In the south of Moscow on Simferopol Boulevard on Monday, January 31, school No. 546 caught fire: the first floor of the building was engulfed in fire. As told RIA Novosti , students are now being evacuated. a law enforcement source “Several fire brigades arrived at the scene of the emergency and began to extinguish the fire,” the agency’s interlocutor said. There were no reports of casualties. According to preliminary data, the fire occurred in the office and furniture caught fire.

The Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine did not allow ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who is under recognizance not to leave, to visit Brussels on February 2. of the supervisory agency reported this on Monday The press service . The former head of the Ukrainian government received a personal invitation from the President of the European Parliament Jerzy Buzek to visit Belgium on February 2. The former prime minister sent a corresponding petition to the Prosecutor General's Office.

Russia's GDP grew by 4% in 2010. Such preliminary data were released on Monday by the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat). The department also clarified the fall in Russia's GDP in 2009 to 7.8% versus 7.9% according to the previous estimate.

The identity of the man whose body was discovered on Saturday, January 29, on the island of Moneron, located near Sakhalin, has been established - this is a 21-year-old sailor from the schooner "Partner", RIA Novosti reported on Monday with reference to the Far Eastern Investigation Department of Transport of the SK Russia.

Member of Gaidar's cabinet Vladimir Lopukhin on how Lukoil, Yukos and other oil companies appeared in Russia Vladimir Lopukhin, another interlocutor of Pyotr Aven and Alfred Koch, headed the Russian fuel and energy complex in the Gaidar government. Not for long, only seven months. However, it was he who stood at the origins of the restructuring and formation of regulatory rules in the industry that became the engine of economic growth in the next 20 years - oil.

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The Russian stock market on Monday morning lost more than 1.5% in the RTS and MICEX indices amid the negative dynamics of world stock exchanges due to events in Egypt. Polyus Gold securities, acting as a defensive asset, are growing, Interfax reports . By 11:37 Moscow time, the MICEX index fell to 1707.71 points (-1.57%), the RTS index - to 1855.33 points (-1.60%), the prices of most “chips” on the exchanges decreased by 0.9- 3.2%.

The main beneficiary of Severstal, Alexey Mordashov, with the help of the company S-Group Travel Holding controlled by him, increased his share in the largest European tourism holding TUI AG to 20.45% from 18%, AFP reports, citing a message from the company. The businessman himself says he is convinced of TUI's "growth potential as the company continues to focus on tourism." TUI plans to sell shipping company Hapag-Lloyd to focus on tourism activities, particularly in Russia.

Italian police detained the brother of Chechen separatist leader Doku Umarov, 35-year-old Ruslan Umarov. reported this on Monday, January 31, RIA Novosti citing the Italian agency ANSA. Ruslan Umarov was arrested near Venice on a train traveling from France. According to ANSA, Umarov was most likely going to ask for political asylum in Italy. The Russian side has already requested information about Umarov’s arrest, told Interfax a law enforcement source .

The Basmanny Court of Moscow issued a sanction for the arrest in absentia of State Duma deputy Ashot Yeghiazaryan, accused of fraud on an especially large scale. Thus, the request of the RF Investigative Committee was granted, Interfax reports . The decision of the Basmanny Court can be appealed within three days. The deputy's lawyer Dmitry Barannikov confirmed that he intends to file a cassation appeal with the Moscow City Court.

On the night of Monday, January 31, a bomb exploded under a freight train in Dagestan. As reported by RIA Novosti , citing a representative of the Makhachkala Line Department of Internal Affairs for Transport, there were no casualties or injuries. According to the agency's interlocutor, the incident occurred at about 2 a.m. on the Temirgoy-Shamkhal stretch. An explosive device of an unknown type went off under the locomotive of a freight train. The train did not derail.

One of the co-owners of Mail.ru Group created the Start fund, which will invest in Silicon Valley startups. Milner's partners in Start were the founder of the SV Angel fund, Ron Conway, and the managing partner of SV Angel, David Lee. The latter will manage the new fund. newspaper reports this The Vedomosti . The Start announcement was made at Y Combinator's Mountain View headquarters. The meeting was attended by founders of 43 startups selected by Y Combinator.

The Basmanny Court of Moscow authorized the arrest of those suspected of involvement in the explosion that occurred on December 31, 2010 in the hotel room of the Sports and Shooting Club of the Military Hunting Society LLC on Golovacheva Street in Moscow, RAPSI reports . According to the investigation, several militants from the group of one of the leaders of the Dagestan underground, Ibragimkhalil Daudov, coordinated preparations for a terrorist attack in the capital on New Year's Eve.

The head of the consular department of the Russian Embassy in Egypt, Shamil Utoev, told Rossiyskaya Gazeta that everything is ready for the evacuation of Russian citizens from Egypt. “We have clarified the lists of Russians in Egypt and have prioritized the removal of our citizens. At first, these will be the wives and children of those sent on business through various Russian organizations and government agencies. Then the employees themselves. Then everyone else,” he said.

About 500 people gathered for an authorized rally on Triumfalnaya Square on Monday in Moscow. Such data was provided by the head of the information and public relations department of the Moscow Main Internal Affairs Directorate, Viktor Biryukov. According to Interfax , the number of participants in the action is about 700 people. According to Biryukov, approximately 150 journalists are covering the event.