February 21, 2011, 12:22 Sports The Fed Cup semi-final match will be held at Megasport The semi-final of the Federation Cup between the national teams of Russia and Italy, scheduled for April 16-17, will be held at the Moscow Megasport Sports Palace on Khodynsky Boulevard, reports the press service of the Russian Tennis Federation.

The British government is considering moving the clock forward an hour, thereby switching to Central European Time. This will mean brighter evenings for people in Britain, and the plan is part of a strategy to attract tourists to the country. However, according to the BBC, the government wants to be sure that citizens support the plan to change the clocks, and only then will it approve the innovation.

February 21, 2011, 06:21 News The US is considering “all possible steps” to respond to the actions of the Libyan authorities The United States demands “explanations” from Muammar Gaddafi and is considering “all possible steps” to respond to the suppression of “peaceful demonstrations” by the Libyan authorities. A White House spokesman told reporters about this on Monday night.

Sport Text size A A A Ovechkin is not afraid of “blades” Ovechkin's assist helped Washington beat Buffalo Artem Kalinin “Washington” of Alexander Ovechkin, Alexander Semin and Semyon Varlamov beat Buffalo away in the next match of the NHL regular season. Ovechkin scored an assist, and Varlamov stopped 28 shots on his own goal. The shootout, converted by Pavel Datsyuk in the post-match series, brought Detroit victory over Minnesota.

February 21, 2011, 14:12 News Prosecutor General's Office: in different regions of Russia, officials and security forces patronize underground casinos; prosecutors go there Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika ordered large-scale inspections to be carried out in a number of regions of Russia after a scandal with an underground gambling business in the Moscow region, said official representative of the Prosecutor General's Office Marina Gridneva , and in various regions of the country facts of

February 21, 2011, 19:51 Society The killers were convicted, but no motive was found. The Moscow City Court rendered a verdict in the case of the murder of Magadan Region Governor Valentin Tsvetkov Ivan Alekseev The Moscow City Court sentenced the organizers of the murder of Magadan governor Valentin Tsvetkov. The four defendants received from 13.5 to 19 years in a maximum security colony. The mastermind of the crime has not yet been found.

EXHIBITIONS Russia is no worse ARCO Contemporary Art Fair took place in Madrid — 21.02.11 16:10 — TEXT: Velimir Moist PHOTO: photo by the author Twitter Publish in LiveJournal Recommend Share with friends The Madrid contemporary art fair ARCO received a large delegation from Russia this year. Eight of our galleries participated in the Focus Russia program, and leading art institutions like Garage and Winzavod showed up with representative stands.

February 21, 2011, 12:54 Sports The governor of the Sverdlovsk region headed the board of trustees of Ural A working meeting took place between the management of the Ural football club and the governor of the Sverdlovsk region, Alexander Misharin . During the meeting, issues of development and construction of the infrastructure of the main football club in the region were discussed.

Politics Ministry of Internal Affairs 2.0 "Gazeta.Ru" The Ministry of Internal Affairs has updated its official website. On Monday there was a presentation of the modified resource, which has been operating in pilot mode since February 1.

February 21, 2011, 11:45 Sports BC Nadezhda terminated contracts with Hammon and Christon American basketball player Becky Hammon, naturalized in 2008, now a player for the Russian national team, left Nadezhda Orenburg. The club terminated the contract with the bronze medalist of the Beijing Olympics due to poor play throughout the season - this became known after the end of the next Russian Championship match in the Women's Premier League against Vologda-Chevakata (79:59).

February 21, 2011, 07:45 Sports The West beat the East in the NBA All-Star Game The NBA All-Star Game took place on Monday night. With a score of 148:143 (37:27, 39:37, 41:36, 31:43), the East team beat the West team. G: Bryant (37+10 assists), Durant (32), Gasol (17) W: James (29+10 assists), Stoudemire (29), Wade (14) More NBA news and results can be found here .

February 21, 2011, 18:32 Cars In the south of Moscow, unknown assailants shot up an SUV In the south of Moscow on Monday, unknown persons in two cars shot up an SUV, killing the man behind the wheel, a source in the city’s law enforcement agencies said . “The attackers opened fire at the car near house No. 26 on Podolsky Cadets Street. As a result, a man, a resident of Moscow, a native of Azerbaijan, died,” the source said.

— 21.02.2011 20:59 — Libyan diplomat to the UN: Gaddafi declared war on his people Libya's deputy representative to the UN, Ibrahim Dabbashi, told reporters that the country's leader Muammar Gaddafi "has declared war on his people and is committing genocide against the Libyans," CNN reported . Earlier, the Al Jazeera television channel, citing eyewitnesses, reported that Air Force planes opened fire on people gathered in Tripoli . "Gazeta.Ru" SMI2 News Media2

February 21, 2011, 16:33 Sports Kylie Minogue's concert made changes to the schedule of KHL playoff matches On February 25, 2011, as part of her world tour, the Australian singer Kylie Minogue will give a concert at Arena Riga in the Latvian capital.

February 21, 2011, 03:25 News A hotline is being launched for relatives of the crew members of the ship "Amethyst" At the Ministry of Social Development and Labor of the Kamchatka Territory, from 14.00 Monday (06.00 Moscow time), a “hotline” begins operating for relatives of the sailors of the trawler “Amethyst”, which disappeared on February 11 in the Sea of ​​Okhotsk.