The DPRK has issued a series of stamps dedicated to the Olympics in Sochi. As ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the KCNA agency, at the top of the postal miniatures there is an inscription in Korean and English: “XXII Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia 2014.” The stamps also feature the emblem of the DPRK Olympic Committee.

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In 2009–2013, the income of the Nizhny Novgorod region from the implementation of the regional target program “Management of State Property...” amounted to 5.4 billion rubles. The Minister of State Property and Land Resources of the region, Alexander Makarov, announced this yesterday at a government meeting. According to him, the program was implemented quite effectively, as evidenced by the income plan, which in 2009 amounted to 795.9 million rubles, and by 2013 grew to 1.27 billion rubles.

In Brazil, more than 3 million people were left without electricity due to a serious failure in the power grid. A partial power outage occurred in the country's two largest cities - Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, the BBC reports. Blackouts were also reported in the south, north and center of Brazil. It is noted that the emergency occurred a day after the speech of the Minister of Energy, who stated that there was no risk of shutting off or limiting the supply of electricity.

The operator will increase payments to shareholders The revenues of mobile operators will now grow by 3% at best, primarily due to the mobile Internet. In this situation, companies are revising their dividend policy: Vimpelcom is forced to sharply reduce the size of dividends, MTS, on the contrary, promises to pay 10 billion rubles to shareholders in the coming years. more than expected.

The jury's verdict did not satisfy the defense At the trial of members of the group, which became known as the “coastal partisans,” a jury verdict was returned. The defendants were found guilty on the main charges - the murder of two police officers and four residents of the village of Kirovsky, and a series of attacks on law enforcement officers. The charge of participation in a gang was dropped only against one of the six accomplices - Vadim Kovtun.

The board of directors of Spurt Bank, 28.25% of whose shares are owned by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, on Monday decided to suspend the placement of bonds of the fourth series worth 1 billion rubles. The council made the decision to issue them a year ago, on February 4, 2013. On March 14, 2013, the Bank of Russia registered the issue of 1 million Spurta bonds with a par value of 1 thousand rubles.

mechanical engineering The SOLLERS Group, a Russian automobile manufacturer, is ready to employ laid-off employees of AvtoVAZ OJSC enterprises in Togliatti at factories in Vladivostok, the company’s press service reported, citing Vadim Shvetsov, General Director of SOLLERS OJSC. To this end, the company begins joint work with the Ministry of Eastern Development based on the vacancies that exist in production in the capital of Primorye.

The trial of former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi in connection with the deaths of protesters has been postponed until March 1. The judges motivated their decision, in particular, by the fact that they needed to more carefully study the video materials of the case. The day before, Mohamed Morsi was taken to the police academy building in the Egyptian capital Cairo, which is under heavy security, to begin the trial. Based on materials from Interfax news agency

Four policemen were shot in Donetsk In the Leninsky district of Donetsk, during his arrest, a car thief injured four employees of the Donetsk criminal investigation department. The criminal opened fire on the policemen with military weapons directly through the car window, after which he disappeared. According to the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Donetsk region, the police did not count on such a rebuff, so they went into detention without weapons.

Alexander Zubkov will carry the Russian flag at the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, RIA Novosti reports citing the press service of the Russian Olympic Committee. Alexander Zubkov is a two-time Olympic medalist: silver in Turin 2006 and bronze in Vancouver 2010. The 39-year-old also won six world championship medals, including gold in 2011. The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games will take place on February 7 at the Fisht stadium.

London Underground workers went on strike, which led to a transport collapse. What the trade unions are dissatisfied with and what their actions led to is in the Kommersant photo gallery.

President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych met with the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign and Security Policy, Vice-President of the European Commission Catherine Ashton, according to the president’s website . “The parties discussed ways to stabilize the political situation in Ukraine, the progress of economic reforms and measures to strengthen democratic institutions.

You can get money in other cities, but not everywhere The Migom money transfer system has suspended the issuance of transfers in banks in Moscow. Experts consider this event logical, given the problems of the system’s settlement bank, Eurotrust. Photo: Daniil Zinchenko, Kommersant / buy photo The Migom money transfer system has suspended the issuance of transfers at partner banks in Moscow. Interfax was informed about this by the system’s call center.

As a result of the explosions of three car bombs at the Iraqi Foreign Ministry near the entrance to the “green zone” in the center of Baghdad, where foreign and government facilities are located, 21 people were killed, ITAR-TASS reports. The area also came under mortar fire during the night. Two shells exploded in a protected area, killing one serviceman.