Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko was familiarized with the results of a medical examination conducted by foreign doctors in a colony in Kharkov, RIA Novosti reported on February 16, citing the press service of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine. “Tymoshenko was familiarized with the findings of the examination of German doctors on February 15 in the presence of all members of the independent medical commission.

Whitney Houston's farewell will take place on Saturday, February 18, at the Baptist Church in her hometown of Newark and will be shown live: one film crew will be allowed into the temple. Giant screens placed outside the church will allow fans of the star to see the entire ceremony, which will also be broadcast on the Internet. Rita Rusakova

Alexey Kutkova about the return of Roger Dubuis Since the time when Roger Dubuis, one of the founders of the Geneva watch brand Roger Dubuis, the same watchmaker who gave it his name, little by little disappeared from view, for me personally something important was missing from the Roger Dubuis brand.

President Viktor Yanukovych left for the Poltava region to get acquainted with the affairs of the region, the official website of the head of state reports. During the trip, Viktor Yanukovych will take part in the opening of the Erudit educational and health complex of the Kremenchug Makarenko Pedagogical School (Potoki village, Kremenchug district), visit the Kryukov Carriage Works (Kremenchug) and hold a meeting with the economic and administrative activists of the region.

In January 2012, industrial production increased by 2.0% compared to January 2011. According to the State Statistics Service, in January 2012, industrial production decreased by 12.7% compared to December 2011. In December 2011, industrial production decreased by 0.5% compared to December 2010. In 2011, compared to 2010, industrial production increased by 7.3%. In 2010, compared to 2009, industrial production increased by 11.0%. Based on materials from the Ukrainian News Agency

Motor Sich OJSC (Zaporozhye), one of the world's largest manufacturers of engines for aircraft, completed 2011, according to preliminary data, with a net profit of UAH 1 billion 344.16 million, which is 9%, or UAH 110.76 million more, than in 2010. As stated in the announcement on the company's website about the annual meeting of shareholders on March 22, retained earnings over the past year increased by 50.7% - to UAH 3 billion 935.39 million.

A break was taken in the court hearing to consider the claim of the Perm administration against Trunk LLC. This decision was made in connection with the receipt of a petition to leave the consideration of the case without progress. The basis for this was the decision of the Arbitration Court of January 27 of this year to introduce a monitoring procedure at Trunk LLC. It was noted that, according to the law, the mayor's claim must be considered as part of a bankruptcy case.

The Military-Industrial Commission has submitted to the government a draft federal target program for the modernization of the military-industrial complex until 2020 with funding of 3 trillion rubles, said Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin. “I must say that thanks to our efforts, yesterday the draft Federal Target Program for the modernization of the defense industry was submitted to the government,” Mr. Rogozin said, speaking at parliamentary hearings in the Federation Council.

Yesterday the grand opening of the Sochi-Adler-Sochi Airport railway connection took place. As the press service of North Caucasus Railways reported, JSC Russian Railways is the responsible contractor for this Olympic facility. The event was attended by Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Kozak, President of JSC Russian Railways Vladimir Yakunin, President of the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee Dmitry Chernyshenko and Head of the North Caucasus Railway Vladimir Goloskokov.

The Communist Party faction in the regional parliament proposed changing the law “On the Legislative Assembly of the Perm Territory.” This was reported on the website of the regional legislative assembly. The communists propose “to elect no more than four deputies from among the deputies, including one first.” Now the people's representatives elect three vice-speakers from among themselves.

The Parliament of Moldova was unable to set a date for presidential elections today, after interim President, Speaker Marian Lupu proposed to hold them on March 15. The deputies were unable to vote for his proposal, since the liberal faction left the meeting room in protest, demanding that a presidential candidate be determined first, and then a date. Also absent from the hall were opposition communists boycotting the meetings, who consider the parliament illegal and demand its dissolution.

Russian intelligence services are showing an active interest in the newest Russian sniper rifle ORSIS T-5000; after the end of state tests in March 2012, it may appear in service with the special forces of the FSB, Alexey Sorokin, general director of Promtekhnologiya Group of Companies, which produces small arms, told RIA Novosti on February 16 .

American film studio DreamWorks Animation will build a large studio in Shanghai together with two Chinese companies to create and launch films for the Asian market, WSJ reported on February 16. This week, DreamWorks Animation is expected to reveal details of a deal the studio has struck with two of China's largest state-owned companies: Shanghai Media Group, one of the country's largest broadcasters, and China Media Capital.

Sergey Khodnev about "Green Vaults" with A. Lange & Sohne In the fall of 2011, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London named its new director. For the first time in the history of the museum, it was not a native of the British Isles - Professor Martin Roth, now the former head of the State Museum Collections of Dresden. The step seems to be mysterious: there would be no professor in England with museum experience, but this is not only a matter of Mr. Roth’s scientific reputation.

Yesterday, members of the parliamentary committee on legislative support for law enforcement heard a report on the results of an audit of the deputy appeal of Valery Konovaluk (Party of Regions) “regarding the unlawful ownership of a Mercedes-Benz GL420 car by the Ministry of Justice.” The nine-page document (available to Kommersant) contains answers to parliamentary inquiries sent to law enforcement agencies, courts and the Ministry of Justice regarding the circumstances of the department’s