March 21, 2011, 10:12 Politics Referendum with stones and sticks Egypt voted for the country's new political system Alexander Artemyev Egyptians supported constitutional amendments in a referendum that would liberalize the country's electoral legislation. Now the country faces parliamentary and presidential elections. Radical Islamists and former functionaries of the ruling party may take advantage of the results of the revolution that overthrew President Hosni Mubarak, Western experts fear.

A case has been opened against an employee of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate for the Irkutsk region - the police captain was ready to drop the criminal case against one of the residents of the region in exchange for a laptop.

March 21, 2011, 12:26 a.m. Sport Sushinsky: no matter how we play, we still lose... SKA captain Maxim Sushinsky tried to explain the defeat to Atlanta (2:3 OT) in the decisive match of the 1/4 finals of the Gagarin Cup. “I have one employee in my salon. He works as a janitor for us, he’s about 70 years old,” SE reports Sushinsky’s words .

Sport Fursenko takes aim at the executive committee The format for selecting European teams for the 2014 World Cup has not changed Boris Khodorovsky The format for selecting European teams for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil will not change compared to the last championship. This was announced at the UEFA Congress held in Paris. On Tuesday, elections of members of the UEFA executive committee will take place, in which RFU President Sergei Fursenko is participating.

Russia will apply to host the World Figure Skating Championships instead of Japan . The President of the Russian Figure Skating Federation (FFKKR) Alexander Gorshkov told a Gazeta.Ru correspondent about this. “Of course, we intend to submit a formal application. I think we will do this on Tuesday,” Gorshkov said. – The venue for the competition will be Moscow and the Megasport Arena. Regarding applications from other countries, they have not been officially published anywhere.

The special detachment of the Ministry of Internal Affairs "Zubr" conducted demonstration exercises in front of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of Russia, President Dmitry Medvedev, at a base in Shchelkovo near Moscow. Riot policemen practiced storming a building using armored vehicles and air support, storming a moving vehicle to detain armed criminals traveling in it using departmental equipment, and demonstrated hand-to-hand combat techniques.

A criminal case has been opened against former President Leonid Kuchma as part of the investigation into the murder of journalist Georgy Gongadze , this information was confirmed to Ukrainskaya Pravda by two unrelated sources from the highest echelons of power. It is expected that this will be publicly announced on Tuesday at a press conference by First Deputy Prosecutor General Renat Kuzmina .

In the updated rankings, WTA No. 1 Danish Caroline Wozniacki rose to the top spot in the championship race. Maria Sharapova rose five positions, and Dinara Safina entered the top hundred players. According to the results of the past week, only the first three lines in the WTA rankings did not undergo changes: Wozniacki, Belgian Kim Clijsters and our Vera Zvonareva retained their places.

21 March 2011, 13:32 Sport Former Czechoslovakia national team defender Novak has died On Monday, former Czechoslovakia national team defender Ladislav Novak died at the age of 80, reports Sportovninoviny.cz . In Chile's 1962 World Cup final loss to Brazil, Novak led his team with the captain's armband. Two years earlier, as a member of the national team, he took third place at the European Championship. In total, Novak played 75 matches for the Czechoslovakian national team.

March 21, 2011, 4:59 pm Sport Starting fives and team coaches for the PBL All-Star Game have been determined Fan voting has ended to determine the starting five and head coaches for the PBL All-Star Game. According to the official website of the league , a total of 6,797 people took part in the voting, which lasted from March 1 to March 20 inclusive.

March 21, 2011, 10:32 Politics The president's accuser has died State Duma deputy Viktor Ilyukhin died “Gazeta.Ru” On Saturday, one of the most famous Russian deputies, former accuser of Mikhail Gorbachev, initiator of the impeachment of Boris Yeltsin, Viktor Ilyukhin, died suddenly. The leadership of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation has questioned the official cause of death - a heart attack - and insists on conducting an investigation.

March 21, 2011, 4:15 pm Sport Pargo signed with Chicago Chicago has signed defenseman Jannero Pargo until the end of the season, ESPN reports . The 31-year-old basketball player already played for the Bulls from 2004 to 2006, as well as in the 2009/10 season. Previously, Pargo played for the Lakers, Toronto and New Jersey, and in the first half of the 2008/09 season he played for Dynamo Moscow. Additionally, Chicago signed defenseman John Lucas III.

The trio of scandalous Kardashian sisters - Kim, Khloe and Kourtney - is known throughout the world. But not everyone knows that they also have a younger brother named Rob. The young man, unlike his vulgar relatives, leads a fairly modest lifestyle and does not hang out at glamorous parties. But still, the guy, apparently, also wanted to finally rock, as they say, to the fullest, and he decided to celebrate his 24th birthday in such a way that this holiday would be remembered for a lifetime.

March 21, 2011, 2:00 p.m. Sport RFU will sign a new contract with EFES On Wednesday in Moscow a contract will be signed between the EFES group of companies in Russia and the Russian Football Union ( RFU ) on sponsorship of the Russian national team with the Stary Melnik brand. The EFES group of companies has been one of the partners of the RFU since 2001.

21 March 2011, 08:32 Sport Capello unveils England squad for matches against Wales and Ghana England head coach Fabio Capello announced the squad for the 2012 European Championship qualifying match with Wales and the friendly match with Ghana, which will take place on March 26 and 29, respectively. According to the press service of the Football Association of England, Wolverhampton midfielder Matthew Jarvis has been called up to the national team for the first time.