Having defeated Washington, he topped the conference table NHL The fall of the Washington Capitals continues to be one of the main topics of discussion in the NHL. The results of the capital's club are too deplorable to ignore its problems, although by all accounts before the start of the season it should have been confidently among the leaders. Yesterday, Washington suffered its ninth defeat this season, losing 2:5 to the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Tatarstan will ask the Russian parliament to tighten migration policy The Tatarstan authorities have announced their intentions to tighten control over migrants in the republic and Russia, believing that the liberalization of legislation in this area has led to “negative trends.” They are preparing a proposal to the State Duma to “improve migration policy” and “prevent the entry of foreign citizens who violate migration laws.” The reason for this was the recent murder of an 8-year-old girl in

Representatives of the ruling Al-Nahda (Renaissance Party) party in Tunisia intend to bring their supporters to the streets of the capital. The action should be a response to the actions of the opposition, which has been holding mass rallies for several days, often turning into clashes with the police, France 24 reports. A statement published on behalf of the party leadership calls for a demonstration on the main street of the capital Tunis.

“Ukrainian” atamans confidently won against Italia Thunder On Friday in Brovary, the “Ukrainian Atamans” won a convincing victory over the current champion of the World Series of Boxing (WSB) - the Italia Thunder club. Our team won the first four matches through the efforts of Nikolai Butsenko, Vasily Lomachenko, Ivan Golub and Alexander Gvozdyk.

The Venezuelan government has cut the value of its national currency, the bolivar, by almost half against the US dollar, the BBC reports. The bolivar devaluation was announced hours after Vice President Nicolas Maduro returned from Cuba, where he received instructions on economic issues from President Hugo Chavez. The head of Venezuela himself has not appeared in public since December last year - from the day he went to a Havana clinic to undergo another treatment session for cancer.

On Saturday night, the former head of the press service of the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs, Guram Donadze, was detained at Tbilisi International Airport and is accused of exceeding official powers. According to lawyer David Khazhalia, his client does not plead guilty and voluntarily returned to Georgia from Turkey to cooperate with the investigation. Today, February 9, the court will choose a preventive measure for Mr. Donadze, Interfax reports.

"The Ideal American" by Philip Glass in Madrid Opera premiere The world premiere of Philip Glass's opera The Ideal American, starring Walt Disney, took place on the stage of the Teatro Real in Madrid. With details from Madrid - DMITRY RENANSKY. The idea of ​​​​creating an opera biopic dedicated to Walt Disney came to the legendary Teatro Real intendant Gerard Mortier after reading the novel “The King of America” by Pulitzer winner Peter Stefan Jung.

Background 1K 1 min. ... In the modern history of Russia, charges under Art. 278 (violent seizure of power) and Art. 279 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (armed rebellion) was presented extremely rarely and, as a rule, was withdrawn even before the trial, and the defendants in the case were sentenced under other articles.

The Political Council of the Our Ukraine party overturned the decision of the Kyiv city organization regarding the exclusion of Viktor Yushchenko from the ranks of the political force. “We (the political council of Our Ukraine) noted the decision of the Kiev city organization as tendentious and violating the party’s charter,” said member of the political council of Our Ukraine Irina Vannikova.

Google Chairman Eric Schmidt intends to sell 42% of his shares in the company, the approximate value of which is estimated at $2.51 billion, Reuters reports. The total number of Class A shares that Google's top manager intends to get rid of is 3.2 million. In order not to create panic in the market, the sale of shares in the company will continue throughout 2013. The reasons why Mr. Schmidt intends to sell his shares are not disclosed.

Russian Maria Kirilenko beat Kimiko Date-Krumm with a score of 7:6 (7:3), 6:4 in the Fed Cup quarter finals match with Japan. This victory brought the first point to the Russian national team and was the first for the 26-year-old tennis player from Russia, who had already met the experienced 42-year-old Japanese on the court three times. Ekaterina Makarova and Ayumi Morita will take the court next in the singles match.

Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed heads of the GUMVD for the Rostov region and Primorye. As stated in the decree posted on the Kremlin website, Nikolai Afanasyev was appointed head of the department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for the Primorsky Territory. In this post he replaced Andrei Nikolaev. In turn, Andrey Larionov will replace Alexey Lapin at the head of the GUMVD for the Rostov region. Along with Mr.

The Presidential Administration has announced its position on a pressing commercial issue The head of the presidential expert department, Ksenia Yudaeva, yesterday commented on the current state of discussions in the presidential administration (AP) on increasing the attractiveness of the Russian jurisdiction for business.

The Norwegian followed the relay to win the sprint Today at the World Championships in the Czech city of Nove Mesto, Emil Hegle Svendsen won the 10 km sprint race. The Norwegian won despite one penalty. Silver went to the leader of the overall World Cup standings, Martin Fourcade from France, and bronze went to Slovenian Jakov Fak. The best of the Ukrainians was Andrey Derisemlya, who finished 17th.

Clashes between Egyptian police and demonstrators have resumed in several Egyptian cities, with the opposition reporting one death and dozens of injuries. The most violent clashes between protesters and law enforcement officers are currently taking place near the palace of the head of Egypt “Al-Ittihadiya” in Cairo, as well as at local administration buildings in the cities of Tanta, Al-Mahalla al-Kubra and Alexandria.