After the winter holidays, games in Serie A of the Italian Championship resumed on January 10. The 18th round opened with a match between the leader of the standings, Inter Milan, and Cagliari. Before this match, Jose Mourinho's team won eight victories in a row, firmly establishing themselves in first place in the championship. However, the good thing about Italian football is that a change of leader can happen completely unexpectedly.

January 11, 2009, 14:15 Society Hero of Russia committed suicide and the investigation The investigation into the suicide of Hero of Russia Valentin Polyansky continues Grigory Tumanov The investigation into the suicide of Airborne Forces Colonel Valentin Polyansky, who committed suicide in his own apartment on January 3, continues. The Investigative Committee is keeping the details of the investigation secret and refuses to comment.

Two wars are an overly cheerful start to the year. One is hot - in Gaza. The second - cold, even very cold considering winter temperatures - for gas. Let's talk about the cold one, since it is ours, whether we like it or not. Here I am right where this gas should be supplied and in some places it still does, but in others not very much or not at all. That is, in Europe. And at the same time, I am a citizen of a country whose main company is Gazprom, which sells this gas to Europe.

11 January 2009, 14:18 Sports CSKA confirmed Yanchik's transfer to Lokeren forward PFC CSKA David Yanchik will spend the next year on loan in the Belgian Lokeren, the official website of the capital club reports.

Sport Text size A A A Silver Medvedtseva Olga Medvedtseva became second in the mass start Evgeniy Trushin Olympic champion Olga Medvedtseva took second place in the race from the general start at the Biathlon World Cup in Oberhof, Germany, losing only to German Kati Wilhelm. Fifth place with four penalties went to Svetlana Sleptsova, who retained her leadership in the overall World Cup standings.

11 January 2009, 17:36 Science 50 Hz increases attention Vladimir Gramm Fluorescent lamps can significantly speed up the visual reaction, but only if they illuminate the object requiring the reaction for a very short time. Otherwise, constant flickering in a lamp-lit area only slows down the recognition task. Flickers with a frequency of less than 50 Hz are also more likely to distract than help concentration.

After the New Year holidays, warmer temperatures arrived in Moscow. In the atmosphere over the European territory of Russia, the Atlantic cyclone, passing through the north of the continent and the seas of the Arctic basin, will cause a latitudinal transfer of air masses. Thanks to this, warmer and more humid air of Atlantic origin has already begun to flow into the capital region.

RFU President Vitaly Mutko pays great attention to the development of children's and youth football. For the second year in a row, specialists working in this field are invited to the Granatkin Memorial to get acquainted with modern trends. A year ago, directors of sports schools took part in a seminar organized by the RFU, and now senior coaches.

January 12, 2009, 10:56 am Politics Machinist of the State Duma Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the State Duma Alexander Kosopkin died Elizaveta Surnacheva , Alexey Levchenko With the death of the Presidential Plenipotentiary Representative in the State Duma Alexander Kosopkin, the Kremlin lost one of its most influential functionaries. It will not be easy for the presidential administration to find a replacement for him, deputies are sure.

January 11, 2009, 06:57 News The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier George HW Bush has been commissioned into the US Navy. The American Navy has been replenished with a new multi-purpose nuclear aircraft carrier, named in honor of the 41st President of the United States, George HW Bush. The current president, George W. Bush, took part in the commissioning ceremony of the new warship, which took place at the naval base in Norfolk, Virginia.

by March 1, 2009 Moscow authorities plan to prepare and send an appeal to the Russian government to introduce a ban on the use of studded tires by motorists in the summer, an employee of the city administration said. “ The Moscow authorities will appeal to amend the Russian Government Decree N 1090 “On Traffic Rules” regarding the introduction of a ban on the use of studded tires in the summer,” the official said.

Vladimir Mozgovoy Columnist for Novaya Gazeta Born on January 10, 1954 in the city of Verkhny Ufaley, Chelyabinsk region. In 1976 he graduated from the Faculty of Journalism of the Ural State University (Sverdlovsk, now Yekaterinburg). From 1976 to 2002 - in the city of Magnitogorsk (Chelyabinsk region) in the field of mass media and culture.

January 11, 2009, 12:15 Society Aleksanyan's family changed the convoy Aleksanyan released on bail Alena Maryanova Former Yukos vice-president Vasily Aleksanyan has been released from custody, but remains in the same hospital ward where he was detained. Seriously ill Aleksanyan celebrated the New Year with his family - his deposit was paid right before the holiday.

Sport Kanareikin's son moved to Atlant Atlant near Moscow acquired defender Leonid Kanareikin , who played for Spartak, and forward Yuri Dobryshkin from Nizhny Novgorod Torpedo, the club’s official website reports. Kanareikin, the eldest son of Atlant coach Fedor Kanareikin , played 33 matches for the red and white team this season and scored 9 (2+7) points. Dobryshkin appeared on the ice in 19 meetings, in which he scored 2 goals and gave one assist.

January 11, 2009, 08:57 News A resident of Yakutia mistakenly dismembered his wife's body In the Oymyakonsky district in northeastern Yakutia, a man, mistakenly deciding that he had murdered his wife, dismembered her corpse, reports the Yakut republican department of the SKP . The incident occurred in the antimony mining village of Sarylakh on December 18, 2008. A 59-year-old man, having quarreled with his 52-year-old wife, kicked her in the abdomen, the report says.