Zinaida Greek, Prime Minister of Moldova. Frame NTV The Prime Minister of Moldova Zinaida Greek will come to Moscow to negotiations between the head of the Russian government Vladimir Putin with the leaders of Slovakia and Bulgaria. This is reported by Interfax with reference to the statement of the Russian government. The fact that the prime ministers of Slovakia and Bulgaria Robert Fitzo and Sergey Stanishev will visit Moscow on the eve.

The presentation of the presidential medal of freedom Tony Blaru. Photo Getty Images US President George Bush handed the former Prime Minister of Great Britain Tony Blaru Presidential Freedom Medal - the highest American award for civilians, the Air Force reports. Blair received a medal awarded to him for his efforts aimed at "improving the lives of people" at the ceremony in Washington.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky in prison. Photo by ar The process of the claim of the former cellmate of Mikhail Khodorkovsky Alexander Kuchma to recover 500 thousand rubles from the ex-head of the Yukos in Moscow on January 16. According to RIA Novosti, this was announced by the head of the press service of the Moscow City Court Anna Usacheva. According to her, a lawsuit from Kuchma for the recovery of moral damage was received in the Meshchansky court of Moscow.

Dmitry Medvedev, President of Russia. Photo by ar Gazprom should recover from Ukraine 1.1 billion dollars of export revenue, which the concern did not receive due to a breakdown of transit supplies to Europe. This was stated by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, RIA Novosti reports. In addition, the president instructed Gazprom to completely calculate the losses associated with transit blocking.

"Nord-Ost". Photo with Satya www.news.izvestia.ru The preliminary investigation in the criminal case on the fact of the capture of hostages in the theater center on Dubrovka was resumed in 2007, ITAR-TASS reports. According to the lawyer of the victims, Igor Trunov, this was stated in the message of the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee at the Russian Prosecutor's Office in Moscow.

Carabin '' Saiga ''. Photo TIR.xado.com In the center of Moscow, the owner of the ticket of Sobi, Vladimir Zubkov, was shot by Gazeta.ru. According to the press service of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate, Zubkov’s body was found in his apartment in the house in Rolny Lane at about 18.00. “His wife came home, and he lies dead, shot himself. A carbine nearby,” the press service said. Meanwhile, as Interfax reports, the entrepreneur shot himself in his car.

The building of the Central Bank. Photo by ITAR-TASS The Bank of Russia pre -appreciated the net outflow of capital from Russia in 2008. According to the Central Bank, which is given by Kommersant, 129.9 billion dollars left the country, which is a historical maximum. Most of the outflow fell on the fourth quarter of last year and was triggered by the transfer of bank deposits and cash into currency, as well as payments on corporate external debts.

Police special forces in Riga. Photo of the newspaper Latvijas Avize Mass riots take place in the center of Riga, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the representative of the Latvian police. The excitement began on Tuesday evening at the building of Latvia in the center of Riga. Participants in the riots require the dissolution of parliament. During the protest rally, several stores are defeated. Several police officers were injured. Glass was knocked out in the Seima building.

Karachay-Cherkessia map. Frame RBC-TV In Cherkessk, a deputy of the People’s Assembly of Karachay-Cherkessia, Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Manda issues, regulations and information policy Islam Krymshamkhalov, was killed, RBC reports. As explained in the law enforcement agencies of the republic, the murder was committed the night before. They began to shoot at the deputy when he put his car near the building of the Supreme Court of the Republic.

Freedom House states the degradation of the political system of Russia. Grani.ru collage The human rights organization Freedom House published an annual report "On the state of freedom in the world." The authors of the study, as in previous years, classified Russia as "non -free countries", noting that the situation tends to deteriorate, Kommersant notes.

Arrest. Photo psychinaction.files.wordpress.com In Moscow, a gang of scammers who "sold" positions in the Russian government is neutralized. According to MK, attackers referred to their connections in the corridors of the authorities, lured large amounts from their victims in exchange for a promise of a high position.

International observers in Kyiv. Photo by ar International observers documented the delay in the international transit of Russian gas in Ukraine.

A study conducted by American scientists showed that people sleeping less than seven hours a day are much more likely to suffer from colds, writes BBC News . A group of researchers from the American University of Carnegie Mellon University ( CMU ) in Pittsburgh found out that the risk of catching a cold from such people is three times higher than those who sleep eight hours a day or more. The results of the work are published in the journal Archives of Internal Medicine .

Israeli soldiers in the Gaza sector. Photo by ar Israeli troops entered the suburbs of the city of Gaza and entered into battles with representatives of the Hamas movement, reports the Air Force with reference to eyewitnesses. The Israeli special forces advanced deep into the city by several hundred meters. Intensive shooting is heard everywhere. According to the Israeli authorities, aviation and missile strikes were inflicted on Tuesday for more than a hundred targets in the Gaza sector.

Bolshoi Theater. The leadership of the Bolshoi Theater decided to cancel the production of the opera Giuseppe Verdi Othello, scheduled for 2009, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the head of the press service of the Bolshoi Theater Ekaterina Novikova. “The production of Othello is the most expensive production of the Bolshoi Theater over the past decades,” Novikova said.