The editors of the Vesti program in just a day radically improved the position of Russian cinema veterans - without spending a penny from the budget. On February 24, Dmitry Petrov’s report on the distinguished position in which the house of cinema veterans was published on the air of the Vesti program. Here is his text with small abbreviations: “Veterans of Russian cinema turned to the State Duma for help, who faces a forced change of residence and creativity.

Israeli billionaire Arkady Gaidamak applied for Russian citizenship . This is informed by "Echo of Moscow" with reference to the publication "Gaorets". It is reported that Gaidamak is interested in the sooner receipt of the Russian passport in order to avoid criminal prosecution in France, where he is accused of illegal weapons.

Charles Darwin left the descendants the theory that they still argue about The world's first museum of evolution appeared in Russia. 100 years ago it was founded by Alexander Kots . Today, more than a thousand people per day come to the Darwin Museum . About how the museum popularizes the theory of evolution, on the air of Radio Liberty was told by its researchers-the head of the research department, Alexander Rubtsov and the scientific secretary Julia Shubina.

On February 25 and 27, on the stage of the Mikhail Baryshnikov Center in New York, the school-studio of the Moscow Art Theater shows the play “Not All Cat Maslenitsa” , in which Konstantin Raikin plays with his students, as well as fragments of diploma performances “Work from the mind” and “Hamlet”. Students arrived in New York for the second time.

US President Barack Obama, speaking in Washington, called on Congress to adopt laws that would intensify the supervision of the state over financial markets. According to Obama, the strengthening of regulation in the financial sector will help in the future to avoid crises similar to the current one. At the same time, the US President emphasized that the new rules should not suppress market activity.

In Moscow, negotiations of the presidents of Russia and Montenegro Dmitry Medvedev and Philip Vuyanovich will be held. According to the Interfax agency, leaders will discuss the development of cooperation in trade, economic, investment and military-technical spheres. In addition, presidents will affect the problems of pan -European stability, as well as a separate topic of Kosovo. It is also planned to discuss the Russian initiative to develop an agreement on European security.

Bangladesh authorities demanded that the military units have raised the riot to lay down a weapon ( photo ). Prime Minister Sheikh Hasin warned that tough measures would be taken against the rebels. According to Western agencies, tanks entered the capital of Dacca and took positions near the headquarters of the border troops, where rebels are based.

Polish Foreign Minister Radoslav Sikorsky said that the United States had not yet decided whether they would place anti -missile defense facilities (PRO) in Poland and the Czech Republic. He said this in an interview with Reuters after negotiations with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. According to Sikorsky, the Barack Obama administration has still other priorities.

In Makhachkala, on Thursday evening, an explosion occurred on the way of the bus with police officers. Four policemen and one passerby were injured. Later, another explosive device was found at the scene. The investigation is conducted.

The South Korean company UMID began selling the MBook laptop , which the company calls the "smallest and lightest laptop in the world." The size of the laptop is 16 by 10 centimeters, and its weight is 315 grams. The developers emphasize that the model belongs to the class of laptops, and is not a netbook, that is, a device for entering the network. MBook has a fairly powerful processor, equipped with a third-generation mobile networks and Wi-Max class wireless networks.