The Russian Ministry of Defense intends to order 15 An-148 passenger airliners from the Voronezh Joint-Stock Aircraft Manufacturing Company (VASO) in the spring of 2013, the Kommersant newspaper writes, citing a source in the United Aircraft Corporation. The purchase price is estimated at $450 million. Thus, an enterprise in a difficult financial situation will be able to receive the government support necessary for development.

American rock band Fall Out Boy has announced its intention to release a new album. It will be called "Save Rock And Roll" and will go on sale in May 2013. NME reports this. The announcement of the album's release was accompanied by the release of a new video. The video for the song “My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up),” recorded with the participation of rapper 2Chainz, appeared on Monday night on YouTube.

Russian forward of the St. Louis Blues club Vladimir Tarasenko was recognized as the best rookie of the month in the NHL. The official website of the league reports this. Related materials: Jesus, an idiot and talent North American press about Russian NHL newcomers January 28, 2013 From January 19 to January 31, Tarasenko took part in seven matches of the regular championship, in which he scored five goals and gave four assists.

Greek Finance Minister Yiannis Sturanas received a letter in the mail with a bullet enclosed in the envelope. reported this on February 4 Reuters . The text of the letter contained threats, as well as demands that the minister abandon plans to take away houses from residents of the country who are unable to pay their debts.

In the Udmurt city of Glazov, a monument to vodka, which was erected 13 years ago, was demolished, Interfax reports , citing the deputy head of the city administration for social policy, Alexander Rachkov. According to the agency’s interlocutor, it was decided to dismantle the monument by decision of the antimonopoly department .

The first prototype of a Russian-Indian fighter will appear in 2015-2016. This as reported by RIA Novosti was stated by the director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation, Alexander Fomin, . The aircraft is being created on the basis of the Russian advanced fighter T-50 (PAK FA).

The Russian aerobatic teams “Swifts” and “Russian Knights” will switch to new types of fighters no earlier than in two years. This as reported by RIA Novosti was stated by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, .

Last weekend, the NTV channel showed a documentary about the restoration of Chechnya. The main character of the film was the 36-year-old head of the republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, whom the TV channel’s operators depicted as a benefactor and religious leader wise beyond his years. The chic interiors in which Kadyrov was captured reminded Lenta.ru of the price that Moscow paid for stability in Chechnya to Ramzan Kadyrov personally.

Director of the State Hermitage Mikhail Piotrovsky considered the appearance of the second stage of the Mariinsky Theater to be unsuccessful. reports this Interfax . “This is a very big lesson for all of us. Many people really don't like the building. In my opinion, it’s nothing,” said Mikhail Piotrovsky on the St. Petersburg TV channel. According to the director of the museum, the first draft of the second stage, authored by Domenic Perrault, was very interesting.

In Bangladesh, a military tribunal sentenced the leader of the country's main Islamist party, Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, Abdul Kader Mullah to life imprisonment, BBC News reports. He was found guilty of crimes against humanity during the 1971 war of independence from Pakistan. In particular, the prosecutor's office accused him of involvement in the murder of 381 civilians, writes Al-Jazeera. Abdul Mullah himself denied the charges brought against him.

Crytek has no intention of continuing the Darksiders franchise. Despite housing the series' former developers at Vigil, Crytek did not lay claim to the games the studio was working on. As the head of the company, Tsevat Yerli, explained in an interview with GamesBeat, these projects do not fit into the company's strategy. Yerli also noted that he was surprised when no one claimed the Vigil studio during the sale of THQ's assets.

The average difference between the cost of an apartment in a new building at the excavation stage and after the building is put into operation is 30-40 percent in Moscow, and 20-25 percent in the Moscow region. Successful investments in the primary housing market of the capital region can bring up to 60 percent profit. According to a correspondent of Lenta.Ru-Real Estate, this was stated in the MIEL holding.

The group stage game of the 2009/10 Champions League between the English Liverpool and the Hungarian Debrecen was included in the list of matches included in the report of the European Union Police Service (Europol). The Danish publication Ekstra Bladet reports this with reference to its own sources. According to Ekstra Bladet, before the match, Debrecen goalkeeper Vukasin Poleksic was paid to concede at least three goals.

Creation of the world How Ramzan Kadyrov arranged Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: Sergey Uzakov / ITAR-TASS Last weekend, the NTV channel showed a documentary about the restoration of Chechnya. The main character of the film was the 36-year-old head of the republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, whom the TV channel’s operators depicted as a benefactor and religious leader wise beyond his years.

Leonid Razvozzhaev's lawyer Vyacheslav Ivanets was detained while trying to hand over a phone to the arrested oppositionist. This, as reported by RIA Novosti , was stated by a representative of the main department of the Federal Penitentiary Service for the Irkutsk region. The incident occurred on the morning of Tuesday, February 5, in pre-trial detention center No. 1 in the city of Irkutsk, where Razvozzhaev has been held since January 16.