09 February 2011, 18:40 Cars GLONASS put on penalty Penalties are introduced for the absence of a GLONASS navigation system Evgeniy Shipilov , Viktor Marakhovsky The Ministry of Transport has prepared a draft law proposing to fine owners of buses and trucks that do not use the GLONASS navigation system up to 50 thousand rubles. Industry participants warn that this will lead to higher transportation costs.

09 February 2011, 18:39 Sports KAMAZ beat Volgar-Gazprom A control match between first division teams took place in Turkey. KAMAZ (Naberezhnye Chelny) - Volgar-Gazprom (Astrakhan) - 1:0 Main: Kobyalko, 20

09 February 2011, 18:34 Business Saudi Arabia's oil reserves may be overestimated by 40% The oil reserves of the world's largest oil exporter, Saudi Arabia, may be overstated by 40% or 300 billion barrels, the Guardian reports , citing Wikileaks materials . Concerns arose after the price of oil rose above $100 per barrel in recent weeks. Analysts expected that the largest oil contractors would be able to contain rising prices by increasing production.

09 February 2011, 20:56 News The Russian national football team lost to the Iranian team Friendly matches of football teams take place on Wednesday. In Abu Dhabi, the Russian team met with the Iranian team and lost with a score of 0:1. Goal: Khalatbari 90 Russia: Akinfeev, V. Berezutsky, Ignashevich, A.

The producers found an actress to play the role of the main witch in the film “Hans and Greta: Witch Hunters”: Famke Janssen. The project is a loose adaptation of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale about children, an evil witch and a gingerbread house. In the film, the children grow up and make witch hunting their main profession. Dutchwoman Janssen has settled down in Hollywood quite a long time ago.

09 February 2011, 13:23 Sports Petrov still will not take part in the “Race of Stars”, he will only be an outside observer Russian Lotus-Renault driver Vitaly Petrov will not take part in the traditional “Behind the Wheel” Star Race. He will only be an outside observer at the Central Moscow Hippodrome. about this BaltInfo told Petrova’s manager Oksana Kosachenko . “Any race, even on a map, if it takes place next to non-professionals, is associated with a certain amount of risk.

09 February 2011, 20:23 From the editor Return of the media oligarchs New TV moguls are setting up the federal channel Gazeta.Ru It is difficult to see the commercial sense in the deal to sell a stake in Channel One, but it has a paradoxical effect: the emergence of a real media empire. The sale of a quarter of the shares of Channel One OJSC to the National Media Group of Yuri Kovalchuk is not a business.

09 February 2011, 10:29 Politics Kicked out on second try they tried to expel a Guardian journalist from Russia in November 2010 Alexandra Sheiko Guardian journalist Luke Harding must leave Russia by May this year, the publication for which he works has confirmed. The editors reported that the Russian authorities had previously tried to expel the correspondent from the country, but in November last year the British government helped extend the visa.

The second asteroid in a week will fly near the Earth - after the object 2011 CQ1, which missed the planet on Friday at a distance of only 5.48 thousand kilometers, on Wednesday the five-meter asteroid 2011 CA7 will fly past the Earth, NASA reports . The celestial body discovered on Monday is an asteroid ranging in size from 2.3 to 5.1 meters.

09 February 2011, 20:11 News In the Moscow region, a bus collided with a cargo truck; six victims Six people were injured in the Moscow region on Wednesday evening as a result of a collision between a cargo truck and a passenger bus, six were injured, a source in the region’s law enforcement agencies said. “The accident occurred at about 18.30 Moscow time on the 120th kilometer of Kashirskoye Highway.

President Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree on public discussion of the most significant bills, the Kremlin press service reported on Wednesday . According to the decree, bills affecting “the main directions of state policy in the field of socio-economic development” will be submitted for public discussion.

09 February 2011, 22:11 News Demonstrators in Cairo surround government buildings Tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered again in central Cairo on Wednesday evening to rally, demanding the immediate resignation of President Hosni Mubarak . The protest has already gone beyond Tahrir Square, the BBC reports . Hundreds of people surrounded government buildings, including the parliament and government buildings. In addition, a series of protests took place in other parts of Egypt.

09 February 2011, 06:06 News In Moscow on Wednesday it is expected to reach +1; snow Snowfall will continue in the capital on Wednesday. As Roshydromet promises , in Moscow during the day it will be from -1 to +1. The weather is expected to be cloudy and variable and moderate wind. A more detailed forecast can be found on the weather page .

09 February 2011, 19:25 Sports Kuznetsov: there is no hazing in the national team Russian national team forward Evgeny Kuznetsov spoke about the atmosphere in the national team. “The atmosphere in this team is different from the youth team with which I won the World Championship,” the Gazeta.Ru correspondent quotes him as saying. - Everything is more serious here. But this is not surprising, because the team has big tasks. There is no hazing, we find a common language with everyone.

09 February 2011, 19:06 Business Hidden at a press conference The founder of Maxi-Group was detained during his own press conference Olga Alekseeva , Igor Bakharev The founder of the metallurgical holding "Maxi-group" Nikolai Maximov was detained immediately after a press conference where he spoke about the conflict with Vladimir Lisin's NLMK. Maksimov is suspected of abuse of power and embezzlement of funds. He could face up to 10 years in prison.