Currency exchange. Photo from Newsru.com During trading at the MICEX on Wednesday, the ruble exchange rate was strengthened in relation to 35 kopecks with a bivalyut basket. By 13:00 Moscow time, the cost of a bivalyat basket amounted to 37.11 rubles. At the closure of the trading session at the MICEX on January 20, the basket cost 37.46 rubles. The dollar exchange rate at the MICEX with “Tomorrow” calculations by 13:00 Moscow time decreased by 69 kopecks and amounted to 32.68 rubles.

Moscow, January 20, 2009. The march of the memory of Stanislav Markelov and Anastasia Baburova, killed the day before. Source: Indyvideo.ru Anarchists nevertheless went through a march in Moscow

Chairman of IRL March Laar. Photo from the site Stanford.edu The Estonian Party of the Union of the Fatherland and Res Publica, which is part of the ruling coalition, apologized to the country's Jewish community for caricatures published in the party newspaper, reports Postimees. The apology was brought by the General Secretary of the party Margus Tsakhkna and the chairman of the IRL, former Prime Minister of Estonia Mart Laar.

Photo from the site rian.ru/science/ Spanish archaeologists have discovered the largest prehistoric burial in their country. The cemetery in the province of Mursia (on the territory of the municipality of Karavak-de la-Krus (Spanish Caravaca de la Cruz)) has more than 1.3 thousand graves. RIA Novosti reports this with reference to the Spanish media. The cemetery in the town of Kamino Del-Molino was discovered by accident, during work on digging the foundation pit for housing construction.

Farid Babaev. Photo hro1.org In the Supreme Court of Dagestan, the jurors on Tuesday issued a verdict in the case of the murder of the leader of the local Yabloko, Farid Babaev, who was completely in Makhachkala in November 2007, Kommersant reports. The jury by a majority vote (seven against five) decided that Rasil Mamedrizaev was guilty of murder, but innocent in illegal weapons. Sefrali Sephymirzoev was justified under both articles of the Criminal Code.

BPC "Admiral Chabanenko". Photo from the site navy.ru The large anti -submarine ship "Admiral Chabanenko" urgently entered the sea, interrupting the repair at the shipyard in Baltiysk. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the head of the press service of the enterprise Sergei Mikhailov. "BPC" Admiral Chabanenko "at a speed of 32 knots urgently went to sea from the military harbor of Baltiysk, having received a task of great public importance," Mikhailov said.

Concluded in the colony of Yao-100/1. Photo from the site http://pm.hve.ru In Yekaterinburg, the court placed under the arrest of an officer of a penal colony number 1 of the city of Kopeysk, Chelyabinsk Region, Interfax reports. According to investigators, in May 2008, an officer, whose name is not called, participated in the beating of prisoners. After that, the colony worker was on the run in Dagestan for several months and only recently arrived in Chelyabinsk, where he was detained.

Mikhail Kasyanov. Photos of faces The murder of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova testifies to the beginning of an instability period in the country. This was stated by the leader of the Russian People's Democratic Union Mikhail Kasyanov. "In Russia, instability begins again, which is associated with the political course that is held in recent years," Kasyanov said.

The soldiers frightened. Photo by ar Israel on Wednesday completely withdrew its troops from the Gaza sector, where for 22 days they conducted an operation "cast lead" against the militants of the radical Islamic movement Hamas, reports Reuters. According to the Army DTA, "at the moment there are no military personnel left in the Gaza sector." Reservists were taken out of the sector on Monday. They are released home, clarifies ITAR-TASS.

Arrest. Photo psychinaction.files.wordpress.com On suspicion of organizing terrorist attacks and murders in Moscow, the head of the department of strategic analysis and the development of statelithics of the Ministry of Sports, Tourism and Youth Policy, Peter Bashelutkov, was detained, Kommersant reports. In addition to Bashelutov, his cousin David Bashelutkov, as well as the unemployed Stanislav Lukhmynin, was arrested. All three are natives of Volgograd.

A gas pipeline. Photo from the site elvisti.com In 2010, the cost of Russian gas transit through the territory of Ukraine will increase to $ 2.7-3 per thousand cubic meters by one hundred kilometers. Such a statement was made by the Minister of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine Yuri Pralein, Interfax reports. Sold also emphasized that since 2010, the cost of transit and the price of gas for Ukraine will be calculated without taking into account any discounts or benefits.

National Bolshevik. Photo by apn-nn.ru On Wednesday in Riga, work was interrupted at the construction site of the "Castle of Light" - the Latvian National Library, Mixnews reports. The National Bolshevik group blocked the gate, as a result, the construction was paralyzed for a while. The participants of the action chanted "Down with the construction, down with the government!" And they handed out leaflets to passers -by.

A rally in Lithuania. Photo delfi.ee The ruling coalition of Lithuania plans to revise measures to combat the economic crisis, taken at the end of last year, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the statement of the head of government Andryus Cubilyus. According to him, the authorities can, in particular, refuse to introduce cash registers in the markets, as well as revise the rules for taxation of small and medium -sized businesses.

Vladimir Abarinov The “Inauguration” of the same Latin root as the Augur is the “Inauguration” is the initiation ceremony. The ritual is still established by George Washington, who, not only, putting his hand on the Bible, uttered the words not prescribed by the Constitution “May God help me,” but, bowing his head, kissed the Holy Scriptures. Ritual deviations are possible, but they always are meaningful.

Safe. Photo from the site safemoney.ru In Moscow, thieves entered the office of the head of one of the private firms and stole a safe, which stored about a million rubles and valuable documents, RIA Novosti reported. The robbery occurred on Tuesday on Nezhinskaya Street. As the investigators managed to install, the thieves penetrated the room, squeezing the window. Operational investigative measures are held.