Ilya Milstein The first foreign visit to Viktor Yanukovych was generally good. The tall guest only confused Kosovo with Serbia and Montenegro, and North Ossetia with South, but these were trifles: they are so similar. But Viktor Fedorovich answered the main question, so worried about the world public: why did he choose Brussels, not Moscow? “Today is March 1,” he explained.

Special operation in Ingushetia. Frame of Channel One In the Nazran district of Ingushetia, in connection with the information that appeared about the finding a group of militants, the regime of the counter-terrorism operation was introduced, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the press service of the FSB department in the republic.

Nizhny Novgorod. Photo from the site www.admgor.nnov.ru The investigation closed the criminal case of the vice mayor of Nizhny Novgorod Vladimir Kolchin, suspected of spending funds received from entrepreneurs for the development of the city, to a local football club. This was reported to RIA "Novosti" by an employee of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate for the Nizhny Novgorod Region. “The case is closed at the request of the prosecutor's office,” he said, not specifying details.

Fist. Photo from the site www.forum.sibnet.ru A criminal case has been instituted against civil activist Sergei Zaikov, who hit the face of the governor of the Tomsk region Viktor Kress. According to Gazeta.ru in the press service of the Investigative Department of the SCP in the Tomsk region, the opposition may threaten up to 5 years in prison.

MDM. Photo from News.flexcom.ru Former General Director of the Moscow Youth Palace Pavel Zabelin was sentenced in absentia to eight years in prison. According to the SCP website, he is accused of embezzlement by fraud 20 percent of the company's shares worth 480 million rubles. Currently, Zabelin, convicted under the article “Fraud committed by an organized group on an especially large scale” is on the federal and international wanted list.

The project of the reconstruction of the new and old Arbats. Hard of news The Moscow authorities decided to suspend the complex improvement of Arbat Street until 2012 due to a lack of funding. As RIA Novosti reports, a source in the city administration said this. According to him, the corresponding resolution was signed by Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov.

Proposed logo for the Sochi Olympics. Photo "Vedomosti" The Ministry of Finance has developed a concept for organizing and holding all-Russian lotteries in support of Sochi-2014. As Kommersant writes, according to the document, "a legal entity created in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation, located in the Russian Federation", and also becoming the winner of an open competition of the Ministry of Finance, can become a single lottery operator.

Terrible. Photo ntvru.com In Chechnya, a special department was created to investigate the abductions of people who will work in close interaction with relatives of the stolen. As RIA Novosti reports, the head of the SCP Alexander Bastrykin announced this in Grozny.

Accident on Leninsky Prospekt. Frame of the Vesti TV channel The Moscow branch of the Russian Federation of Russia managed to find three eyewitnesses of an accident with the participation of the Vice President of Lukoil Anatoly Barkov on Leninsky Prospekt. According to the testimony of witnesses, the driver of the Barkov car is to blame for the disaster, Vesti.ru lead the words of the leader of the Moscow department of the headlights Sergei Canaev.

Evgeny Chichvarkin. Photo from www. wordpress.com Former Euroset co-owner Yevgeny Chichvarkin asked not to be associated with the Right Cause party anymore. about this The businessman wrote on his blog. “Honestly, you can’t call work 2 weeks in November and 3 weeks in December 2008 and several meetings and calls from London. I would love to work in Right Cause and further, in Russia, if werewolves in uniform didn’t want to put me in jail and take away my money.

Mikhail Zurabov. Photo "light" The Ambassador of Russia to Ukraine Mikhail Zurabov presented faithful letters to President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych, reports Echo of Moscow. The ceremony was held in the building of the Secretariat of the President of Ukraine with the minimum presence of the press. Only cameras of the main Russian channels were allowed, protocol survey was conducted.

Fragment of the poster with Stalin Images of Joseph Stalin will be placed in Moscow not only for the 65th anniversary of Victory, but also at subsequent celebrations. According to RIA Novosti, the mayor of the city Yuri Luzhkov at a meeting of the metropolitan government stated.

Launch of the Proton-M rocket. Frame NTV The Proton-M missile carrier with three GLONASS-M space devices started from the Baikonur cosmodrome, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the press service of the press service and information of the Russian Ministry of Defense for the space forces of Lieutenant Colonel Alexei Zolotukhin. According to him, the start of the missile carrier was held as usual on March 2 at 00.19 Moscow time.

Evgeny Plushenko performs at the Olympics in Turin. Photo by ar The silver medalist of the Olympiad in Vancouver for Figure Skating Evgeny Plushenko may abandon the chair of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg he occupied, RIA Novosti reports. “I think that the deputy needs to be folded, to leave there, but you need to play sports,” Plushenko said upon returning to Petersburg from Vancouver, adding that his sports are “good for him.” Plushenko, who went to the St.

Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Photo Lenta.ru The speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Vladimir Litvin announced the collapse of the parliamentary coalition, RIA Novosti reports. "In accordance with this Constitution of Ukraine and the Rules of the Verkhovna Rada, I announce the termination of the coalition of deputy factions in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of national development, stability and order," the speaker said at a meeting of the parliament.