06 February 2012, 19:37 Sports Zenit beat Cesena in a friendly match On Monday, a friendly match took place in Florence between the football teams of St. Petersburg “Zenith” and the Italian “Cesena”. Zenit won with a score of 1:0. Key: Kerzhakov, 22. Gazeta.Ru conducted an online broadcast of this match.

The Investigative Committee of Russia ( ICR ) has again refused to initiate a criminal case against the former first deputy head of the Department of Economic Security (DEB) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia Andrei Khorev and two of his subordinates, who were unreasonably given the status of combat veterans for a one-day business trip to Chechnya, Kommersant writes . No crime was identified in their actions.

Business EU says Gazprom has restored supplies to six countries, Italy says situation is critical European Commission spokeswoman Marlene Holzner said that Russia has restored normal gas supplies to Bulgaria, Slovakia, Austria, Hungary, Poland and Greece. Deliveries to Romania, Germany and Italy, according to her, are also increasing, but have not yet reached the norm, RIA Novosti reports. According to her, the situation in Europe due to short supplies of Russian gas is not catastrophic.

The governor of the Sverdlovsk region, Alexander Misharin , after a serious accident in which he was involved on December 1, decided to abandon the flashing light on his official transport and the traffic police escort vehicle , according to his administration. As the heads of the region told ITAR-TASS, the governor motivated his decision by the fact that these measures do not provide the necessary security and create inconvenience for other road users.

An earthquake of magnitude 6.8 occurred in the Philippines, the US Geological Survey reported on Monday. According to American seismologists, the epicenter of the tremors was located 80 kilometers southeast of the city of Bacolod and 574 kilometers from the capital of the Philippines, Manila. The source of the earthquake lay at a depth of 46 kilometers. There have been no reports of damage or casualties, and there is no threat of a tsunami.

06 February 2012, 17:38 Business Gold miners rise on speculation Polyus Gold and Polymetal are rising in price on the MICEX-RTS Olga Alekseeva close 100% Shares of Polyus Gold soared by 50% on the MICEX-RTS exchange in two days, shares of Polymetal rose by 14% on Monday. The papers are growing on rumors: about a new offer from Polyus and a possible merger of two precious metals miners. The regulator, the Federal Financial Markets Service, has already become interested in the jump in shares.

The head of the administration of the Kazakh Zhanaozen, where major popular unrest occurred at the end of last year, Orak Sarbopeev and the ex-head of the customs committee of the Ministry of Finance Serik Baimaganbetov were arrested by financial police, Interfax reports . The day before, Sarbopeev returned from vacation and received a summons to appear at the regional financial police department.

rival Barack Obama's in the 2008 US presidential election, John McCain , again recalled Vladimir Putin on Twitter and reminded the Russian Prime Minister, who is running for president, about the “Arab Spring.” “Dear Vlad! The Arab Spring has already reached your neighborhood,” wrote https://twitter.com/#!/SenJohnMcCain, adding to the message a link leading to an article by The New York Times about Saturday’s rallies in Moscow .

06 February 2012, 17:21 Culture The State Department is to blame "Cape Town Access Code" by Daniel Espinosa in theaters Vladimir Lyashenko close 100% "Capse Code Cape Town" is released in theaters - a spy thriller about how a young CIA operative learns the hard way how rotten the system of international espionage is.

06 February 2012, 19:37 Sports Amar'e Stoudemire's older brother dies in car accident NBA star Amar'e Stoudemire's older brother Hazell has died in a car accident, TMZ reports . This incident occurred on Monday morning in Florida. Police say 35-year-old Hazell was traveling at a high rate of speed when he lost control and crashed into a tractor-trailer. He was not wearing a seat belt and died at the scene.

A man with a knife attacked three visitors to a restaurant in the center of Moscow, one person was killed, a law enforcement source said. According to him, the incident occurred in the restaurant “Il Patio” at st. Marxistskaya, house No. 7. “During a quarrel, a man attacked three of his interlocutors with a knife. One of them died from his injuries, the other two were hospitalized,” the source said. The attacker was detained by police , the circumstances of the incident are being clarified.

The voting protocol cannot be shown through a webcam, since the image is unclear and the numbers in the document cannot be read, said Nikolai Konkin, secretary of the Central Election Commission. “Due to the technical capabilities that currently exist, it is practically impossible to obtain an image of protocols from a webcam...

The share price of the Russian company Polymetal, following the rise in quotations of Polyus Gold, soared by 14% during Monday's trading, according to data from the RTS-MICEX . The growth in quotations occurs against the backdrop of information received about a possible merger of Polyus Gold with Polymetal , which will lead to the emergence of the largest producer of the precious metal. By 13.05 Moscow time, Polymetal shares had risen in price by 14.22%, to 605 rubles per share.

The head of the Romanian government, Emil Boc, on Monday announced the resignation of his government after several weeks of mass public protest against the austerity measures he had introduced, reports Reuters . “This is the time for important political decisions. In this regard, I decide to abandon the government’s mandate,” Bock said after the government meeting. New parliamentary elections are scheduled for the end of this year in Romania.

06 February 2012, 05:48 Sports Kanareikin: now is a difficult period for both Riga and us The head coach of Metallurg Magnitogorsk Fedor Kanareikin commented on his team’s victory over Dynamo Riga ( 3:2 ) in the KHL championship match. “I want to congratulate my team. I think that Riga has been showing very good hockey lately and in general on this away tour,” the press service of the Magnitogorsk club reports Kanareikin’s words.