Anatoly Serdyukov will try to make Vietnam one of the main buyers of Russian weapons Today begins the official visit of the head of the Russian defense department Anatoly Serdyukov to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Mr. Serdyukov will meet with the President of Vietnam Nguyen Minh Triet and the Minister of National Defense, Army General Phung Quang Thanh.

Criminists will soon have a new way to detect criminals For people who violate the law, in the near future, it seems that difficult times will come. A new identification method will be added to the fingerprints and DNA analysis. Scientists from the University of Colorado have proved that it is possible to compare with a high degree of accuracy bacteria living on the fingers and palms of people, with bacteria left by them on different objects.

US President wins debate over health care reform Late on Sunday evening, the US House of Representatives voted in favor of a global plan to reform the American healthcare system. After a ten-hour debate, 219 Democratic congressmen spoke in favor of this initiative, and 212 Republicans voted against it.

The Prime Minister, following the President, admitted that officials do not carry out his instructions Over the past week , first President Dmitry Medvedev , and yesterday Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, publicly assessed the work of their subordinates in a very impartial manner. They actually admitted that the orders of the top officials of the state are chronically not fulfilled. As experts interviewed by Vremya Novostey note, the authorities’ failure to comply is increasing year by year.

Spartak led in a series with Lokomotiv In the Western Conference of the KHL, the third matches of the quarterfinals of the Gagarin Cup were held. An interesting meeting was presented in Sokolniki. And in Riga, the local team calculated the losses. Martin Pussy, the goalkeeper of the Riga Dynamo, who was called an ambulance after the match with the HC Ministry of Internal Affairs in Balashikha, was discharged from the Moscow hospital the very next day.

Russian Paralympians won 38 medals The Winter Paralympics ended in Vancouver, where the Russian team surpassed other competitors from 21 countries in terms of the total number of awards. The Russians have won 38 medals, of which 12 are gold, 16 silver and ten bronze.

Concerts Eteri Beriashvili and Evgeny Grechishchev. "Union of Composers" , 20.30. Esh. In the repertoire of songs by A.-K. Jobima, Brazilian classic, as well as the works of the leader of the group Igor Nadezhdin in Portuguese. Forte , 21.00. CLASSIC Anna Netrebko (soprano), Elena Bashkirova (piano) P.I. Tchaikovsky, N. Rimsky-Korsakov. Conservatory , 19.00. Ram Urassin (piano). F. Chopin. Concert Hall of the center of Pavel Slobodkin , 19.00. Theaters "Warsaw melody" by L. Zorin.

On Tuesday, in the northwestern region there will be light precipitation in places, mainly in the form of sleet, +2...-4°C, difficult conditions on the roads. In the central regions of Russia, wet snow will occur in the northeast and east, and in the afternoon (with the approach of a wave cyclone from the west) in the Smolensk region; the prevailing temperature is close to 0°C. In the Black Earth Region there is no precipitation, +2...+7оС.

The migration forum spoke about the dislike of Russians to visitors The data of sociological surveys indicate that only 15% of Russians considers the arrival of labor migrants from abroad to our country as a positive phenomenon. The share of our fellow citizens, tolerantly configured to migrant workers, does not exceed 25%.

"Stan Helsing" on Moscow screens On the eve of All Hallows' Day, an employee of a low-level video store, Stan Helsing (Steve Howey), accompanied by a group of friends who are not burdened with intelligence to an even greater degree than himself, goes to the town of Linwood to pick up expired discs from the boss's wife.

Aluminum giant RUSAL has a chance to resolve the dispute over the privatization of the Friguia bauxite-alumina complex with the government of the Republic of Guinea in its favor. As the aluminum company reported yesterday, on March 16, the Guinean Court of Appeal upheld RUSAL's complaint, declaring illegal the decision of the court of first instance to annul the September 2009 deal to sell the Friguia complex to RUSAL.

Russia will have a visa-free regime with Guatemala earlier than with the EU Russia continues to search for exotic friends on the political map of the world. However, the name of Guatemala, a small country in Central America, is forever inscribed in Russian history. It was in Guatemala that the President of the International Olympic Committee , Jacques Rogge, pronounced the cherished word “Sochi” , granting Russia the right to host the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Antimonopoly service is connected to the fight against dietary supplements State Duma deputies and regulatory authorities do not intend to put up with the current situation in the market of biologically active additives (BAD) and are going to significantly tighten the rules for the distribution of these products in the near future.

Transit through Belarus is still difficult The Federal Grid Company (FSK) and the Belenergo concern signed an agreement yesterday, thereby ending the conflict that flared up in winter over the transit of electricity through the territory of Belarus. The Russian Ministry of Energy is convinced that the agreement will ensure effective interaction between Russian and Belarusian energy companies.

FLGR President Vladimir Loginov leaves his post Last weekend, the program of the international calendar on a number of winter sports - high -speed run on skates, skiing, jumping from a springboard, snowboarding and freestyle was completely exhausted. The victory at the final stage of the world Cup in Spain was pleased with the snowboarder Ekaterina Tudeegeshev, who was championed in parallel giant slaloma, biathlonist Ivan Cherezov won the mass start in Norway.