Russia should provide Minsk with cheap loans and other benefits if it wants guarantees for the safety of its air borders, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said. In addition, Lukashenko demanded that Moscow take restrictions on the supply of Belarusian products to the Russian market. In response, Minsk promises to cooperate with the Russian side in the field of air defense (air defense), reported Reuters with reference to the Belarusian media.

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The orphaned post of the mentor of the London “Chelsea” was occupied by the “Russian” Gus Hiddink . This news on Wednesday was gladly released by the press service of the club. Thus, another person who was directly involved in Russian football joined the company of Roman Abramovich, Roman Pavlyuchenko, as well as Andrei Arshavin in the capital of England.

Dmitry Shalin Yuri Levada is a sign figure for sociological science. He was one of those who created Soviet sociology in the early 1960s, he owns the first course of lectures on this science, most of modern sociological structures, including Levada Center, came out of his VTIOM. Polit.ru publishes the article by Dmitry Shalin “Phenomenological foundations of theoretical practice: biocritic notes about Yu.A.

The Polish politician Jan Rokita was taken out of the plane at Munich airport in handcuffs, Gazeta.ru reports with reference to ITAR-TASS. This was announced today by the spouse of politician Nelly Rokita. According to her, the incident occurred on Tuesday February 10. The reason was the quarrel of a politician with a stewardess because of the place where you can hang a coat. When the crew commander suggested Rokita to leave the side, he refused.

Last week, bilateral consultations with representatives of the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine at their request were held at the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation. The Ukrainian side expressed a request to evaluate the possibility of a loan of $ 5 billion of the United States to cover Russia to cover the budget of Ukraine.

The technical commission of the International Aviation Committee officially called the reasons for the Boeing-737 crash in Perm in September 2008. The plane collapsed as a result of the loss of spatial orientation from the crew, which did not understand enough in managing a foreign plane. In addition, it is confirmed that the captain of the ship was tired and drunk.

The State Duma approved unanimously without discussion and objections, the bill of the second reading "On state registration of rights to aircraft and transactions with them". This was announced by our correspondent Lev Finberg The document was adopted in the first reading on 04/28/04, today in the second reading it was supported by 405 deputies. Olga Galtsova supported the law on the law on the legislation.

Seven-time Formula-1 champion Michael Schumacher was injured during a test drive of a motorcycle in the Spanish city of Kartaen, Associated Press reports. According to the regional health department, now the athlete is in the hospital under the supervision of doctors.

The first match at the helm of the London "Chelsea" Gus Hiddink will hold next week on Saturday, the Dutch coach of the Russian national team himself said Reuters. On February 21, in the British championship, the Blue will play visiting the Birmingham "Aston Villa". Hiddink also confirmed that on the next Saturday (February 14) he will be attended by the Chelsea Cup match with Watford.

The American military arrested seven pirates in the Aden Strait off the coast of Somalia, reports the Associated Press . According to the military, a merchant ship under the flag of the Marshall Islands gave a distress signal. The American military profit at the scene, where they managed to capture the pirate ship and detain seven pirates.

Speech by Oleg Vyugin at a meeting of the Section "Economics" forum "Strategy 2020". February 9, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Russia. See also Alexander Shokhin at a meeting of the section "Economics" forum "Strategy 2020" Vitaly Nayshul about the crisis. Three points

In Indonesia in the north of Sulawesi, there was an earthquake of 7.4 on the Richter scale, Reuters reports. The epicenter of the earthquake was located in the area of ​​the Talaud Islands to a depth of 33 kilometers. The National Meteorological Agency also reports the threat of Tsunami.

The State Duma approved the Ministry of Defense approaches to the formation of a new appearance of the Russian Armed Forces, said the Minister of Defense Anatoly Serdyukov. “The Duma, at least, understood our approaches and generally approved,” the minister said. During the discussion at a closed government meeting, questions were addressed about the structure of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, about the upcoming reductions awaiting the Russian army.

Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov explained to the deputies, for which and how the army was transferred to a three -star system - the command of the district, the operational command and the brigade. The minister informed the minister about this at a briefing based on the results of his speech at a closed “government hour” on the progress of the formation of a new appearance of the Russian army, our parliamentary correspondent Lev Finberg reports.