Moscow approved an agreement on the reaction with Bern yesterday the Russian government approved an agreement on the reactsia with Switzeria. The agreement and the executive protocol to it will be signed by the Federal Migration Service (FMS) of Russia after reaching the final agreement with the Swiss side. The Agreement on the Readmission prescribes the procedure for receiving, returning and transit illegal immigrants.

The Liverpool Cathedral will play the anti -church ballad of the Anglican Cathedral of Liverpool intends to play John Lennon on its bells. Interestingly, the participant in the magnificent four himself has always been famous for a difficult relationship with the church. And his song "Imagine" is generally considered an anti -Christian anthem. John Lennon, the leader of the cult quartet The Beatles, has always been distinguished by the most simple relationship with religion.

In Moscow, a new trial in the case of former co -owners of Yukos yesterday in an atmosphere of excitement and increased security measures in the Khamovniki court of Moscow began a trial in the second criminal case of former Yukos shareholders Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev, accused of embezzlement of about 900 billion rubles.

13:26 // 03.03.2009 The largest bank of Great Britain and all of Europe HSBC decided to close 800 of its branches operating in the United States. According to ITAR -TASS , we are talking about departments related to HSBC Finance Corporation - the structure of the bank engaged in the provision of consumer loans. Previously, it was an independent financial institution and was called HouseHold. HSBC Bank purchased it in 2003 for $ 15 billion.

14:11 // 03.03.2009 Iran recognized the fact of the arrest of an independent journalist from the United States. The reporter of Iranian origin of Roxan Saberi was indeed arrested by the competent authorities of Iran and "is now in the Tehran prison Evin," said the official representative of the country's Ministry of Justice Ali Reza Jamshidi. As ITAR-TASS specifies, he refused to answer the question of the nature of the charges against her.

14:26 // 03.03.2009 Police are looking for two robbers who broke into the cellular intercourse at Kievsky Station Square around midnight and took phones for half a million rubles, a source in the capital’s law enforcement agencies told RIA Novosti . According to the interlocutor of the agency, two unknown Caucasian appearance attacked the seller of the salon of Euroset LLC when the woman left the cabin and intended to close the institution.

20:03 // 03/03/2009 The Russian crew making a trip around the inflatable catamaran today completed the conquest of the Indian Ocean. As the captain of the vessel Anatoly Kulik, a resident of Novosibirsk, said on a satellite telephone, the vessel moored to the port of Victoria island in Seychelles. The start was taken from the coast of the Indian state of Goa on February 10. The island of Victoria is the end point in the transition route through the Indian Ocean.

21:53 // 03.03.2009 Late in the evening on Monday, two traffic police inspectors issued a traffic accident on Pilotov Street in St. Petersburg. At that moment, four unknown people attacked them. They began to beat the policemen, and during the conflict one of the criminals took out a knife and tried to hit the inspector for them. In response, the police captain was forced to use a service weapon.

11:30 // 03.03.2009 A resident of Devon was sentenced to imprisonment for six months for violating traffic rules. On the eve of the Royal Court of Extra, this decision was made by 47-year-old Robert Bennett from the city of Swimbridge, previously arrested for excess of speed on a motorcycle. According to the Daily Mail , the police patrol detained Bennett when he exceeded the permitted speed limit by half.

Ukraine calculated with Gazprom for Gas Ukraine fully calculated for the gas set in February in February. This was announced yesterday in Madrid by the head of the gas monopoly Alexei Miller. At the same time, he noted that in accordance with previously reached agreements, companies have established the minimum monthly gas selection volume that Ukraine should carry out. “Ukraine did not fulfill its obligations in the volume of this selection in February,” said Alexei Miller.

The capital’s authorities will change the project for planning the territory of the Central House of Sciences in the area of the building of the central house of the artist (CDH) will be processed and put up for public discussion, the chief architect of Moscow Alexander Kuzmin promised yesterday. Yesterday, the deadline for submitting written proposals for the project for the reconstruction of this site on the Crimean shaft expired.

GAS Natural invited Gazprom to Shtokman continues to strengthen its positions in the global market of liquefied natural gas (LNG). Following the entering the market of the Asia-Pacific region, the Russian monopoly took up the development of North America and the Caribbean. The road to these markets Gazprom opened an agreement with the Spanish company GAS Natural on the implementation of exchange operations in the LNG and pipeline gas market.

11:36 // 03.03.2009 Employees of the traffic police in Novosibirsk detained five men suspected of car thefts, when inspecting their foreign cars, a large number of fake numbers, car documents, notarial powers of attorney and traffic police were discovered, a representative of the traffic control department in the Novosibirsk Region told RIA Novosti . "At 22.30 (19.30 Moscow time), the crew of the traffic police regiment in the Leninsky district was detained by the Toyota-Sprinter Carib car.

Commissioner of Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg in an interview with Gazeta Commissar of the Council of Europe (CE) on human rights Thomas Hammarberg prepares another report on the humanitarian situation in South Ossetia and Georgia, which will be presented to members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) at the spring session in April.

18:40 // 03.03.2009 The Central Bank of Canada reduced on Tuesday the key interest rate by 0.5 percentage points - to a historical minimum of 0.5%. The previous time, the Canadian Central Bank reduced the rate on January 20, 2009 - also by 0.5 percentage points - up to 1.0%. According to representatives of the Central Bank of Canada, this measure is necessary for stabilization and subsequent restoration of the country's market.