The share of natural gas in the total income of Russian exports was 13%, and in the foreseeable perspective, the gas will remain one of the main elements of the commodity structure of the foreign trade of Russia, the Gazprom state concern says. They also noted that now the concern continues to hold first place in the world for the export of natural gas, providing about a quarter of its supplies to foreign markets.

The French AXA, one of the largest insurance companies in Europe, completed the purchase of 36.7% of the shares of the Russian RESO-Garantia, which is included in the first five companies of this sector in Russia. The amount of the transaction that the parties announced at the end of 2007 amounted to 1.15 billion dollars, which makes it the largest insurance services in the Russian market.

Anna Politkovskaya The program is conducted by Kirill Kobrin. The Radio Liberty correspondent Andrei Shary takes part. Kirill Kobrin : The disclosure of high -profile criminal cases, which include the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, was associated with the reorganization of the Russian law enforcement system, in particular with the creation of a special Investigative Committee at the Prosecutor General.

The Novaya Gazeta clarifies: the investigation of the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, but only his first series, has ended The Investigative Committee at the Russian Prosecutor's Office today said that the investigation of the case of the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya was completed. It is known that the accusations have already been brought by Sergei Khadzhikurbanov and the brothers Jabrail and Ibrahim Makhmudov.

Rusty "iron" can be taken away and free This week in Moscow, raids are held to identify the car owners abandoned by the owners who spoil the view of the city and occupy scarce places in the parking lots. Representatives of city prefectures and associations of administrative and technical inspections (OATIs) are engaged in identifying and disposing of old cars.

The Moscow Publishing House "Terra-Book Club" released the next, 14th volume of works of Korney Chukovsky from the planned 15. Here, for the first time, the most significant in the literary and historically letter of Chukovsky’s letter - Innocent Annensky, Vasily Rozanov, Alexei Remizov, Vladimir Korolenko, Ilya Repin, Valery Bryusov, Pavel Shchegoleva were collected. Letters cover the period from 1903 to 1925 and often make up for many gaps in the relationship of the sender and addressee.

Yuri Zhigalkin: The presidential confrontation between Barack Obama and John McCain began almost on equal terms. The last survey showed an unexpectedly insignificant McCain lag from Obama, which looks paradoxical, given the record low rating of the current republican administration, difficult economic times, the unpopularity of the Iraqi war and the popularity of Obama about the need for change in Washington.

The number of victims of yesterday’s attack in the north of Baghdad increased to 60s, more than 70 people were injured. The mined car was blown up in the Shiite district of Al-Harria. The US military stated that Shiites committed the terrorist attack - members of the militarized group of former militias who began the armed struggle against the Sunnis who moved to al -Harria.

In the south of Afghanistan, hundreds of families left their homes in connection with the preparation of the offensive of the Afghan army and the forces of the international coalition in the position of the Taliban. Fifteen kilometers northwest of Kandahar, NATO helicopters scattered leaflets with a proposal to local residents to leave the area of probable hostilities. The police said that about four thousand people had already left their homes.

In North Ossetia, more than three thousand people remained without gas as a result of an accident without gas. According to the regional center of the Ministry of Emergencies, in the Kirovsky district of North Ossetia, the settled herring was damaged by the gas pipeline - residents of the village of Cardin (50 kilometers from Vladikavkaz) were left without gas supply. Repair work is underway.

The British Council intends to appeal in court the tax claims presented by the Russian party for the 2004th-2006 years. What amount we are talking about is unknown. The British Council claims to pay all taxes. On Thursday, the Basmanny Court of Moscow will consider the case. At the end of last year, the British Council was forced to close his offices in Yekaterinburg and St. Petersburg due to the fact that they, as the Russian authorities said, did not have the necessary legal status.

Boris Paramonov’s essay “Sex in the suburbs” of jazz free Dmitry Savitsky: Pianists Ahmad Jamal and Earl Garner

Scientists of the Carolingian Institute in Sweden compared the size of the cerebral hemispheres in ninety adults. Men and women of various sexual orientation participated in the experiment. It turned out that in male homosexuals and heterosexual women the right and left hemispheres were approximately the same. Lesbians and heterosexual men have the right hemisphere more than the left.

On Wednesday, matches of the 1/8 finals at women's tournaments in the UK and Holland were played. The results of matches of Russian tennis players are as follows: Istborn Ekaterina Makarova - Vera Zvonareva - 6: 3, 6: 3 Alisa Kleibanova - Aravan Rezai (France) - 6: 3, 5: 7, 6: 3 Karolina Voznyatski (Denmark) - Svetlana Kuznetsova - 6: 2, 6: 2 Hertogenbosh Elena Dementieva - Sarah Errani (Italy) - 6: 3, 7: 5