08 February 2010, 02:10 Tymoshenko left her headquarters and is going to rest until the morning The Prime Minister of Ukraine, presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko left her election headquarters at midnight today in order to rest until the morning. “I’m leaving to rest,” Tymoshenko said. At the same time , she emphasized that she plans to rest until the morning. Tymoshenko noted that she and her headquarters will decide on further actions after the final election results are known.

08 February 2010, 03:46 PR: Tymoshenko is in agony preparing a large-scale falsification Yulia Tymoshenko 's headquarters is preparing a large-scale falsification of election results in western Ukraine, the press service of the Party of Regions said. “Six hours have already passed since the end of voting, but to the Central Election Commission ,” the message notes.

08 February 2010, 15:26 Russia retained second position in the Fed Cup rankings The updated Fed Cup rankings were published on Monday. 1. Italy - 29957.5 points, 2. Russia - 127715 3. USA - 15,512.5 4. Czech Republic — 10,097.5 5. Spain — 7,752.5 6. Belgium — 5,055 7. Ukraine — 5,037.5 8. Germany — 4,825 9. Serbia — 4,805 10. Slovakia — 4,537.5

Larger female moas, ancient birds that lived in New Zealand about 500 years ago, could “survive” their male relatives: for every five skeletons of adult females found, there is only one skeleton of a male, say scientists from the University of Canterbury, whose research is published in the electronic version of the journal Quaternary Science Reviews .

The Kaluga Region Election Commission on Sunday refused to register the list of the Yabloko party for the elections to the regional legislative assembly on March 14. 8 out of 9 members of the commission present voted against registration. The reason for this decision was the excess share of defective signatures in support of the party list. Of the 8.45 thousand collected signatures, 626 were found to be unreliable. In order to refuse registration, 425 cases of marriage were sufficient.

08 February 2010, 16:37 The real effective ruble exchange rate decreased by 3.9% in 2009 The real effective exchange rate of the ruble in 2009 decreased by 3.9%, according to information published today by the Central Bank of Russia . The real exchange rate of the ruble against the dollar fell by 0.4% over the year, and against the euro – by 6.5%. The nominal effective exchange rate of the ruble decreased by 9.2% in 2009.

Jovial former England midfielder Paul Gascoigne was arrested by North Yorkshire Police last night on suspicion of drink-driving and was questioned on Monday after spending the night in a police station. The former Newcastle and Tottenham star was arrested after police were called to a disturbance at a cafe in the North Yorkshire village of Leeming Bar. In addition to 42-year-old Gascoigne, who has long struggled with alcoholism and depression, another man was arrested.

08 February 2010, 19:08 Society "Fantasy Island" will become a reality The capital's authorities refused to demolish the Fantasy Island park hotel. Irina Reznik “Fantasy Island” turned out to be too tough for Yuri Luzhkov: after a meeting with the participation of the head of the capital’s construction complex, the Moscow Committee for Architecture and the prefect of the Western District, the Moscow authorities abandoned plans to demolish the elite village.

08 February 2010, 22:32 In St. Petersburg, part of housing and communal services payments was spent on organizing holidays The Chamber of Control and Accounts of St. Petersburg checked the activities of the State Unitary Enterprise “Computer Center of the Collective Multi-Industry Housing Complex” for 2008 and 2009 and identified a number of significant violations, as well as numerous financial violations by state management companies GUZHA.

08 February 2010, 10:18 Toyota will recall the Prius this week Toyota Motor Corporation will announce a recall of the latest generation of Prius hybrids this week to repair the braking system, Bloomberg reports , citing informed sources. A total of 270 thousand cars will be recalled in Japan and the USA.

08 February 2010, 15:22 Gryzlov: United Russia supports Mironov at the head of the Federation Council Chairman of the Supreme Council of the United Russia party Boris Gryzlov said that United Russia members support the leader of the A Just Russia party Sergei Mironov , who heads the Federation Council, in this post.

08 February 2010, 17:50 Business "VIM-Avia" should not and flies One of the largest charter carriers - VIM-Avia - will not go bankrupt Andrey Kovalevsky One of the largest charter carriers, VIM-Avia, will not go bankrupt. The company managed to resolve the debt issue. But to stay in business, it will sacrifice market share and focus on revenue lines and rely on scheduled flights.

08 February 2010, 09:32 Grigalava: it’s very nice to beat Unirya Rostov defender Gia Grigalava commented on his team’s victory in the control match over the Romanian Unirey (1:0) . “The game turned out to be very tough. Often in such cases they say “to the point.” In general, this is what happened. We capitalized on the chance and were able to win. “Unirya” is a strong team, it’s very pleasant to beat such a team. Every day I feel better and better.

08 February 2010, 10:36 The Military Medical Academy is on fire in St. Petersburg In St. Petersburg, one of the buildings of the Military Medical Academy is on fire. According to Fontanka.Ru, the fire occurred in a three-story building on Academician Lebedev Street near Liteiny Bridge. According to eyewitnesses, there is a large concentration of fire trucks at the site. The details of the incident are being clarified.

08 February 2010, 11:29 FT: The Kremlin does not hide its contempt for Yanukovych In Ukraine, the leader of the Party of Regions, Viktor Yanukovych, is benefiting from a moral and ethical split among the Ukrainian authorities. Due to constant quarrels, intrigues and scandals between Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and President Viktor Yushchenko, Yanukovych wins the presidential election. writes about this The Financial Times .