The State Duma on Friday approved in the first reading two bills designed to streamline migration flows in the country. One of them is dedicated to “migration accounting”, and the second introduces amendments to the law “On the Legal Status of Foreign Citizens in the Russian Federation” that marks the problems of former compatriots who come to Russia.

Modern Russian society has lost not only interest, but also respect for science. It is hardly possible to change the situation only with the help of the media. To do this, it is necessary to bring out the science itself from the crisis state, to make it worthy of public attention. Whose power - capital or politicians - is able to cope with this task?

A week remained before the parliamentary elections in Ukraine. With the approximation of the voting day, the authorities activated the struggle with violations. On Saturday, President Viktor Yushchenko said that more than 50 criminal cases were instituted by law enforcement agencies on violation of electoral law. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine reported that the emergence of false ballots is expected in the elections.

Sergey Markedonov In Russian politics, it is difficult to find a character with such a high anti -rating as Yegor Gaidar. The "godfather" of the Russian market economy today is not often remembered. And if they remember, then exclusively with a minus sign. Now in honor the gods and heroes of another mythology.

The press service of the public organization Open Russia announced today about the decision to curtail the financing of all programs and projects, Gazeta.Ru reports this step is caused by the arrest of funds, including those in the Trust investment bank. The report also notes that the decision on the arrest of accounts was issued by the Basmanny Court as part of a criminal case against the Yukos NK.

Co -owners of Euras are conducting negotiations with Roman Abramovich to sell a large stake - the Vedomosti newspaper reports. One of the sources of the newspaper clarified that negotiations began about three months ago at the initiative of Abramovich. This was confirmed by a source close to the Governor of Chukotka.

“They say that in many universities the decision to join the protest was made in a democratic manner by a majority vote, the observer and editor of the expert magazine Alexander Privalov writes - only the meetings at which this issue voted was held during academic times, so the opinion of students who prefer to do business was presented, politely speaking, not adequately.

According to the Polit.ru in the press service of the People’s Bloc Litvin, the members of the Bloc are outraged and concerned about the "cynical use of the administrative resource at the final stage of the election campaign." So, on March 16, during a broadcast on the STB television channel, a chronicle-documentary film about the election campaign of the People's Bloc of Litvin "" I POSSISE OF WERE INSANEA ", in the Dnipropetrovsk region, a technical suppression of a television signal was

A storm warning was transmitted in Kamchatka in connection with the approach of a powerful snow cyclone from Japan. According to Monday at the Kamchatka Hydrometeorological Center, it is expected that the atmospheric vortex will begin to have an active effect on the peninsula by Monday evening. In the southern regions of the region, abundant precipitation in the form of wet snow will be held, a blizzard is expected, on the roads of ice. The main blow of the elements will be on Tuesday, March 21.

The European Union may impose sanctions against Belarus after discussing the presidential election in this country, Echo Moscow reports. This was stated by the EU Commissioner for External Relations of Benit Ferrero-Waldner. “From what I already see, it seems to me, the introduction of sanctions is very possible,” she told correspondents in the break in the meeting of the EU foreign affairs ministers. Representatives of the European Union sharply criticized the presidential election in Belarus.