Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree according to which the Federal Agency for Science and Innovation and the Federal Agency for Education is abolished, and their functions are transferred to the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, the Kremlin press service reports on Saturday. The Government of the Russian Federation is instructed to take the necessary measures to implement the decree, and bring their acts in line with it.

After a short thaw, which the capital's residents this year had to wait for almost all three months the coldest over the past decade of winter, it will get colder in the capital's region again. As ITAR -TASS reported today in Roshydromet, already on Sunday night the air in the capital will cool down to minus 7 - minus 9, in the region - up to 6 - 11, in places up to 16 degrees of frost, and in the afternoon in Moscow and the Moscow region will be minus 3 degrees.

The President of Ingushetia Yunus -Bek Evkurov met on Saturday with relatives of those who at home covered Alexander Tikhomirov, nicknamed Said Buriyat, one of the leaders of the militants in the North Caucasus, as well as relatives of police officers who died in the performance of official duty, representatives of the public and clergy. “You should know who enters your house and leaves, should not allow this dirt to leave your house,” Yevkurov said, referring to the audience.

In Transbaikalia, the deputy director of the Urulgin Correctional boarding school Dmitry Vitkusskas, who is suspected of beating orphans, was charged.

Former President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko is not satisfied with the results of the visit of the current head of state Viktor Yanukovych to Moscow, Interfax reports. “The obligation of the authorities is to demonstrate the firmness of defending national interests. The very first among them is the preservation and strengthening of the country around its European choice, overcoming the political and economic crisis.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown unexpectedly arrived on Saturday in Afghanistan, where he met with British military personnel and promised to increase funding for providing the army, Air Force television and radio corporation reports. Brown’s trip not announced in advance, against the backdrop of a sharp wave of criticism of the British prime minister, after the day before he made testimony before a public investigation of British participation in a military campaign in Iraq.

The Barack Obama administration reached an understanding with the leaders of the US Congress that the resolution that recognizes the Armenian genocide will not be made to the vote of the House of Representatives. This was announced today by the representative of the administration. “We believe that this will end there,” he said, having the vote in the Committee on Foreign Affairs in the Lower House of Congress on the eve.

The South Ossetian leadership intends to block the channels of drinking water into Georgia, if Tbilisi does not solve the issue of supplying gas to the Leningrad district of the republic.

The ex-first racket of the world Martin Hingis is engaged again. This time, the Swiss lawyer Andreas Biri promises to marry her. “Andreas made me a hand and heart proposal. I was very surprised by this,” Swiss admitted in an interview with Neue Luzemer Zeitung . “Of course, I could not refuse him.” Recall that in 2006, Khingis was engaged to Czech tennis player Radekm Stepaneck , which the media readily wrote about.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton discussed by telephone the course of negotiations on the development of a new agreement on reducing strategic offensive weapons, the Russian Foreign Ministry reports. "On March 4, a telephone conversation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergei Lavrov with the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was held.

The Ski from the USA Lindsay Vonn became the owner of a small "crystal globe" in a high-speed descent, winning the competition of the World Cup in this discipline in Cranes Montana (Switzerland). American, at the 2010 Games in Vancouver, who managed to get gold and bronze, wins the overall offset of high-speed descent for the third season in a row. On Saturday, 25-year-old Vonn showed the result of 1 minute 35.26 seconds, only 0.01 ahead of the Italian Johanna Schnarf.

The ex-head of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev criticized the current authorities of Russia, accusing them of a departure from the principles of democratic reforms, which he began in the early 1980s, writes The Telegraph .

During the operation, carried out on March 2 in Ingushetia,, in addition to Said Buryatsky, were destroyed by the militants of the Kartuev brothers and the bank financier, who was simultaneously an employee of the Republican Treasury, according to the FSB of Russia. "As a result of the clashes, eight terrorists were injured that were not compatible with life. Among them are identified: A.

A large accident occurred last night in the Perm Territory. The victims of the frontal collision of Lada-Priora and Suzuki Swift cars were 5 people, 2 are hospitalized with severe injuries. The accident occurred on 45 km of the Perm - Yugo -Kamsky highway in the Perm district of the Perm Territory. According to the Ministry of Emergencies, 48 ​​people and 20 units of equipment were involved in the elimination of the consequences of the accident.

Doctors of the German Hospital of Heidelberg perform an operation to remove the gallbladder to President Egypt Hosni Mubaraku, reports Reuters. “He is now under a scalpel,” said the representative of the hospital Annette Tuffs. Mubarak on the eve was examined by the doctors of the hospital in Heidelberg after complaints about pain. Doctors made the Egyptian leader the diagnosis of "chronic inflammation of the gall bladder" and recommended its removal.