EU police have identified around 380 suspicious football matches played in Europe over the past three years, including two matches in the Champions League. Kommersant FM sports commentator Vladimir Osipov commented on the situation to presenter Anna Kazakova. By bribing athletes, coaches, referees and football officials, the criminals achieved the match results they wanted. According to the police, the net profit of the attackers amounted to €8 billion.

Kirov deputies initiated a vote on the resignation of the governor 19 deputies of the Kirov Legislative Assembly from United Russia, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and the Liberal Democratic Party yesterday initiated the convening of an extraordinary meeting to raise the issue of no confidence in the head of the region, Nikita Belykh. According to the regional law, in order to terminate the powers of the governor, two-thirds of the deputies must vote for him - 36 out of 54.

The Penoplex company will open a thermal insulation production plant in the Tula region Penoplex SPb LLC has begun construction of a new plant for the production of energy-efficient thermal insulation in the city of Novomoskovsk (Tula region) with a production volume of up to 650 thousand cubic meters per year. The total cost of the project will be more than 700 million rubles. The first stage of the plant will open in July 2013.

Russian poet, playwright and prose writer, creator of the modern Russian literary language. He was an excellent shooter and hit a bullet from 20 steps. There were more than 30 duels in his life, during which he never shed the blood of his opponent. On February 8, the last duel of Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin took place. 1822 23-year-old Pushkin was challenged to a duel by 65-year-old state councilor Ivan Lanov.

Gina Lee, designer, MIT Media Lab A metal ball hangs above the table surface. You can raise or lower it - and it will hover exactly in the place where you just “placed” it. This is not a beautiful toy, but a prototype of the ZeroN 3D computer interface. 3D interfaces themselves are not that new.

Oil workers can buy out Dmitry Rybolovlev’s share in Kama Oil The oil company LUKOIL intends to obtain 100% of Kama-Oil CJSC, which produces oil in the Verkhnekamskoye field of potassium and magnesium salts. Experts estimate the cost of 50% in the joint venture based on reserves of $50 million. OJSC LUKOIL is negotiating with businessman Dmitry Rybolovlev on the purchase of his share in CJSC Kama-Oil, Interfax reported yesterday, citing sources familiar with the progress of the negotiations.

Kievkhlib has increased prices for some types of bread in the Kyiv region by 6-7% since February 1, the press service of the Kievkhlib company reports. The selling price as of January 31 and February 1, 2013 is: Ukrainian homemade bread, 0.9 kg - 3.16 UAH. Pechersky bread, 1st grade, 0.6 kg - 3.38 UAH. Bogdanovsky bread, premium, 0.75 kg - 3.20 UAH. Arnaut, 0.65 kg - 2.82 UAH.

The Supreme Court of Russia sent the case on the parole of Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s former business partner, ex-head of the Menatep MFO Platon Lebedev, who is serving an 11-year sentence for oil theft and money laundering, to Arkhangelsk. “The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation initiated supervisory proceedings and sent the case to Arkhangelsk,” says a message posted on February 5 on the website of the press center of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev.

The White House is preparing a list of applicants for officials The Ministry of Labor has prepared amendments to the law “On the State Civil Service of the Russian Federation,” which provides for the consolidation of disparate information about the personnel reserve of federal authorities into a single information portal.

The head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Chelyabinsk Region, Major General Oleg Klimov, was dismissed. He has held the position since 1997. The decree on his resignation was signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin on February 2. Until the appointment of a new leader, Colonel Yuri Burenko, First Deputy Head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation for the Chelyabinsk Region, will perform his duties.

129 2 minutes. ... "Gaztek" concentrated 51% of the shares of Khmelnytskygaz. The company reported this in the information disclosure system of the National Securities and Stock Market Commission (NCSM). Gaztek increased its stake in Khmelnytskygaz by almost 1%, buying shares for UAH 2.2 million at the privatization competition of the State Property Fund. Khmelnitskgaz services gas distribution networks located in the Khmelnitsky region; a blocking stake in the enterprise belongs to the state.

Moscow rejects accusations of deliberately opposing the extradition of the body of Russian activist Alexander Dolmatov, who died in the Netherlands, expressed in the article “Deadly sluggishness of the authorities,” published on February 5 in Nezavisimaya Gazeta, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. “The “sluggishness” accused of Russian diplomatic representatives is absolutely untrue,” notes a message published on the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

The Turkish Grand Prix has been excluded from the Formula 1 racing calendar for the 2013 season, said the head of the “royal racing” Bernie Ecclestone. “I’m not sure that Turkey is capable of hosting the championship stage at a good level, so in the upcoming season it will definitely not be on the competition calendar. The issue of including a new track in the upcoming competitions cannot be resolved in a few days, so this year instead of 20 stages there will be 19.” , - said Mr. Ecclestone.

Energy JSC Geotherm (a subsidiary of JSC RusHydro, Kamchatka Territory) generated 390.58 million kWh of electricity in 2012, which is 4.5% below the target, the company’s press service reported. It was previously reported that Geotherm OJSC in 2011 reduced its electricity production by 1.2% compared to 2010 - to 409.49 million kWh. Thus, in 2012, production decreased by 4.6%.

Moscow authorities have decided that monetary rewards for donating blood in the capital will not be completely abolished. According to the donation law, which came into force on January 20, paid donations should be limited. The payments were a good incentive for donors, experts are sure, and this system should not have been changed. Payments were returned to Moscow donors, although not forever. The capital's mayor's office issued a resolution on social support for blood donation.