137 1 min. ... The heir of Jewish art dealer Alfred Flechtheim, who fled Germany in 1933, is demanding the return of paintings from Germany that were part of his ancestor's collection. Mike Hulton - the name of Alfred Flechtheim's great-nephew - claims that his ancestor sold the works of Paul Klee "Feathery Plant" (1919) and "Still Life (Violin and Inkwell)" (1913) by Juan Gris under pressure and for a symbolic sum, having been forced to in a hurry to flee the Reich.

The former owner of Uralkali, billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev, turned out to be the owner of a mansion in Hawaii, owned until December 2012 by Hollywood actor Will Smith, Forbes magazine reports. Will Smith and his wife, actress and singer Jada Pinkett Smith sold the mansion back in December 2011. As The Wall Street Journal wrote, the house was not put up for public auction, so the name of the new owner was then kept secret.

127 1 min. ... 04.02 In the capital's House of Music, as part of the Moscow Jazz Open - 2013, there was a presentation of the album 3 Days by Alexei Kolosov Big Sky, recorded with violinist and saxophonist Michal Urbaniak. 05.02 At the Moscow Conservatory - a dedication to Imre Kalman: Budapest and Moscow operetta artists - Sylvia Szendy and Karoly Peller, Svetlana Krinitskaya and Pyotr Borisenko - will sing.

Attributes 82 1 min. ... Last week there were two notable premieres in the football world: FIFA unveiled the emblem of the planned 2014 World Cup, and UEFA responded with the presentation of the official ball of the Champions League final, which will take place at Wembley in London at the end of May. The ball itself, however, will be available for purchase fairly soon in retail stores.

State Duma deputy Alexey Zhuravlev proposes to solve the problem of increasing the number of illegal labor migrants by creating private employment agencies. They will work in the CIS and look for employees for specific companies. Experts are confident that the problem exists due to unscrupulous entrepreneurs, and officials should pay attention to them. The employment of migrants will be handled by private recruitment agencies.

The Supervisory Board of the State Export-Import Bank, one of the largest groups, relieved Nikolai Udovichenko of his duties as chairman of the board, appointing Vitaly Bilous instead. Nikolai Udovichenko was dismissed due to his appointment as deputy head of the NBU. He held this position since April 27, 2010. Vitaly Bilous previously served as Deputy Chairman of the Board.

One of the leaders of the Islamist group Ansar al-Dine, which controlled the northern part of Mali for several months, was detained on February 4 near the border of Mali and Algeria, AFP reported, citing Malian security forces. Mohammed Moussa Ag Mohammed, whom the agency calls the extremist group's third party, was detained by an "armed detachment" of one of the groups hostile to Ansar al-Dine, a Mali security official said.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine confirms the detention of two Ukrspetsexport employees in Kazakhstan and reports their arrest for 10 days. “On January 28, 2013, a court hearing was held in the district court of Astana, as a result of which it was decided to extend the period of detention of the detainees to 10 days for additional investigative actions,” said the acting. Director of the Information Policy Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Evgeniy Perebiynis.

Nowadays there is a fashion on Russian television for programs in which products from different manufacturers are compared. Take the same “Test purchase”. But for some reason this niche is still free on the Internet. Yes, on various sites you can find a comparative analysis of products from the same industry, but there is no system resource. An excellent reason for a business idea.

Rosneft's net profit under IFRS in 2012 increased by 7.2% to 342 billion rubles, according to the company's report published on Friday. The state company's revenue at the end of 2012 reached 3.078 trillion rubles, which is 13.2% higher than the previous year in 2011. The company's EBIDTA increased by 8% to RUB 609 billion.

Negotiations with the Georgian delegation were successful, Gennady Onishchenko, head of Rospotrebnadzor and chief state sanitary doctor of the Russian Federation, told Interfax on February 4. “Fine,” he said, answering the corresponding question.

In response to a complaint about poor snow removal on one of the pedestrian paths, officials published a photo on the Internet portal showing a perfectly cleared area. The use of Photoshop in this case is so obvious that even inexperienced users could recognize it, Kommersant FM interlocutors note.

The Kyiv Economic Court opened a bankruptcy case against Ukrbus LLC (Kyiv) and introduced a moratorium on satisfying creditors' claims. Arbitration manager Alexander Sergiychuk was appointed administrator of the property. Applications from creditors are accepted within 30 days.

The Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications insists on the abolition of additional tariffs for national roaming. Experts agree with the initiative, especially since market participants should not suffer large losses as a result of such a step. Roaming within Russia will be cancelled. The Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications will prohibit charging additional fees for national roaming in cellular networks.

306 1 min. ... Two young mothers from Edinburgh have launched a business selling baby bibs with a built-in teether. Managers Amy Livingston and Julia Wilson came up with this business idea while they were on maternity leave. “When Amy and I met with friends with children, we spent almost half of the time picking up and washing teethers that had fallen on the floor...