There are many politics with businessmen in the meetings of the Russian president, experts say The day before, Vladimir Putin held in the Kremlin that the Russian large business has already become a traditional meeting. One of the participants in the discussion, the head of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, Alexander Shokhin, is confident that after a conversation with the president in the Russian economy there will be serious changes.

The Russian embassy in Ukraine confirmed information about the ban on entry into Russia to the deputy of the Verkhovna Rada from the Bloc "Our Ukraine" Petro Poroshenko. The reasons for the ban are not reported. On February 3, at the Pulkovo airport in St. Petersburg Poroshenko, who arrived on a private visit, they said that he was prohibited to Russia. The Foreign Ministry of Ukraine demanded official explanations from Moscow.

The next matches of the NBA regular championship ended. “Phoenix” in overtime defeated Portland 109: 102 and was equal to the number of victories - 39 with the leader of the Dallas season, while having one defeat more. The results of other meetings: Detroit - Boston - 109: 102 "New York"-"Lon-Angeles Clippers"-102: 90 "Memphis" - "Houston" - 90:98 “Miluoki” - “Orlando” - 116: 111.

Four Iraqi officers were detained on suspicion of involvement in the recent abduction of the Iranian diplomat in Baghdad, said Foreign Minister Iraq Hoshiyar Zebari. According to him, there are serious reasons to say that the Americans were not captured by the diplomat. Zebari emphasized that the Iraqi authorities are doing everything possible for his liberation.

The Prime Minister of Iraq Nuri al-Malika called on the army command to speed up preparations for a large-scale operation to search and eliminate extremists in Baghdad. Al-Maliki emphasized that delay will lead to an increase in the number of terrorist attacks, the victims of which are becoming more and more people. Over the past day, up to twenty people died in Iraq. In Baghdad, 25 bodies were found with traces of violent death.

The program is conducted by Nikita Tatar. The Radio Liberty correspondent Yuri Bagrov takes part. Nikita Tatarsky: Today, the Minister of Defense of Russia Sergey Ivanov will perform in the State Duma. He will tell the deputies about the plan for re -equipping the armed forces with modern weapons and equipment.

The development of the Vasilievsky Island is fraught with environmental disaster, ecologists say In St. Petersburg, the first court session was held at the suit of the public organization “Protect the island of Vasilievsky” to the city government and the legislative assembly. The lawsuit needs to recognize the law “On the target program for the development of the sea passenger terminal on Vasilyevsky Island” invalid. The next meeting is scheduled for the end of February.

Searching for a bird flu virus source in the UK. Irina Lagunina: In Britain, there are a search for the source of the virus, which caused a flash of a bird's flu on a farm in the county of the sufferer. More than one and a half thousand birds have already been destroyed on the farm where the infection is discovered, but scientists have no consensus on how the virus hit the farm.

The program is conducted by Mark Krutov. The Radio Liberty correspondent Oleg Kusov takes part. Mark Krutov: One of their most successful sectors of the Russian economy, according to the authorities, is defense. Each new successful contract for the supply of Russian weapons abroad is widely covered in the media. Although it is not a secret that the Russian army itself often continues to use morally and financially outdated equipment.

The Dutch prosecutor's office demanded for the husser Hiddinka ten months of imprisonment for non-payment of taxes of the discussion in Europe on the introduction of Euro-5 and Euro-6 standards that it could happen that a mentally unbalanced person got into a detachment of American astronauts-the Laureate of the National Confrisch of Cinemics and the Film Press "White Elephant" White Elephant "White Elephant" White Elephant "

Member of the leadership of the European Union Javier Solan is conducting negotiations in Protina today with the leaders of the Kosovo Albanians. After that, Solan will go to Belgrade, where the European Union delegation will discuss the problem of Kosovo with the leadership of Serbia. The other day, the leaders of Serbia and Kosovo presented the UN plan according to the future status of the region, which is formally part of Serbia, but is under the international protectorate.

At least 19 people, including two US troops, died over the past day in different areas of Iraq. Armed attacks were committed in Baghdad, Baacuba and a number of other cities. In the Tiger River near the city of Suvair, 4 bodies were found with traces of violent death. In Baghdad, 25 such bodies were found. On Tuesday, American and Iraqi troops conducted an operation to search for militants in the Baghdad district of Adhamia, inhabited mainly by Sunnis.

The volume of private deposits in Russian banks in November 2006 increased by 2.6% and on December 1 amounted to almost 3.5 trillion rubles, the Central Bank of Russia said. At the current rate - 132 billion dollars or 13% of the country's GDP. For comparison: in China, the volume of private deposits in banks exceeds 80% of GDP, the volume of which in 2006 was 2.5 times higher than the volume of the Russian economy.

In Yekaterinburg, as a result of a fire at the agrospetzmontazh enterprise, 8 people died, more than 10 suffered Sergei Ivanov to tell the State Duma deputies about the plan of re-equipment of the Russian Armed Forces in Moscow, a awarding ceremony of the White Elephant laureates on one of the Russian Internet sites dedicated to the antiques, an announcement appeared on the sale of holy stages