The best group of Great Britain on Tuesday in the London Hall of the O2 Ceremony Brit Awards were announced by Take That, RIA Novosti reports with reference to The Daily Telegraph .

The journalist of the American publication The Foreign Policy Tom Parfitt decided to drive in a month throughout the North Caucasus to understand where the terrorists come from and how to deal with them.

Last night, in the metropolitan region, in some places the thermometer columns were lowered to the mark of minus 29 degrees. On Wednesday, frosts will weaken, but a little, ITAR-TASS reported in Roshydromet. “In the afternoon in Moscow, it will freeze to minus 17-15 degrees, in the suburbs - up to 20 below zero,” the weather service said.

Russian President of the Russian Hockey Federation Vladislav Tretyak explained the reasons for the disagreements that arose during negotiations between the FCR and a candidate for the post of general manager of the Olympic team Igor Larionov. Larionov’s position, voiced in the Canadian press , did not have a surprise for him.

Famous writers Boris Strugatsky and Nina Katerli joined the appeal of human rights activists to the Prosecutor General’s Office with a request to check the reports of the press secretary of the Khamovnichesky Court of Moscow Natalia Vasilieva about the pressure on the court in the case of the ex-head of the Yukos Mikhail Khodorkovsky and the former head of the MELIATEP MENATION Platon Lebedev.

The main command of the internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia officially refuted the message that the suicide bomber Magomed Evloev , who committed the terrorist attack at the Domodedovo Airport, allegedly served for three months in one of the military units of the internal troops in the Far East.

Last night, the first million users of the VKontakte social network received invitations to new members of the service, RIA Novosti reports. Each user received three invitations, which they can send to anyone who wants to become a member of the VKontakte social network. Within 24 hours, all users of the social network will receive invitations for new participants. The administration of the social network VKontakte canceled open registration on the site on the night of February 11-12.

The first forest fires this year are registered in the south of the Primorsky Territory. Several foci of fire were discovered at once in the Khasan natural park, in areas adjacent to the bay of the Poset and the federal reserve "Leopard". As ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the press secretary of the Amur branch of the World Wildlife Fund Elena Starostin, now employees of hunting and farms are fighting the fight with fire.

Japan considers four islands of the Kuril ridge - Iturup, Kunashir, Shikotan and Habomai - even taking into account the results of the Second World War, the General Secretary of the Japanese Cabinet of Ministers of Yukio Edano said on Wednesday at a press conference in Tokyo.

The Brazilian football team of the 2002 model will play in Grozny against the Kadyrov team. According to the press service of the head of the Chechen Republic, President Ramzan Kadyrov is going to make such a gift to fans. At the same time, he intends to enter the field himself. According to the Minister of the Chechen Republic in Physical Culture, Sports and Tourism of Khaidar Alkhanov, a real sensation awaits the audience. He also called the date of the match - March 10.

One of the greatest cycles of our time, the seven-time winner of the Tour de France leader, American Lance Armstrong, who took 65th place in the Australian cycle of Tour Down Under, made the final decision to complete his brilliant sports career. “I can say that I am sorry about something, it was a wonderful race,” an ESPN statement quotes a 39 -year -old cycle driver, made in an interview with Associated Press. “I really thought that I could win another tour.

In South Ossetia, it is possible to destabilize the political situation on the eve of the presidential election scheduled for November this year: the powers of the current president Eduard Kokoita expire, the Constitution of the republic prohibits him once again. The Kremlin turned his eyes to the current ambassador to Russia, Dmitry Medoev, and Kokoita himself would like to make the successor to the general prosecutor Teymuraz Khugaev, the “Independent Gazeta” notes.

Two Russian heavyweights of mechanical engineering - Rostekhnology and the GAZ group want to get a Minsk Automobile Plant in exchange for a minority share in KAMAZ The head of "Rostechnologies" Sergei Chemezov said that the state corporation invited the Belarusian government to unite KamAZ and MAZ. The company is ready to offer a minority package of KamAZ shares for the entire MAZ.

Tottenham players with a guest victory began a two -day confrontation with Milan in the 1/8 finals of the Champions League draw. The fate of the match decided the goal of Peter Krauch, who struck the target in the 80th minute and provided the Londoners with a minimum victory and a significant advantage over the return game on March 9 at White Hart Lane.

The leading correspondent of the American CBS television channel Lara Logan was raped and beaten during riots in Tahrir Square in Cairo. Currently, 39-year-old Logan is in a hospital in the United States, reports the Air Force . The attack on the journalist occurred on February 11, when the jubilant crowd on Tahrir Closed celebrated the resignation of President Egypt Hosni Mubarak, the television channel said.