The blame for the unexpectedness of the United States to switch to digital television was laid on George Bush yesterday, the US Senate unanimously approved the bill, according to which the transition to digital broadcasting was transferred from February 17 to June 12, 2009.

The Russian biologist challenged Einstein a group of independent Russian researchers conducted an experiment, the results of which, in their opinion, refute modern ideas about the speed of light as a physical constant in particular the theory of relativity as a whole. Scientists are skeptical to the results obtained. Experience was conducted at the Institute of Mechanics of Moscow State University named after Lomonosov.

11:44 // 01/27/2009 The price of OPEC OPEC (OPEC Reference Basket of Crudes) increased to $ 42.5 per barrel, follows from the organization’s message. As of January 26, the price of an oil basket increased to $ 42.53 per barrel against $ 40.91 on the previous day of trading. Thus, the growth amounted to $ 1.62, RIA Novosti reports. The basket price record was set on July 3, when the level of $ 140.73 was reached.

In the Chekhov Moscow Ring Road and the Pushkin Theater, the Kreutserov Sonata was put Tolstoy, two theatrical versions of the Kreutzer Sonata look like the answer of the theater last year - the year of the family. Perhaps none of the Russian classics, except Leo Tolstoy, devoted so many pages to thoughts about family life. Usually, if one work is put in different theaters, those who released the premiere later change the name of the performance.

20:53 // 01/27/2009 The junior sergeant of military service Alexander Glukhov, stolen in South Ossetia in the performance of official duties, is subjected to psychological processing. This was announced today by the assistant commander of the Ground Forces of Russia Igor Konashenkov.

The metropolitan authorities will not reduce the rent for housing and communal services and transport in Moscow will not be reduced. Such was the answer of the capital mayor of Yuri Luzhkov to a request from the deputy of the Moscow City Duma, the leader of the Yabloko - United Democrats faction, Sergei Mitrokhin. Since the beginning of the year, prices for utilities and supplied resources have grown significantly.

In the gas sector, the Israeli soldier was killed today by Israel confirmed the death of one of his soldiers in the gas sector and three more wounds. On Tuesday morning, in the area of the checkpoint Kisufim, an explosion thundered next to the Israeli patrol. According to one version, a landmine exploded, according to the other - the patrol was shot from a grenade launcher. This incident was the first serious incident since the ceasefire, which was announced at the beginning of last week.

The Ombudsman of South Ossetia did not like the reports of international organizations, the Commissioner for Human Rights under the President of South Ossetia, David Sanakoev, made sharp criticism of international human rights organizations that recently issued their reports on the situation in the republic. In particular, the Ombudsman accused Western colleagues of "vice versa to the events of Augustus.

The Russian Ministry of Defense called the information provocation yesterday's appearance on the air of the Georgian television of the junior sergeant of the Russian army, Alexander Glukhov, born in 1987, who allegedly deserted the other day from his part, stationed in the South Ossetian village of Akhalgori.

In dozens of metropolitan nightclubs, cases of drugs selling drugs in Moscow have been identified difficult. Such a judgment expressed yesterday at a press conference of the acting General Vasily Sorokin, the head of the metropolitan administration of the Federal Drug Control Service (FSKN), summing up the work of the department in 2008. According to him, the level of drug crime remained at the level of 2007 - about 12 thousand crimes were identified.

Leading companies in the world announced the upcoming reductions by large companies in the United States and Europe for the current week with announcements of staff reduction.

16:43 // 01/27/2009 For the first time, a paid entrance to the city cemeteries was introduced in Kyiv - the corresponding order was signed by the mayor of the Ukrainian capital Leonid Chernovetsky, the deputy chairman of the mayor Vitaly Zhuravsky told reporters. He also stated that now he could not name the exact price for entering the cemetery. “There are different prices for different cemeteries,” he said.

Barack Obama spoke about changes in the US foreign policy Barack Obama on Monday gave his first television interview as the US president. The President’s interlocutors chose the Arab TV channel Al-Arabiya. In an interview with Barack, Obama spoke about his connections with the Muslim world and formulated a new American approach to solving numerous problems in the Middle East.

The first victim of the economic crisis was the Heir Horde government, the economic crisis in Iceland provoked the resignation of the Cabinet of Ministers, breaking his career as a conservative prime minister. After negotiations on the creation of a new coalition failed, the government of the island state resigned. The current Prime Minister Gayr Horde was forced to appoint new elections for May 9, while saying that he himself would not participate in them.

The White House creates a government commission to support the metallurgical industry on Tuesday late in the evening Prime Minister Vladimir Putin held a meeting on economic issues. It was about the new edition of the federal budget. By the end of the next week, the Ministry of Finance promises to introduce the budget rewritten taking into account the crisis realities to the government.