February 18, 2010, 01:00 News The EU will send “a person of the proper level” to the inauguration in Kyiv The EU will be represented at the inauguration of the elected President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych by a high official from Brussels, a source close to the EU leadership said. “This will be a person of the appropriate level from Brussels,” Ukrayinska Pravda quotes him as saying .

February 18, 2010, 13:24 News Medvedev: The Ministry of Internal Affairs will lose the functions of vehicle inspection Russian President Dmitry Medvedev , speaking at a board of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on Thursday, said that as a result of the reform of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the functions of conducting technical inspections of vehicles and expelling foreigners will be relieved.

February 18, 2010, 11:50 Business The poker.org domain was sold for $1 million The largest .org domain deal has been concluded on the Sedo domain name marketplace, TechCrunch reports . The poker.org domain was sold to the Internet company PokerCompany.com for $1 million. Before this, the most expensive domain in this zone was engineering.org, whose price was $198 thousand. It is followed by sexe.org at $151.4 thousand. The most expensive domains are in the .com zone.

February 18, 2010, 12:02 Business Google allocated $2 million to support Wikipedia Internet company Google has allocated $2 million to support Wikipedia, a universal online encyclopedia that contains more than 14 million articles, reports eWeek.com . The money sent to the Wikimedia Foundation will be used for operational costs and other comprehensive support and development of Wikipedia. The encyclopedia is usually supported by voluntary donations from users.

February 18, 2010, 02:40 News The US is not afraid of rapprochement between Mexico and Russia The United States has nothing against strengthening relations between Mexico and Russia, the acting head of state said at a press briefing on Wednesday. State Department Deputy Spokesperson US Mark Toner . Representatives of the Russian Foreign Ministry have repeatedly stated Russia's interest in cooperation with Mexico in the fight against drug trafficking.

18 February 2010, 13:39 Business Official rates: ruble\€ – 40.8825; ruble\$ – 30.1138 The official dollar exchange rate has increased by 13.77 kopecks since February 19, to 30.1138 rubles per dollar. The official euro exchange rate dropped by 37.36 kopecks to 40.8825 rubles per euro.

against the traffic police officer at the request of the famous singer Yuri Antonov No criminal case was initiated , said the head of the Moscow traffic police, Sergei Kazantsev . “An official inspection was ordered, it was carried out, the materials were received by the prosecutor’s office of the Odintsovo district of the Moscow region at the scene of the incident. There is a resolution refusing to initiate a criminal case, which Antonov wanted to initiate.

18 February 2010, 18:22 Sports Samedov: “Moscow” will always be in my heart Dynamo Moscow midfielder Alexander Samedov spoke about his expectations for the upcoming season. “I have a very good feeling before the start of the new season,” Sportbox quotes the footballer. — Probably because we can claim a lot in this championship.

18 February 2010, 18:06 Culture This Ulyanka is worse than Kyrasin! Culture on Thursdays Vadim Nesterov Culture on Thursdays: the scandal surrounding the awarding of the Belkin Prize to Ulyana Gamayun became a good reason to talk about the connection between writers and cactus growers. The literary world of the country, as it turned out, is rocked by scandals that Park Kultury stubbornly ignores.

18 February 2010, 18:49 Business Russian stock trading closed lower The Russian stock market closed lower. The RTS index fell by 0.82% to 1,410.28 points. The total volume of transactions amounted to $5,584,720,691. The leaders in decline were shares of Sberbank of Russia OJSC (-3.44%). The growth leaders were shares of JSC RusHydro (2.61%). index The MICEX fell by 1.13% to 1,338.77 points.

18 February 2010, 16:15 Opinions Year of the Governor If in the crisis year of 2009 it was scary to touch governors en masse, now the Kremlin feels more confident Dmitry Badovsky Five years after the abolition of gubernatorial elections, it can be stated that the main goal - the elimination of independent and powerful regional political regimes - has not been achieved. Shaimiev, who voluntarily resigns, retains his influence in Tatarstan.

February 18, 2010, 05:20 Sports Indiana lost to San Antonio On Thursday night the regular season matches take place in the NBA. “Indiana” — “San Antonio” — 87:90 (28:24, 17:27, 22:18, 20:21) I: Granger (23), Hibbert (14), Ford (14) With: Parker (28), Zhinobili (18), Jefferson (13) Details of this and other matches can be viewed on the NBA page

February 18, 2010, 05:09 News Japan: earthquake near Vladivostok had a magnitude of 6.9 A powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.9 occurred on Thursday morning in the Vladivostok region. It was recorded by the Japan Meteorological Administration. The source of the earthquake was at a depth of 590 km. It also shook China, North Korea, and was felt in northern Japan. American seismologists said the earthquake had a magnitude of 6.7.

The prosecutor's office sent to the Investigative Committee a number of materials related to the unlawful actions of bailiffs during the demolition of houses in the village of Rechnik. According to the prosecutor of the Western Administrative District of Moscow Stanislav Ivanov, “four criminal cases have been opened regarding theft and embezzlement of property.” Ivanov visited Rechnik on Wednesday.

18 February 2010, 18:55 Sports Dnepr defeated CSKA in a friendly match On Thursday, a friendly match took place between CSKA and Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk. Dnepr won with a score of 3:0. Goals: Seleznev, 49; Kravchenko, 87; Konoplyanka, 90.