After five rounds, the Indian grandmaster Vishvanatan Anand, who won Wengra, Petera Leko, continues to lead the Vake-An-See in the Vake-An-See. Successfully played in the fifth round and Vasily Ivanchuk (Ukraine), who defeated Gatu Kamsky (USA). He caught up with Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria), who divided his point with Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan).

The export of oil from Russia from February 1, 2006 will decrease to $ 160.8 per ton. The corresponding government decree was signed by Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov. Now the rate of export fee for oil is $ 179.6 per ton, which is 30 cents lower than a record indicator operating from October 1 to November 30, 2005. The fee for export of oil from Russia is revised by the government every two months on the basis of monitoring its value in the world market.

Alexander GOSTEV: The most high -tech prison in the world has recently opened in Holland. New technological developments provide prisoners with great freedom of movement - under the close observation of cameras, and also reduce the costs of their maintenance. Our correspondent of Radio Liberty in Amsterdam Sofya Kornienko talks about the next Dutch experiment. Sofya Kornienko : a prison created in the image of the television project "Big Brother". Sounds frightening.

Culture in the narrow sense are events associated with theater, music, cinema, painting, literature and so on. But culture has a wide meaning: this is a way of life, a way of thinking, self -awareness in the world. It is this culture that is the content of the program, which is conducted by Igor Pomerantsev.

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From 9 to 10 in the morning we will talk about what the beginning day is preparing for us. Imagine the panorama of political, sports, scientific news, live live with guests and experts the latest topics of the new day, talk about the life of two Russian capitals.

The State Duma has amended the Tax Code The parliament in a hurry corrected the last year’s mistake of the Ministry of Finance on the issue of returning VAT exporters. An incorrectly written law on the zero tax rate has been valid from January 1, but it is almost impossible to return the money paid on it. In hindsight and at once in three readings over the past two days, the deputies had to make changes to the Tax Code. The benefit of the zero VAT rate exists throughout the world.

At the stage of the World Cup in Antholce-Anterselva (Italy) on Friday, a pursuit of 12.5 km in men was held. The German biathlonist Rickko Gross, having gone to the distance of the second with a delay of 34 seconds from the winner of the sprint - Norwegian Frost Andresen, managed to overtake him along the race. Not allowing a single miss on four firing borders, Gross won his first victory in the season.

In the city of Gus-Khrustalny, the Vladimir region, an explosion occurred in a residential building. Two people were killed, 15 - they received burns and injuries. A strong fire arose at the scene of the explosion. Residents are evacuated. It is difficult to extinguish the fire - in the 30 -degree frost, water instantly freezes. According to the preliminary version, household gas exploded in the basement of the house.

The novel of the writer Raji al-Sani, “Girls of Riyad,” published in Lebanon, became a bestseller in Saudi Arabia, despite the ban of this book. The characters of the novel are young homosexuals and lesbians who drink alcohol women, sexually indefatigable men. Young readers are actively discussing this book on the Internet. Wahhabism is a state religion of Saudi Arabia.

The European Space Agency demonstrated the prototype of a qualitatively new ion reactive engine for Dual-Stage 4-Grid (DS4G) spacecraft. The expiration of the working body in the new engine is an order of magnitude greater than the previous samples and reaches 210 kilometers per second. This will allow spacecraft to carry more payload in comparison with the mass of fuel than today.

In the Indian state of Kashmir from the mountain road, a passenger bus broke into the abyss - at least 50 people died. The bus flew 120 meters. 15 surviving passengers were taken to a nearby hospital - in critical condition.

In Kamchatka, 14 Ural cars were in snow captivity - 70 kilometers from the regional center. Fuel in the Urals is enough for people to bask. According to the correspondent of Radio "Freedom", a group of rescuers went from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to the aid of the "truckers". They plan to arrive in the village of Nadezhda, where the base camp is deployed, and from there on snowmobiles with the load of food will go to the column.

Country, party, Super Bowl. Soil style legends Willy Nelson and Toby Kiter warm up the audience before the 38th draw of the main prize of American football Even a year after the repeated inaguration of George Bush, there is no consensus on the post of president of the United States , which exactly brought him victory in the elections.

The American singer and composer Tom Waits won the process against Volkswagen-Audi, which used an imitation of his voice and changed the text of his song in Spanish advertising without the author’s permission. The case was considered by the Spanish court. The company was obliged to pay Tom Waitsu several thousand euros. The singer does not allow anyone to use his vote for advertising purposes.