January 14, 2009, 10:58 Culture Park Victim of Roman Polanski asks to drop charges against director Samantha Geimer, who was allegedly raped by director Roman Polanski more than three decades ago when she was 13, has formally asked a Los Angeles court to drop the charges against Polanski. According to her, in this way she wants to protect herself from mental trauma and public coverage of the case.

Numerous titles and an impressive build did not save the famous Italian skier, multiple world champion Alberto Tomba from the fists of a Russian tourist. A small quarrel in the parking lot resulted in a knockout for the ex-world sports star. According to Tomba, the incident occurred last Saturday in the parking lot of a hotel in the town of Pragelato near Turin. It was in these places that Alberto performed with great success at one time.

Sport Mozart: you will have to work very hard at the training camp Spartak Moscow midfielder Santos Mozart begins the new season with Spartak Moscow with conflicting feelings. “On the one hand, I met with guys I haven’t seen for a long time. On the other hand, I haven’t played for a long time, and there is a bitter aftertaste from last season, which was the most unsuccessful for me during my entire stay in Russia,” the Gazeta.Ru correspondent quotes Mozart as saying.

January 14, 2009, 17:54 Society A criminal case has been opened against the head of the Volga region department of FANS The Samara Interdistrict Investigation Department of the Privolzhsky Investigative Directorate for Transport has opened a criminal case against the head of the Privolzhsky Interregional Directorate of the Federal Air Navigation Service (FANS), Yuri Fomin. As Gazeta.Ru was told in the Volga Transport Prosecutor's Office, the case was initiated under Part 1 of Art.

Sport Dynamo won, Iskra lost at home In the men's volleyball Champions League match, Dynamo Moscow beat the Belgian Noliko with a score of 3-0 (25:21, 25:19, 25:17). Two more Russian clubs suffered defeats in the main European club tournament: Iskra (Moscow region) – Friedrichshafen (Germany) - 1-3 (25:23, 19:25, 15:25, 22:25) Paris Volley (France) – Zenit (Kazan, Russia) - 3-1 (26:24, 25:20, 18:25, 25:18).

January 14, 2009, 16:04 Cars The workers did not divide Ford Second union at Ford Timur Khasanov Another trade union has appeared at the Ford plant in Vsevolozhsk. This association will work simultaneously with the trade union organization of Alexei Etmanov, which, through strikes, achieved higher wages for workers. Experts are convinced that nothing good will come of two trade unions at one plant.

January 14, 2009, 07:10 News The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine inspects RosUkrEnergo The Antimonopoly Committee began checking information about RosUkrEnergo's control over 75% of gas sales in Ukraine. This was reported by the AMK press service in response to a request about the committee’s fulfillment of the order to verify this information from First Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Turchinov.

Sport Dynamo is better than Zenit in Europe Dynamo won the Champions League Sergey Alekseev Dynamo Moscow became the only Russian volleyball club that was able to win its match in the Champions League on Tuesday, and secure first place in the group in advance. Both Odintsovo’s Iskra and Kazan’s Zenit, whose volleyball players were not helped even by Vladimir Alekno’s profanity, lost their matches.

January 20, 2009, 14:34 Test drives American joke Test drive Ford Escape Vladimir Tsybulsky The new version of the Ford Escape (aka Maverick in the past) for Europe and Russia is such an economic something in the darkness of the crisis. Instead of a real update - a budget restyling. Riding without frills and bells and whistles. Everything reminds us of a “non-luxury” car. All. Besides the price.

January 14, 2009, 18:18 News Greek gas company may sue Gazprom The Greek gas company Greek Public Gas Corporation (DEPA) may sue Gazprom for short supplies of gas in transit through Ukraine, the head of the company, Makis Papageorgiou, said on Wednesday in an interview with the online edition of the Kathimerini newspaper. “Under the contract with Gazprom, the Russian company pays compensation if it cannot supply the agreed amount of gas.

January 14, 2009, 17:20 Culture The spirit of Mikhail Bulgakov is summoned... "Mikhail Bulgakov" by Alexei Varlamov Vladimir Tsybulsky In the largest ZhZL volume, “Mikhail Bulgakov,” Alexey Varlamov tried to repeat his own literary experience from the previous one, noted in the “Big Book,” “Alexey Tolstoy.” In the biographies of writers Alexei Varlamov there is something of a spiritualistic seance and the materialization of spirits.

January 14, 2009, 10:58 AM Opinions Public benefit crisis If the government announces that it will fight the crisis by replacing rotten pipes and ceilings, there will be no objections Georgy Osipov The authorities have a way to survive times of crisis by making good use of accumulated reserves, preserving and increasing jobs and really building Russia up - by starting a massive overhaul of the dilapidated housing stock.

last press conference a couple of times I watched the recording of George Bush's . I have to admit, I'm most interested in any president in the week before he leaves office. It seems to me that each of them is experiencing a kind of withdrawal at this moment of returning to a different, normal, certainly calmer and, of course, less responsible incarnation of simply a citizen of their own country.

Popular Australian golfer Adam Scott continues to be in the spotlight. After recently relaxing on the beach with tennis player Ana Ivanovic , this time he was spotted in the company of actress Kate Hudson . Golfer Adam Scott is not known for his sporting successes, he has them, but he is still far from being like Tiger Woods. But off the lawn he has almost no equal. They talk about him every now and then in connection with some novels.

News The head of the “ticket concern” SOBI shot himself in Moscow In the center of Moscow, the owner of the “ticket concern” SOBI, Vladimir Zubkov, shot himself. As the press service of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate told Gazeta.Ru, Zubkov’s body was found in his apartment in a house on Vspolny Lane at about 18.00. “His wife came home, and he was lying dead, shot himself. There is a carbine nearby,” the press service said.