28% of Russians would vote in the presidential election if they took place on the nearly Sunday, for Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. These are the data of the survey of the Levada Center . The current president Dmitry Medvedev, according to the survey, would have received only 18% of the vote. In third and fourth place are the leader of the Communist Party of the Communist Party Gennady Zyuganov and the main liberal democrat Vladimir Zhirinovsky - they have 4 and 3%, respectively.

The defendant of the case of the murder of lawyer Stanislav Markelov Nikita Tikhonov is now charged with “murder based on political and ideological hostility” (paragraph “L” of part 2 of article 105), Gazeta.Ru reports with reference to a source close to the investigation. Recall in this regard the words of the Tikhonovsky lawyer Yevgeny Skripelev, uttered in early November 2009 on Echo of Moscow: “As for his behavior, he testified. These testimony are grateful.

Since April 2010, theology in Russia can become a full -fledged scientific specialty, such as, for example, mathematical analysis or bioorganic chemistry, writes “News Time” . Thus, graduates of theological faculties can in the future receive candidate and doctoral degrees, the newspaper notes. "Scientific passport" on theology has already been prepared. This document describes the main areas of this specialty, key issues and requirements for it.

Russia will definitely fulfill the contract for the supply of S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems to Iran. This was stated by Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov, at a meeting with representatives of the European Union. The delegation led by Katherine Ashton is in Moscow at his invitation, Vesti.Ru reports. He also emphasized that there is an appropriate contract, but there are, at the same time, a number of questions that need to be resolved. “There is an appropriate contract.

The head of the Moscow Central Internal Affairs Directorate, Vladimir Kolokoltsev, fired two chiefs of Moore, in the subordination of which there were three employees arrested today for abduction and extortion.

The life expectancy of women, on average, is 5-6 years more than that of men. On the scale of the whole world today, life expectancy for men is 65 years, and for women-70. Doctors associate this difference mainly with biological factors, the UN press center reports.

The proposal of the Russian Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin on a change in the procedure for the formation of the election of the election commission is met by an understanding of opposition factions in the Duma. This was reported by the correspondent "Polit.ru" Lev Fainberg. Lukin proposed forming a lower -level election commission on the principle of jury colleges - to select citizens in them using a random sample.

On February 24, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed a resolution on the allocation of 53 billion rubles. for the construction of nuclear power plants. He stated this during the meeting at the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power station.

The taiga hermit Agafya Lykova sewed Dmitry Medvedev shirt and invited the president to her name day, the press service of the administration of the Kemerovo region reports. In addition to the shirt, the hermit presented Medvedev Tuesok with a gift inscription "President Dimitry Anatolyevich from Agafya Karpovna" and cedar nuts.

The head of the Russian General Staff, Army General Nikolai Makarov does not exclude the possibility of unleashing Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili in the Caucasus of the second war. However, the second attempt by Saakashvili to untie the military conflict, according to Makarov, can end for him much worse than the first. “You can expect everything from Mikhail Saakashvili.

The Board of Directors of one of the Uralhima enterprises - OJSC Azot (Berezniki, Perm Territory) approved the decision to post a share output by converting when fragmented with a coefficient of 100 to 1. The company said in a statement. At the moment, the authorized capital of the company with a volume of 405.871 thousand rubles. It consists of 405.871 thousand securities with a face value of 1 rub.

The Simonovsky Court of Moscow for the next sixth time, transferred the hearing in the case of the ex-Vice-President of Yukos Vasily Aleksanyan. The process was postponed due to the failure to appear the prosecutor. The lawyers of Aleksanyan, suffering from AIDS and cancer of the lymphatic system, believe that the health of their client does not allow him to take part in the process and ask him to let him go for treatment. The meeting was postponed until March 29.

The Investigative Committee at the prosecutor's office announced the disclosure of the murder of the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Dagestan Adilgerey Magomedtagirov. According to the report, the organizer, performer and accomplices of the murder of the minister, as well as the head of the rear unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic Abdurazak Abakarov, committed on June 5, 2009 in Makhachkala were established and detained.

Today in Greece, a general strike began on the call of trade unions: airplane flights stopped at night, a ferry message between the islands has been suspended, the metro does not work in many cities, buses and trains stopped walking, most schools and universities, doctors have only emergency assistance, and the journalists have suspended their activities for a day - from the television and radio, the broadcasts and radio and radioes News releases, reports Deutsche Welle .

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, speaking at a meeting at the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power station, demanded from Mikhail Prokhorov and Vladimir Potanin the implementation of investment programs in the electric power industry, Echo Moscow reports. The prime minister emphasized that Prokhorov TGK-4 has no plans for an investment program. “He, that is, Prokhorov feels good. As the saying goes, "okewed." He has money. He walks to different offices. I recently came to me here.