The visit of the President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko to Moscow to sign the action plan of Ukraine and Russia for 2007-2008 may take place in March of this year, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Deputy Head of the Secretariat of the Ukrainian State Alexander Chalogo. According to him, the development of an action plan between Ukraine and Russia is at the final stage, by the first March of the document the text of the document will be agreed between the Ukrainian and Russian sides.

After the idea of ​​covering the growing debts of the Pension Fund (PFR) due to the funded contributions of citizens was stalled from universal indignation, the department of Mikhail Zurabov took up a new way to combat the FIU deficit - this time at the expense of the budget. The unified social tax (UST, 26% of the salary) is distributed between the federal budget, the FIU, and the medical and social insurance funds.

The mayor Yuri Luzhkov sent a letter with a convincing request for termination of the lease agreement with the capital's bird market, reports Echo of Moscow , citing Interfax. The deputy head of Rosprirodnadzor Oleg Mitvol said that the market is working in violation of sanitary standards. According to sanitary services, it was the bird market that became the focus of the spread of bird flu in the suburbs. In the suburbs, mass vaccination of the bird began.

In Norway, a passenger train, in which there were 130 people, came off the rails, reports Ar . The incident occurred in the north of the country, in a mountainous area 100 km from the city of Bergen. The victims and the cause of the accident are not reported, but it is known that not one of the 8 wagons of the composition has turned over. Rescue work is complicated by the fact that the scene of the accident can be reached only by rail or by air.

Today, the State Duma adopted in the final reading amendments, providing for an increase in the amount of insurance compensation for bank deposits of individuals up to 400 thousand rubles. The Association of Regional Banks supported the initiative of the State Duma chairman Boris Gryzlov to increase insurance compensation for citizens' deposits in banks from 190 to 400 thousand rubles.

In the metropolitan region on Friday night, the air temperature will drop to minus 34 degrees, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Hydrometer of the Moscow and the Moscow Region. According to weather forecasters, the next night, the temperature in the capital will drop below 20 degrees of frost, and in the region it will reach 30 degrees below zero. Tomorrow afternoon in the city it will be no higher than 16 degrees.

The Moscow City Court recognized the arrest of the ex-Senator from Bashkiria Igor Izmestiev, reports RBC . Thus, the court refused to satisfy the complaints of lawyers against the decision of the Basmanny Court on the election of a preventive measure in the form of detention.

The Prime Minister of Italy Romano Prodi decided to submit to the president of the country a request for a resignation. This was announced tonight by the Minister of Infrastructure Antonio di Pietro, reports Reuters. Today, the Italian Senate did not approve the government’s resolution on foreign policy. 158 senators voted in favor of her with the necessary 160 votes. After that, in the evening, prodi convened an emergency meeting of the government.

In the administration of George Bush, “puzzled” by a statement by the commander of the Strategic Missile Forces Nikolai Solovtsov regarding the placement of the elements of the PK system in Europe, reports Radio “ Echo of Moscow ”. The White House doubts that the Russian military leader spoke on behalf of the Russian government.

As part of the bankruptcy of the Yukos, the first to auction, it is planned to set its shares in Rosneft (10%) and Gazprom Neft (20%), the Kommersant newspaper writes today. The cost of a package of shares "Rosneft" belonging to Yukos on October 1, 2006. was estimated at almost 192 billion rubles. The starting price of the auction may amount to 180 billion rubles.

** Themes of the day ** The central theme, which the newspapers were assigned to the first lanes - the advertising campaign "Olympics -2014 - in Sochi" performed by the President of the Russian Federation V. Putin. Since, according to the established rules, the communication of members of the appraisal commission of the IOC with the press should take place in No Comment mode, representatives of the mass media talk in detail about the efforts undertaken by the Russian side.

In Vladivostok, a municipal service to combat rudeness of officials is created. This was ordered by the mayor Vladimir Nikolaev, reports Echo of Moscow with reference to ITAR-TASS. The service will accept and consider complaints from citizens about poor -quality service by representatives of utilities and road services, as well as doctors and teachers. It is promised that complaints about the negligence of officials will be directly transferred to the mayor of Vladivostok.

The head of the Federal Property Management Agency was invited to the lawsuit in the lawsuit On February 21, the Volgograd Regional Court will consider the lawsuit against Valery Nazarov, the head of the Federal Property Management Agency as the owner of 51% of the shares of the Volgograd OJSC Khimprom, one of the largest chemical plants in the country.

The US Department of Finance imposed sanctions against the Lebanese construction company Jihad al-Bina (Jihad Al-Bina). This company, according to the department, was founded and controlled by the Hizball terrorist group, reports Lenta.ru . In addition, in a press release from the American Ministry of Finance, Jihad al-Bina receives funding directly from Iran.

** What to expect in the coming hours. Announcement of events ** Russian-French council Vladimir Putin will receive members of the Russian-French council for cooperation in the field of security. This advisory body, which includes ministers of the defense and foreign affairs of the two countries, will gather for the next meeting in Moscow.