Agenda Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko will hold a meeting to determine the size of the transport fee.

On February 2, the Russian Ministry of Economic Development lowered its preliminary estimate of GDP growth in 2008 to 5.6% from the previous 6%. The ministry reported this to RIA Novosti. The head of the Ministry of Economic Development, Elvira Nabiullina, said on January 30 that Russia’s GDP growth in 2008 amounted to “just under 6%,” without giving an exact figure.

24 18 min. ... The crisis has come to the real sector. Enterprises are stopping conveyors, extinguishing blast furnaces, and curtailing new projects. Employees are fired. They reduce their salaries. No loans - no money. A vicious circle arises: a liquidity crisis - a drop in production - unemployment - a decrease in effective demand...

Valentin Gaft dreamed of Joseph Stalin Premiere The Sovremennik Theater showed the premiere of the play with the telling title “Gaft’s Dream, Retold by Viktyuk.” The author of the play and the leading actor is Valentin Gaft, the director is Roman Viktyuk. MARIA Kommersant-SIDELNIKOVA understood dreams. For Sovremennik, “Gaft’s Dream” is not the first attempt to reflect on who Comrade Stalin really was.

367 1 min. ... Voluntary organizations of citizens that help competent authorities in the fight against crime are known in many different ways around the world. It is believed that the first folk squads appeared in England in the middle of the 17th century. At the same time, similar structures were formed in the English colonies in North America. Now in Great Britain there are no national people's squads. First of all, because the country does not have a unified police system.

1K 1 min. ... The financial crisis is forcing people to reconsider their needs. Dmitry Efimov, general director of one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in Russia, Nizhpharm, now has such priorities. What I will never give up Tennis lessons I play well, but it's unstable. I have been studying with a teacher twice a week for about a year now. So far we can stick to the schedule. I have four tennis rackets, which I change as needed - as soon as one of them breaks.

727 1 min. ... Maxim Chernin, General Director of IC "Allianz ROSNO Life": — I’ve been meaning to take up time management for a long time, and it was no coincidence that I bought this book. As I finished reading it, I unnoticeably became imbued with the spirit of time planning. Gleb Arkhangelsky "Time drive. How to have time to live and work" Bookshelf Kurt Coffman, Marcus Buckingham "First break all the rules!

The largest TV assemblers are stopping production As Kommersant learned, production at the Kaliningrad Baltmixt plant, which carried out contract assembly of equipment under the Sony and Panasonic brands, has been stopped since the New Year. The Telebalt plant (Hitachi, Hyundai, JVC) is also preparing to shut down in February. Both enterprises, according to experts, account for up to 90% of television and video equipment produced in Russia.

Today, February 2, Minister of Transport and Communications Joseph Vinsky announced an increase in tariffs for postal services throughout 2009. According to him, at the moment the fee for universal services of Ukrposhta does not cover their cost. He emphasized that Ukrposhta plans to provide universal services and delivery services for newspapers and magazines with zero profitability.

The inclement weather observed in the UK has made adjustments to the duration of the transfer window in the English football Premier League. In exceptional cases, clubs will be allowed to complete transactions with football players after 17.00 local time (20.00 Moscow time) on Monday, February 2, RIA Novosti reports.

726 1 min. ... To convince restaurant owners of the durability of Scottex napkins, specialists from the Belgian office of Duval Guillaume chose ordinary letters as an advertising medium. They were, however, written directly on Scottex napkins and sent from different parts of the globe to Belgium without an envelope. According to the agency, 98% of letters sent to restaurants in Belgium reached their recipients in perfect condition.

While half of Europe froze, watching the adventures of Russian gas, residents of the Danish village of South Stenlese rejoiced at their enterprise. Having visited the world's first energy-efficient colony, the correspondent of "The Secret of the Firm" believed that progress is driven by the cold hearts of greedy people.

1K 2 minutes. ... Interest in what economists think has grown enormously over the past three months. Paul Krugman, Gregory Mankiw, Brad DeLong, Nouriel Roubini - these are the people who are now looking into the mouths of millions. In this issue we publish a rating of books translated into Russian that popularly talk about the big economy. In first place you can put "Freakonomics". Bestseller - 3 million copies sold speak for themselves.

All four freed hostages, who had been held captive by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebel group since 2007, were taken out of the combat zone and taken to their destination - the city of Villavicencio. As AFP reported on February 2, citing representatives of the International Red Cross (IRC), the helicopter on which the hostages were delivered arrived at their destination several hours earlier than planned. There are no other details yet.

The company has nothing to pay for the redemption of bonds Siberia Airlines hired Raiffeisenbank as an agent for debt restructuring on bonds of the first series for 2.3 billion rubles. Siberia does not have the money to pay for the offer. Banking analysts believe that bond holders may be offered installment payments, additional strengthening of payment guarantees, or conversion of bonds into airline shares.