The President of the Russian Football Union Vitaly Mutko expressed bewilderment about the frivolous attitude of some clubs to the Commonwealth Cup, which was held annually in Moscow in January. In particular, he criticized those clubs that send duplicates to the tournament. “The tournament unique in every sense, and we are always trying to defend Russian and Ukrainian teams that send it to no clear compositions here. I don’t need to defend anyone.

US President Barack Obama stated that he has all responsibility for the success or failure of the plan to save the economy to the White House administration. He said this in his first radio and Internet appeal as the head of state. According to Obama, all decisions on the multi-billion dollar pack of measures to stabilize the economy, proposed by the president before taking office, will be published on a recently created government website.

Matvey Popov The election of the new patriarch of the Russian Church can begin at the beginning of the week. On Sunday, the Bishop Cathedral with general vote nominated three candidates, the new Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church will be elected by a local cathedral of them. These candidates are Metropolitan of Smolensk and Kaliningrad Kirill, Metropolitan Kaluga and Borovsky Clement and Metropolitan Minsk and Slutsky Filaret. In the next few days, one of them will become a new patriarch.

Supporters of the bishop of Diamide, deprived of the dignity of the bishop, tried to break into the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, where the Bishop Cathedral has been going on for about an hour. Voting will be held for the first time in the hall of church cathedrals of the temple, where about two hundred members of the Bishop Cathedral gathered. 145 candidates for the site of the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church were included in the ballot ballot, RSN reports.

Prince Harry and his friend Chelsea Davi, with whom he met for five years, broke up. The parting occurred by mutual agreement of the parties after several days of discussion. According to press reports, in November 2007, Harry and Davi had already parted on the initiative of the girl, and in April 2008 the youngest son of Prince Charles allegedly made her a proposal for marriage, recalls Lenta.ru.

The counting of votes in the first round of the elections of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' is completed. Of the 145 candidates, the following candidates were chosen the following candidates, the 198 hierarchs gathered in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior of the Russian Orthodox Church: 1. Metropolitan Smolensky and Kaliningrad Cyril - 97 votes 2. Metropolitan of Kaluga and Borovsky - 32 votes 3.

The Russian woman Dinara Safina in the dramatic match of the 1/8 finals of the Australian Open Championship defeated Frenchwoman Alise Corney (6: 2, 2: 6, 7: 5), having played two matchballs along the meeting. It is reported by Eurosport . Safina remained extremely unhappy with the quality of her game shown in the 1/8 finals against the Frenchwoman Alise Corn (6: 2, 2: 6, 7: 5).

Sergey Mitrofanov Russia is slowly, but getting used to the crisis, acting on the principle: if nothing can be done, then you should relax and ... no, do not have fun (what is the pleasure here?), But in order to minimize the consequences from the blow. So that there is less broken bones. For the intelligentsia, the "crisis" habitually becomes discourse. Look: that was how it was in the eighties, it was in the early nineties, it was in 1998, and so now.

The election of the new patriarch of the Russian Church can begin at the beginning of the week. On Sunday, the Bishop Cathedral with general vote nominated three candidates, the new Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church will be elected by a local cathedral of them. These candidates are Metropolitan of Smolensk and Kaliningrad Kirill, Metropolitan Kaluga and Borovsky Clement and Metropolitan Minsk and Slutsky Filaret. In the next few days, one of them will become a new patriarch.

Russia is slowly, but getting used to the crisis, acting on the principle: if nothing can be done, then you should relax and ... no, do not have fun (what is the pleasure here?), But in order to minimize the consequences from the blow. So that there is less broken bones. For the intelligentsia, the "crisis" habitually becomes discourse. Look: that was how it was in the eighties, it was in the early nineties, it was in 1998, and so now.

In the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in the morning, a liturgy was held, which preceded the discovery of the Bishop Cathedral. Bishops, ordinary priests and laity prayed for the repose of Patriarch Alexy Second and for the bestowing wisdom when choosing a new Primate of the Church. The service was headed by the locomotives of the Patriarchal throne, Metropolitan Cyril. About 200 bishops and several hundred laity people participated in it.

The counting of votes in the first round of the elections of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' is delayed. Earlier on the site of the Local Council, it was reported that the calculation will be completed at 17:00. However, just on the broadcast of the Vesti channel, the Locumber of the Patriarchal throne Metropolitan Kirill said that the accounting commission did not have access to the safe in which the seal is located.

Sri Lankan government troops entered the town of Mullaittivu, the last stronghold of the Tamil Tigers in the northeast of the country. According to the Sri Lankan military, taking the city and surrounding areas under full control is “only a matter of time.” It is not yet possible to obtain independent confirmation of what is happening on the streets of the city, since journalists are not allowed into the fighting zone.

The number of victims of the hurricane in Europe reached 15 people. In Barcelona, ​​a squallwood wind in the city center brought down the roof of the stadium - right during the training of the children's team. Three teenagers died on the spot. Another died in the hospital. For several hours, a rescue operation continued. Under the rubble there were a dozen people. In the south of France, a hurricane fell trees and cut off the power lines.

In St. Petersburg, 5 people were detained during the comic promotion of local left -wing movements. They wanted to show the absurdity of the anti -crisis actions of the government. Participants in the action built a wooden cross with the inscription "Crisis", and on the Russian flag they wrote: "We agree to everything." At the same time, levoradicals called for increasing the working day, reducing wages and demanding an air fee.