currency market 390 1 min. ... Yesterday, for the first time in history, overnight interbank lending rates in yen reached negative values. Japanese banks actually began to pay extra for loans. However, it is profitable for them to get rid of yen even under such conditions. Japanese financial authorities, in the fight against the permanent economic crisis, tried to soften monetary policy as much as possible. Almost two years ago, Japan set a minimum interest rate of 0%.

Sergey Rebrov did not make it to Istanbul 33 2 minutes. ... Istanbul football club Fenerbahce failed to sign Ukrainian forward Sergei Rebrov, who now belongs to London Tottenham. However, this season Sergei Rebrov has not played for his team even once. According to Fenerbahce coach Sadettin Saran, who returned from England, the deal did not take place because the British asked for too much money for the Ukrainian forward.

Yesterday new details of the investigation into the terrorist attack in the theater became known. 178 1 min. ... Yesterday new details of the investigation into the terrorist attack at the theater center on Dubrovka became known. The head of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the Penza Region, Alexander Gulyakov, said that his subordinates, together with operatives of the regional FSB Directorate, detained three Chechens involved in this terrorist attack.

with oil traders and vodka producers 9 1 min. ... Yesterday, the territorial department of the Ministry of Antimonopoly Policy (TU MAP) for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region summed up the results of its work in 2002. During the reporting period, the federal agency, as before, fought against oil traders and vodka producers. TU MAP decided to start the New Year with an inspection of public utilities that left the city without heat and electricity.

On January 25 , Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze on his 75th birthday. According to the press service of the President of the Russian Federation, the congratulatory message, in particular, says: “Russia and Georgia are united by common spiritual and cultural values, rich history and traditions, and today we are determined to preserve and strengthen the friendship that has been tested for centuries.

murders 246 1 min. ... On Thursday evening, an escaped prisoner shot the leadership of the correctional colony where he had previously served his sentence. The crime was committed in the village of Khairyuzovka, Ilansky district, Krasnoyarsk Territory. Vasily Zhibanov, who was repeatedly convicted, ended up in Khairyuzovka, where a colony-settlement practically unguarded by anyone is located in 2000, having served most of his seven-year sentence (he was sentenced for theft and robbery).

A flu epidemic broke out in the regional center 770 2 minutes. ... The mayor of Omsk, Evgeny Belov, announced a quarantine in the city's schools due to the flu epidemic. According to the city health department, the epidemic threshold for the incidence of influenza and acute respiratory diseases (ARI) has been exceeded by 71%.

The Tverskoy Court of Moscow refused to satisfy three claims filed by the victims 8 1 min. ... The Tverskoy Court of Moscow rejected three claims filed by victims of the terrorist attack in the theater center on Dubrovka. According to the judge, the victims do not have the right to demand compensation for moral damage from the capital authorities, but the government has already compensated them for material damage. The lawyers promised to appeal the decision to the Moscow City Court.

FIRST CHANNEL 575 14 min. ... 7.00 News 7.10 Series for children "Flipper" (USA) 7.55 Television series for children "Twinies" (UK) 8.15 "Play, darling accordion!" 8.55 Word from the Shepherd 9.10 "Health" 10.00 News 10.10 "Relish". Culinary program of Andrey Makarevich 10.30 "Funny panorama". Humorous program by Evgeny Petrosyan 11.05 Sports. Figure skating. Europe championship. Dancing. Free program 12.15 "Kremlin-9.

Norilsk Nickel's proposals did not suit them 145 2 minutes. ... trade union struggle The commission for the implementation of the collective agreement at MMC Norilsk Nickel was unable to reach an agreement with the trade unions. Yesterday, trade union leaders refused to make concessions to the administration of the polar branch of Norilsk Nickel and unilaterally stopped discussing issues of wage indexation and payments for a number of social programs.

On January 25, anti-globalist protests began in Davos, Switzerland, where the World Economic Forum is taking place these days. They burn American flags and demand the closure of the forum. According to RIA-Novosti , currently about 700 anti-globalists have gathered near the congress center on the central street of Davos, Talstress. They use megaphones to address forum participants, demanding that they stop working.

To congratulate him on his anniversary 688 4 min. ... protocol Yesterday, Russian President Vladimir Putin came to the Column Hall of the House of Unions to celebrate the eightieth anniversary of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. Kommersant special correspondent ANDREY KOLESNIKOV witnessed the unprecedented ovation given to the president by the judges of the Supreme Court.

Galina Vishnevskaya shows the “first stage” 91 1 min. ... The Galina Vishnevskaya School of Opera Singing will host the premiere of the school's first own production. Students of Mrs. Vishnevskaya will present a concert performance of Glinka’s opera “Ruslan and Lyudmila” in costumes by Alla Kozhenkova. The head of the school considers this not a performance, but “the first stage of the educational process.” Nevertheless, spectators are invited and tickets are sold.

— During its implementation there was a period of romance, but today you can already 37 1 min. ... “There was a period of romance in the process of its implementation, but today you can already see the results of what was done with such difficulty. The number of appeals to court is enormous. And we will continue the reform.

process 36 2 minutes. ... Yesterday, military journalist Grigory Pasko, released the day before from correctional colony #41 in the city of Ussuriysk, spent his first day of freedom and one of his last in the Far East. Having registered with the police, as expected, the journalist publicly stated that he did not intend to stay in Vladivostok and would soon move with his family to Moscow or St. Petersburg. As Mr.