In Algeria today, the chief of the National Police Ali Tunchi is killed. According to the Algerian Ministry of the Interior, Tunchi was shot dead by one of his employees during a meeting in his working office. According to some reports, the shooter tried to commit suicide, but survived. It was hospitalized in serious condition and is in the hospital under the supervision of security services. The reasons for what happened are being clarified.

The United States criticized Israel because he declared two shrines in the Palestinian territories on the west coast of Jordan by the National Israeli heritage. The representative of the US State Department, Mark Touniner, said Washington regarding this step as provocative and not contributing to the unlocking of Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations. The statement of Israel caused a critical reaction to the UN. A wave of protests swept through the territories of the west coast.

Official representatives of India and Pakistan have been negotiating today - for the first time since 2008. It is expected that foreign ministers of the two countries will discuss measures to combat terrorism, as well as the situation in Kashmir, the disputed region on the border of India and Pakistan. Delhi stopped official negotiations with Islamabad after terrorist attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai in 2008. Then more than 170 people died.

Turkish President Abdullah Gul and Prime Minister Recep Erdogan discussed with the head of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces Ilker Bashbug the events in the country associated with the arrest of a number of former generals. As Radio Liberty correspondent Elena Solntseva reports, during negotiations that lasted more than three hours, the parties agreed to act within the framework of the rule of law.

Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Kirill Today in Kyiv there will be a ceremony of bringing to the oath and the inauguration of the newly elected President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych. One of the main characters in the celebration will be the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Kirill. At the ceremony, which in most states is held as a social event, there will be no representatives of other Ukrainian branches of Orthodoxy.

Alexander Ovechkin in a match with Canada was practically turned off the game In addition to the Canadian team, the US Olympiad’s semifinals, in addition to the Canadian team, reached the national teams of the USA, Finland and Slovakia, unlike the Russian national team. About the causes of the defeat of Russian hockey players and the possible final match of Canada, the USA says sports observer Oleg Vinokurov.

The Memorial Society states that the name of the killer of human rights activist Natalia Estemirova is not known to law enforcement agencies.

The investigation established the identity of the killer of the human rights activist Natalia Estemirova. According to Russian agencies, law enforcement agencies are searching for it. Nothing is reported about the customer of the crime. An employee of the Memorial human rights center Natalya Estemirova was stolen in Grozny on July 15 last year and on the same day was found killed in Ingushetia.

Leaders and ministers of a number of European states and the EU are discussing today in Budapest issues of the economy and ecology of the Danube countries. The conference is the next stage in the development of the development strategy of this region. Last year, European The Council submitted the appropriate program, which should be approved in March 2011. It covers 14 countries of the Danube basin, including 8 EU members, as well as Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Ukraine and Moldova.

AvtoVAZ, the largest car manufacturer in Russia, said that it plans to produce more than 38 thousand cars in March - in connection with the start of the state program of preferential exchange of utilized old cars, more than 10 years, for new ones. For comparison: in January, AvtoVAZ produced 17.5 thousand cars, and in February, it is expected that the release will be about 25 thousand.