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Football English Championship 23rd round. Portsmouth-West Ham 1:1. Wolverhampton--Liverpool 0:0. Bolton--Burnley 1:0. Tottenham--Fulham 2:0. Team position. 1. Manchester United - 50 points. 2. Arsenal - 48 (after 22 matches). 3. Chelsea - 48 (21). 4. Tottenham - 41. 5. Liverpool - 38. 6. Manchester City - 38 (21). Italian Cup 1/4 finals. Roma--Catania 1:0. Roma reached the 1/2 finals. League Cup 1/8 finals. Le Mans--Bordeaux 2:3. Bordeaux reached the quarter finals.

Yesterday, the mayor of Zaporozhye, Evgeniy Kartashov, removed from his post the head of the city department of education and science of the Zaporozhye City Council, Dmitry Sekirinsky, who was detained on Tuesday during interrogation as part of the investigation of a criminal case brought against him. According to Mr. Kartashov, Dmitry Sekirinsky has been removed from office until all the circumstances of the case are clarified.

Silvinit is ahead of Uralkali by 1 million tons At the end of 2009, both Prikamsk producers of potash fertilizers showed a decrease in production volumes caused by the crisis. At the same time, Uralkali turned out to be the leader - the company produced 45.3% less than in 2008. Industry analysts believe that Silvinit was able to gain an advantage due to its contract with Indian consumers. Yesterday, potash fertilizer producers reported their 2009 results.

In 2009, Vladimir Putin ordered the completion of the St. Petersburg dam in 2011 - a year ahead of schedule. The decision was made against the backdrop of a loud scandal in which the Ministry of Regional Development (the project’s customer) accused Oleg Deripaska’s Transstroy engineering corporation of missing construction deadlines.

Today, January 28, US President Barack Obama, in his annual message to Congress, said that American troops will leave Iraq by the end of August this year. "We will withdraw all our combat troops from Iraq by the end of August. We will support the Iraqi government as it prepares for elections, and we will continue to work with the Iraqi people to promote regional peace and prosperity," Barack Obama said. RIA News

Context The Perovsky Court of Moscow yesterday recovered 1 thousand rubles. from the author of the sensational article “How an anti-adviser to an anti-adviser,” journalist Alexander Podrabinek. This was reported by lawyer Vadim Prokhorov. The plaintiff is a veteran of the Great Patriotic War, Viktor Semenov, who considered that the publication affected his honor and dignity. The veteran asked the court to recover compensation in the amount of half a million rubles.

in the elections of deputies of the Voronezh City Duma City Duma deputy Viktor Vitinik, known for twice running for mayor of Voronezh, is preparing a lawsuit in the Left Bank District Court demanding to register him as a candidate for the elections to the city parliament from A Just Russia on March 14. The Election Commission did not include Mr. Vitinik in the list of candidates for mandates because he did not have time to submit documents on time.

Context Russian President Dmitry Medvedev yesterday submitted to the State Council of Tatarstan the candidacy of Prime Minister Rustam Minnikhanov to vest him with the powers of the president of the republic. The Kremlin press service reported this. Let us recall that last Friday the current head of the republic, Mintimer Shaimiev, asked Mr. Medvedev not to nominate him for the post of President of Tatarstan (see Kommersant, January 23). Mr.

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The ex-director of the Bank of Moscow branch is accused of fraud The Main Investigation Department of the Main Internal Affairs Directorate of the Stavropol Territory announced the completion of the investigation into the case of the former director of the Stavropol branch of Bank of Moscow OJSC Ruslan Khuranov. He is accused of stealing about 18 million rubles from the branch through fraud. Mr. Khuranov, who is currently in custody, does not admit his guilt.

FAS suspected the Ministry of Industry and Trade of violating competition in the alcohol market The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) is looking for those responsible for the fact that imported wine could not cross the Russian border in early January. The service opened a case for violation of the law “On Protection of Competition” against the Ministry of Industry and Trade, which did not organize the issuance of the necessary licenses to importers.

US President Barack Obama confirmed the country's intention to completely withdraw troops from Iraq by the end of August 2010 and begin the withdrawal of combat units from Afghanistan in July 2011. “In Afghanistan, we are increasing the number of our troops and training the Afghan Security Forces so that they can take control of the situation in July 2011 and our troops can begin to return home. We will reward reduced corruption, good governance and support for human rights in Afghanistan.

The government of the Nizhny Novgorod region is planning a new additional issue of shares of OJSC Nizhny Novgorod International Airport (MANN).

Bill to financial reformTax on responsibility for financial crisis (in year) Size limitation banks and a number of them operations Basel-3 Bank of America High $1.7 billion High Average Citigroup High $2.1 billion High Average JP Morgan Average $1.9 billion High Average Wells Fargo Average $0.6 billion Low Average Goldman Sachs High $1.2 billion High Average Morgan Stanley High $1 billion High Average American Express Low $0.1 billion Low Low Capital One Low $0.1 billion Low Low General Electric