Why do one manage to "freeze" terrorist attacks, and others not? What is the difference between the attitude to a terrorist threat in Russia from what exists in Western countries? In the studio - the international observer of Novaya Gazeta Evgeny Bai. In touch from London - journalist Andrei Ostalsky. In touch from Madrid - his own correspondent of Radio Liberty Viktor Cheretsky.

Valentina Matvienko The governor of St. Petersburg Valentina Matvienko considers guilty of the roof collapse in the O'Kei shopping center its owner. Matvienko said that the commission created by the city government will conduct a special verification of the operation of the building. On Tuesday evening, during the collapse of the roof of the hypermarket, a woman died, about 20 people were injured, 12 of them remain in the hospital.

Ex-mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov-on the court Will the ex-mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov remain in Russia or will it look for another country for living? What experience will he learn from an attempt to get a residence permit in Latvia? And is this experience useful for understanding the hopes and aspirations of the Russian elite in general? As you know, some time ago, the ex-mayor of Moscow asked Latvia to give him a residence permit. The Russian press on this occasion was urged in sears.

Mikhail Margelov Mikhail Sokolov: Today in our Moscow studio is the director of the Center for Social and Political Research Vladimir Evseev and the chairman of the Committee on International Affairs of the Council of the Federation of Russia, representative of the United Russia party Mikhail Margelov. Today we will discuss the safety problems of the Russian Federation, ratification of the START agreement.

In St. Petersburg, the reasons for the collapse of the roof of the O'Kay shopping center are investigated on Tuesday evening, as a result of which 17 people were injured, a woman died. According to the head of the Ministry of Regional Development, Viktor Basargin, the working group of the ministry will be studied by studying the circumstances of the incident. The analysis of the rubble in the shopping center is planned to be completed by the evening of Wednesday.

In Chechnya, 5 policemen were injured in an explosion of household gas. All of them came from different regions of Russia. According to Interfax with reference to a source in law enforcement, the explosion occurred in a office premises in the suburbs of Grozny. According to the same source, according to the preliminary version, the reason for the incident was non -compliance with safety rules when using household gas equipment.

The Minister of Internal Affairs of Belarus Anatoly Kuleshov said that on December 19, 2010, the police behaved "as correctly" on the participants in the opposition campaign on December 19, 2010. Kuleshov said that 50 active rally participants have been detained to date. Most of the accusations threatens up to 15 years in prison, the rest take place as suspects. According to Kuleshov, criminal cases against those arrested will be sent to the courts in early February.

The number of Internet users in the world has reached two billion, ”said the head of the International Telecommunication Union at the UN Hamadun Tour on Wednesday. This is about 30 percent of the world's population. The number of registered mobile phones reached five billion. 10 years ago, half a billion people used in the world of mobile communications, and about 250 million. 57 percent of Internet users live in developing countries.

Boris Yeltsin in 1990 In Moscow, the “Multimedia Art Museum” today opens the exhibition “Boris Yeltsin and his time”, dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the first president of Russia. According to RIA Novosti, the exhibition will be presented with a photo chronic of the Yeltsin reign, excerpts of television surveys and films about the first Russian president.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, in connection with the terrorist attack at the Domodedovo airport, fired the head of the Department of Transport of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Central Federal District of Andrei Alekseev. In addition, according to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Rashid Nurgaliev, in connection with the terrorist attack, the head of the linear administration of Domodedovo and two of his deputies were dismissed from their posts.

Convicted American financier Bernard Madoff Russian President Dmitry Medvedev compared the ex-head of Yukos Mikhail Khodorkovsky with American businessman Bernard Madoff, recently convicted for major financial fraud. In an interview with Bloomberg TV, Medvedev said that "the investor must comply with laws.

Police guard, Davos, January 26, 2011 The performance of Dmitry Medvedev at the opening of the World Economic Forum is a sign of recognition from the world community of the importance of Russia in the global system of political and economic ties. At the same time, the discussion of violation of civil freedoms by the Russian authorities, in particular, the recent sentence to Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Plato Lebedev, show: the Kremlin’s reputation loss in the West becomes more and more tangible.

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Figure skating. European Championship. Bern, Switzerland Dance duets. After a short program 1. Natalie Peshal / Fabyen Burza (France) 2. Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitry Soloviev (Russia) 3. Shieded Kerr / John Kerr (UK)