Russian tennis player Nikolai Davydenko said that he is afraid of football fans and therefore does not go to games with the participation of Russian teams. reports this RIA Novosti . Davydenko said that he is afraid of fights, which, according to him, constantly arise in the stands of Russian stadiums. “I’m afraid to fall under this line of fire,” the tennis player noted. On February 28, Davydenko lost to the Swiss Roger Federer in the quarter finals of the tournament in Dubai - 2:6, 2:6.

In Kyrgyzstan, several citizens were sentenced for looting during the last “revolution” (in April 2010). K-News reports this. According to 24.kg, they were sentenced to imprisonment for terms of 13 to 17 years. The defendants, among whom was a former police officer, Colonel Akzhol Abduvaliev, were also accused of other crimes: the kidnapping of the country's former mufti for the purpose of extortion, an assault on an employee of the Manas International Airport.

Studio CCP has once again confirmed that it is continuing development of the vampire MMO World of Darkness and promised to show it soon. Studio executive director Hilmar Veigar Petursson said in an interview with Eurogamer that CCP is currently conducting closed testing of the project. “We're playing it now. In fact, we even had problems with this: some of our employees got too carried away with World of Darkness during testing,” noted Petursson.

The German parliament has passed a law that will force sites that reprint and compile news stories to pay news authors. The newspaper Die Welt reported this. The law does not indicate the amount of royalties to authors, but creates a legal basis for claims by copyright holders against aggregators. A coalition of the two leading parties in parliament – ​​the Christian Democratic Union and the Free Democratic Party – voted for the adoption of the law.

During his ten months as President of France, François Hollande lost twenty-five percentage points in his rating; only thirty percent of citizens trust him. Such data were obtained as a result of a sociological study conducted by TNS Sofres for the weekly Le Figaro Magazine. This is the worst performance for a head of state since TNS Sofres observed, that is, since 1981. For three months - from November to January - Hollande's rating remained stable at 35 percent.

A huge scandal in the American media this week: legendary reporter Bob Woodward said that he was threatened in the White House in connection with his professional activities. The topic was readily picked up by opponents of Barack Obama, who declared that the presidential administration had gone to war against the honored journalist.

On February 21, Vladimir Putin, during a meeting with the head of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, asked the latter to make the department more open. “The Investigative Committee must be able to competently and timely explain its actions and listen to the opinions of people and the public,” Putin said. A few days later, the official representative of the committee, Vladimir Markin, opened a Twitter account.

Next year, Golden Mask celebrates its 20th anniversary. But even without the anniversary, it is clear that the chronicle of the Russian theater with its ups and downs, masters and debutants, losses and discoveries is recorded in the lists of nominees for the first and main Russian professional award.

In mid-February 2013, it became known that the rectors of several universities proposed to the Ministry of Defense to send students for military service during the summer holidays. In accordance with this idea, students from universities with military departments (there are about 30 of them in total) will be sent to the army every year for three months - to count for military service. One of the authors of the proposal was the rector of MSTU. Bauman Anatoly Alexandrov.

In the Arkhangelsk region, the case of a man accused of attempting to kill a child for hooligan reasons has been sent to court. This was reported on the website of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation on March 1. According to investigators, on May 14, 2012, a 45-year-old resident of the village of Savinsky met an unfamiliar eight-year-old boy in an ownerless metal container.

Researchers have found that the main reason why social networks are losing popularity is the complication of the account management process. MIT Technology Review presents in its blog the results of the scientific work of scientists from ETH Zurich. As a subject for study, a group of scientists led by David Garcia chose the social network Friendster, which, after falling in popularity, was converted into a social gaming portal.

The new law on the election of State Duma deputies is ready, writes Kommersant. According to the document, a mixed electoral system is returning to Russia, in which one half of the parliament (225 deputies) is elected from party lists, and the other from single-mandate constituencies. The formation of electoral blocs is prohibited by law. The bill provides for parties to have a federal part of the list (no more than 10 people).

English Manchester United midfielder Ryan Giggs signed a one-year contract with the team until June 2014. United's official website reported this. At the end of the agreement, the footballer will be 40 years old (Giggs was born on November 29, 1973). Commenting on the signing of the Welsh midfielder, United boss Alex Ferguson said that Giggs still loves playing football, which should serve as an example to others. The 2013/14 season will be the 23rd season of the Welsh midfielder's career.

The Renova Group of Viktor Vekselberg was chosen as an investor in the construction of a new terminal at the Perm Bolshoye Savino airport. newspaper writes about this in its issue dated March 1 The Kommersant . The newspaper's source in Renova claims that the total amount of investment in the project by the company, specified in the application, is eight billion rubles.

As a result of a chlorine release at a chemical plant in the Perm region, 30 people were injured, 27 of them were hospitalized, the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations reports . The release of the substance occurred on the morning of March 1 in the city of Berezniki in workshop No. 13 for the production of liquid chlorine (address - Churtanskoe highway, building 3). All victims are employees of this workshop. Their condition has not been reported.