Sport Nine Mozgova Timofey Mozgov helped Denver beat Detroit Rustam Sharafutdinov close 100% Timofey Mozgov scores from above Reuters Timofey Mozgov scored nine points and made seven rebounds in the match against Detroit. Denver won. Oklahoma beat the Clippers and the Lakers beat Dallas. Denver nearly lost the final game of a long home series. The loss to Dallas was almost followed by a setback in the game against Detroit, and the Pistons, in turn, could have broken a two-game losing streak.

The Russian economy in February 2012 grew by 4.8% compared to February 2011, said Minister of Economic Development Elvira Nabiullina at a meeting dedicated to the implementation of the tasks set in the election articles of President-elect Vladimir Putin. In January - February 2012, GDP, according to the department, increased by 4.3% compared to the same period in 2011.

March 22, 2012, 11:22 a.m. Sport Hook's fight with Afolabi will take place on May 5 in Erfurt The date and location of the fight between WBO world heavyweight champion German boxer Marco Huck and mandatory challenger for the title British Ola Afolabi have become known. According to the official WBO website , the fight will take place on May 5 in Erfurt (Germany).

March 22, 2012, 10:13 a.m. Sport Mancini: I've been talking to Tevez every day for the last month Manchester City head coach Roberto Mancini , after the 29th round match of the English Championship with Chelsea ( 2:1 ), praised the performance of striker Carlos Tevez, who, due to a conflict with the coach, has not taken the field since September last year. “Carlos is not 100 percent ready yet,” Mancini was quoted as saying by the Daily Mail .

Theater and film actresses Chulpan Khamatova and Maria Aronova , trainers Askold and Edgar Zapashny, satirist and director of the Moscow Theater of Miniatures Mikhail Zhvanetsky received the title of People's Artists of Russia. The decree on their awarding was signed by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev .

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev admitted that there is a crisis of public trust in the authorities in Russia and believes that it is necessary to combat this through dialogue with society, and also spoke about measures to combat corruption, RIA Novosti reports . “There is a crisis of trust between the government and society, but it has always been there.

The worst period of the eurozone crisis has already passed, the situation in Europe is stabilizing, President of the European Central Bank ( ECB ) Mario Draghi said in an interview with the Bild newspaper . According to him, economic data such as inflation and budget deficits showed that the situation in Europe is getting better than in the United States. As the BBC notes , recent research suggests that European countries may be weakening. “Last fall the situation was really critical.

March 22, 2012, 18:46 Society Russian animal rights activists will join protests against the mass killing of dogs in Ukraine before Euro 2012 Russian animal rights activists will join international actions to protect animals from the Ukrainian authorities. According to the initiative group “Zhivoderam.NET”, March 31 has been declared the International Day of Protests “Fair Play” in defense of stray animals that are being massacred in Ukraine before Euro 2012 is held in this country.

In the Russian capital on Thursday, the weather that has settled over the past few days will continue. As Roshydromet promises , in Moscow during the day it will be from 0 to +2, in the morning to –6. Partly cloudy weather, mostly no precipitation, and moderate northwest wind are expected. A more detailed forecast can be found on the weather page .

The NHL regular season has reached the home stretch, and Detroit appears to be in serious trouble. On the eve of the Stanley Cup, the Red Wings are methodically losing one match after another. On Thursday night, the Red Wings suffered their sixth loss in a row. This time, one of the strongest clubs in the league, the leader of the Eastern Conference, the New York Rangers, played the role of the offender of the team from the “Motor City”. Detroit started the match well.

March 22, 2012, 20:18 Politics US changes list amendment Hearings on the situation in Russia were held in the US House of Representatives Sergey Smirnov close 100% Ileana Ros-Lehtinen proposed introducing sanctions against those involved in the “Magnitsky list” Reuters Hearings on the situation in Russia were held in the lower house of the US Congress.

A New York court on Wednesday decided to postpone the sentencing of Russian businessman Viktor Bout , found guilty last November of conspiracy to smuggle weapons, to April 5. Previously, the announcement of the verdict was scheduled for March 28 . Thus, Judge Shira Sheindlin, presiding over the trial in the Bout case, granted the request of the lawyer defending the Russian, Albert Dayan, to postpone the hearing.

The Russian Ministry of Finance proposes to abolish in-kind benefits for public sector employees, increasing their wages. “We increased the pay of military personnel and at that moment carried out a significant reorganization of the wage system and the abolition of benefits in kind.

— 22.03.2012 15:35 — In Nizhny Novgorod, law enforcement agencies opened a criminal case after police beat a detained man in a police station, which forced him to undergo surgery, during which he experienced clinical death, reports the Committee against Torture . In 2009, employees of the same department were at the center of a scandal involving an attempt to drown a beaten detainee.

Train traffic on the Sokolnicheskaya line of the Moscow metro, disrupted for almost an hour on Wednesday evening for technical reasons, has been restored, an employee of the Moscow subway information service said. “From 22.20 to 23.09, traffic on the “red” line was interrupted for technical reasons,” she said According to her, trains are currently running on schedule.