January 30, 2008, 01:51 Blokhin: Semak’s departure is not terrible, but it’s a loss Moscow head coach Oleg Blokhin told how the departure of Sergei Semak will affect the team . “Talks about Semak’s transfer to another club went on for a long time,” Blokhin said in an interview with Soviet Sport. “But it’s still difficult for me to comment on this situation. Although, maybe the person simply deserved this transition. I gave so much to the club... So I don’t see anything wrong.

30 January 2008, 15:44 EU Energy Commissioner supports Nord Stream European Commissioner for Energy Andris Piebalgs spoke in support of the project to build the North European Gas Pipeline (NEG), which will connect Russia with European countries along the bottom of the Baltic Sea, Belgian media reported. “Nord Stream is definitely a project of interest to Europe,” the media quotes Piebalgs as saying the day before at a hearing in the European Parliament .

30 January 2008, 05:05 Far East airports vulnerable to terrorist threat Airports and train stations in the Far East may be attacked by terrorists. This became known after the prosecutor's inspection of these objects. Thus, last year, 12 illegal intrusions were detected at the airports of Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Vladivostok, Nikolaevsk-on-Amur and Magadan. This was reported by a representative of the Russian Prosecutor General's Office in the Far Eastern Federal District.

30 January 2008, 08:49 Pelizzoli: I want to win the Russian Super Cup The Italian goalkeeper of Lokomotiv Moscow Ivan Pelizzoli told the publication “Sport Day by Day” about the confidence in himself and the forwards of the Italian Serie A. “When I arrived in Moscow I was a little confused, but there were serious reasons for that. There was no family nearby, and this was at the moment when my wife gave birth to my second child. Work has nothing to do with it.

American smoking drivers may soon be officially banned from smoking in a car with children present. This bill has already been submitted to the US Senate and the White House for consideration, writes Piston Heads. The bill affects smoking of pipes, cigarettes, and cigars. Whether there will be an exception for smokers in convertibles will become clear during the discussion of the project.

30 January 2008, 06:41 "Kommersant": "authority" accused the investigation of trying to fabricate evidence against the head of "Russian Gold" One of the leaders of the Orekhovo-Medvedkovskaya group, Andrei Pylev (Karlik), sentenced to 21 years in prison, appealed to the Prosecutor General's Office , accusing the operatives and the investigation of using illegal methods of inquiry, as well as attempting to fabricate evidence against the president of the Russian Gold company, Alexander Tarantsev .

January 30, 2008, 10:30 Russia's total public debt amounted to 33% of GDP Russia's total public debt at the end of 2007 amounted to 33% of GDP, most of it is borrowing from banks and companies, said Russian Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin . According to him, the national debt amounted to 4%. “The rest is our banking and corporate sector,” the minister said at the Russia international forum.

January 30, 2008, 19:31 Business The successor leaves Gazprom to the boss Galina Shakirova , Ksenia Solyanskaya Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov will most likely replace Dmitry Medvedev as chairman of the board of directors of Gazprom. It was his candidacy that was included in the new governing body of the monopoly. Neither Putin nor his successor are on the lists. The deadline for submitting applications for candidates to the Gazprom board of directors ends on January 30 at midnight.

30 January 2008, 13:19 Pareiko: there has never been a problem with “extra pounds” Estonian Tomi goalkeeper Sergei Pareiko, in an interview with the club’s official website, spoke about the “extra pounds” and the severity of the first training camp. “For me, the problem of “extra pounds” has never been a problem. Even on vacation, I try to take care of myself, keep myself in good shape, so even on vacation I am always at my playing weight.

January 30, 2008, 01:12 Lokomotiv-D lost to Tekos In the fourth match of the Copa Chivas tournament, the opponent of the youth Lokomotiv was the Mexican team Tecos. The match ended with the score 1:2. According to the official website of Lokomotiv, Pavlov scored the only goal for the railway workers. Lokomotiv line-up: Kiselev, Kulikov, Matveev, Gatagov, Alchagirov, Belov (Pavlov), Dzhalilov, Urinovich, Voinov, Samokhin, Minchenkov.

January 30, 2008, 10:46 am Russian stock trading opened lower The Russian stock market opened lower. The RTS Index fell by 0.03% to 2,008.69 points. The total trading volume was $19,298,513. The trading volume on the classic market was $8,000. The MICEX decreased by 0.86% and amounted to 1663.99 points.

30 January 2008, 13:32 Sberbank's profit amounted to 160.2 billion rubles. The balance sheet profit of Sberbank of Russia according to RAS for 2007 amounted to 160.2 billion rubles, net profit – 126.1 billion rubles. This is stated in the bank's statement issued today.

30 January 2008, 13:47 Medvedev called for the creation of an innovative waste recycling industry in Russia First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev called for the creation of a waste recycling industry in Russia using innovative technologies. He stated this at a meeting of the Russian Security Council . “The clean technology sector is impossible without solving the issues of waste disposal and recycling,” said the First Deputy Prime Minister.

BMW will show the new BMW 320d convertible, as well as the BMW 125i coupe, at the 78th Geneva International Motor Show. According to a company press release, the 320d convertible (pictured) is a two-door, four-seater convertible with a 2.0-liter diesel engine producing 177 hp. power. The new convertible accelerates to hundreds in 8.6 seconds with a top speed of 224 km/h. The car will go on sale after being shown at the motor show.

January 30, 2008, 17:37 Culture Fools are respected everywhere Beatrice Otto's book “Fools. Those whom kings listen to" Vladimir Tsybulsky Court jesters of all times and peoples are collected in the book by Beatrice Otto “Fools. Those whom kings listen to." While studying the history of court jesters, Beatrice Otto made a discovery and was surprised. It turned out that jesters in royal courts are not a thing of the European Middle Ages and the Renaissance.