As follows from a document published on January 31 on the website of the capital’s Department of Transport and Road Infrastructure Development, Moscow authorities have developed a unified procedure for operating taxis in the city, and are also introducing driver certification and a special sign for such cars.

Famous chefs go to the people and teach them not to spoil food with a bunch of flavors. The people reciprocate - they learn not to overeat and sign up for culinary courses... The French prove that by becoming accessible to the public, “haute cuisine” has not lost anything, but has gained a lot Irina Kneller, Paris An ordinary French high school. High school students hate the cafeteria. For lunch they prefer fast food.

Materials prepared by Olga Fomina A terrorist attack at the capital's largest airport killed 35 people and sent shockwaves throughout the country. After the Domodedovo explosion, President Dmitry Medvedev admitted that “the level of terrorist threat in Russia is higher than in America.” The idea arose to adopt the experience of airport security control from Israel, which in fact means: Russia, like Israel, is essentially in a state of siege.

The population continues to buy foreign currency The National Bank recorded a sharp increase in the volume of purchases of cash foreign currency by the population. In the last four months of last year, $6.1 billion was withdrawn from the banking system, representing more than 80% of the currency outflow for the entire 2010. Experts believe that the negative trend of dollarization of the economy may intensify in the coming year.

Today, January 31, Chairman of the Constitutional Council (CC) of Kazakhstan Igor Rogov announced that replacing the 2012 elections with a referendum on extending the powers of the current President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev was recognized as inconsistent with the country’s Constitution.

267 1 min. ... In 2011, before the start of the election campaign for the election of State Duma deputies, that is, before September, 63 commissions of constituent entities of the Russian Federation must be elected. Political parties must nominate their representatives; the Central Election Commission recommends two candidates. For comparison, in 2010, 2,140 territorial election commissions were updated.

446 1 min. ... The birthday of Russian vodka is celebrated on Monday. On January 31, 1865, Dmitry Mendeleev defended his dissertation, where he indicated the results of a study of aqueous-alcohol solutions, including those with a concentration of 33.4 weight percent, or 40 volume percent. But a drink at 40° - polugar - was common in Rus' back in the 16th century. When burned, its volume was reduced by half - this is how the quality was checked.

199 2 minutes. ... The International Herald Tribune Neuilly-sur-Seine, France The attack dampened Medvedev's plans to present Russia as a modern and stable country that welcomes foreign investment. And this despite the fact that the Russian delegation is preparing to loudly declare itself in Davos.

Australian dollar** 791.6326 British pound** 1264.4604 Belarusian ruble* 0.0264 Hungarian forint*** 40.0653 Danish krone** 146.0389 U.S. dollar** 794.0000 Euro** 1088.5740 Icelandic krona** 3.7537 Kazakh tenge** 5.4076 Canadian dollar** 797.8408 Norwegian krone** 137.2210 Polish zloty** 277.9740 Russian ruble* 2.6762 Turkish Lira** 497.9981 Czech crown** 44.8934 Swedish krona** 122.9610 Swiss frank** 841.1173 Japanese yen*** 96.5390 *For 10. **For 100. ***For 1000. According to the NBU

As Alexander Kovalchik, director of the Vodokanal municipal unitary enterprise, said, in 2011 the volume of investments in the company’s capital expenditures will be at least 1.5 billion rubles. The total volume of the investment program until 2020 is set at 50 billion rubles. “The sources of financing for the program, as last year, will be income from technological connection to networks - 300 million rubles, an investment premium to the tariff - 1.7 billion rubles.

51 1 min. ... Nikkei 225 10360.34 (-118.32) RTS 1885.53 (-25.95) FTSE 100 5881.37 (-83.71) DAX 30 7102.8 (-52.78) DJIA 11823.70 (-166.13) NASDAQ Composite 2686.89 (-68.39) According to Reuters. Newspaper "Kommersant" No. 15/P dated January 31, 2011, page 7

Statistics Scientists from the University of Virginia have found that there is an inextricable connection between a person’s level of education and his attitude towards marriage. According to data collected over the past 30 years, people with higher education are more likely to create strong families, less likely to have children out of wedlock, and less likely to file for divorce.

The Federal Bailiff Service (FSSP) is completing negotiations with major telecom operators on the possibility of withdrawing money from user accounts. This was announced on January 25 by the deputy director of the department, Tatyana Ignatieva, according to whom there are no fundamental disagreements between the bailiffs and operators regarding the debtors’ accounts.

738 1 min. ... Born on February 28, 1953 in North Ossetia. He graduated from a technical school in Vladikavkaz and the Moscow Technological Institute of Food Industry with a degree in fermentation technology. Since 1980, he worked at the Leningrad Brewing Plant named after Stepan Razin, rising to the rank of chief technologist. In August 1991, he headed the still unfinished Baltika brewery.

The investigation and NAC reported on the explosions in Moscow 23K 3 min. ... Last weekend, the Investigative Committee of Russia (ICR) and the National Anti-Terrorism Committee (NAC) reported on the disclosure of the terrorist attack that took place at Domodedovo airport on January 24 and killed 35 people, as well as the explosion that occurred in Kuzminki on the eve of the New Year - then the suicide bomber herself accidentally blew herself up .