The leader of the Russian national hockey team, Alexander Radulov, will miss the third stage of the Eurotour (Swedish Games), which will be held on February 9-12 in Stockholm. The decision on this was made after consultations between Radulov and the head coach of the Russian team, Zinetula Bilyaletdinov , writes Sport-Express.

The Chairman of the Moscow City Court, Olga Egorova , rejected Mikhail Khodorkovsky ’s supervisory appeal against the verdict in his second case - the ex-head of YUKOS received 13 years in prison for oil theft and money laundering. RAPSI reports this. At the same time, Egorova rejected the corresponding complaint from the lawyers in the case of Platon Lebedev .

The police detained a 34-year-old acting general director of a federal state unitary enterprise (FSUE), who was trying to sell his position to an applicant for 45 million rubles. A 60-year-old unemployed man who acted as an intermediary was also detained, reports .

At any cost Nationalists intensified the fight for Scottish independence The end of 2011 and the beginning of 2012 were marked in Great Britain by the intensification of the struggle of Scottish nationalists for the independence of the region. Last week, the Scots moved on to the practical part of the plan, presenting a plan for the upcoming referendum.

The Coca-Cola Company has released a new collection of Club Coke bottles featuring the image of French producer and DJ David Guetta. This was reported on Guetta's official website. On the bottles in which Coca-Cola's special club collections are released, a black and white photograph of Guetta is superimposed on the traditional red Coca-Cola background. The aluminum bottle was made with luminescent particles, which allows it to glow in the dark.

A flask, a heating pad and fleece underwear How to stay warm at a rally in frosty weather On February 4, a procession “For Fair Elections” is scheduled to take place in Moscow. If you believe the Gismeteo forecast, then on this day in the capital there will be 19 degrees below zero, which may scare off inexperienced protesters. "Lenta.ru" found out from experienced winter protest participants how you can express an active civic position in cold weather and stay alive.

The weighted average exchange rate of the euro at the beginning of the trading session on January 30 on the MICEX-RTS exchange reached 40 rubles. By 13:20 it retreated somewhat from this level, dropping to 39.96 rubles. At the same time, the dollar exchange rate increased by 13 kopecks to 30.42 rubles. The euro has become significantly cheaper in recent weeks due to negative news related to the debt crisis in the eurozone.

Opponents of the anti-piracy bills SOPA and PIPA were called on to “punish” media corporations by refusing their products for a month. The corresponding appeal was posted on a specially created website . The creators of the resource urge throughout March not to buy or download illegal films, music, books, magazines and games. Thus, they point out, users will seriously hit corporate profits in the first quarter of this year.

On January 29, in Kyiv, police officers detained about 27 young people who tried to interfere with a nationalist march held on the occasion of Krut Heroes Day. reports this Interfax . The Day of Heroes of Kruty is celebrated in memory of the Kyiv students who died in battle with the Bolsheviks in 1918 (the battle took place at the railway station near the village of Kruty, where the students tried to hold back the Bolshevik advance on Kyiv).

Syrian rebels prevented the family of President Bashar al-Assad from fleeing the country, The Jerusalem Post writes, citing the Egyptian newspaper Al-Masry al-Youm. Opposition representatives told the Egyptian publication that the president's relatives were attempting to leave the country on the evening of January 29. Syrian security services tried to take the president's wife Asma al-Assad, the president's children, his mother and nephew out of Damascus.

A resident of the Arizona city of San Luis intends to appeal a court decision that did not allow her to participate in elections to the city council due to insufficient knowledge of the English language. She told the local newspaper Yuma Sun about this. The Yuma County court's decision will be appealed to the Arizona Supreme Court. “The court cannot take away my constitutional rights,” said Alejandrina Cabrera. Cabrera acknowledged that she should continue studying English.

Billboard magazine has compiled a list of the most influential representatives of the music industry. The list includes a total of 100 names. The vast majority of them are not musicians, but businessmen. In particular, Irving Azoff, executive director of Live Nation, producer, manager, who collaborated with Van Halen, The Eagles, Christina Aguilera and many other performers, was recognized as the most influential person in the field of music.

The general director of the Slon.ru project, Maxim Kashulinsky, also became the general director of Bolshoy Gorod LLC, which publishes the magazine of the same name. This is stated in a message distributed by the editors of "Big City". Kashulinsky will be involved in the development of the magazine and website bg.ru. Philip Dzyadko has remained the editor-in-chief of Bolshoi Gorod since 2007.

In Moscow, a man who killed 15 women and one teenager was sentenced to life in prison. This was reported on the website of the city prosecutor's office on January 30. The Moscow City Court found 32-year-old Moscow native Vladimir Mirgorod guilty of murder, rape and sexual assault. It was established that he committed crimes in 2002-2004. All victims were killed in one way - strangled with a noose.

The cost of a standard 30-second commercial that will be shown during the Super Bowl broadcast will be $3.5 million. Thus, as The Drum portal writes, one second will cost advertisers 117 thousand dollars. Compared to last year, 30-second commercials have risen in price by $500 thousand. In total, 70 advertisements will be shown during the game. Despite the high cost of airtime, all Super Bowl advertising slots were sold out by November.