Speaker of the Tomsk City Duma Sergei Ilyinykh , who until recently was aspiring to the post of governor of the region, believes that those who use the expression “ United Russia is a party of swindlers and thieves” “should be burned at the stake.” Ilyinykh made such an emotional comment at a meeting of the Public Chamber dedicated to monitoring the upcoming presidential elections.

The British broadcasting corporation BBC has banned its journalists from posting “breaking” news on Twitter before it appears on the news feed and on air, according to a statement on the corporation’s website . “If we have breaking news or important additions, any exclusives, you must send them to our system as quickly as possible so that we distribute them to everyone - including our TV, radio and online media teams,” said BBC editor Chris Hamilton .

09 February 2012, 19:51 Cars Cars were wrecked due to insurance The Ministry of Transport has prepared a draft of uniform rules for conducting an independent examination of damage in road accidents Roman Kondratyev close 100% The Ministry of Transport has prepared a draft of uniform rules for conducting road accident examinations ITAR-TASS The Ministry of Transport has developed uniform rules for assessing car damage after an accident, which will tie the examination to clearer formulations.

told Interfax The branch of the Russian Post has once again become the target of a criminal attack, this time in Yakutia, where almost 2.5 million rubles of pension money were stolen, a source in law enforcement agencies . “On Wednesday night, unknown persons entered the Russian Post office located in the village of Malykai, Nyurbinsky district of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia),” said the agency’s interlocutor.

09 February 2012, 11:15 Sports Swansea extend contract with head coach Rodgers Swansea head coach Brendan Rodgers has extended his contract. According to the press service of the English club, an agreement was signed with the 39-year-old specialist until July 2015. Rodgers has been coaching Swansea since mid-2010.

09 February 2012, 09:16 Sports “Russian classics” may be shown on one of the federal channels Minister of Sports, Tourism and Youth Policy of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Sergei Gurov said that the issue of broadcasting “Russian Classics” throughout the country is now under negotiation. On February 17 in Krasnoyarsk, the local Sokol and Yaroslavl Lokomotiv will take to the ice at the Tsentralny stadium.

On Thursday night, the regular season matches were played in the NHL. Detroit beat Edmonton at home with a score of 4:2 (1:0, 1:1, 2:1). Russian striker Pavel Datsyuk scored an assist. 1-0. Franzen (White, Datsyuk), 13:18-ball 2-0. Emmerton (Abdelkader, Cleary), 22:45 2-1. Gagne (Jones, Petrie), 31:08 2-2. Ganye (Pyaajärvi), 48:23 3-2. Miller (Abdelkader), 50:46 4-2.

Frosty weather will remain in the Russian capital on Thursday. As Roshydromet promises , in Moscow during the day it will be from –14 to –12, in the morning up to –20. Partly cloudy weather, mostly no precipitation, and moderate northeast wind are expected. A more detailed forecast can be found on the weather page .

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries ( OPEC ) has cut its forecast for oil demand in 2012 due to the eurozone debt crisis and high retail gasoline prices, Reuters reports . “Doubts about global oil demand in 2012 are caused by the state of the US economy and the debt problems of the European Union ,” the organization said in a statement. In addition, the OPEC statement emphasizes that rising fuel prices have a negative effect on demand.

09 February 2012, 01:14 Business Oil futures price in New York rose to $98.99 On the New York Exchange NYMEX, the cost of March futures for American light oil rose by $0.58. Thus, its price was $98.99 per barrel.

The Japanese coast guard arrested Russian citizen Alexander Zaika , captain of the bulk carrier Tanya Karpinskaya, which sank two days ago in the Niigata port area, reports an ITAR-TASS correspondent in Tokyo. The sailor was charged on suspicion of violating navigation rules and criminal negligence. Along with him, the captain of the Singaporean ship that collided with the Russian cargo ship, Pole Ignacy Marek, was also arrested. They will have to appear in court.

PepsiCo is laying off 3% of all employees, which is about 8.7 thousand people, reports Business Insider . The company presented a plan to save money against the background of rising costs of raw materials, within which PepsiCo intends to reduce costs by $1.5 billion by 2014. In addition, PepsiCo is going to increase investments in advertising and marketing by $500–600 million. At the end of 2010, the PepsiCo corporation bought the Russian concern Wimm-Bill-Dann for almost $6 billion .

09 February 2012, 03:48 Sports Bushmanov: Spartak’s defensive play has become more reliable Former defender of the Russian national team Evgeny Bushmanov assessed the defensive performance of Spartak Moscow at the victorious Copa de Sol tournament for the red-and-whites. “As a coach, it seemed to me that at Spartak they changed the structure of the game in defense,” SE quotes Bushmanov as saying . “The team began to play completely differently.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin did not object to Communications Minister Igor Shchegolev ’s proposal to introduce “blacklists” of Internet resources, but at the same time, the prime minister, who is running for president, made a reservation that he is against “restrictions on Internet freedom.” “Negative phenomena, which, of course, exist everywhere, including on the Internet, should not be used as an excuse to restrict Internet freedom.

The leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Gennady Zyuganov into the government if he wins the presidential elections , who is running for president, proposed to abolish the post of prime minister, so that the government would be headed by the president, as in the United States, and also promised to take the leaders of the protest movement Sergei Udaltsov and Alexei Navalny .