George Soros. Photo by ar American billionaire George Soros compared the current global economic crisis with the collapse of the USSR by the seriousness of the consequences for the world community. It also does not predict an improvement in the economic and financial situation in the near future, reports Reuters. According to Soros, the crisis has not yet reached the "bottom" and in the near future is unlikely to reach.

Vyacheslav Somov. Photo from the website of the newspaper '' Young Communar '' The mayor of Saratov Vyacheslav Somov appealed to the Investigative Department of the SCP of Russia in the Saratov region with a request to initiate a case of slandering against the deputy of the Saratov City Duma, Lenta.ru reports to the press service of the city administration. Earlier in the media there were reports that a fight occurred between Somov and Malkov on February 19.

UBS Bank Office. Photo by ar The US Ministry of Justice demanded that the Swiss UBS bank provide the names of 52 thousand customers who are suspected of tax evasion, Kommersant reports. The lawsuit was filed the day after UBS and American regulators reported the signing of an agreement that was supposed to be a point in the conflict between the bank and the US government, which lasted since last spring.

Dmitry Dovgia. Frame NTV The Investigative Committee under the Russian Prosecutor's Office completed the investigation of the criminal case against the former head of the Main Investigative Department of the SCP Dmitry Dovgia and the ex-head of the department of the Investigative Department of the Main Military Prosecutor's Office of Andrei Sagura. On Friday, Dovgia and Sagura finished getting to know the materials of the criminal case, Kommersant reports.

Special operation in Dagestan. Frame 1 television channel In the Makhachkala microdistrict, the alburikent undergoes a counter -terrorism operation, reports Interfax. The purpose of the operation is the search and neutralization of the militants of the Omar Sheikhulaev group, who called himself the emir of Dagestan and was the leader of Jamaat Sharia. Sheikhulaev himself was killed in the village of Leninet in early February.

Special operation in Dagestan. Frame 1 television channel The counter -terrorism operation in the Makhachkala Alburikent microdistrict is completed, Interfax reports. As a result of the operation, one suspect was killed in involvement in the activities of illegal armed groups, three more suspects were detained. In the house where the militants were hiding, law enforcement officers found an explosive device. He managed to neutralize.

Sergey Udaltsov at the Antioluzhkovsky campaign on July 9, 2008. Frame of the faces-TV Three activists of the Left Front movement were detained by law enforcement agencies during the gathering of local residents on Malaya Filevskaya Street, the Echo of Moscow reports. As one of the leaders of the movement, Sergei Udaltsov, said, the event took place calmly - the locals talked with the deputy of the Moscow City Duma Sergey Mitrokhin.

The military is not built. Photo www.friedenskoooperative.de Most Russians believe that over the past decade, a military threat to Russia by other states has significantly weakened. This is evidenced by the data of the VTsIOM survey, RIA Novosti reports. 52 percent of respondents do not see a military threat from other countries. A little more than a third is seen - 37 percent of the respondents.

TNT. Photo from the site www.kaliningradka.ru On the territory of the construction site in the Khostinsky district of Sochi, an explosive device was found, disguised as a toy machine, Interfax reports with reference to a source in local law enforcement agencies. The explosive device was found in one of the construction wagons located on the construction site.

Students. Photo from the site www.andronov.ru The government will take measures to ensure that students of Russian universities receive education for a longer time. Thus, the authorities want to prevent unemployment among young specialists. At the disposal of Kommersant was the report of the expert council under the Government Commission under the leadership of the First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, who proposes to spend up to 21 billion rubles in 2009 in 2009.

Ivan Cherezov. Photo rbu-biathlon.ru Russian biathlete Ivan Cherezov won a bronze medal at the World Cup in South Korean Pyeongchang. In the race of 15 kilometers from the mass start, he managed to get ahead of the Norwegian Ule Ainar Bjorndalen, RIA Novosti reports. The Austrian Dominic Londertinger won the gold medal, silver went to his compatriot Christoph Zumann. The prize -winners of the race bypassed Bjorndalen after the last fire line, on which the Norwegian athlete made two mistakes.

Marina Rogacheva, senator. Photo of the newspaper '' Izvestia '' The Federation Council ahead of schedule terminated the powers of Marina Rogacheva, representing in the upper house of his father, the governor of the Oryol region Yegor Stroev, Kommersant reports. On February 16, Straev himself was resigned. The apparatus of the Federation Council reported that Rogacheva herself filed a resignation, motivating her by the resignation of Stroyev.

Barack Obama, US President. Photo by ar The policy of President Barack Obama is supported by 67 percent of Americans. This is evidenced by a public opinion survey conducted in the United States, CNN reports. This is 9 percent lower than the result recorded as a result of the previous survey, held in early February. At the same time, the support of Obama among members of the Democratic Party decreased from 96 percent to 92 percent, and among the Republicans - from 50 percent to 31 percent.

Maxim Serebrennikov, mayor of the city of Sysert. Photo ura.ru A businessman and a former deputy of the Yekaterinburg City Council, a candidate for the post of mayor of the Systemsky city district, Maxim Serebrennikov, was excluded from the project "Personnel Reserve - a professional team of the country," New Region reports. The agency clarifies that according to unconfirmed information, he bought a place in this list for ten thousand dollars.

Flags of the Communist Party. Photos of faces After the authorized rally against the monetization of benefits, which took place on Saturday in Yekaterinburg, about 700 participants in the action blocked one of the streets in the city center, Echo Moscow reports ( VIDEO ). According to Gazeta.Ru, pensioners blocked the intersection of Lenin Streets and Moscow in the city center. The second, unauthorized rally was held directly on the roadway.