Yesterday, in the Polytechnic there was a beautiful public conversation between Sergey Shnurov's “Games in Society”. That is, there was a musician and a very smart person Sergey Shnurov plus a crowd of heated spectators who asked Shnurov questions, and it was great. There were also presenter Tatyana Malkina, Vitaly Leibin, Andrei Levkin and Alexey Chadaev, who also sometimes asked questions, and this was also good sometimes.

Georgia accused Russia of preparing military aggression, the Kommersant newspaper writes. The reason for such a statement was the placement in South Ossetia of Russian Point-U operational-tactical missiles, designed for the effective defeat of the most important goals in the tactical depth of the enemy troops.

The Togolese forward of the English Manchester City, Emmanuel Adebayor, has joined the ranks of Real Madrid. According to the press service of the Spanish club, Adebayor was borrowed from the “citizens” for six months with the right to further repurchase. Among the players that Real were looking for to join the ranks of the forwards was London Tottenham forward Roman Pavlyuchenko.

The Federal Service for Environmental, Technological and Nuclear Supervision (Rostekhnadzor) issued a license to the placement of power units No. 1 and No. 2 of the Navashinsky district of the Nizhny Novgorod region, near the village of Monakovo, OJSC OJSC Rosenergoatom OJSC.

The Russian woman Vera Zvonareva became the semi -finalist of the Australian Open Championship in tennis. In the quarterfinals, she defeated two sets of the Czech athlete Peter Kvitova with a score of 6: 2, 6: 4. In the 1/2 finals, Zvonareva will play with the Pole Agnieshka Radwanskaya, who beat in the struggle for access to this stage of the tournament Belgian Kim Klisters - 6: 3, 7: 6 (7: 4). In another semi -finals, the Danish woman Karolin Voznyatski and the Chinese woman on Lee will play.

Vladimir Putin did not find a “Chechen trace” in a terrorist attack. Resignations follow. A rush reaction of the authorities and information abundance give birth to porridge in their heads in the population and give a large percentage of special services that believe in the guilt. Vladimir Putin said that the terrorist attack in Domodedovo is not related to Chechnya according to preliminary data.

The growth of the Russian economy by 8-10% per year will allow the country to successfully develop in the five-year perspective. This opinion, while in Davos, was expressed by President Dmitry Medvedev in an interview with Bloomberg TV. “I would like, at least, we grow up as some of our BRICS partners,” he said. According to Medvedev, the current growth, which demonstrates the domestic economy, is not enough. “We must grow 8-10% per year,” the president said.

The Japanese Toyota Auto Concert announced the recall of about 1.7 million cars around the world, reports Bloomberg Businessweek . The reason for the review was various defects that can lead to fuel leakage and other problems. Toyota recalls several models, in particular, IS and GS of the Lexus brand in North America, as well as Avensis in the modifications of the Sedan and the Universal in Europe. Also, the car concerns recalls about a dozen models in Japan.

The Federal Service for Environmental, Technological and Nuclear Supervision (Rostekhnadzor) issued a license to the placement of power units No. 1 and No. 2 of the Navashinsky district of the Nizhny Novgorod region, near the village of Monakovo, OJSC OJSC Rosenergoatom OJSC.

Space Adventures, which announced the resumption of space tourists at the International Space Station last week, did not conclude agreements on this with the Roscosmos and the Energia rocket and space corporation, said Alexei Krasnov, head of the deputy of the piloted LuxMosm -pilot programs.

The Supreme Court recognized the classification of the materials of the Katynsky case legitimate. Thus, the cassation collegium rejected the complaint of the Memorial to the previously adopted decision of the Moscow City Court to refuse to declassify the case materials, Rapcy reports.

The Ministry of Justice refused the registration of “other Russia” Eduard Limonov, motivating this by the fact that the party’s charter “contradicts the federal law”. The Ministry of Justice’s response with justification on 5 pages was sent to the Organizing Committee of another Russia, the Lenta.ru online publication in the press service of the department told.

The Federation Council, following the State Duma, approved the draft contract START-3. The upper house of the parliament adopted a statement in which it designated its attitude to the contract on START, ITAR-TASS reports.

Should students work instead of “sitting on the neck” of the state? The Presidential Assistant for Economic Affairs Arkady Dvorkovich in an interview with Gazeta.ru of January 19 believes that they should. “You need to cancel standard scholarships from students, because this is the wrong signal, what the fact of your studies you get compensation,” he said. It is necessary to provide the student with the opportunity to work in the specialty.

The world's first floating nuclear thermal power plant (FNPP), under construction in Russia, was included in the list of 30 most important innovations of 2010, compiled by the authoritative French weekly magazine L'Usine Nouvelle.