Alexey Arbatov Today, the State Duma Committee on International Affairs discusses with representatives of the North Atlantic Alliance the prospects of relations between Russia and NATO. For the first time on Okhotnoye, all 12 members of NATO, headed by the former US Secretary of State Madeline Albright, will take part in the expanded meeting of the Committee.

Prague, winter, Vltava embankment In Prague, as in many cities of Europe, this winter homeless people more often than usual, die on the street from frostbite . Prague magistrate is trying to help them - for example, this year for the homeless for the first time they canceled the fee for the services of a well -known night house in the city on the water, where they can wait for a frosty night.

Miron Markevich, head coach of the Ukrainian football team Euro 2012-not far off, and somehow deciding on the infrastructure, in Ukraine they decided to engage in football ... Miron Markevich was elected the head coach of the national team. As always in Kiev, they "harnessed for a long time", and finally, at the Executive Committee of the Football Federation of Ukraine, insight has descended: Miron Markevich was elected the head coach of the national team.

"Scientific Museum in the 21st century." Literary prizes of the magazine "Star". The book of Martin Esslin "Theater of the absurdity". "Peter Belov in the circle of friends." Sumbatov-yuzhin in the Theater "Contemporary".

Tournament WTA. Pattaya Second round Anna Chakvetadze (Russia) - Anastasia Rodionova (Australia) - 6:4, 6:1 Vera Zvonareva (Russia) - Alberta Brianti (Italy) - 6:3, 6:2 Ekaterina Bychkova (Russia) - Vera Dushevina (Russia, 3) - 6:4, 6:1 Tournament ATP. Rotterdam Second round Nikolai Davydegnko (Russia) - Marcos Bagdatis (Cyprus) - 6:3, 6:2 Mikhail Yuzhny (Russia) - Marsel Ilkhan (Turkey) - 6:4, 6:4

Are there real forces in Putin Russia interested in the modernization of the country? Discuss: politician and political analyst Vladimir Ryzhkov and President of the Association of privatized and private enterprises Grigory Tomchin.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky The Khamovnican Court of Moscow, where the trial in the case of former co -owners of Yukos Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Plato Lebedev about the assignment of shares, theft of oil and the legalization of criminally acquired funds will consider the request of state prosecutors to extend the deadlines for detention. According to prosecutors, in the case of a change in the preventive measure, Khodorkovsky and Lebedev may hide or put pressure on witnesses.

Yolo Stoster, self -portrait The State Literary Museum has opened an exhibition of graphics and painting by Yolo Steers, a cult figure of the Soviet underground. The works of this artist have not been shown in Moscow for a long time. The current exhibition was dedicated to the publication of the book of memoirs of the widow of the artist Lydia Stoster "I am from Krasin Street." For seven years, Yulo Stoster spent in the camps of the Gulag.

In South Africa, the 20th anniversary of the liberation from Nelson Mandela is celebrated today. He was released after 28 years of imprisonment for organizing speeches against the policy of the apartheid, which was conducted by the government of the country. Four years after the release, he was elected the first black as the President of the South African Republic. Mandela - Nobel Laureate of the World.

These were these terrible explosions in Ulyanovsk. Ulyanovsk entrepreneurs, who, at the request of the military, participated in the elimination of the consequences of the explosions at the Arsenal in November last year, still have not received the promised compensation for the costs of building materials and the salary of workers from the Ministry of Defense of Russia.