On the end of the Olympics in Vancouver -2010, the group of Russian divers lit Olympic fire of the next Winter Olympiad - Sochi -2014 - at the bottom of the Black Sea. The team of experienced divers under the leadership of Konstantin Bogdanova conducted a unique underwater operation in the Imereti Bay of the city at a depth of 10 meters: using special equipment, divers lit a symbolic Olympic fire as a sign of relay from games in Vancouver.

Moscow police detained a pimp and mistress of the brothel, who gave them desperate resistance during the raid. A woman who has sports discharges in shooting and karate fell in law enforcement officers until her cartridges ended. The detention of the 35-year-old Inna D. was carried out by employees of the criminal investigation department of the Internal Affairs Directorate in the North-East Administrative District (SEAO) of Moscow in one of the apartments of house No.

Spring in the Russian stock market began with growth, led by Sberbank's papers. As Interfax explains, this happened on statistics from the United States and Canada, which returned hope for a quick restoration of the global economy. According to the results of the trading, the MMEVB index increased to 1356.27 points (+1.77%), the RTS index - to 1429.77 points (+1.34%), the increase in the prices of most of the main "chips" on the exchanges amounted to 0.2-3.2%.

This week, the Strasbourg Court of Human Rights is going to consider the lawsuit of the Yukos oil company against Russia, according to which the company wants to receive compensation in the amount of $ 98 billion. The beginning of the hearing is scheduled for March 4.

The attitude of Russians towards the United States has improved significantly after the President of Barack Obama President, Interfax, Levada-Center Sociologists, was told to Interfax, based on a survey of residents of 127 settlements of the Russian Federation. Compared to the beginning of 2009, the number of Russians related to the United States is “very good or mainly good” from 38% to 54% increased, 31% of the negatively configured (against 49% a year ago).

The EU authorities insist on tightening the control over the Google Street View service, which allows users of cartographic and topographic services of the search giant to see panoramic photography of streets of various cities. Google erodes images of faces of people walking along the streets and car numbers. However, Google retains the original images: they are used to improve cards, correct errors, improve the quality of products based on maps. Now these images are stored for a year.

In Holland, in the city of Reusel (the province of North Brabant), at the Sunday worship in the local Catholic Church there was a great combination of representatives of sexual minorities. According to Rosbalt with reference to the BBC, they intended to demand that they be treated in the same way as the rest of the parishioners, and that they were allowed to participate.

Amendments to the laws “On the State Real Estate Cadastre” and “On State Registration of Rights to Real Estate and Transactions with it” entering into force on the laws of the state or it will simplify the procedure for applying for ownership of the house or land plot and reduce the queues in present places, said the head of the Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography (Rosreestr) Sergey Vasiliev in an interview with the Russian Newspaper .

It is not planned to increase the term of military service in the Russian army, Interfax told on Monday the deputy chief of the General Staff - the head of the Main Organizational and Mobilization Administration Vasily Smirnov. "This issue in the military leadership is not even considered. The main thing is the issue of improving the quality of training of military personnel as part of their service life in one year," Smirnov said.

A scientist from the University of California Roger Bailham compiled a world map of cities in which catastrophic earthquakes can occur in the next 40 years. The growth of the urban population, which in the next half century can increase to 2 billion people, is an instrument of creating powerful weapons of "mass destruction", writes Inopressa.ru with reference to the Italian newspaper La Repubblica .

When inspecting the rented apartment of the actor Vladislav Galkin, who died a few days ago, police officers found a note of mysterious content, reports Life News . A green sheet of paper with manuscript text was found on the actor's table: "I'm waiting for a call." Despite the fact that none of his relatives and friends saw Galkin to live in this apartment with someone, the note indirectly confirms the opposite.

Experts examined the body of 38-year-old Vladislav Galkin, found dead in his Moscow apartment, and called preliminary causes of death. In all likelihood, the actor’s heart stopped against the background of alcohol abuse, Life News reports. Recall that previously a preliminary diagnosis of Galkin’s death sounded like acute heart failure against the background of chronic inflammation of the pancreas.

President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych went to Brussels on Monday morning, Interfax reports. This is his first foreign visit as the head of state.

The chief architect of Moscow, Alexander Kuzmin, believes that on Poklonnaya Gora there is a place for the construction of religious institutions of all leading world religions and faiths. "This is normal. Both Buddhist stupa will be, and the Armenian chapel will be added, and the Catholic temple," Kuzmin said in an interview, published today in Rossiy Gazeta, Interfax reports. “In the Great Patriotic War, people of different faiths fought.

The most titled athletes of the Winter Olympiad in Canada were Norwegian Marit Bjorgen (skiing) and Chinese Wang Meng (Short Trek), who won three gold medals each. Van won at distances of 500 m and 1000 m, as well as in the relay. Bjorgen excited in an individual sprint, duatlon 15 km and in a 4x5 km relay. In addition, the Bjorgen is silver in the 30 km marathon and bronze in the "cut" by 10 km.