The St. Petersburg SKA became the first team to reach the quarterfinals of the playoffs of the continental hockey league. The fourth match of the series against the Moscow Spartak, like the three previous ones, ended with the victory of the St. Petersburg team. This time in Sokolniki, the army team won with a score of 4: 3 (the total confrontation account is 4: 0). On Sunday, SKA succeeded in the attack by Maxim Sushinsky, Peter Pruha (twice, including the winning puck) and Matthias Weinhandl.

The winners of the traditional athletic Tokyo marathon were Haile Meconen from Ethiopia and Russian Tatyana Aryasova. The Ethiopian Styer overcame the classic distance in 2 hours 7 minutes 35 seconds. The result of an athlete from Russia is 2: 27.29. The second place in the women's standings was taken by Japanese Noriko Higuti - 2: 28.49, the third - Russian Tatyana Petrova 2: 28.56. In men, the second became Kenyz Pol Bivott - 2: 08.17, the third - Japanese Yuki Kawauti - 2: 08.37.

About 100 thousand people left Libya, hiding from violence in neighboring countries. This is stated in the message of the Supreme Commissioner of the UN for refugees (VOBB) with headquarters in Geneva in ITAR-TASS. As follows from the Communist, the Tunisian government reported on Saturday that 40 thousand people crossed the country's border since February 20. Of the refugees, about 18 thousand - Tunisians, 15 thousand - Egyptians, 2.5 thousand - Libyans and 2 thousand - Chinese.

The introduction of the UN Security Council for the supply of weapons to Libya may significantly affect the volume of Russian weapons exports, the military-diplomatic source in Moscow told Interfax . "Among the countries of the Middle East and North Africa, Libya is one of the largest buyers of Russian weapons. Today, this country has concluded contracts in the field of TCC in the amount of about $ 2 billion.

The day before the rewarding of Oscar winners, the worst work in the cinema is named here last year. Their authors are awarded the Golden Raspberry Award. Its owners became known at the 31st ceremony, held on Saturday at the Barnsdall-Gelleri Hollywood theater, ITAR-TASS reports.

Russian striker Alexei Kovalev, on the day of his 38th anniversary, moving from Ottawa to Pittsburgh , where his best years in his career passed, brought victory to his team in the NHL regular season match against Toronto. The Russian abandoned one of 10 goals of this meeting, and also became the author of the victorious bully, which largely affected the fact that he was recognized as the second "star" of the match.

The creator of the symbol of the 1980 Moscow Olympiad, artist Viktor Chizhikov negatively spoke about the drawing of a white bear selected as one of the talismans of the Winter Olympiad in Sochi 2014. “This white bear, which was chosen, in it, everything all -seated with my: eyes, nose, mouth, smile, although everything is distorted,” Chizhikov said on the air of the Radio Echo of Moscow . “I don’t like it when they steal - the author is especially acutely feeling,” Chizhikov added.

The DPRK today demanded from South Korea to "immediately stop the psychological war against Pyongyang." This, according to the Tsat news agency, said in a notification of the head of the DPRK delegation in military negotiations between the North and South.

The head of the transition government of Tunisia Mohamed Gannushi resigned. He stated this today during the press conference, reports ITAR-TASS. Gannushi was forced to take this step under pressure from many thousands of protests, which swept through the country last Friday and Saturday. The demonstrations were accompanied by clashes with law enforcement and pogroms.

The British press continues to quote the new biography of Bernie Ecclestone, written by the scandalously known Tom Bauer. A few days ago, the circumstances of the negotiations between Ecclestone and Mosley were actively discussed regarding the punishment of McLaren after the espionage scandal , but the book has several more mentioning the difficult situation in the British team in the 2007 season.

Activists of the Youth Yabloko and participants in the ecological shift in the North Caucasus were detained today in the village of Dzhubga, Tuapsinsky district in the reserved territory. Police officers said this territory is now private. This was reported to "Interfax" by the leader of the youth "Yabloko" Kirill Goncharov. He specified that 30 people participated in the action, 25 of which were detained and delivered to the Dzhubg village of police.

Rumors of a sharp deterioration in the health of the actress Lyudmila Gurchenko or even about her death have no reason. Similar messages that appeared tonight, in an interview with "Echo of Moscow" was refuted by the husband of the People's Artist of the USSR Sergey Senin. Senin said that at the moment Lyudmila Gurchenko is restored after a successful operation. “Everything is going fine, it is already rising, it walks so far with the help of devices, but already stands on my feet,” he said.

In Chechnya, as a result of the special operations held over the past three days, six militants were destroyed by the leader of the terrorist gang underwear to Umarov to commit terrorist attacks. This was announced today by the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic Ruslan Alkhanov.

The 65-year-old citizen of Germany, the director of the Russian representative office of a large German concern, was detained in his apartment in the house on Vernadsky Avenue on suspicion of raping a nine-year-old girl, a source in Moscow law enforcement agencies told Interfax .

In connection with the celebration of International Women's Day on March 8, the next working week in Russia will be six -day: from February 28 to March 5, reports the Federal Service for Labor and Employment. "On the occasion of the celebration of International Women's Day, the Russians will have three days off - from Sunday, March 6, on Tuesday, March 8.