90 YEARS AGO Materials prepared by Svetlana Kuznetsova and Evgeny Zhirnov To ask the All-Russian Central Executive Committee to consider Comrade Lunacharsky’s statement on the merits. From the minutes of the Politburo meeting N90, 1922. Dear Vladimir Ilyich!

"Norman. Archetypal Variations" at the State Center for Contemporary Art Exhibitions contemporary art The English collector Simon Waldron, the husband of the famous Moscow artist Irina Waldron, had a dream. The first names of Moscow conceptualism and the “new wave” agreed to illustrate it.

85 years ago, Ogonyok launched a wave of criticism against the tradition of celebrating the New Year, the Nativity of Christ and Epiphany (celebrated on January 19). Here, of course, it is worth remembering that during the first 10 years of Soviet power - from 1917 to 1927 - along with the new communist ones, the “old” Orthodox holidays continued to exist in the official Soviet calendar, which were also days off.

Prevention 470 1 min. ... American insurance companies from the state of Colorado have adopted the “Weight and Win” program, which provides monetary rewards for losing weight and maintaining weight at the achieved level. “From a medical point of view, a reduction in body weight of at least 5 percent is valuable and beneficial,” says Dr. Eric France, a consultant from Kaiser Permanente. “Less risk to the health of clients means more profit for insurers.

The Russian coal market faces a shortage The Russian coking coal market may decline by about 8% overall and by more than 20% for individual grades from February. Kemerovo Sibuglemet, which ranks second among Russian coal companies, has not agreed on a mining plan for 2012. As a result, assets accounting for more than 80% of the company's total production are idle. Of the Russian metallurgists, the Novolipetsk Iron and Steel Works (NLMK) may suffer the most from the problems of Sibuglemet.

Accommodation in Moscow hotels is the most expensive among European capitals, and this is despite insufficient quality of service, says Andrey Voskresensky, based on analytical data. There is an acute shortage of mid-price hotels in the capital, so the main guests are business people, not tourists. The average cost of living in hotels in Moscow at the end of last year was 7 thousand 684 rubles. per day.

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has lowered its forecast for global oil consumption growth in 2012, taking into account the debt crisis in the eurozone. In its monthly report, OPEC lowered its growth forecast by 10 thousand barrels. per day compared to the December forecast - up to 1.06 million barrels. per day. Demand in the countries of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), according to the cartel, will decrease by 160 thousand barrels.

The company sued Fujifilm It seems that Kodak really hopes to improve its financial position through litigation. An American company has filed another lawsuit for violating its patents. This time - against the Japanese Fujifilm. Eastman Kodak continues to vigorously protect its intellectual property. On Friday, the company filed a lawsuit against Japan's Fujifilm in a court in Rochester, New York. Kodak claims that some Fujifilm cameras violate its digital imaging technology.

There will be a second batch Parliamentary elections were held in Kazakhstan yesterday. Their winner was known in advance - the presidential party "Nur Otan". However, now the parliament will no longer be one-party, as before: according to the law, at least two parties must be represented in it. The second will probably be the Ak Zhol party, which, as adviser to President Nazarbayev Ermukhamet Ertysbaev explained to Kommersant, will defend the interests of business.

At a training ground in Udmurtia, orphan parts of Kalashnikov assault rifles were discovered, from which they can be assembled into full-fledged weapons. The problem lies in the lack of professionalism of the soldiers whose free services the Ministry of Defense uses, experts say. Another batch of ammunition was found in Udmurtia. Local police officers found weapon parts at the site where the Izhevsk Machine Plant sends discarded Kalashnikov assault rifles.

Australian dollar 32.6852 English pound 48.5904 Belarusian ruble** 37.3322 Danish krone* 54.6655 U.S. dollar 31.5830 Euro 40.6189 Indian Rupee*** 61.4904 Kazakh tenge*** 21.3111 Canadian dollar 31.0490 CNY* 50.0507 Norwegian krone* 52.7244 HAPPY BIRTHDAY 47.1488 Singapore dollar 24.5324 New Turkish lira 17.1182 Ukrainian hryvnia* 39.2823 Swedish krona* 45.7426 Swiss frank 33.5454 Japanese yen*** 41.1585 *For 10. **For 1000. ***For 100. According to Reuters.

Anesthesiology 350 1 min. ... Scientists from the University of Frankfurt have found that just one injection of ozone can heal a person from back pain. “The ozone layer protects a person from ultraviolet radiation,” says Professor Thomas Lehnert. “But if this gas is at ground level, it is considered a dangerous substance that damages the respiratory tract.

contracts On Saturday, Shakhtar Donetsk formalized a deal with Sao Paulo to transfer Jadson to the Brazilian club, who until recently was considered one of the leading and irreplaceable football players for the Pitmen. According to Brazilian media, the transfer of the 28-year-old attacking midfielder cost Sao Paulo 3.8 million euros. Shakhtar also received 30% of the rights to own the contract of Wellington's 20-year-old defensive midfielder.

The main domestic political event of 2012 in Russia will be the next presidential election. Their meaning has changed dramatically over the past month and a half: if previously it was believed that the vote on March 4 would be a symbol of an inevitable return to the past, now there is every reason to believe that we are talking rather about a fundamentally new future. DMITRY KAMYSHEV Just six months ago, the outcome of the 2012 presidential elections seemed absolutely predictable.

LUKOIL-Perm LLC has replaced its deputy general director for public relations: Vsevolod Beltyukov, who held this post, retired on January 12. This position was taken by Alena Bulatetskaya, who previously worked at an oil producing company as head of the public relations department. Mr. Beltyukov, born in 1951, is considered one of the company's old-timers. Before the merger of LLC LUKOIL-Permneft and CJSC LUKOIL-Perm, he held the position of first deputy general director in the latter company.