People's Artist of the RSFSR, laureate of the USSR State Prize Yevgeny Zharikov died in the 71st year of life, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the Union of Cinematographers of the Russian Federation. The famous handsome Soviet cinema, who loved the audience in the films "Three Plus Two" and "Ivanovo Childhood", died on Wednesday night, told Interfax a source in medical circles. Zharikov was sick with cancer, recently he was in the Botkin hospital under the supervision of doctors.

The economic policy of Russia will not obey any political graphs, but is designed for a significant perspective, the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday at a meeting on economic issues. "Under the conditions of preserved internal problems and conditions of global instability, the economic policy of the state, as before, should be primarily balanced, verified and detailed," Itar -Tass quotes Medvedev.

The American space department - NASA - and independent experts in the United States rejected the version expressed in Russia that the Fobos Grunct interplanetary station could suffer from the impact of the US radar. The fact that in the first hours after the start, the device could accidentally find himself in the radar area installed on the Kvajalein atoll (Marshallov Island), the Russian newspaper Kommersant Russian newspaper said last Tuesday, January 17.

The story is repeated: on the eve of the new protest campaign in Moscow, on February 4, the secret video recording of the meeting in the Cafe of the State Duma from the “Fair Russia” Gennady Gudkov and the opposition, co -chair of the unregistered Party of Folk Liberty (“PARNAS”) Vladimir Ryzhkov was “leaned” on February 4. Both members of the organizing committee of the rally are discussing on it preparations for the event, and, abundantly supplying their remarks by non -normative vocabulary.

Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin is ready for dialogue with dissatisfied. About this, as ITAR-TASS reports, he stated at a meeting with the chief editors of the Russian media. The question, why not Putin meet with representatives of the Voter League was asked by the chief of the Echo of Moscow Alexei Venediktov. The newly created organization, recall, included writers Dmitry Bykov and Boris Akunin.

The bloody family drama was played on the outskirts of Moscow, where a man was cut after reprisals against his divorced wife. Everything happened in front of their one -year -old daughter. Before going to the crime, the suicide read the revelations of my beloved on the social portal "Odnoklassniki". The tragedy occurred on Monday evening in one of the apartments of a five -story building on Gromov Street in the north of Moscow.

The Supreme Court of Khakassia on Wednesday sentenced to 10 years in a maximum security colony and a fine of 1 million rubles of the former head of the republican traffic police department Vyacheslav Lepsheev. Ex-militias were found guilty of receiving bribes. A year and a half ago, Lepsheev was already sentenced to 8 years for bribes and abuse of office.

The marriage of the Japanese pop-like Ayumi Hamasaki and the Austrian actor Manuel Schwartz lasted a little more than a year: how the Japanese media reports on Wednesday, the singer fits for divorce. And the reason for everything, as the singer herself stated, was her “unfulfilled promise,” ITAR-TASS reports.

The popular Internet encyclopedia "Wikipedia", as promised, suspended the work of its English-language segment around the world, reports Bfm.ru. The site was disconnected on January 18 at 05:00 in Greenwich (09:00 Moscow time) for 24 hours. A “plug” appeared on the title page. On a dark background, in white letters it is written: “For more than ten years now we have spent millions of hours on the creation of the largest encyclopedia in human history.

The Moscow authorities plan to demolish in 2012 at the expense of budgetary funds of the city of 69 houses as part of the demolition program for five -story residential buildings of the first period of industrial housekeeping, according to the website of the construction complex of the capital. "In total, at the expense of the city budget in Moscow in 2012-2014 it is planned to dismantle 185 five-story buildings," the press release says.

The Ministry of Communications will launch a special site on which during the presidential elections in Russia direct broadcasts from polling stations will be held in early February. This, as Interfax reports, said the head of the department Igor Schegolev, at the meeting at the meeting at Giprosvyaz OJSC. The development of the site is under completion, it will work in early February. The presidential election will be held on March 4.

Bentley Director General Wolfgan Durheimer spoke about the company's plans for the near future, reports Avtomotro.ru . The most anticipated news was the upcoming luxury crossover.

The capital's authorities are completing preparations for a large-scale reconstruction of the city's main outbound routes. Repair work on the highways will begin this year and will last at least two years. Even the mayor’s office admits that the reconstruction will lead to a significant deterioration in the road situation in the city. Kommersant writes about this.

On Wednesday, January 18, the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill - on the eve of the festival of the baptism of the Lord (Epiphany Eve) - made the traditional rank of the great consecration of water in the Moscow Cathedral of Christ the Savior. Water for consecration was pre-typed in a special 4-ton vat. After the rank of consecration, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church and other priests sprinkled all the believing holy water in the temple.

The co-founder of the Internet company Yahoo Jerry Yang is leaving the board of directors and resigning from all positions held in the company, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Yahoo website. Yang is also leaving the boards of Yahoo Japan Corporation and Alibaba Group, in which Yahoo has large stakes. The management of Yahoo, which owns the popular search engine and provides a wide range of Internet services, claims that Young made the decision to leave independently.