Sergey Lavrov. Photo from the site www.ilyapitalev.ru The head of the Russian Foreign Ministry Sergei Lavrov questioned the further membership of Russia in the OSCE. According to Kommersant Wednesday, he stated this at the meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of this organization that ended on Tuesday. Criticizing the OSCE, Lavrov touched the position of this organization in the settlement of regional conflicts.

Leo Rubinstein. Photos of faces I don’t know why I'm suddenly about it. Apparently because the other day I became a member of a fierce dispute about the normativeness-non-normalism of the modern Russian language. It is clear that the arguers were divided into boodplains and supporters of the "living" speech. The former argued that if you do not guard firm lexical norms and grammatical rules, then you can easily get to barbarism, mumps and complete mutual misunderstanding.

Vladimir Kramnik. Photo by ar The final batch of a chess match between the absolute world champion by Russian Vladimir Kramnik and the Deep Fritz computer, which takes place in Bonn, ended with the defeat of the chess player, RIA Novosti reports. Kramnik played with black figures and recognized his defeat at the 47th move. Thus, a six-rund confrontation ended with a score of 2-4. Kramnik lost two parties, and tied four others. In 2002, Kramnik already played with the Fritz 7 program.

A rally on the Lubyanka '' Marsh of the Disagreements '' on October 30, 2005. Photo by D. BORKO/Brani.ru The Moscow authorities forbade the "other Russia" to conduct a "march" in the form of a procession. As the NBP press secretary Alexander Averin said on Wednesday. Representatives of the city hall explained the ban on the procession by the fact that “it can significantly complicate the work of public transport and even paralyze the city,” the Kasparov.ru website notes.

The petrified remains of the Neanderthal, enclosed in the cemented block of sand and clay: the bones of the left leg, ribs, vertebrae. Exhibit of Spanish caves El Sidron. Photo by Antonio Rosas from the New Scientist website The most terrible scenes from the life of Neanderthals appeared before scientists who are engaged in excavations in the Spanish caves El Sidrron (El Sidrón, the province of Asturia) and find signs of the most severe struggle for survival.

In the insulator. Photo from the site www.journal.lv The mayor of Tomsk Alexander Makarov on Wednesday is placed in a temporary detention center. According to Interfax, the mayor’s lawyer Marina Vikhlyantseva stated this. The on -duty isolator of the temporary maintenance (IVS) Tomsk confirmed the agency for the admission of the mayor of the city: "Citizen.

Vladimir Putin. Photo by ar Russian President Vladimir Putin called on political parties to show responsibility in order to prevent extremism during the upcoming election campaign. According to Interfax, he said on Wednesday at a meeting with representatives of political parties.

Valentina Matvienko. Photo from the site www.ex.ru The governor of St. Petersburg Valentina Matvienko sent a statement to President Vladimir Putin asking for early resolution of his authority. This was reported on the official website of the administration of St. Petersburg.

Pension Fund logo. From the site of the FIU In the office of the head of the Pension Fund of Russia, Gennady Batanov and the executive director of the FIU Pavel Averin, a seizure of documents was performed. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the head of the Department of International Cooperation and Public Relations of the Pension Fund of Russia Nikolai Shulepin. "I do not know either the goal or the tasks of this event," he said.

Ants Laaneoots. Photo from the site delfi.ee The new commander of the defense forces of Estonia, Major General Ants Laaneoots, believes that the greatest threat of Estonia’s security comes from Russia. He stated this in an interview with Eesti Paevaleht, published on Wednesday, RIA Novosti reports. “To put it mildly, our neighbor is an unfriendly country for us,” the general said.

State Duma. Frame NTV The State Duma on Wednesday will consider in the first reading a draft law that grants the president the right to impose economic sanctions in an international emergency. According to the bill, the head of state will be able to introduce special measures of influence against any persons or states at the suggestion of both chambers of the parliament, as well as the government, ITAR-TASS reports.

Panasonic video camera. Photo from the site Images.camcorderinfo.com Leading Russian networks for the sale of household appliances and electronics announced the withdrawal of Panasonic products from their assortment. This company unscrupulously conducts business in Russia, according to a joint statement by the head of the company Euroset, Svyaznoy, Eldorado, M-Video, Technosila and Mir, Interfax reports.

Transport blockade of Georgia. Photo from RIA Novosti website The State Duma on Wednesday adopted in the first reading the bill "On special economic measures in an international emergency," reports Echo of Moscow. The document creates the legal basis for the operational response to the emergency that arose as a result of unlawful actions by foreign states and their residents.

A rally in Sukhumi. Ancient photo. From the site www.abkhazeti.narod.ru In Sukhumi on Wednesday it is planned a national gathering in support of the independence of Abkhazia. "The multinational people of the republic intends to once again confirm their will and demonstrate a clear position of the construction of an independent state to the whole world," the Novosti -Georgia news agency said, in the statement of the Organizing Committee of the Gastle.

Galina Kozhevnikova. Photo from the site Pankisi.info An insult to Majesty is an encroachment on the honor of the monarch and members of the reigning house. Brockhaus and Efron The more carefully you look around, the more often you think about the justice of the statement "This is only a flu together." However, I am ready to agree that I am crazy in proud loneliness. Only insanity can be explained by the misunderstanding of elementary things that occur in a beloved space called the homeland.