Alexander Makarov (NISOVSKY) The road to kindergarten runs through twenty -degree frost. Joseph requires a rose. Frost is not a hindrance, rather, on the contrary - justifies it. Indeed, it would be strange if a person who, in response to a proposal to go brushing his teeth, is under the bed (usually in a closet (for a variety), did not want a rose precisely when he sticks out to the waist in a snowdrift. And almost hopelessly late for breakfast.

A new series from the Cartoulus cycle "Opening of Russia" . The heroes of the series Khryun Morzhov, Stepan Cabbage and the dog Philip study the milestones of Russian history and expose propaganda myths. This time the researchers got to the Time of Troubles. Part 1 Your browser does not support HTML5 Opening of Russia 5 - "Time of Troubles" Part 2 Your browser does not support HTML5 Opening of Russia 5 - "Time of Time" part 2 Previous series: 1. Ruriki 2. Alexander Nevsky 3. Three Rus' 4.

The Supreme Court of England provided political asylum to the Russian businessman Nikolai Glushkov, - Interfax reports, referring to the Israeli online publication of the Cursor. In 2006, the court in Moscow sentenced the businessman Boris Berezovsky, a business partner of the famous businessman - by a conditional time on charges of theft of Aeroflot funds, after which Glushkov filed a request for asylum in the UK, claiming that his criminal prosecution in Russia was politically motivated.

The world economy is coming out of the recession faster than expected. This is claimed by the International Monetary Fund, which presented a new forecast for the growth of the global economy in 2010. According to the IMF, it will be about 4 percent - while last year there was a decline. The Director of the IMF Director Dominic Stross-Kan, however, warned the government against too fast abolition of anti-crisis measures they introduced-since the growth is still unstable.

Video blogger Major Dymovsky The Russian political blogosphere again discusses about Major Dymovsky . The reason was his arrest in the case of fraud using his official position (according to unverified information, we are talking about the embezzlement of several tens of thousands of rubles allocated for operational events). Judging by the rather calm reaction of bloggers, this event was gone as a surprise: now you will not surprise anyone with the arrest of opposition.

The Moscow Helsinki Group and the Memorial Center on Wednesday stated that they would support the opposition’s rally in defense of the constitutional rights of citizens, scheduled for January 31. According to Interfax, this was stated by the leaders of two human rights organizations - Lyudmila Alekseeva and Oleg Orlov. Earlier, the Moscow authorities banned a rally on the Triumphal Square, since a cultural event was scheduled for this day. The opposition claims to be a rally, despite the ban.

The building of the Skryabin Museum in Moscow (2006, the author of the photo is Barichev) From today, the order of the Moscow Department of Culture has come into force on the dismissal of the director of the State Memorial Museum Scriabin Tamara Rybakova. 26 years ago, she managed to restore the dying building of the museum and then turn it into a cultural center, known far beyond Russia. The famous musicians performed in defense of Tamara Rybakova.

The Federation Council today ratified the 14th protocol to the European Convention on the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. Two weeks ago, the document was approved by the State Duma. Thus, Russia became the last of the countries of the Council of Europe, which ratified the document that provides for the reform of the European Court of Human Rights in order to accelerate the consideration of cases.

In Moscow today, consideration of the lawsuit against the journalist and human rights activist Alexander Podrabink will continue in connection with his article "as an anti -Soviet anti -Soviet." A member of the Council of Veterans of the Great Patriotic War Viktor Semenov, who stated that the article was defeating his honor and dignity, filed a complaint to the court.

Opposition presidential candidate Sri Lanka Sarat Fonseca said that he would not accept victory in the election of his rival, the current president of Makhinda Rajapax. According to official figures, Rajapax gained more than 57 percent of the vote, Fonseca, a retired commander of the Lanka Army, 40 percent. General Fonseca said that he would challenge the voting results in court, since he believes that during the election campaign, his opponent abused power.

Irina Lagunina: The Serbian Orthodox Church, numbering about 11 million parishioners around the world, elected a new patriarch. He was the 80-year-old Bishop of Nish, Irenaeus Gavrilovich. According to the rules of the Serbian Church, the Patriarch elected the Holy Bishop Cathedral, by secret vote, until three candidates received more than half the votes - four rounds were needed for this.

A new series from the Cartoulus cycle "Opening of Russia" . The heroes of the series Khryun Morzhov, Stepan Cabbage and the dog Philip study the milestones of Russian history and expose propaganda myths. This time the researchers got to the Time of Troubles. Part 1 Part 2 Previous series: 1. Ruriki 2. Alexander Nevsky 3. Three Rus' 4. Oprichnina

The United States expand the help of Yemen to help him cope with the threat that the al-Qaeda militants operating in this country represent. This was stated by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton based on the results of the International Summit in London dedicated to Yemen.

The presidents of Russia and the United States on Wednesday in the evening discussed the prospects for signing a new agreement on strategic offensive weapons (START). According to the Kremlin press service, Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama agreed to give instructions to complete the refinement of a new contract in the near future. Russian-American negotiations on the START will resume in Geneva on February 1.

In the Nazran district of Ingushetia on Wednesday, four police officers were injured as a result of shelling. Presumably the three attackers opened fire from the car on the armored car "Gazelle", in which the police were located. All police officers are hospitalized. The search for attackers is being conducted.