Alexander Lukashenko. Photo from the site Hottestheadsofstate.wordpress.com In Minsk, a professor of sociology, director of the independent Institute of Social, Economic and Political Research Oleg Manaev, was detained. According to RIA Novosti, shortly before that, he published a survey data indicating a catastrophic decrease in the rating of President Alexander Lukashenko.

Vladimir Putin. Photo: Roman Denisov. Vladimir Putin can be nominated by presidential candidate before the Duma elections. According to Kommersant, the final decision will depend on the course of the election campaign of United Russia, led by President Dmitry Medvedev. Putin’s nomination to the president should take place at the second stage of the party congress.

Thomas Transtrerer. Photo from the site www.svobodanews.ru The Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Swedish poet Thomas Transstreer. This was announced in Stockholm in Stockholm by the regular secretary of the Swedish Academy Peter Englund. “His concentrated, clear images gave us a fresh glance at the world,” says the wording of academics. Thomas Transtremer was born in 1931 in Stockholm.

Igor Berezyuk and Colonel Biryukov on Manezhnaya Square on December 11, 2010. Frame Grani-TV The witness of the state prosecution in the case of riots on Manezhnaya Square in December 2010, fifteen -year -old Ilya Kubrakov, refused the data earlier. According to the Caucasian Knot, the teenager said that they were given under physical and moral pressure from the police. Earlier, Kubrakov claimed that the defendant Igor Berezyuk involved him in unrest, promising 1.5 thousand rubles for this.

Steve Jobs. Photo by ar Apple's founder Steve Jobs died of cancer at the 57th year of life. This was reported on the Apple website. Jobs’s colleagues talk about him as a creative genius, a wonderful person, a dear friend and an inspired boss. "Steve left behind a company that he could create, and his spirit will forever be a support for Apple," the message also said.

Domodedovo airport. Frame RTR In the metropolitan airport "Domodedovo" was detained an expert in Russia from Germany Hans Hanning Schroeder. In an interview with Spiegel, he said that the border service staff told him that his person was “a threat to security”. At the same time, the documents were appropriately executed, the visa was issued at the Russian embassy in Berlin, the 62-year-old expert said.

Alexey Korshunov. Photo from the website of the Investigative Committee In Ukraine, Alexei Korshunov died from the grenade explosion, looking for on charges of killing the judge of the Moscow City Court Eduard Chuvashov. This is reported by Interfax , referring to a source in the Ukrainian police. Korshunov was also on the international wanted list on suspicion of involvement in the murder of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova.

Vladimir Bukovsky. Frame of the faces-TV The writer, human rights activist, one of the leaders of the Solidarity movement Vladimir Bukovsky entered the Protection Committee of Maxim Petlin, the leader of the Sverdlovsk branch of the Yabloko party, one of the organizers of the strategy -31 in Yekaterinburg, a deputy of the Yekaterinburg Duma and a candidate for deputies of the State Duma. This was reported by the press center of Bukovsky. Petlin is in jail on charges of extorting a bribe.

Hillary Clinton. Photo by ar Russia and China must explain to the people of Syria, whose hopes they deceived. According to RBC, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made such a statement. According to her, the UN Security Council in Syria blocked by Russia and China was a minimum help that the world community could provide Syrians.

Moscow Cathedral Mosque. Photo from the site "Arkhnadzor" The historical center of Moscow will be put in order for three years and "mothballed". According to RBC, this was stated by the Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Construction Marat Khusnullin. "We have a program - in three years, the historical center of Moscow is to be brought into proper state, to preserve and not to engage in construction, to improve it.

Agitmaterials "United Russia". Photo from the site www.nnm.ru The former administration official Nikita Ivanov, who until recently, held the post of adviser to the Secretariat of the Presidium of the General Council of the party, disappeared from the pre -election list of "United Russia". According to Vedomosti, Ivanov has been informally engaged in work with Prochrevskaya youth for many years, and after the pogrom on Manezhnaya Square - football fans.

Himalayas. Photo from the site www.galaktikainfo.ru In the Himalayas, Russian climber Valery Popov died, previously several times became the champion of the USSR. As the Executive Director of the Federation of Climbing Russia Alexei Ovchinnikov told Interfax , Popov died at the top of Kiozo Ru 6 186 meters high. "According to preliminary data, Valery Popov died during the descent from Kiozo Ri. He could not resist the slope and broke," said Ovchinnikov.

Eternal fire. Photo from the website vologda-oblast.ru The chief engineer of Primorsky Gas Alexander Burnaevsky was fired for turning off the eternal flame in Vladivostok. It is reported by "Echo of Moscow." The head of the department for servicing the monuments of the local branch of Slavyanka OJSC Anatoly Zubaraev was also forced to write an application for dismissal. These events became the result of the meeting, which was held in the city by First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov.

Vladimir Putin and Alexey Kudrin. Photo from the site www.rusnovosti.ru Aleksey Kudrin, who was dismissed from the post of minister-financials, remains the “member of the President and Government”. According to Gazeta.ru, this said Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on the forum "Russia is calling!" "Despite the failure of an emotional nature, Kudrin remains a member of our team, he is a useful and necessary person.