The Brooklyn Court of New York today should enter the materials of the local prosecutor’s office with the justification of the detention of the Secretary of State of the Union of Russia and Belarus Pavel Borodin, the NTV television company reports with reference to Interfax. According to lawyer Borodina Eleanor Sergeyev, the materials of the prosecutor’s office should contain evidence of the validity of his arrest in the interests of Switzerland law enforcement agencies.

Lina Krasnorutskaya reached the quarterfinals of the women's tournament in the capital of Katar Docha. In the match of the second circle, she outplayed the Belarusian tennis player Tatyana Pikek - 2: 6, 7: 5, 7: 6 (7: 5). Earlier, the Austrian Barbara Shhett prevailed over Herodai Tulyaganova from Uzbekistan - 6: 7 (1: 7), 6: 2, 6: 1. The Italian Adrian Gersi was stronger than the Frenchwoman Mary Pierce - 6: 4, 5: 7, 6: 0.

On February 15, in the Moscow Cinema "35 mm", the premiere of the film by the famous German director Schlendorf "Rita Legends" will be held. Recall that this author shot the paintings with a "tin drum", "scolded honor of Katarina Blum", "Love Svana." At the 2000 Berlin Film Festival, the main roles performer Bibian Beglau and Nadia Ul were called the best actresses and became the owners of the "Silver Bear". "Rita Legends" - about the story of a terrorist who dreams of ending capitalism.

In the office of the Slavic Legal Center (SPC), a meeting of representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) with the heads and representatives of religious organizations of Russia took place, the SKC reports. The meeting, organized by the State Duma International Affairs Committee, was attended by the leaders of the Catholic Church, churches of gospel Christian-baptists, Pentecostals, seventh-day Adventists, and other religious organizations.

From Moscow hospitals, two victims were discharged as a result of the explosion at the Belorusskaya metro station. This was reported today by ITAR-TASS in the Health Committee of the capital. Three people who were injured are still injured in sick leave. Doctors regard their condition as satisfactory. In total, 19 people were injured in the explosion, including two children. 10 people were hospitalized.

In the Donetsk region, 7 out of 14 minor criminals were detained who escaped from the Mariupol educational colony. The search for the rest continues. According to NTV with reference to Interfax, 830 people are involved in the special operation to search for Buran criminals √ the entire personnel of the Mariupol police, freelance police officers, as well as representatives of the city’s military garrison. As reported, during a riot on Monday evening, 35 people broke out beyond the colony.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will go tomorrow on a two -day working trip to the Tomsk and Omsk regions. According to Echo of Moscow with reference to Interfax, in Tomsk Putin will hold a meeting on the problems of the country's housing and communal services. On Friday evening, the president will go to Omsk on a special train. Directly on the train, Putin will hold a meeting on tariff policy, in which some leaders of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation will also take part.

In the center of Moscow, a rally of Kurds takes place, requiring the international community to take measures to liberate the leader of the Kurds of Abdullah Ojalan in the Turkish prison. According to RIA Novosti, the action began at about 11:00 Moscow time on the corner of Tverskaya Street and Novopushkinsky Square. More than 2 thousand people take part in it. Movement on nearby alleys is blocked. The territory on which the rally is held is cordoned off by police officers.

The famous Moscow director Alexei Demin removed the cartoon "Cats in the rain", which became a real event at the animated movie festival in Tarus. The film is based on a song about the friendship of a lonely old woman and cats, which was written many years ago by Sofya Milkin √ wife, colleague and muse of the great film director Mikhail Schweitzer. The story of the creation of "cats in the rain" is funny and sad.

Representatives of the coast guard and the US Navy in Gonolulu (Hawaii) specified that the decision to terminate the searches of 9 missing from the sunken Japanese trawler will be made today. As RIA Novosti reports, it was expected that search and rescue work would be completed on Wednesday. However, at the request of the relatives of the missing, at the last moment a compromise decision was made to extend the search for another day.

The systems responsible for the management and urgent surfacing of the American submarine Greeneville at the time of its collision with the Japanese ship "Echima Maru" were under the control of civilian specialists. This was stated by a member of the US National Council for Transport Safety John Hammershmidt, who is participating in the investigation of the incident. However, he added, "these persons were under the strict observation of" members of the boat crew.

The “Forum of National Salvation” is preparing a lawsuit to protect honor and dignity against the President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma, the chairman of the parliament Ivan Poyshch and Prime Minister Viktor Yushchenko on the basis of their application to the opposition.

The Central Bank of Brazil , contrary to the expectations of market participants, left its interest rate unchanged on Wednesday, at 15.25%. Of the Bloomberg 27 economists surveyed, only 8 predicted just such an outcome of the meeting. This unexpected decision is contrary to the outlined global trend. Since the beginning of the current week √ after the US Federal Reserve System, Japan, Australia, South Korea, the Philippines, Hungary, and Denmark have already lowered their rates.

In Russia, from January 15 to February 15, 11 people died from influenza, including eight children, Echo Moscow reports with reference to ITAR-TASS. According to the Russian State Apartment, Russians are registered in Yekaterinburg, Kaliningrad, Astrakhan, Izhevsk, Pskov, Petrozavodsk, St. Petersburg and Volgograd. Influenza is now raging at most of Russia. The epidemics are recorded in 35 constituent entities.

At the plenary meeting, the State Duma today will discuss the draft law, according to which it is supposed to introduce the practice of appointing governors of Russian regions by decree of the president. The initiative of the bill was made by the "Unity" faction. According to the newspaper "Today", the chances that the Duma will vote for such radical measures, which mean a departure from the principles of federalism, is quite small.