On Thursday, the draw of the 1/8 finals of the world group of the Cup of the Davis of the Tennis Team of Russia and Switzerland, which will be held on February 8-10 in the Olympic sports complex, took place. According to the lot, the first to the court at 13.00 will go from the hosts of Marat Safin, from the guests - Roger Federer. Then Evgeny Kafelnikov and Mikhel Krathvili will meet.

Osama Ben Laden did not receive the huge inheritance that the media is attributed to him, and he was probably financed by states that opposed the Soviet military presence in Afghanistan in the 1980s. This was stated by the French weekly Le Point by his brother Nevsam Benladin. He writes his last name in one word. "My father was a friend and confidant of the king. When the father died in 1968, the king became our, so to speak, guardian. And the inheritance was not divided.

As it turned out, Russian nesting dolls are unusually popular in Japan. In the city of Tsurunga, located on the coast of the Sea of ​​Japan, next to the ancient Japanese capital of Kyoto, the efforts of activists of the local friendship club with foreign countries "Rainan" created a "club of fans of Russian nesting dolls". At the first meeting of the society, which will be held on February 23, a special invited master of popular fishing from Primorye will be present, RIA Novosti reports.

During the Winter Olympic Games in connection with the threat of terrorism, all airspace within a radius of 160 km of the Salt Lake City Warfare was declared by the authorities strictly forbidden for flights to the zone, RIA Novosti reports. According to the Organizing Committee of the Olympiad, within 17 days of air space games around Salt Lake City it is forbidden to appear in any flying devices, including balloons and even radio-controlled aircraft models.

The General Director of TV-6 LLC Yevgeny Kiselev said that he does not comment on rumors about negotiations with the former Gazprom-Media head Alfred Koch regarding the receipt of investments in the tender for broadcasting on the 6th Meter Canal. “I am also negotiating with Putin, Bush, the deceased, Francois Mitterin and Pope. If I am conducting some negotiations, I will not comment on them.

The authorized rally under the slogan "USA - the enemy of democracy" was held in Moscow near the building of the US Ambassador’s Office Activists of the National Bolshevik Party. According to Interfax , about 25 protesters held in their hands a large banner of the USA - the enemy of democracy and chanted anti -American slogans.

Three export products were presented to the world last year, writes The Guardian on Thursday. This is Frodo Baggins, the hero of the film "The Lord of the Rings", Harry Potter, the hero of the film Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, and Prime Minister Tony Blair. As the newspaper notes, they have a common line - a patriarchal commitment to everything English.

Yemen demanded that the United States issue his citizens concluded at the American military base of Guantanamo in Cuba. According to RIA Novosti , this was stated by the Yemensky Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Kurbi, speaking on Thursday on the Qatari television channel Al Jazeera.

A fire that broke out in one of the offices of the building of the Ukrainian government on Wednesday evening is extinguished. As a result of the fire, three people were injured, one of whom is in intensive care, reports Reuters. The fire department extinguished a fire for 20 minutes, which at 20:19 broke out in one of the premises of the fourth floor of the cabinet in Kyiv.

Law enforcement agencies of Kiev consider the hooligan to the teenagers a “attempt to arson” the Russian media center, RIA Novosti reports. On Wednesday evening, unknown attackers threw a bottle of incendiary mixture into the building window. Employees of the center quickly extinguished the focus of the fire, while no one was injured. When the firefighters arrived, there was no trace of fire. Police officers failed to find attackers in hot pursuit.

In Chechnya, there was a threat of an epidemic of tuberculosis, on Thursday the Chairman of the Government of Chechnya said on Thursday. With the active form of tuberculosis today, 4 thousand 171 people are registered there, RIA Novosti reports. The situation is complicated by a catastrophic lack of medical staff: at present, only 18 physiological doctors are working in the republic. Moreover, the base for the treatment and prevention of this disease in the republic is practically absent.

The Admiral restaurant, whose name, according to the owner, should remind visitors about the glory of the Admiral of the Russian fleet Fedor Ushakov, canonized in the face of the locally revered holy Saransk Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church, will be built in Saransk, the Blagoverst-Info reports. This project belongs to Moscow entrepreneur Vladimir Radaykin, the owner of the company "Fobos".

In Russia, one of the best films of the last time "The Lord of the Rings: Brotherhood of the Ring" is released in official rental. The film adaptation of the first novel by the trilogy J.R.R. Tolkiena became a sensation long before the official premiere of the film. Even commercials were striking in the entertainment , dynamism and brightness of what is happening. The Lord of the Rings will be shown in 50 Russian cities. In St.

The empire of the 75-year-old Bavarz Leo Kirkh, who has the largest European film and teleconcern for Kirch Gruppe, is about to be recognized as a German national treasure. Yesterday, DPA, citing sources in the department of the Federal Chancellor, reported that in connection with the great importance of the Kirch concern for Germany, the authorities are developing a plan for its restructuring.

The Spanish Prince Felipe was informed in detail about the situation in Russian politics during lunch with elected representatives of the intelligentsia. One of the topics raised was the situation with freedom of speech, according to El Pais on Thursday. (The translation of the article publishes inopressa.ru ). Don Felip for the first time in Russia on an official visit, marking the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Madrid and Moscow.