Photo NASA / JPL-CALTECH / S. Stolovy Photo NASA / JPL-CALTECH / S. Stolovy This picture of the central part of our Galaxy Milky Way is obtained in the infrared rays by the American Spitzer Spitzer Space Telescope. The Galactic Center separates a distance of 27 thousand light years from us. Studying this region in the infrared range, astronomers get the opportunity to see through dense clusters of dust, hiding stars and other objects.

Avigdor Lieberman. Photo by ar Two weeks before the extraordinary parliamentary elections, the Israeli police detained several associates of the leader of the Right Party "Our House of Israel" by Avigdor Liberman on charges of laundering money. According to Kommersant on Tuesday, the Liberman case was carried out for 2.5 years, but the suspects were detained only last Sunday.

Schoolchildren. Photo from the site www.rt-online.ru Parents of the first -grade students #5 of the Lobni Moscow Region express out indignation in connection with the mandatory execution of the anthem of Russia before the lessons. According to RIA Novosti, every Monday children are obliged to come to school 15 minutes earlier to start classes and sing in the corridor with the teachers of the anthem. Those who are late for the event should wait for the start of classes on the street.

Kalashnikova machine gun. Photo from the site www.newslab.ru Near the cafe "Bezukhs" in the center of Nizhny Novgorod, an entrepreneur was shot from automatic weapons. As RIA Novosti reports, a law enforcement source reported this. The official representative of the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee at the prosecutor's office in the Nizhny Novgorod region did not confirm and did not deny this information. "The operational group is now working at the scene.

Vladimir Abarinov “No,” he said. - No and no. I will not sign it. Why the hell I will sign this nonsense, if there are probably dozens of reasonable and sensible orders, orders, directives, absolutely necessary, really *necessary in this poorlam ... For example? - Alevtina said vividly. Yes, Lord ... Yes, anything ... Christmas trees ... well at least ...* Arkady and Boris Strugatsky.

Elections. Frame "Vesti" Municipal elections in a number of areas of the Irkutsk region, which should take place on March 1, are threatened by a breakdown due to insufficient funding, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the press service of the regional election commission. Residents of the region on March 1 will have to elect the Duma and mayors of 17 municipalities.

Boris Gryzlov. Photo from the site '' United Russia '' Many regions of Russia learn about the global financial crisis from media reports, while large enterprises have export contracts with foreign companies. As RIA Novosti reports, the State Duma speaker Boris Gryzlov stated this. "There are many subjects and territories where information about the global crisis reaches only through the media, and the regions themselves do not feel it on themselves," Gryzlov said.

Army. Photo by D. BORKO/Brani.ru Russian soldier Alexander Glukhov fled from the military unit to Akhalgori (South Ossetia) and turned to the leadership of Georgia with a request to provide him with political asylum. According to the online publication Georgia Online, Glukhov "first of all asked Georgian law enforcement officers to feed him." Glukhov also spoke about constant mockery of junior military personnel.

Leonid Chernovetsky. Photo from the site www.media-objektiv.com The mayor of Kyiv Leonid Chernovetsky signed an order according to which a paid entrance to the cemeteries was introduced in the city. According to the UNIAN agency, this was announced by Deputy Chernovetsky Vitaly Zhuravsky. “We installed a paid entrance. I can fix it,” he said. He said that now he could not name the exact price for entering the cemetery. “There are different prices for different cemeteries.

Evgeny Chichvarkin on the street action '' right business ''. Photo by Mikhail Rubin/Infox.ru The co -chairs of the right -hand party decided to postpone the issue of replacing the Commissioner for the creation of the Moscow branch, the former owner of the Euroset Evgeny Chichvarkin before the court consideration of the application for its absentee arrest, the newspaper Gzt.ru reports on Tuesday.

Colony. Photo from the website of the Foundation "In Defense of the Rights of Prisoners" The Investigative Committee at the prosecutor’s office intends to apply to the Supreme Court with a request to clarify the current practice of the parole of persons who have committed serious crimes against children, including a violent nature, and give this practice an assessment.

Matryoshki with images of Obama and Medvedev. Photo from the site www.point.ru During telephone conversations, Dmitry Medvedev and the USA, Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama, confirmed the intention to meet and “make every effort to restore the potential of bilateral relations and a constructive resolution of issues, including those who have disagreements,” RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Kremlin press service.

Money Rosstat on Tuesday will officially summarize the results of December and only 2008. According to Kommersant, according to these estimates, the Russian economy entered into a recession. According to the Ministry of Economy, GDP in December 2008 decreased by 0.7 percent. Back in November 2008, growth was 1.6 percent, 5 percent in October and 6.9 percent in September. In 2008, GDP increased by 6 percent, which corresponds to the latest forecast of the department of Elvira Nabiullina.

Cars with police rooms. Photo from the site compromat.ru The investigation department at the regional prosecutor's office opened a criminal case in connection with the detection of the child’s body, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the assistant head of the investigative department, Julia Zhukov. The body of a boy with tape with his hands was drowned in the river of the infantry, a battery was wound to the corpse.

Vasily Aleksanyan. RTVI frame The Simonovsky court of Moscow postponed the consideration of the issue of resuming on the merits of the case in relation to the former vice president of Yukos Vasily Aleksanyan. As ITAR-TASS reports, this decision was made due to the fact that the court did not receive answers to the requests about the state of health of Aleksanyan. Aleksanyan himself was not present at the meeting due to a poor state of health.