The first match at the new St. Petersburg football stadium, which is built on the site of the Kirov stadium on Krestovsky Island, will be held in March 2009, RIA Novosti reports citing the press service of the city government. The deadlines for the implementation of this largest city project were discussed on Friday at a meeting in Smolny.

A powerful explosion thundered in Pyatinz in Slovakia in a warehouse of ammunition, located on the territory of the plant for the disposal of ammunition in the village of Novaki near the city of Pruevidze 120 kilometers northeast of Bratislava. More than 10 people were killed, dozens were injured.

The pensioner from the eagle Natalya Anokhina achieved through the Constitutional Court the restoration of benefits, which was canceled the 122nd law (on the "monetization" of benefits). Replacing natural benefits for monetary compensation from January 1, 2005 for many categories of beneficiaries brought many problems and unrest. Many became involuntary hostages of the incorrect interpretation by the regional authorities of the 122nd Law.

The products of the Russian automobile concern "GAZ" will be completely replaced from the Moscow passenger transportation market by the fall of 2007. According to the "New Region" , the metropolitan companies instantly inconvenient Mersedes and Ford are actively purchased for passengers. Auto carriers do not even scare the price of foreign cars, which are almost four times more expensive than domestic.

Hillary Clinton has the most chances to become another US president among the candidates from the Democratic Party, in any case, the Americans themselves think. Gallup conducted a survey on the topic of which of the democrats have the opportunity to lead the White House in 2008, reports Washington Profile . 74% of respondents believe that Hillary Clinton has high chances of becoming the US president, 16% finds that her chances are low.

British actor Jude Law received a French award. It was promoted to cavaliers of the Order of Arts and Literature, reports Hollywood Reporter. The Order of Arts and Literature (Ordre deses et des Lettres) was awarded to him at the ceremony at the French embassy. Passing the order, the ambassador Gerald Errera called the 34-year-old Law "one of the most talented actors these days," BBC reports. "My father and mother lived in France for 15 years, so this is a country that is a second home for me.

In the tragedy of the village of Pryamukhino, the Tver region, new terrible details appear, Komsomolskaya Pravda reports today. Recall that in early December 2006, the house of the rector of the rural church Andrei Nikolaev burned down in the village of Khvylyuschovsky district of the Tver region. The remains of the whole family of the priest - the wife of Ksenia and three young children: David, Ani and Nastya found the remains of the whole family of the priest.

Volkswagen Group continues to attack the diesel engines market. The company has designed a motor capable of "producing" 240 kilowatts and a torque of 760 nm, which will be installed on the Audi Q7, turning it into the most powerful diesel car in its class, Motorauthority reports. The current engine is able to disperse a heavy car to 100 kilometers per hour in just 6.4 seconds, so it turned out to be even more powerful than its "colleague" V10, which is now equipped with Touareg.

Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Nikolai Kupyansky reported on Friday at a press conference that during the inventory at the Ministry of Internal Affairs, listening equipment was discovered, although all of it was supposed to be transferred to the Security Service of Ukraine. The device was demonstrated to reporters. According to the deputy minister, it is not yet known for what reasons this equipment was not transferred.

A new launching pad for manned launches may appear on the territory of Russia, RIA Novosti reported with reference to the message of the head of Roscosmos Anatoly Perminov. A new cosmodrome may appear in the Astrakhan region. However, the press secretariat of Roscosmos denied this information. Currently, Russia carries out all manned launches from the Baikonur cosmodrome, which is renting from Kazakhstan for $ 115 million a year.

For the first time in history, a woman was appointed head of the police department in Moscow. Now Lieutenant Colonel Edita Magdich leads the Department of Internal Affairs for the maintenance of the Moscow State University. Its subordinate to 80 men. Edita Stanislavovna, who served in the internal affairs bodies for 15 years, told MK about her career.

The funeral of actresses and models of Playboy magazine Anna Nicole Smith took place on the Bahamas of the islands. She was buried next to the grave of her son. According to local media, the ceremony was extremely magnificent, as planned. In addition to 300 invited, hundreds of fans arrived in the cemetery. Anna Nicole Smith died on February 8, 2007 at the age of 39 in one of the Florida hotels.

The decision of the Bucharest appeal to rehabilitate the pro -fascist dictator, a war criminal Ion Antonescu and members of his government “causes absolute rejection,” said Mikhail Kamynin, official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

The head of the largest American military hospital, the Walter Medical Medical Center, Read George Weitman, was fired from his post due to poor service of outpatient patients. Verification of his activities by the Pentagon was the result of a series of articles on the treatment of those who served in Iraq and Afghanistan published in The Washington Post .

The RTS index by 11:21 Moscow time increased by 0.81% to 1811.69 points. The prices of most Russian liquid shares with the opening of trading have increased slightly to yesterday's closure. The market is trying to stabilize after the collapse of the previous days and start a new growth wave, the participants in the stock market note.