Tenge and dollars. Photo Tornado.kz Since February 4, the National Bank of Kazakhstan refused to maintain tenge in the former corridor and considers it objectively necessary to introduce a new exchange rate of the national currency. This statement was made by the head of the National Bank Grigory Marchenko, ITAR-TASS reports. "It is assumed that the corridor of the Tenge exchange rate will be at the level of 150 tenge per dollar plus minus 3 percent or 5 tenge," said the chairman of the NB.

At the opening of trading on the MICEX on Wednesday, the dollar fell by 29 kopecks. The dollar exchange rate with settlements "tomorrow" amounted to 35.97 rubles. At the close of trading on Tuesday, the US currency was worth 36.17 rubles, according to the website of the exchange. The euro exchange rate on Wednesday reached 46.92 rubles. Thus, the cost of the dual-currency basket (0.55 dollars and 0.45 euros), calculated at exchange rates, amounted to 40.9 rubles.

Fitch Ratings headquarters. Photo from the site msu.ru The Fitch Ratings International Agency reduced the long -term rating of the default of the issuer of Russia from the BBB+ to BBB level, Interfax reports. The rating forecast is "negative." Fitch Ratings also lowered short-term RDE in foreign currency from F2 to F3 and the country ceiling of the Russian Federation from A-BBB+level.

Roman Dobrokhotov for promotions at the White House. Frame of the faces-TV Opposition activist Roman Dobrokhotov successfully protested the decision on his arrest for five days and late in the evening of Tuesday was released from the courtroom. As it became known to the Franes.ru, the Presnensky court of Moscow satisfied the appeal of Dobrokhotov and canceled the decision of the court of first instance. Dobrokhotov was sentenced to administrative arrest for obscene abuse in a public place.

Mars. Photos of the NASA "Hubble" space telescope from the NASA website Internet users from now on will be able to make virtual dives into the depths of the ocean and walks on the surface of Mars using the new services of the Google search engine. This week, the expansion of the Google Earth navigation program was presented, in which the maps of the Earth’s surface are supplemented with cards of Mars and the bottom of the ocean.

Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev. Photo by Vladimir Putin. Photo by RIA '' News '' In case of leaving abroad to rest, higher Russian officials will have to inform the head of state in writing about the place and the deadlines for the holidays. The corresponding internal order for the leadership of his administration and ministers from the Bloc of the Government subordinate to the president was signed by Dmitry Medvedev, Kommersant reports.

Sergey Mikhalkov. Photo 'light'. The poet Sergei Mikhalkov, the author of the anthem of Russia, was hospitalized on Tuesday in the Central Clinical Hospital, Interfax reports. Now he is in the intensive care unit. The poet became bad at home. Mikhalkov’s relatives called the ambulance team. Doctors insisted on his emergency hospitalization. Information about the diagnosis is contradictory. According to Interfax, the 95-year-old poet was put in the department of emergency cardiology.

Cars of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Southern District. Photo from the site of the ATC On Tuesday evening, the employees of the Investigative Committee under the prosecutor’s office seized the main computer server in the Southern District of Moscow, on the hard drives of which all databases, accounts and criminal cases are stored, Life.ru reports.

Barack Obama. Photo http://www.hufftonpost.com US President Barack Obama intends to offer Russia a bilateral reduction in the nuclear arsenal by 80 percent. This was reported by the British newspaper Times with reference to unnamed sources. If the agreement can be concluded, both countries will have no more than one thousand nuclear warheads.

Nikolai Bordyuzha. Frame of the TV channel '' Russia '' The Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Ministers of Defense and Secretary of Security Councils of countries - members of the organization of collective security agreement extended the powers of the Secretary of General of the CSTO Nikolai Bordyuzhi until 2012. The corresponding decision was made at a meeting in Moscow, RIA Novosti reports. The border has been held by the Secretary General of the CSTO since 2003.

Mass graves in the Katyn forest. Photo from the site www.chrisputro.com The Security of Ukraine has handed over to the Institute of National Memory in Poland electronic copies of declassified documents about the Stalinist repressions of the 1930-1940s, UNIAN reports with reference to the press center of the SBU.

Pirate discs. Frame 1 television channel In Moscow, from February 1, audiovisual products are prohibited from the subway transitions, RBC reports with reference to the deputy chief of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of Lieutenant General Viktor Vasiliev. According to him, the pavilions located in the area of ​​metro stations are one of the main sources of the spread of illegal products.

Stanislav Markelov. Photo by Vladimir Voronov The chairman of the Moscow Helsinki group Lyudmila Alekseeva and the head of the “For Human Rights” movement, Lev Ponomarev again sent a notification to the Moscow government about the procession and rally of memory of Stanislav Markelov, Anastasia Baburova and other victims of terror, as well as against political murders, racism and xenophobia.

Igor Soshnikov. Photo from Oreelsreda.ru The former vice-governor of the Oryol region, Igor Soshnikov, was discovered by the SCP officers in Israel, the Russian newspaper reports. Now investigators are preparing documents on the extradition of the former vice-governor. However, according to the publication, it is still unclear in what quality the seconds are in Israel.

Meeting of the Federation Council. Photo: cousil.gov.ru The Federation Council on Wednesday approved government amendments to the Criminal Code, which strengthen the criminal liability for violations of traffic rules committed by drunk drivers, RIA Novosti reports.