The promoter of the applicant for the WBC -weight title Oleg Maskaev Dannis Rappaport called double standards an attempt by the holder of the championship belt according to this version of Vitaly Klitschko to evade a meeting with the Russian. Recall that the World Boxing Council ordered Klitschko Sr. to conduct two obligatory defense of the title in a row - against Juan Carlos Gomez in March this year, and then against Oleg Maskaev.

More original ways of employment without work due to the crisis of Russians come up with regional authorities. The head of the Astrakhan region, Alexander Zhilkin, suggested that farmers hire unemployed for the destruction of wild hemp as an option to combat the economic crisis, the website of the Club of Regions reports.

The wife of the President of the Russian Federation Svetlana Medvedeva took part in the Maslenika Gulyans in Krylatskoy, organized for pupils of the capital's orphanages. Together with the children, the first lady drove round dances and sang songs, writes RIA Novosti .

In the Voronezh region, they continue to discuss the incident that occurred in September 2007 with first -grader David Purov, today Radio Liberty reports.

In the conference hall of the Orthodox Holy Tikhonovsky Humanitarian University, the day before, a meeting of students and teachers of the PSTGU with a professor at the Theological University of the German city of Munster Thomas Bremer took place. The theme of the meeting - "Catholic theological education in modern Germany" - caused a lively discussion, the portal "Theologian.ru" reports with reference to the press service of the PSTU.

A third of the global trading fleet can break for two years, is predicted by the largest Thai shipping company Precious Shipping. The reason for this, according to the company, will be a collapse of world trade against the background of recession and tightening the lending conditions, Interfax reports. “The world banking system is destroyed. The Chinese stimulation plan will help restore trade, but it will not do it at once,” said Khalid Hasim, Chief Executive Director of Precious Shipping.

President of the Federation of Jewish communities of Russia (Feor) Alexander Boroda made a statement about the deportation of the main rabbi of Primorye Isroel Zilrstein from Russia . The text of the document was distributed on the eve of the regions.ru portal, accompanying it with his own comments.

The Ministry of Defense of Japan is working on the question of intercepting and destroying a powerful rocket, which is now being prepared in the DPRK. The final decision on this will be made by the Prime Minister, reports Sankay. At a press conference in Tokyo, the Minister of Defense of Yasukazu Hamada noted that the issue of preparing for interception was not directly related to the current preparations in North Korea.

In the Moscow region, a criminal case has been instituted against a policeman who released a recidivist, who attempted to robbing. Two weeks after that, the criminal stabbed a 7-year-old boy who defended his sister from the pedophile.

Alexander Kozlov was approved by the new governor of the Oryol region. Immediately after the deputies of the regional council unanimously supported his candidacy, the inauguration of the new head of the region began in Orel, RIA Novosti reports. Alexander Kozlov, previously Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation, was proposed to the post of Oryol governor on February 16 .

The New Zealand company, which made special effects for the blockbuster "Lord of the Rings", gave a legless woman a unique prosthesis in the form of a tail of a mermaid. A resident of the city of Auckland is already learning to swim using an unusual device and intends to use it while participating in the triathlon. Nadia Wessi is a disabled person from birth, her legs never went and were amputated by the age of 16.

The scandal ended with a meeting of the UN Security Council at Iraq. In open debate, the US representative Susan Rice unexpectedly accused Tehran of supporting terrorism and the desire to get nuclear weapons. In response to this, the Iranian diplomat Mohammad Khazai sent an angry letter addressed to the chairman of the Security Council.

The mentor of St. Petersburg Zenit Dick Lawyer can replace Hus Hiddinka in the Russian national football team if Hiddink decides to stay at Chelsea after the end of this season, the British edition of the Daily Mail believes. According to the newspaper, the owner of Chelsea Roman Abramovich, who is extremely interested in Hiddink heads the club on an ongoing basis, identify the lawyer as the main candidate for the position of the next head coach of the Russian national team.

In accordance with the order for official use, police officers will have the right to shoot to defeat at the protesters who hold protests, the Opposition website of Ingushetia.org reports. According to the source of the information portal in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, such measures are taken in connection with the expectation of a massive speech of the population against the economic situation that has developed in the country as a result of a global crisis.

A decrease in mortgage rates to 7-11% can revive the real estate market in Russia. This was announced during the Krasnoyarsk Economic Forum by the head of the Miracle Group Corporation Sergey Polonsky. His words are given by Prime-Tass . "Now the cost of a mortgage in Russia? At least 17%per annum, while in Europe about 3%in Europe.