The Prosecutor General’s Office decided to temporarily close twelve Russian airfields, the website of the Prosecutor General’s Office said. According to the prosecutor general Yuri Chaika, these airfields will be closed, since previously identified violations are not eliminated there, mainly in the field of security. Among them are the airfields of Myachkovo, Kurgan, Kursk, Eagle, Hatanga, Rzhevka and others.

In January-February 2007, 26 billion 969.1 million KWh, or 96% of last year’s production, was developed in a press release from the Rosenergoatoma. Thus, the FST balance is 102.1%. At the same time, 14 billion 865.6 million kWh or 96.9% of the last year’s size were produced at NPPs with the VVER type reactors. At nuclear power plants with RBMC, BN and EGP, 12 billion 103.5 million kWh or 94.8% of last year was produced.

Tehran can provide "necessary" guarantees that his nuclear program is pursuing exceptionally peaceful goals, reports Radio Liberty. Speaking at a conference on disarmament in Geneva, Iranian Foreign Minister Mancher Mottaki said that his country was ready to do this if the question of his nuclear development will be removed from discussion in the UN Security Council. What kind of guarantees are we talking about, Motaki did not specify.

According to preliminary data, the cause of a large fire at the roofing materials factory in the west of Moscow was arson. This was stated by the head of the press service of the capital’s department of the Ministry of Emergencies, Yevgeny Bobylev, RIA Novosti reports. "The fact that the fire occurred simultaneously in three different places is pushed into this version of the firefighters. One focus of the fire was in the administrative building, and two more in the warehouse," Bobylev said.

According to Live Science , specialists from the Japanese University of Keio ( Keio University ) turned the bacterium into a kind of flash drive. Researchers introduced in the genome of the common soil bacteria Bacillus Subtilis an artificial DNA chain with information encoding the phrase "E = MC2 1905". This phrase reproduces Einstein's famous formula and the year of its creation. According to scientists, 100 bits of data were placed in one bacterium.

Today, the former head of the VIP Bank Alexei Frenkel, accused of the murder of the first deputy chairman of the Central Bank of Russia Andrei Kozlov, will be questioned by investigators of the Investigative Committee at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia as part of the investigation of a new criminal case. Based on the results of interrogation, Frenkel may be charged with illegal banking activities.

The All -Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion ( VTsIOM ) presented data on how Russians relate to the idea of ​​holding the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi. The holding of the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi seems to be a very important overwhelming majority of Russians for our country - 81%, including 43% of respondents consider this to be “very important” and another 38% - “rather important”. 13% of respondents adhere to the opposite point of view.

The Prime Minister of Iraq Nuri al-Malika suddenly arrived in the city of Ramadi in the west of the country, reports Ar . According to the anonymous representative of the Iraqi government, al-Malika arrived in the city this morning. Ramadi, which is the administrative center of the province of Anbar, also has the status of a stronghold of Shiite rebels.

The Vice Speaker of the State Duma from the LDPR faction Vladimir Zhirinovsky expects that the Central Election Commission will be headed by the unicorn, Gennady Raikov, who, before being elected to the CEC from the State Duma, headed the Duma commission on mandatory issues and issues of deputy ethics, RIA Novosti reports. “If Raikov became, I would be glad, it would be an ideal option, he is a very restrained and sociable person,” Zhirinovsky said to journalists.

The US Department of Defense is developing plans for a phased withdrawal of troops from Iraq in case of failure of the current Iraqi strategy of Washington, confirmed the White House, reports Radio "Freedom" . The words of the defense minister Robert Gates are quoted that it would not be irresponsible to prepare such a plan. Now the United States is transferring additional troops to Iraq to reduce the level of violence in the country.

In Kamchatka, at the gathering of a snow avalanche, an athlete from St. Petersburg died. According to the press service of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Kamchatka region, the incident occurred on Monday on the slope of the AAG volcano 30 kilometers from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, RIA Novosti reports. Victor Kiku descended on snowboarding when an avalanche left the slope.

In the Western of Japan, in the city of Kochi, an emergency landing was made by airliner with sixty passengers on board, reports Radio "Freedom". The front chassis jammed on the plane, and he circled over the airport for two hours. As a result, the pilots managed to land on the rear wheels, after which the airliner was smoothly transferred to a horizontal position.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs has created a register of disqualified persons. The list includes everyone who has ever been convicted of abuses at the workplace and other crimes and to whom the court forbade the head to lead anything. Such a measure should help in the fight against unscrupulous officials and businessmen, writes Rossiyskaya Gazeta. From April 1, personnel officers and employers will have to verify their appointments with a police database.

China expects that the visit of the General Director of the Magate Mohamed El Baradei in Pyongyang will bring positive results, RIA Novosti reports. According to the representative of the PRC Foreign Ministry, these contacts will contribute to the successful implementation of a joint document adopted by the results of the fifth round of six -way negotiations. The head of the Magate today arrived on a visit to Pyongyang.

As a result of the explosion on the gas pipeline, the Barnett Shale gas field in the American state of Texas missed three workers, RIA Novosti reports. After the explosion, there was a fire, because of which the local authorities had to turn off the supply of electricity to 30 thousand local residents. As the sheriff of the district of Parker Larry Fowler told reporters, the gas pipeline pipe broke through due to mechanical damage during work.