British Prime Minister Gordon Brown retained the leadership of the party. This was the main result of the five -day annual conference of the ruling Labor Party that ended the day before in Manchester. The Labor Party loses to conservatives in polls by public opinion by more than 20%. Many are convinced that it is Gordon Brown who is the main culprit of the catastrophic fall in the popularity of the party.

US Secretary of State Kondoliza Rice told the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov that Russia's invasion of Georgia in August was a big mistake and worsened the country's international reputation. According to Daniel Fried Secretary of State, the first from the time of the Georgian crisis, Rice and Lavrov’s meeting was “tense but polite,” Reuters reports.

Today, at a meeting with regional representatives of United Russia, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said that relations of Russia and Georgia can be restored, Vesti TV channel reports. “I think we will restore relations with Georgia in the future. Giving Georgia to be torn to pieces by nationalists and irresponsible people would be wrong. It is necessary to maintain contacts with civil society in this country, ”the prime minister said.

On Tuesday and Wednesday on the football fields of our country, matches of the 1/8 finals of the Russian Cup were held.

According to updated data, the ex-deputy of the State Duma from Chechnya Ruslan Yamadaev, the elder brother of Sulim Yamadayev, the former commander of the Vostok battalion, was killed yesterday on Smolenskaya embankment.

Today, the representative of Aeroflot reported a new version of the reasons for the crash of Boeing-737 in Perm, reports Lenta.ru with reference to RIA Novosti. According to Igor Gurevich, the adviser to the general director of Aeroflot, the piloting and navigation device on a broken plane had a “special indication of detector shooters”. According to Gurevich, the airline temporarily suspended flights of her other aircraft with a similar device.

Today, at the station of the St. Petersburg metro Novocherkasskaya, a man died, the Vesti television channel reports. At about 16.45 Moscow time, a man fell on the rails on the “Novocherkasskaya”. Traffic on the site - from the Street Dybenko station to the "Alexander Nevsky Square" - was first interrupted, but later restored. Since the beginning of the year in the St. Petersburg metro, several cases of people fall on the rails, including fatal outcome.

Minister of Justice Alexander Konovalov held the first meeting yesterday with representatives of public organizations. He discussed with them the preparation of the national report of the Russian Federation in the UN Council for Human Rights.

Inflation in Russia in 2008 will exceed the official forecast and amount to 12%, or will be slightly higher, said Presidential Assistant Arkady Dvorkovich. “I have already said that inflation can be 12%, or slightly higher,” he said. Crisis phenomena were forced to throw more liquidity into the market, ”he said. As Arkady Dvorkovich said, prices are rising faster than predicted earlier. However, he believes that" the excess will not be very significant.

The US Ministry of Finance to stabilize the national financial market did not like one of the world's leading investors George Soros. In an article published in the British newspaper Financial Times , he called $ 700 billion “ill -conceived” to stabilize the economy. To overcome the crisis, Soros offers not to provide money from the state budget directly to banks, but to release special government bonds.

GP NAEC Energoatom and TELEL OJSC with the participation of OJSC Atomenergoprom held a joint round table on the topic “Nuclear Energy of Ukraine. Investment capabilities ”as part of the VI International Forum“ Fuel and Energy Complex of Ukraine: Present and Future ”, the press service of OJSC Atomenergoprom reports. A wide range of issues of Russian-Ukrainian cooperation in the field of nuclear energy was discussed on the round table.

** Political parties and movements ** At a meeting with the secretaries of the regional branches and the heads of the United Russia factions in the regional legislatures, the prime minister, the party leader V. Putin said that ... "United Russia" is the main responsibility for the formation of not only the federal, but also the regional legislative framework. ...

Sberbank acquired one of the largest Russian investment companies Troika-Dialog. This was reported by Gazeta.Ru with reference to an unnamed source close to the transaction. In other things, in the Troika-Dialogs itself, this information refuted this information, said that such messages are just rumors, and the rumors are old. Note that experts estimate the cost of a company of $ 700-800 million.

On Wednesday, around 17.45, the Meteor walking boat, which was from St. Petersburg to Peterhof, deviated from the fairway and sat aground in the Gulf of Finland, 250 meters from the shore opposite the Baltic Hotel. On board were 93 people. 10 people were injured, including one child. They received fractures, bruises and scratches. One of the victims still remains in the hospital. Experts call the cause of the captain the cause of the accident.

The Federal Competition Commission (FKK) recommended that Rossvyazkamnadzor extend the license of the 2x2 television channel. The head of RSPECTION, member of the commission, Mikhail Seslavinsky, said that it was recommended to prolong the license unanimously.