March 14, 2008, 3:17 p.m Limonov came to Ukraine for his mother’s funeral Writer Eduard Limonov arrived in Kharkov on Friday for his mother’s funeral, one of Limonov’s friends said . “Limonov arrived today. The funeral is now underway,” he said. The last time Limonov was in Kharkov, where he is from, was in September 2007 to celebrate his mother’s birthday. For a long time he was banned from entering Ukraine due to his political statements.

14 March 2008, 04:26 Voskoboeva advanced to the second round at Indian Wells On Friday night, the first round match of the WTA Pacific Life Open tennis tournament took place in Indian Wells. Russian Galina Voskoboeva beat Frenchwoman Pauline Parmentier with a score of 7:5, 6:3. Details of the matches of Russian tennis players, as well as their position in the ATP and WTA rankings, can be viewed on the tennis page.

March 14, 2008, 3:01 p.m Crimean firefighters managed to save 20 tons of beer in a burnt truck It took firefighters a whole hour to put out a truck that was burning near the Angarsk Pass in Crimea. This was reported by the press service of the main department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Ukraine in Crimea. The truck coming from Nikolaev contained 20 tons of beer.

March 14, 2008, 1:41 p.m Miller: the price of European gas can reach $400 per thousand cubic meters The price of gas in Europe this year could reach $400 per thousand cubic meters, says Gazprom head Alexey Miller . Previously, this figure at the end of 2008 was estimated at $354 per thousand cubic meters. At a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin , Miller noted that Gazprom initially set a price of $310 in its forecasts for 2008.

March 14, 2008, 3:45 p.m The Ministry of Agriculture began to revive student construction teams to work in the fields The Ministry of Agriculture began active work to revive student construction teams. Last year alone, 100 million rubles were allocated for these purposes, and the same amount will be allocated this year. Minister of Agriculture Alexey Gordeev told reporters about this today after a meeting of rectors of agricultural educational institutions, which was held in St.

Before meeting in the European Cup, both teams played matches against their opponents in home tournaments. Over the weekend, Zarechye-Odintsovo beat Leningradka in the 11th round of the Russian Championship with a score of 3:1 (25:23, 25:21, 22:25, 25:23). The Moscow Region team thus retained a 100 percent result in the national championship, and in the previous six meetings the Moscow Region volleyball players managed without losing sets.

The Kaliningrad Regional Court ordered the regional border department of the FSB to pay compensation in the amount of 200 thousand rubles to a motorcyclist who was hit by a departmental car last spring and, as a result, received serious injuries, said court spokeswoman Elena Manachina . The incident occurred in May 2007. A border guard serviceman in a UAZ-3151 official car at an intersection in Kaliningrad drove from a secondary road onto the main road along which a motorcycle was moving.

March 14, 2008, 2:28 p.m “Soldiers’ Mothers”: 100 people escaped from the Leningrad battalion in a year Over the past year, “more than a hundred people fled from the tank battalion of the Leningrad Military District, stationed in Kamenka,” said Ella Polyakova, head of the organization “Soldiers’ Mothers of St. Petersburg.” The reason for her comment was information about hazing that forced a contract soldier to flee from a military unit. “Soldiers' Mothers of St.

March 14, 2008, 12:59 p.m Zhamnov: our refereeing is biased towards all teams General Manager of HC “Vityaz” Alexey Zhamnov shared his impressions of the first matches of the 1/4 finals of the Russian Championship playoffs. “I didn’t see any surprises as a result of the match between Salavat Yulaev and Severstal. And everyone expects five matches from the series between Magnitka and Dynamo. Most likely, this will happen,” Zhamnov told the Mayak radio station.

March 14, 2008, 5:32 p.m US stock trading opened lower The American stock market again opened with a rather strong decline. The Dow Jones industrial index fell 1.02% to 12,021.34 points. The technology-heavy NASDAQ index fell 1.31% to 2,233.96.

New Arbat Street in Moscow will be closed for three hours on Sunday in connection with the traditional parade in honor of St. Patrick's Day, an employee of the capital's traffic police said . “On Sunday, March 16, from 12 to 15 hours, traffic will be limited, including public traffic on New Arbat Street in the area from Novoarbatsky Bridge to Arbat Square, as well as on Znamenka and Vozdvizhenka streets,” the policeman specified.

March 14, 2008, 3:28 p.m Chubarov may move to Torpedo Forward Artem Chubarov , who played for the Omsk Avangard for the last three seasons, received an offer to return to Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod, where he began his playing career. Last season, Chubarov played 47 regular season matches, scored 10 goals and made 23 assists, reports Sport Day by Day.

04:49 (March 14) Space shuttle Endeavor astronauts begin spacewalk Astronauts of the American shuttle Endeavor, which docked with the International Space Station the day before, began today a spacewalk, during which they will carry out work on the surface of the ISS to install the first component of the Japanese Kibo module. The “space walk” of Americans Rick Linehan and Garrett Reisman is expected to last about seven hours.

14 March 2008, 05:35 Tursunov beat Becker in Indian Wells On Friday, the first round match of the ATP Pacific Life Open tennis tournament took place in Indian Wells (prize fund - $3.5 million). Russian Dmitry Tursunov beat German Benjamin Becker with a score of 7:6 (7:4), 6:3. Details of the matches of Russian tennis players, as well as their position in the ATP and WTA rankings, can be viewed on the tennis page.

March 14, 2008, 4:20 p.m Bankruptcy trials for Parmalat and Chirio have begun in Italy Two high-profile bankruptcy trials for food companies Parmalat and Chirio began in Italy today. This was reported by sources familiar with the situation. In the Parmalat case, 56 former executives were brought to justice. They are charged with intentionally bankrupting the company to the detriment of 200 thousand small investors who demanded compensation.