21:30 // 23.02.2009 Almost a hundred schools in the Donetsk region of Ukraine suspended the educational process due to the high level of incidence of influenza and SARS, the Donetsk Regional Sanitary and Epidemiological Station reports, RIA Novosti reports.

Senators propose to give tax benefits to shipbuilders the Federation Council prepared amendments to the Tax Code, enshrining the right to pay off on value added tax (VAT) for enterprises of the ship repair industry. Amendments should consolidate the possibility of exemption from VAT operations for the repair of ships at their bases in the ports. “Such a norm in the Tax Code is already there: since 2005, ship repair enterprises have enjoyed this right.

11:10 // 23.02.2009 Oscar for the best full-length animated film in 2008 received a film about the difficult life of the Wall-I robots (“Wall-E”), the actress Jennifer Aniston, who awarded the prize in this nomination. Wall-i-i films “Bolt” and “Kung Fu Panda” (“Kung Fu” (Kung Fu Panda "), reports RIA Novosti . The ceremony of presenting the Academy Award - the most prestigious movie in the field of cinema - takes place at these minutes in the famous Kodak Theater in Los Angeles.

11:01 // 23.02.2009 A large robbery was committed in the Volovsky district of the Tula region the day before: the bank’s employees who were traveling by car without guard informed the police that They were attacked by armed robbers and lost more than 43 million rubles. The interception plan has been announced in the region and five neighboring areas, RIA Novosti reports.

19:03 // 23.02.2009 Russian President Dmitry Medvedev congratulated the Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko on the 55th anniversary and announced the interest of Moscow in stability in Ukraine, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the press service of the President of Ukraine. "In Russia, they are interested in stable, democratic and prosperous Ukraine, with which we are ready to build cooperation on a mutually beneficial and pragmatic basis.

21:19 // 23.02.2009 As part of the Eastern Partnership program program, six former Soviet republics until 2013 will be allocated in the form of additional financial assistance of 350 million euros, the European Commissioner for external relations and the European Socialistry Policy Benit Ferrero-Waldner, RIA Novosti reports.

12:13 // 23.02.2009 Two experts were killed and one was hospitalized on Sunday as a result of the collapse of the roof at the mine in the city of Prokopyevsk, the Kemerovo region, a source in the regional law enforcement agencies told RIA Novosti . "The mine was subsidizing the breed with the subsequent collapse of the roof. As a result, the deputy director of the production mining and the master of injuries from the injuries died on the spot," the agency’s interlocutor said.

Exactly and without any surprises in the United States distributed Oscars last Sunday, February 22, the 81st Oscars was held in Los Angeles. As many expected, in the nomination "Best Film" defeated the "Millionaire from the slum." Yes, and there were no surprises in the remaining nominations: Cape Winslet received her first Oscar, Angelina Jolie did not receive him again, the “mysterious story of Benjamin Batton” gathered three figurines, and Hita Ledger celebrated posthumously.

14:19 // 23.02.2009 The Greek prosecutor’s office accused three jailers of community with a daring an escape by helicopter, which was made by two dangerous recidivists from the metropolitan prison, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Athenian News Agency. The prosecutor’s office interrogate two Koridallos prison workers and a guard of the same prison that, according to the investigation, could help a daring re -escape.

19:58 // 23.02.2009 The State Competition Commission of Armenia announced a tender for the construction of a new block of the Armenian nuclear power plant, a spokesman told RIA Novosti Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources of the country Lusina Harutyunyan. "Any individuals and companies can take part in the tender, regardless of nationality.

The car can go on sale this year by the Chinese car concern of Cher announced the prototype of its first car on alternative fuel. According to Wall Street Journal, the automaker intends to establish a separate company for the production of an electric car, called S18. According to the representative of the concern, the price of the basic configuration will make a new car accessible to each family.

13:43 // 23.02.2009 The Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Anatoly Serdyukov signed an order in which he congratulated the military, veterans of the Great Patriotic War and participants in the war on the Day of the Fatherland Day. “On February 23, our country celebrates the Day of the Defender of the Fatherland,” the minister’s order says. “This truly popular state holiday occupies a worthy place among the most revered days of military glory in the country.

17:36 // 23.02.2009 There are no citizens of Ukraine among the victims of the explosion in the capital of Egypt Cairo, said the head of the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Vasily Kirilich at a briefing, RIA Novosti reports. He noted that according to the Embassy of Ukraine in Egypt, there is no Ukraine among injured citizens.

12:58 // 23.02.2009 The US government can become the owner of 25% to 40% of the shares of one of the largest US banks Citigroup, RIA Novosti reports citing Associated Press. “On the one hand, negotiations can fail, but, on the other hand, the government can become the owner of 40% of the usual Citigroup shares. The bank management hopes that this figure will not exceed 25%,” the Wall Street Journal quotes the words of an unnamed source.

Control over one of the largest financial groups in the United States can go to the state of the US government and the leadership of one of the largest American financial holdings - Citigroup - negotiate the sale of part of the shares. Now the state of the state in Citigroup is 7.8%, but if negotiations are successful, the state package can grow to 25-40%. It is reported by The Wall Street Journal with reference to sources close to negotiations.