January 12, 2009, 21:07 Sports Slyusareva will perform at the Cycling World Cup in Beijing The coaching staff of the Russian track cycling team has determined the composition for the fourth stage of the World Cup, which will be held on January 16-18 in Beijing. 13 Russian athletes will take to the start line, led by 2004 Olympic champion Olga Slyusareva, reports “All Sport”.

Sport Amur defender Gromov transferred to the farm club Ak Bars defender Dmitry Kosmachev has been transferred from the main team to the injured list, the official KHL website reports. Defender Vasily Tokranov was returned from the Major League team of Almetyevsk Neftyanik to the main team and transferred to the farm club. Amur forwards Alexander Krysanov and Peter Nylander were transferred from the main team to the injured list.

January 12, 2009, 09:01 News Rehearsal for Obama's inauguration ceremony took place in Washington A full rehearsal for the upcoming official inauguration ceremony of Barack Obama and the traditional inaugural parade took place in Washington on Sunday and took about five hours. During the rehearsal for taking the presidential oath of office, as Barack Obama and Joseph Biden .

Famous British singer Charlotte Church became a mother for the second time. She gave her husband, the famous Welsh rugby player Gavin Hanson, a son. The romance with the rugby player has been going on for a long time. Moreover, when their daughter Ruby Megan was born in 2007, Charlotte changed. If earlier the girl attended all the parties where she led a very unbridled lifestyle, now she is an exemplary mother and wife. Although at first she missed the noisy companies a little.

News Andrey Manoilo was appointed acting CEO of Russian Post Andrey Manoilo has been appointed acting general director of Russian Post. As stated in the company's statement, the current CEO of Russian Post, Andrey Kazmin , is leaving the post of head of the company on January 14, 2009 due to the transition to a new job. Manoilo will act as general director until the issue of the head of the enterprise is resolved in accordance with the established procedure.

Sport Boldykova won the KE stage in snowboarding in parallel giant slalom The stage of the European Snowboard Cup has ended in Kasberg, Austria. Russian Svetlana Boldykova won the parallel giant slalom, ahead of Austrian Ina Meshik and compatriot Ekaterina Tudegesheva. In the parallel slalom, Meshik took revenge, and the best of the Russians, Tudegesheva, was fifth, reports “All Sport”.

January 12, 2009, 10:53 Society “Travolta is completely broken because of the death of his son” John Travolta's son Jett dies Dmitry Karelin John Travolta, whose son Jett died on January 2, did not go to the Golden Globe Film Awards. The circumstances of the death of Travolta Jr., who suffered from a congenital heart disease, continue to be investigated by police and forensic doctors. They do not rule out that Jett was simply not given vital medications.

January 12, 2009, 16:18 Society The helicopter choked on fuel The investigation into the Mi-171 helicopter crash continues Dmitry Karelin The first investigative teams are preparing to leave for the site of the Mi-171 helicopter crash. Investigators say the most likely version of the disaster in which Russian Presidential Envoy to the State Duma Alexander Kosopkin died was poor-quality fuel. The bodies of the victims will soon be delivered to Gorno-Altaisk.

January 12, 2009, 10:26 Cars Ford: Volvo buyers exist Motor Company, The head of Ford Alan Malloli, during a press conference at the Detroit Auto Show, acknowledged the presence of interested structures in acquiring the Volvo brand, writes Automotive News Europe. At the same time, Malloli refused to name potential buyers, promising to do so later, after a comprehensive study of the proposal for the sale of Volvo.

January 12, 2009, 18:53 Sports Stuttgart striker Marika may not play against Zenit Stuttgart striker Ciprian Marica suffered a left thigh muscle injury during a training camp in Portugal. According to Goal.com, in this regard, the Romanian footballer was forced to return to Germany for treatment and may miss the February matches of the 1/16 finals of the UEFA Cup against Zenit.

Return — 12.01.09 12:45 — After long holidays, vacations, after a particularly successful vacation, returning to even a more or less tolerable, or even a favorite job ( this happens!) seems like some kind of annoying and somewhat unexpected misunderstanding. Why all this suddenly? Why is the change in fate so abrupt?

12 January 2009, 13:23 Science Codon in two persons Vadim Gladyshev on the discovery of the double meaning of the genetic code A group of Russian scientists working in the United States have refuted the dogma of the uniqueness of the genetic code, which has dominated science for about half a century. Team leader Vadim Gladyshev told us what this discovery means and why it would be very difficult to make it in Russia.

Salaries are rising somewhere — 12.01.09 21:13 — TEXT: FEDOR RUMYANTSEV, ELENA SHMARAYEVA, ALIYA SAMIGULLINA PHOTO: ITAR-TASS Against the backdrop of the crisis, it was announced that salaries would be increased and bonuses would be introduced for those who distinguished themselves in law enforcement agencies. The police authorities can count on an additional 40 thousand rubles per month.

American authorities held a full rehearsal for Barack Obama's inauguration ceremony on Sunday. The action, which began before dawn, lasted five hours. During its course, as during the real inauguration, the central streets of the American capital were blocked, which gave the authorities the opportunity to work out increased security measures. True, the bridges across the Potomac River connecting Washington with the state of Virginia were not closed.

According to regional news agencies, Presidential Envoy to the Volga Federal District Grigory Rapota sent the President a list of candidates for the post of head of the Republic of Bashkiria. There are three names on the list; the name of the current president of the republic, Murtaza Rakhimov, is not among them. According to the Ufa Gubernskaya agency, the list was sent before the New Year holidays. Previously, the agency had a list of 12 names.