The Audi production program for the North American market will be replenished with a novelty - A3 with a sedan body. Volkswagen, whose group includes Audi,, meanwhile, chose Detroit for showing a new conceptual NCC - the Baptist of the two -door Jetta. The specifics of the American market, where the hatchback cars are inferior in popularity to sedans, dictated the need to develop a special option for the popular compact A3 of the next generation for local buyers to the European car manufacturer.

In Primorye, local border guards detained a citizen of China, who tried to get to New York with the help of a compass. This was announced on Thursday by the head of the press group of the border department of the FSB of Russia for the Primorsky Territory Natalya Rondalev. As it turned out, the Chinese tried to emigrate to the United States in this way. On the road with him, he took only 2 thousand dollars, a passport and a compass.

The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation today recognized the legal sentence to the former heads of the Federal Fund for Compulsory Medical Insurance (FFOMS). This was reported by RIA Novosti correspondent from the courtroom. The ex-heads of FFOMS in the summer of this year were sentenced to a long term of imprisonment. Ex-officials were found guilty of receiving bribes and in total received 47 years.

Facts about the Winter Olympiad-1948 Venue Saint-Moritz, Switzerland Dates January 30 - 8 February 1948 The number of participating countries 28 The number of participating athletes 669 (592 men, 77 women) Medacles sets 22 - medal table , all champions The winner in the team standings Sweden The main characters of the games The skater Richard Batton (USA), skier Henri Oreye (France), hockey player Vladimir Zabrodski (Czechoslovakia), jumping jacket Birger Ruud (Norway) Echo of war The Olympics

Personal data Age / 26 years Growth / 178 cm Weight / 78 kg Role / pilot Hometown / Alapaevsk Residence / Yekaterinburg The detail / in October 2008 was attacked by bandits who shot her in the leg from a traumatic pistol in the leg Career Club / Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Debut in the national team / 2006 Achievements / Bronze Medal of the 2008 Young World Cup in Two Experience in participation in the Olympiads / no Place according to the results of the World Cup 2008-2009 / Two-28.

Today, US President Barack Obama intends to report the introduction of a new tax that will be charged with banks and financial companies in order to reimburse the American treasury costs of $ 120 billion. This was announced yesterday by the official representative of the US President Robert Gibbs. Additional taxation is the first and, apparently, not the last measure that the White House is taking in order to call financiers to answer for the exile of the crisis.

Today, January 14, the attempt of supporters of Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko finally broke off to prohibit early voting at home without any documents confirming that the voter is physically not able to appear on the site. BYUT members claim that the results of the first round will be falsified (and apparently, they will not retreat from this thesis), and Yanukovych’s supporters accuse Tymoshenko of populism.

In the Khabarovsk Territory, the Su-27 aircraft disappeared from the radar, now rescuers are looking for it. This is the third Su-27 disaster since August last year. The causes of frequent emergency are explained by the wear of technology and insufficient qualifications of pilots. The Ministry of Defense, meanwhile, reports that an experienced pilot ruled the missing fighter. On Thursday, January 14, the Su-27 fighter disappeared from the radar screens in the Khabarovsk Territory.

Vladimir Putin warned foreign suppliers of poultry meat that Russia could stop buying their products if they cannot or do not want to bring it into line with Russian sanitary standards. This replica is primarily from the US companies, which account for 77% of the total import of poultry and which protest against the ban on the use of chlorine in its processing. According to experts, American deliveries can stop from next week.

Danny Ayalon in the future promises to clarify his positions with the help of acceptable diplomatic measures. Photo: AP deputy head of the Israeli Foreign Ministry Ayalon apologized to the Turkish ambassador Oguz Chelikkola Late in the evening on Tuesday, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel, Danny Ayalon apologized to the Turkish ambassador Oguz Chelikkole.

The legitimacy of the verdict against eight former heads of the Federal Compulsory Medical Insurance Fund (FFOMS), issued in August last year by the Moscow City Court on the basis of the jury verdict, was confirmed on Thursday by the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. Only one of the defendants managed to soften the judges - the head of the company "Protek" Vitaly Smerdov.

The head of the Basmann region, Olga Sevryukov, was fired due to the fire in Potapovsky Lane, which occurred before the New Year. The Moscow authorities believe that it is "more than an official is not needed." The prefecture of the Central District (CAO) GZT .ru said that Olga Sevryukova wrote a statement of dismissal of her own free will immediately after the fire.

Source: AP The runner Caster Semyon is a masculine athlete from South Africa returns to the treadmill. Caster Semyon The world champion in 800 meters running Caster Semyon is preparing to return to the treadmill. The athlete coach Michael Seme said that he aiming his pupil to start at least three tournaments in the season opening next week.

A suspect of the murder, police lieutenant colonel Anatoly Maurin admitted that he shot at the snowman. "Lieutenant Colonel Maurin admitted that he shot the driver of a snowplifier car in the leg," Vladimir Markin, an official representative of the Investigative Committee at the Prosecutor's Office (SCP) of the Russian Federation on Thursday, told RIA Novosti .

The wine put to the customs storage warehouses in the Russian Federation before the New Year, but not customized in December, hit the “temporary hole”: at the moment when it was purchased, licenses for its import to Russia were not required. But from January 1, in order to customize it, a license is already required, the Ministry of Industry and Trade reports.