The foreign trade turnover of Russia decreased over 11 months of last year by 15.7 percent and amounted to 105 and a half billion dollars, of which the share of exports - 64 and a half billion dollars, imports - 41 billion. The reduction in the volume of foreign trade in Russia in November 1998 amounted to 35 percent-compared with the level of November 1997. The volume of Russian exports was reduced by 27 percent, and imports - by 50 percent.

In the All -Russian protest rally on January 27, demanding to pay off salary debts will be attended by employees of education and science of all subjects of the Federation. But ten of them will not take place in the trade union of employees of education and science of the Russian Federation, uniting more than 5 million people.

The number of those who died from a powerful earthquake in Colombia - according to official figures - exceeded a thousand people, many hundreds were injured. The authorities fear that the number of victims will increase significantly, since rescue work has not yet been completed. The landslides and collapses caused by the earthquake, violated movement on several highways, many airports do not work. The force of underground shocks reached 6 points on the Richter scale.

Lev Roitman: The Constitution of the 93rd year defines Russia as a legal state. At the same time, these are the final and transitional provisions of the Constitution, those legal norms that have been in force in Russia earlier are applied only if they do not contradict the new constitution. Earlier, Soviet laws were subject to, but even earlier the laws of the Russian Empire were in force, is it possible to apply them or is it absurd?

The names of the three laureates of the Apollo Grigoryev Prize, established by the Academy of Russian Literature, were announced . This year, three prose works were awarded: the story "The Merry Soldier" of Viktor Astafyev, the novel "Bestseller" Yuri Davydova and the collection of stories "Prussian bride" Yuri Buida. The name of the main laureate, who will receive 25 thousand dollars, will be called on Shrovetide - February 12.

The first hand transplantation in the United States is made in the medical center of the city of Luisville in Kentukki. During the fifteen-hour operation, the surgeon brigade transplanted the donor brush of the left hand of a 37-seven-year-old man who became disabled thirteen years ago as a result of an accident. Doctors have already noticed the first signs of normal blood circulation through a transplanted organ, but the final outcome of the operation will be clear much later.

Leading Lev Roitman Lev Roitman: The Constitution of the 93rd year defines Russia as a legal state. At the same time, these are the final and transitional provisions of the Constitution, those legal norms that have been in force in Russia earlier are applied only if they do not contradict the new constitution. Earlier, Soviet laws were subject to, but even earlier the laws of the Russian Empire were in force, is it possible to apply them or is it absurd?

Tennis . In Melbourne, a quarterfinal stage began at the open championship of Australia on Tuesday. In men, the first semi -finalist was the Swede Thomas Enkvist, who almost without problems prevailed over Mark Ross from Switzerland - 6: 3, 6: 4, 6: 4. In women, the strongest Frenchwoman Amelie Mororemo went to the four of the strongest. She beat Belgian Dominic Van Roost - 6: 3, 7: 6.