In a female single category on Wednesday, the matches of the second circle were held by eight Russians. Two of them met each other: Maria Kirilenko (25th racket of the tournament) defeated Galina Voskoboeva. Four more representatives of Russia entered the third circle. Maria Sharapova (2) won with Ashley Harklrow (USA), Nadezhda Petrova (6) - Martina Müller (Germany), Svetlana Kuznetsova (14) - at Aranchi pair Santonia (Spain), and Elena Vesnina - with Julia Schruff (Germany).

Monument to Immanuel Kant in Kaliningrad Since the recent speech, President Bush called America to an open, but responsible discussion about the war in Iraq, disputes, which are not without that, have been played with renewed vigor. Perhaps the most important subject of current discourse was the very first premise of the entire foreign policy of the United States - the question of democracy as a guarantee of the world.

Not all people think the same. There are different points of view, many of them are in the "faces of time." Leading Vladimir Kara-Murza proposes to agree, clarify, supplement and argue, make the program a discussion club.

The head of the Palestinian autonomy, Mahmoud Abbas, confirmed the willingness to start peace negotiations with Israel - after the parliamentary elections in autonomy on January 25, as well as after early general elections and in Israel scheduled for March. Abbas also noted that, regardless of the outcome of the vote, he hopes for continuing joint efforts to establish peace in the region.

Gazprom, due to severe frosts, introduced restrictions on gas supply in several regions of Russia. According to representatives of the concern, this is caused by technical difficulties. Thermal power plants switch to backup fuel - fuel oil and coal. In the Moscow region, RAO "UES of Russia" introduces restrictions on electricity consumption. Some industrial enterprises, markets and stores will be disconnected from power supply.

In London today, as expected, negotiations of foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia on the problem of Nagorno -Karabakh will be held. In an interview with Radio Liberty, representatives of the Azerbaijani side reported that one of the topics of negotiations - under the auspices of the OSCE - will be the preparation of a meeting of the presidents of the two countries, which may take place in February.

The British police opened the conspiracy to kidnap the son of Prime Minister Tony Blair, says San newspaper. According to the publication, the conspiracy was prepared by extremists related to the organization "Fathers for Justice". This group is known for loud public actions, the purpose of which is to draw attention to the rights of fathers separated from children. The prime minister’s office refused to comment on the information of the newspaper.

Vit Ali Port Nick Vo: Iran. New trials of Russian foreign policy. Yesterday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov gave a large press conference in the press center of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Today, many Russian newspapers and the world press write about this. One of the main topics was Iranian. This is understandable. Now Iran is becoming one of the tests for Russian foreign policy.

Georgian Foreign Minister Gela Trahiluashvili made a sharp criticism of Russia's policy in South Ossetia. According to Tbilisi, George Kobaladze, Rastyashvili first directly accused Moscow of supplying the army of a self-proclaimed republic with the latest weapons, including missiles of the Earth-Air class.

Frosts in Moscow and its environs intensify. That night, the air temperature in the region is expected to drop below minus 30 degrees. In the capital, the authorities called on residents of the city to save electricity and heat and not include additional heating devices. Moscow power plants switch to backup fuel - fuel oil and coal - due to gas supply restrictions.

In Iraq, the kidnappers of an American journalist threaten to kill her if all women are released in the country for 72 hours in the country. The Al -Juzira channel showed a short video with Jill Carroll - a journalist who wrote for Chrischen Sins Monitor. Responsibility for the abduction committed on January 7 was assumed by an previously unknown group of "Retribution Brigade". The US authorities say that they are doing everything possible to free Carroll.

A mass burial was found in Iraq, in which 22 people were located. According to the authorities, people buried in the grave were probably killed in 1991 during the suppression of the Shiite uprising against the regime of Saddam Hussein. The burial was found near the En-Udzhaf Holy for Shiites.

Expert proposals can make the current disputes around the “peaceful atom” irrelevant Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov appreciated the possible measures of pressure on Iran in connection with the resumption of Tehran of nuclear research as follows: “The question of sanctions raises a cart in front of the horse.

Victor Nechezin: Our correspondent Karen Agamirov is in the State Duma today. Karen, today the usual plenary meeting of the State Duma, but one of the issues that the deputies were going to discuss is renaming the holiday on February 23. Is such a question really on the agenda, and in general, what deputies are considering today? Karen Agamirov: This question is far somewhere on the agenda, we are talking about these holidays, but so far, what will be accepted there is unknown.