01 March 2012, 23:10 Sport Rautakallio: showed good team play Head coach of Dynamo Riga Pekka Rautakallio shared his thoughts on his team’s victory over Torpedo ( 2:1 OT ) in the second match of the 1/8 finals of the Gagarin Cup. “Today we got what we wanted,” SE reports Rautakallio as saying . — To achieve this, we managed to change a lot of things in 24 hours. Showed good team play. Our goalkeeper Chris Holt played great today and helped us with this.

01 March 2012, 22:27 News Russia expressed dissatisfaction with the US statement about “family ties” between Russian and Syrian officials The Russian Foreign Ministry is surprised by statements by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton , according to which Russia allegedly does not offer any plan for a settlement in Syria, and is building its policy on some “family” ties with the family of President Bashar al- Assad .

Business Oil futures price in London rose to $122.66 The cost of April futures for North Sea Brent crude oil on the London ICE Exchange increased by $1.11 following trading results. Thus, its price was $122.66 per barrel.

Sport “The defensive game is close to ideal” Vladimir Gabulov and Alexander Kokorin about the victory over the Danes Oleg Koshelev (Copenhagen) close Roman Pavlyuchenko did not play against the Danes due to a cold Russian squad Vasily Berezutsky is unyielding in horse wrestling Roman Shirokov celebrates a goal Andrei Arshavin did not always get to the ball You can view the full gallery in a separate report See photos Russian national team striker Alexander Kokorin, after the victory over the

More than 4 thousand appeals from Russian-speaking residents of America in support of the tour of singer Joseph Kobzon were sent to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton , reported the organizers of the public initiative “Open a visa for Kobzon!” The Russian singer, deputy and public figure intends to complete his touring activities with a tour in the United States, where he has not been allowed for about 20 years.

01 March 2012, 17:27 Society The builder of Sharia sat down as a terrorist In Pyatigorsk, a member of a gang that blew up cars near a cafe was convicted Anastasia Berseneva , Daria Zagvozdina close 100% The Stavropol court sent to jail one of the members of the gang involved in the explosion near a cafe in Pyatigorsk. Aslan Otepov will have to spend 16 years in a maximum security colony. According to investigators, he and his accomplices wanted to create an Islamic state in the North Caucasus.

March 01, 2012, 21:55 Society Residents of the city held a rally at the Moscow City Hall who disagreed with the procedure for providing housing to replace the demolished five-story buildings Muscovites who do not agree with the new procedure for providing housing when moving from demolished five-story buildings held a rally on Thursday at the capital's mayor's office. About 250 people simultaneously brought 13 appeals to Mayor Sergei Sobyanin into the building on Tverskaya.

— 01.03.2012 21:24 — Petrov: my car worked well all day Russian Caterham driver Vitaly Petrov commented on the first day of the final pre-season tests in Barcelona. “The car worked very well from the first installation lap until the very end of the day,” the team’s press service reports Petrov’s words . “We were able to complete the entire tire program and show solid times throughout the day. We've also worked on different settings that help me find the right balance to allow me to attack.

Russian Standard Bank, owned by businessman Rustam Tariko, received several patents for the “yo moe” trademark, which was registered at the end of December. “Russian Standard” became the copyright holder of the phrase “yo moe” in various variants of its spelling (including “yo! moe”), as well as the holder of the rights to use it when providing almost all types of services. The bank can use this trade mark in black and white and color, with red, blue, yellow and green used in the color design.

01 March 2012, 22:11 Society You'll sit down earlier Juvenile criminals will look younger Anastasia Berseneva , Daria Zagvozdina , Vera Kramskoy close 100% Deputies propose lowering the age of criminal responsibility Reuters The State Duma plans to lower the age of criminal responsibility from 14 to 12 years. It is expected that the document will be submitted to the lower house before the end of the spring session.

01 March 2012, 22:58 Sport Butsaev: there are complaints about the players’ dedication CSKA head coach Vyacheslav Butsaev shared his thoughts on the defeat from SKA ( 1:7 ) in the second match of the 1/8 finals of the Gagarin Cup. “I’ll start again by congratulating the opponent on his victory,” SE reports Butsaev’s words . — There are very big claims against our leaders. We have a lot of players from different national teams, candidates for them.

Sport “Kombarov needs to be taken to the Euro” Gazeta.Ru expert Valery Reingold on the results of the victory over the Danish team Valery Reingold close Roman Pavlyuchenko did not play against the Danes due to a cold Russian squad Vasily Berezutsky is unyielding in horse wrestling Roman Shirokov celebrates a goal Andrei Arshavin did not always get to the ball You can view the full gallery in a separate report See photos Gazeta.Ru expert, champion and winner of the USSR Cup Valery Reingold,

In Yerevan, the opposition held a rally on the anniversary of the riots after the last presidential elections, a Gazeta.Ru correspondent reports. The Armenian opposition held a rally in Yerevan on the anniversary of the mass riots on March 1, 2008, when 10 people were killed and more than 200 were injured as a result of the dispersal of demonstrators. The rally, which was attended by 18 opposition parties belonging to the Armenian National Congress (ANC) union, attracted about 5 thousand people.

A federal judge has ruled unconstitutional the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) requirement to place graphic images on cigarette packages that show the possible consequences of smoking, writes The New York Times . Judge Richard J. Leon of the Washington District Court ruled that forcing companies to print images of cancerous tumors and other effects of smoking violates the Constitution's First Amendment of free speech.

Gazprom on Thursday filed a claim in international arbitration against the Lithuanian government to protect its investments in this country, the company reports. “Today Gazprom was forced to file a claim in international arbitration against the Lithuanian government in order to protect its investments in Lithuania,” the gas holding company said in a statement.