Are the Russian armed forces ready for modern challenges? This was argued by military analysts Alexander Golts and Viktor Litovkin.

Russia-- For Bode, Russian Army, 21FEB2011 On February 23, Russia celebrates the Defender of the Fatherland. According to sociologists, the vast majority of Russians celebrate this holiday. As the Public Opinion Foundation found out, 59 percent of the Russian population consider the day of the defender of the Fatherland important and significant. 27 percent of the respondents do not consider it to be such, they find it difficult to answer.

Senegal announced on Tuesday about the breakdown of diplomatic relations with Iran. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs Senegal accused the Iranian authorities of the supply of weapons operating in this African country. On Sunday, as a result of the attack of the rebels, three Senegal troops died. Earlier in Nigeria, a party of Iranian weapons was captured, according to Senegal, intended for militants. The Gambia neighboring with Senegal also broke off relations with Iran - for similar reasons.

Pierre Guillaume Dmitry Volchek: In Russian, the autobiographical book of Pierre Guillaume '' Raising '', a story about the first 14 years of the writer, born in 1940, was published. The family of provincial intellectuals from the town of Burg-Arctalism is witness and participant in large events of history: the occupation of France, deportation, resistance. The writer’s uncle, Hubert, a participant in resistance, was arrested by the Germans and died in the concentration camp of Zaksenhausen.

In the capital of Greece, Athens in front of the parliament building, clashes occurred between the police and the participants in the general strike. The forces of law and order used tear gas to disperse the stones and bottles with the incendiary mixture of demonstrators. The country has paralyzed the work of public transport, more than a hundred flights have been canceled. Most schools and shops are closed.

The consequences of the earthquake in New Zealand At least, three materials of the SCIENCE magazine have touched on scientific topics in which the achievement of an effective practical result for many years remains "ghostly hope", despite all the efforts of scientists. One of these inactive scientific problems is the prediction of earthquakes. Until now, it is not possible to give any accurate forecast of time, place and strength of underground shocks.

Military pensions in Russia will be significantly increased from January 1, 2012. This was stated on Wednesday by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at a meeting in the public reception of the chairman of the United Russia party in Kaliningrad. Putin noted that so far it has not been made a final decision on the level of raising military pensions, however, according to him, it makes no sense to increase them less than one and a half times.

Frame from the movie Guy Maddin '' Bing and Bela '' Dmitry Volchek: Two important festivals were held in February - Rotterdam and Berlin. Despite the fact that I am a fan of Rotterdam, the best art house festival in the world, I must admit that in Berlin this year was more interesting. The unconditional success of Rotterdam was the retrospective of Augustin Willongi, a director who has been collecting evil flowers in the Catalan glades for 30 years.

The Belarusian Prime Minister Mikhail Myasnikovich expressed confidence that his country will receive a positive response to a request for a loan of $ 2 billion from the anti -crisis fund of the Eurasian Economic Community (EURSECE). According to Interfax, Myasnikovich met with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Russian Minister Igor Kudrin. The head of the government of Belarus said on Wednesday to reporters in Minsk that Kudrin confirmed the fact of considering a loan request.

In the Elbrusky district of Kabardino-Balkaria, a special operation began on the eve of the evening resumed this morning. According to preliminary information of the Investigative Committee, a law enforcement officer died, five more policemen and military hospitalized with injuries. On Tuesday evening, a group of seven armed militants opened fire on police officers near a high -mountain village by the former police officers. Three militants were killed in a shootout.

The first of the four aircraft of the Russian Ministry of Emergencies with Russian citizens evacuated from Tripoli arrived in Moscow. On board 118 people, including six children. In total, according to the Russian authorities, 563 Russians are subject to evacuation from Libya. These are mainly employees of firms working in Libya under various agreements, and family members of Russian diplomats. The United States, China, China and other countries are exported their citizens from Libya.

The judges of the international tribunal for the former Yugoslavia were sentenced today by the former General of the Serbian Police of the Dischamir Giorgevich to 27 years in prison. He was charged with participation in the conspiracy in order to change the ratio of ethnic groups in Kosovo during the civil conflict in 1999.

The Russian Ministry of Emergencies conducts the evacuation of Russian citizens from Libya, covered by riots. This morning, the first of four EMERCOM aircraft flew out of Tripoli to Moscow, who arrived on Tuesday in the Libyan capital. On board 118 people. In total, according to the Russian authorities, 563 Russians are subject to evacuation from Libya. These are mainly employees of firms working in Libya under various agreements, and family members of Russian diplomats.