Activists of the Kiev Patriarchate unrecognized in the Orthodox world (UOC -KP) took the capture of the Church of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC MP) in the village of GUDYMA in the Sumy region of Ukraine, reports the New Region IA with reference to the official website of the Sumy Diocese of the UOC -MP.

The head of the Ministry of Economic Development Elvira Nabiullina predicts that the decline in the economy will last until the end of the first quarter of this year. “In January, GDP decreased by 2.4%,” Nabiullina said at a meeting of the Presidium of the State Council in Irkutsk. “In January, a decline in January, taking into account seasonality - 3.5%.” She emphasized that the situation is quite complicated, adding: “Such trends, of course, will last the entire quarter,” Interfax reports.

The new EU members, it seems, do not count on the help of old Europe in the fight against the economic crisis. According to European Voice, this is what causes the desire of the leaders of the Eastern European countries to hold its mini-sammit on March 1 to develop a common anti-crisis strategy.

The French nuclear submarine Le Triomphant, which on the night of February 3 to February was encountered in the Atlantic Ocean with the English submarine, is more serious than previously reported. Repair promises to drag on a lot, which will inevitably weaken the nuclear deterrence of France, writes Ouest France magazine.

Former President of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev criticized the party course and initiatives of the United Russia party. EP is a "worsened version of the CPSU", which pushes the country into a one -party past, the ex -leader of the Union said at a meeting with students of one of Moscow universities.

Six portraits of the famous supermodel Kate Moss, created by the mysterious graffitist Banksy, will leave the hammer at the Bonhams auction in London. The work was made in the style of the famous series of portraits of Merilin Monroe of King Pop Art, Andy Warhol, reports The Daily Telegraph . The auction house expects to help out at least 150 thousand pounds for six images (200 thousand dollars).

After the member of the Swedish biathlon team received an SMS message from Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, her coach Wolfgang Pichler said that the team would nevertheless come to the World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk. According to him, the athletes received security guarantees and he is sure that the message "came from the Kremlin," the whole sport reports.

The owner of the recently purchased Nissan Armada was extremely surprised when he recognized the results of the diagnosis of his car in a car service. The man came to the workshop to see why the fuel indicator always showed half the tank. It turned out that marijuana was discovered inside the gas tank. This is reported by America's news . The working service was no less surprised when I found a package with 15 kg "grass" in the Nissan fuel tank.

The real salaries of Russians are falling for the second month, since December, the real disposable income (minus mandatory payments) went minus a month earlier. According to the results of 2009, salaries and income will be in the minus for the first time since 1999, state Vedomosti . According to the forecast of the Ministry of Economic Development, in 2009, the fall of real income will be 8.3%. Such a fall in income would mean the collapse of real salaries by 10%.

One Russian, two Ukrainians and two citizens of Belarus died as a result of today's crash in Luxor in the south of Egypt. All the dead were members of the crew of the AN-12 cargo aircraft, which broke up when trying to take off, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the Ukrainian embassy in Cairo. The death of the Russian was also confirmed at the Russian Embassy.

The Russian General Consul Yevgeny Valkovich has not yet been able to meet with the crew of the Omsk-122 ship, detained on Tuesday by the DPRK border guards. Meanwhile, the ship remains on the raid of the port of Kim-hchek. The North Korean authorities have not yet allowed a vessel to leave the port, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the Russian Embassy in Pyongyang. The Russian diplomat had previously arrived at the Kim-Chek port for negotiations on the speedy release of the vessel.

The reduction in the wages of staff of construction companies in Moscow can reach 25-30%during 2009, the Domostroy website reports. In 2009, according to experts, the management of construction companies will refuse to pay bonuses to employees and pay for their social compensation packages. Already today, companies reduce the size of dotting for nutrition, cut out voluntary medical insurance and life insurance programs.

The tragedy was played out in one of the parts of the Baltic Fleet: the commander of the unit, captain of the 1st rank, killed his wife - chief accountant of the same part, and then committed suicide. "The commander of one of the parts of the BF depressed in the Kaliningrad region, on the night of Wednesday to Thursday in his apartment in Engels Lane in Kaliningrad, inflicted several stab wounds on his civilian wife, who worked in the same part as the chief accountant.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived on Friday at the last point of her Asian tour - Beijing. Her visit will last until February 22, reports Xinhua . According to the PRC Foreign Ministry, Clinton will meet with the Chairman of the PRC Hu Jintao and Prime Minister of the State Council of China Ven Jiabao. She will also hold negotiations with the Minister of Foreign Affairs Jan Tsechi, RIA Novosti reports.

The Russian stock market, on Friday morning, resumed a decrease against the backdrop of negative dynamics of all world stock sites, as well as weakening the ruble, completes the day in the red zone again against a negative external background. The Asian stock markets fell on Friday on fears of profit reduction in the conditions of a deepening recession to a 3-month minimum, and the Japanese Topix index collapsed to closing trading to a quarter-century minimum, the Finmarket reports.