Clinton and Lavrov’s meeting is needed to defrost Russian-American relations, prepare a meeting of the presidents of the two countries and give a signal to the world that “rebooting relations” is possible, said Viktor Kremenyuk, deputy director of the Institute of the USA and Canada, in an interview with Polit.ru. Today in Geneva a meeting of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov should be held in Geneva.

Once upon a time in St. Petersburg (then-in Petrograd), infantry General Felix Yakovlevich Rastovsky. He was born in 1841 in the Mogilev province in a poor noble family and chose a career as a professional military man - finished the cadet corps, the military Konstantinov school, and then studied at the Mikhailovsky Artillery Academy.

"The construction of nuclear power plants in Lithuania with the help of the Lithuanian Unified Energy Enterprise Leo LT, especially after the Constitutional Court found serious violations in its creation, becomes" very foggy "," said the Lithuanian politician, chairman of the Frontas party, Algirdas Maljacks. “Under such circumstances of the hope that the station will ever be built at all. This is a very foggy project. Each blanket pulls to his side.

A team of construction workers from Central Asia, working on the construction of a cottage village on the Petersburg highway in the Petrodvortsovo district, staged an armed raid, Fontanka.ru reports. According to an employee of the press service of the Internal Affairs Directorate at the Main Internal Affairs Directorate for St.

From July 2008 to January 2009, the total share of five news radio stations (Echo Moscow, City FM, Russian News Service, Business FM, Vesti FM) in the audience of radio listeners (Moscow, older than 12 years) increased from 22.7% to 30%. The audience of entertainment radio stations has not changed much, the Vedomosti writes. Market participants explain the growth of interest to the students of the war with Georgia in August and the crisis that began.

About 60% of Russians relate to the manifestations of protest with understanding and respect-these are the data of the survey conducted by the Levada Center . The survey was conducted on February 20-23 among 1600 people. Respectfully to protesters include 19%, and with an understanding of 41%. Another 7% - with interest. Not one said that these actions cause him neglect or indignation, they do not cause special feelings in 26%.

The Ukrainian coalition plans to send a letter to President Viktor Yushchenko today with a proposal to submit to the Verkhovna Rada the candidacy of Boris Tarasuk for the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs, the leader of the NI-NS faction Nikolai Martynenko said. He said that a meeting of the Coalition Council was held today, and it was decided to nominate Foreign Minister Boris Tarasuka. The leader of the faction drew attention to the fact that the decision was made unanimously.

From April 1 of this year, vodka in Russia will be significantly rise in price, reports Business and Financial Markets. On March 8th, on March 8, sales of alcohol among retailers increase almost twice, first of all wine and champagne are bought up. However, vodka is also sold actively. On average, its sale increases by a third, but this year the reason is not only an international female day, but also in the fact that people are trying to buy for the future on the eve of the rise in price.

The Japanese automotive concern Nissan came up with an unusual anti -crisis measure: the employees of the auto giant were allowed to get a second job so that they could compensate for the losses caused by a decrease in salaries. At the same time, they should work only on weekends and work no more than 8 hours a day. Due to the global economic crisis, the company has decreased sales in recent months.

United Russia made the penalty to the heads of the party’s branches in those regions where, according to the EP, the work on the preparation of the elections on March 1 was at a low level, ITAR-TASS reports. The most rigid seats were made in relation to the Tver region, where only 31.25 % of the mandates received in the Elections to the city Duma “United Russia”, and the Communists won, for which 49.18 % voted.

“To put it in bureaucratic terms, we are responsible only for the reproduction of fish resources, for the conservation and rational use of aquatic biological resources and for their catching. We are not responsible for transshipments in ports, nor for storage, nor for transportation, nor for the sale of fish,” - said the head of Rosrybolovstvo as part of a “business breakfast” at Rossiyskaya Gazeta. “We have a quasi-monopoly in the retail market.

Serbia announced its intention to sign an agreement on free trade with Iran to stimulate bilateral economic cooperation, reports the Associated Press with reference to the statement of the Minister of Economy of Serbia Dinkic. He also noted that relations between countries are “good and stable”. Such a decision was made after the meeting of Dink with the Iranian delegation, headed by the country's foreign minister, Manechekhr Mottaki.

From today, an agreement between the governments of Russia and Venezuela on the abandonment of visa formalities during the trips of citizens of the two states, signed in Karakas on November 26, 2008, comes into force, Echo of Moscow reports. Now the citizens of Russia and Venezuela who are owners can enter, leave, follow transit and stay on the territory of the relevant states without visas for 90 days for every half of the year, starting from the date of the first entry.

At the opening of the Music.doc festival, the documentary of Margarita Himeno “Gogol Bordello Non-Stop” showed a documentary. A movie about how, what, and why the punk group lives, in time immemorial, created by a cheerful Ukrainian freak, it seems to be with gypsy roots and is still prosperous. What is the secret to the success of these morons?

In the near future, Uranus prices will be “slowly but confidently growing,” Prime-Tass reports. Such a forecast was made by the head of Rosatom, Sergei Kirienko. “This year, the growing trend should already begin,” he told reporters. Speaking about the current situation in the uranium market, he noted that due to the actions of speculators, when Uranus became the fastest-growing asset, an inadequate increase in demand occurred, and then the growth of the proposal.