In January 2009, Russians began to disturb the unemployment growth, economics crisis, as well as delays in the payment of wages, pensions and benefits. These are the data of the hundredth care that the Levada Center conducted. The vast majority of Russians (75%) are worried about this increase in prices. In past years, this problem also worried Russians more than others - the numbers were approximately the same.

Measures to ensure the personal safety of Barack Obama at the inauguration left much to be desired, several “large donors who communicate with Obama directly” The Washington Post said. The interlocutors of the publication noted that when receiving tickets for the inauguration, which were issued by the main sponsors of the Obama election headquarters “dozens”, they did not even check the documents.

In the center of Kyiv, a monument to the hero of the cartoon "Hedgehog in the fog" appeared, a correspondent.net reports. The hedgehog is depicted sitting with a knot on high stump. The figure is made of wood, and screws served as thorns.

In the German town of Hennigsdorf near Berlin, the local branch of the Bank "Postbank" handed over to the scrap safe, in which he forgot € 170 thousand, Vesti reports. The money was discovered by the employees of the steel plant when they began cutting a steel safe. They immediately handed over the find to the administration, which immediately called the police.

Senate Illinois unanimously found the Governor of the Blagoevich clan guilty of abuse of his official position, removed him from his duties and forbidden him to occupy any positions in state state bodies, BBC reports. Senators supported Blagoevich’s accusations of trying to sell a place in the Senate, which was released after the election of Barack Obama by the President of the United States.

Polit.ru continues a number of publications dedicated to the topic "Book market and financial crisis" See also "Bukebury" is a headache of "big people" Georgy Lamin ("Top Book"): The overproduction crisis is expressed in circulations) Oleg Savich (IG AST): Many publishers will no longer be able to drag both distributors and printers on themselves Dmitry Ivanov ("Olma Media Group"): By summer, the wave of bankruptcy of small and medium publishing houses cannot be avoided Larisa Vedenyeva (TD

The State Duma approved the bill of the second reading on a phased increase in requirements for the minimum amount of own funds (capital) for credit organizations. The corresponding document “On Amendments to the Federal Law“ On Banks and Banking Activities ”” was adopted in the first reading on November 21, 2008, today it was supported by 308 deputies, 79 was against it, the Polit.ru parliamentary correspondent Lev Finberg.

On January 28, 2009, the XII awarding ceremony of the Silver Archer Award was held in Moscow, a reward, which is awarded to the best specialists in the development of public relations. The ceremony was held at the Kinomir cinema with the participation of more than 500 industry professionals.

The State Duma has been submitted to the State Duma on the inspection of cars, it provides for the transfer of functions for conducting the inspection from July 1, 2010 by a single system of centers that have undergone special accreditation is written by Vedomosti.

Tony Blair doesn't know how history will judge him for his decision to invade Iraq, the former US prime minister said in an interview with The Times . “But I certainly think about it, I worry about it and I feel a great sense of responsibility for it,” added Blair, currently envoy to the Middle East Quartet, which includes the US, UN, EU and Russia.

We are publishing one of the articles of the recently deceased outstanding Russian computer scientist, one of the creators of the legendary KAISSA, Mikhail Donskoy, found in his papers. The force of gravity existed before Newton. All the people on earth felt it well, but could not formulate what it was. In the same way, there are objective laws of information that work regardless of our desire. Attempts to go against these laws end as painfully as the flight of Icarus.

SCP opened the case under Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (fraud committed on an especially large scale), against a senior general of the railway troops, the press service of the SCP reports. The head of the personnel department of the railway troops, Lieutenant General Anatoly Veremeyev is suspected of illegally receiving apartments in the cities of Moscow and Lyubertsy.

In Davos, Turkish Prime Minister Tayip Recep Erdogan defiantly left the meeting of the World Economic Forum after a violent discussion with Israeli President Shimon Peres. According to Euronews , during the discussion about the recent conflict in the Gaza Strip, Erdogan said Peres: “You are destroying the people”, to which Perez replied that Erdogan would have done the same if the missiles fell on Istanbul.

Rostelecom became the telecommunications sponsor of the Olispism in Sochi in 2014, Kommersant writes. “Komstar”, MTS, Vimpelcom and MegaFon also fought for the sponsorship contract, but the first three companies withdrew their applications at the last stage. The status of an Olympic signalman will cost Rostelecom $ 170 million, of which $ 70 million must be paid with money. However, “megaphone” can share with him - the decision to participate in sponsorship may be made in the coming days.

AvtoVAZ sales in February 2009 may fall by 20-25% in relation to the same period last year. This was stated by the head of the company Boris Aleshin, reports Reuters . “We will sell 35,000-37.000,” he said, answering a question about forecasts for the next month. In February 2008, AvtoVAZ sold about 46.200 cars. Aleshin said that for the whole year his company hopes to sell about 600,000 cars in Russia against 622,000 a year earlier.