The army asks demonstrators to disperse The command of the Egyptian army demanded that the central square of Cairo be dispersed after President Hosni Mubarak announced that he would not run for a new term, Gazeta.ru reports . Some of the Egyptian opposition accepted this compromise, but most opponents of the regime announced that they did not intend to endure Mubarak in power for another 8 months.

The New Times correspondents Ilya Barabanov and Yegor Mostovikhov are transferred from Tahrir Square The New Times correspondents are photographed from the window of their room in the Cairo hotel photo: Ilya Barabanov, Egor Mostovshchikov Cairo 21: 15*. *Cairo time - *approx. aut. At the intersection of Shampilion Street and Mahmud Basioni Street, which adjoin the northwestern part of Tahrir Square, there is a fierce battle for control over this small space.

New performance of Mindaugasa Karbauskis ** The eldest son (Ilya Isaev) is trying to be a continuation of his father Without a family. In the midst of another campaign in defense of family values ​​and the fight against a demographic decline, the Russian Youth Theater releases an openly anti -family performance.

The office of Vladislav Surkov through the eyes of political scientists and specialists in Feng Shui ** On the hardware - direct phones and selector communication Creator of impressions. With a dozen photos of the office of the chief Kremlin ideologist Vladislav Surkov made a splash on the Internet. What can you find out about a person and an official, considering his office, ”the New Times ** found out Vladislav Yuryevich Surkov - a busy person and not every day visits an office office.

Why are immigrants from the Caucasus disappear in Moscow * * People disappear? According to the Memorial human rights center, cases of the disappearance of Muslims have become more frequent in Moscow and the Moscow region. Human rights activists do not exclude that these disappearance may be associated with the “prevention” of terrorist acts in Moscow.

Gasoline prices got out of control * * On the pipe. Gasoline prices are growing rapidly: from the beginning of January - by almost 3%. Why motorists have to fork out more and more at the gas stations - the New Times found out AI-92 gasoline is the most running fuel, today on average the country costs 24.17 rubles. per liter: Since the beginning of the year, its price has risen by 2%.

The New Times correspondents Ilya Barabanov and Yegor Mostovikhov are transmitted from Cairo It seemed that we got into another country overnight: yesterday, a peaceful and quite friendly area of ​​Tahrir suddenly grinned with sticks and stones. The night before, in Cairo, the many thousands of Mubarak President began to appear in Cairo, if not tens of thousands.

The intellectuals are not inclined to celebrate "royal days" and namesakes. But this date, February 1, we will celebrate. Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin was born 80 years ago. No magicians could reach his hungry distant land. They were not given a visa. And the star was hidden by pitch clouds: 1931, a dispossession. But it was Yeltsin who laid the foundation for a new chronology - since August 1991, he decorated the first and, most likely, the last reformist tree in our life.