The Lipetsk Regional Council ordered a 92-year-old resident of the village of Ilyinka of the Dolgorukovsky district of the Lipetsk region to Alexander Vdovin to pay a local entrepreneur for his damaged car of 20 thousand rubles. At the same time, the court reduced four times the amount of compensation - initially the businessman estimated at 80 thousand damage to his "iron horse", which suffered as a result of a clash with the ram of a pensioner.

In the west of the capital, a group of people of Caucasian appearance in the amount of 40 people provoke passers -by to fights. Reinforced police and riot police were pulled there. In any case, according to RIA Novosti , such a strange type of street unrest was recorded by the police in the area of ​​the Slavyansky Boulevard metro station. The agency quotes its source in law enforcement: a group of people of the Caucasian appearance supposedly arranges skirmishes with passers -by.

Against the backdrop of a global crisis, almost all countries - exporters of raw materials have significantly weakened their national currencies. Now following their example is not averse to some leading economies, including Japan and EU countries. Currency and course policy may become the number one issue at the February meeting of the heads of financial departments of the Big Seven countries. Experts fear that this can cause the collapse of the global financial system, writes RBC Daily .

The American Academy of Cinema filed a lawsuit against the company from Arizona, selling tickets for the Oscars on February 22. According to the Academy, MacMerry Inc. From the city, Phoenix offers a weekly “Oscar” tourist package for $ 175 thousand, which includes a visit to the Oscars and a walk with the stars along the Red Carpet, ITAR-TASS reports. The Academy in the lawsuit requires MacMerry Inc.

Western Digital set a new record for the capacity of hard drives, reports the compartment with reference to network sources. The companies managed to create a hard drive, accommodating up to two terabytes of information. The new drive is called Caviar Green WD20EADS. The hard drive is made in a 3.5 -inch formfactor and has a spindle rotation speed of 7,200 revolutions per minute. The buffer capacity is 32 MB, the connection with the computer is carried out through the Serial Ata II interface.

{pic_1 l} The author of LJ-Devil Ottenki-serogo.livejournal.com was the first to receive a license in the Russian blogger environment that his blog is an electronic periodical, Fontanka.ru reports. The scan of the license issued by the Rossvyazkannaya, the user posted in his diary. The license indicates what the blogger will write about: "The theme of this blog?

The Minister of Finance of Ukraine Viktor Pinzenik was absent at a government meeting on January 28 due to illness, said First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Ukraine Alexander Turchinov. The absence of the Minister of Finance at the meeting attracted attention in connection with the publication of a letter allegedly written by Pinzenik in the name of Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.

Voronezh police are looking for a rapist and robber, whose victims were a visitor to the hairdresser and the owner of the salon. In law enforcement agencies, according to the victims, a photobot of the criminal was drawn up. He has a special sign - tattoos in the form of rings on the hands, reports "My! Online" .

The fact that Varnig, who is now the managing director of the Nord Stream, will be nominated for the new Board of Directors of Gazprom (re -elected June 26), Vedomosti publication was told by the government official, one of the Nord Stream head and manager Gazprombank. Gazprom asked for the consent of Varnig to the nomination and he agreed, confirms the source from his environment.

The new US Minister of Finance Timothy Gaitner began his activities in this post with an attempt to limit the influence of lobbyists on decision -making regarding the distribution of budget funds within the framework of the anti -crisis program. He approved on Tuesday, January 27, the new rules that tighten the procedure for allocating such funds, reporting on their receipt and use, supervision of the contacts of lobbyists and officials.

The British female doctor Helen Murphy, sitting in the House of Lords, admitted that 30 years ago she fooled one of the leading medical magazines, inventing the "Syndrome of the Moshonki cellist", which allegedly causes men from playing the cello. In the publication, a story about a new ailment was taken for a clean coin and introduced a “illness” into a scientific circulation, BBC reports.

The unknown Middle Eastern billionaire literally ozolled his car: he covered the entire body with a layer of white gold. He freely demonstrates his gorgeous toy, traveling along the streets of one of the cities in the United Arab Emirates, and without fear leaves him in parking lots in front of the shops. Photos of the brand new Mercedes Slr reached Australia, appearing on the local car website Caradvice.com.au .

European gas consumers did not put forward lawsuits against Gazprom. This was stated on Wednesday by the deputy head of Gazprom, Alexander Medvedev, who held a working meeting with the European Commissioner in Energy Andris Piebalgs in the European Commission, ITAR-TASS reports. According to Medvedev, at the meeting the parties summed up the results of the gas crisis and discussed the topic of damage that European consumers suffered as a result of the crisis. "The damage was not so large.

The Pentagon will present a plan for the new US President Barack Obama, according to which 17 thousand American troops will be sent to Afghanistan. On the eve of Obama, he turned to the Government of Great Britain with a request to send an additional 4 thousand British military personnel to Afghanistan. Washington plans to deliver a crushing blow to the Taliban movement.

The prestigious British Literary Prize of Costa this year was received by Irish writer Sebastian Barry. The reward was marked by his novel "Secret Tablets", telling the story of an elderly woman who is waiting for the closure of the hospital, where she worked all her life, BBC reports. The award ceremony, during which the writer received 25 thousand pounds due to him, took place in London. Jury Chairman Matthew Parris noted that the decision to award the Barry Award was very difficult.