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Vitaly Petrov The rivalry with a teammate is the most difficult of all possible rivalry in Formula 1. And the Russian racer "Lotus-Reno" Vitaly Petrov may have to fully encounter such a test in the beginning season. An unexpected rally accident deprived the team of the first issue of Robert Kubitsa and led Petrov from his shadow.

In Minsk, the former presidential candidate of Belarus Ales Mikhalevich was released from the investigative of the KGB. According to Interfax with reference to the wife of Mikhalevich, he was released on a recognizance not to leave. Ales Mikhalevich was detained on December 19 during mass protests after presidential elections in Belarus. A criminal case has been opened on him.

In Kabardino-Balkaria, on Saturday night, the cable car was blown up on the slope of Mount Elbrus. According to preliminary data, there are no victims. Separ and police officers work at the scene. In the republic, the searches of unknown people who attacked a minibus with Moscow tourists who went to the Elbrusier ski resort on Friday also continue in the republic. Earlier it was reported that three people were killed, two were hospitalized with injuries.

Demonstrators in the city of Tobruk destroyed the monument to the "Green Book" of the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi Libyan authorities intend to suppress any attempts to shift President Muammar Gaddafi, which has been ruling the country for 40 years. This statement sounded after the bloody events of the last days. The newspaper, close to the son of Gaddafi, said that in the third largest city in the country al-Baida, the demonstrators were hanged by two police officers on Friday.

The United States imposed a veto on the UN Security Council, condemning the expansion of Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. The remaining 14 members of the Council voted "for" the adoption of the resolution. The US representative at the UN Susan Rice assured the rest of the Security Council that the imposition of a veto does not mean support for Israel on the construction of settlements.

Anti -government demonstration in Bahrain, February 18, 2011 The security forces of the monarchist regime of Bahrain on February 18, as a day earlier, opened fire on protesters, injuring at least 50 people. The unrest in Bahrain and in other countries of the Arab East remain the subject of close attention of American politicians and experts.

Belgian youth is trying to draw the attention of society to the fact that the political crisis is not at all the same as the national Belgium set a world record of the latest history of the duration of the government crisis: politicians cannot form the government for more than eight months. How and who will finally form the federal cabinet of ministers? According to the Constitution, the Kingdom of Belgian is a federation formed by three regions and three language communities.

The condition of two Moscow tourists wounded during the attack in Kabardino-Balkaria is evaluated as moderate. Earlier it was reported that three people were killed, including a woman. All of them are from Moscow - their personalities are established. A criminal case has been opened. An attack on a minibus with tourists, traveling to the Elbrusier ski resort, occurred on Friday evening.

Alexander Kasatkin: A strange mix of national traditions, Sharia norms more and more penetrates into the social structure of the Chechen Republic, thanks to the decisions of its leadership, as noted more than once, directly contrary to the laws of the secular state. The situation with the Muslim-Vanahski dress code, which was introduced in Chechnya in order, is analyzed by Alexander Cherkasov, a member of the board of the Memorial human rights center.

One of the immutable truths: without knowledge of yesterday, you cannot understand today. The presenter Vladimir Toltz is talking about Russia: how its past appears in the present - votes, evidence, disputes.

The capital of Bahrain Manama: wounded demonstrator US President Barack Obama condemned Bahrain’s authorities for the use of force against peaceful demonstrators and called for significant reforms. As the representative of the White House Jay Carney told reporters, in a telephone conversation with King Bahrain Hamad Bin Iso al-Khalifoy, the American leader gamous that the basis of stability in the country should be respect for fundamental human rights.

In Nalchik on Saturday evening, a policeman was shot dead. It is reported that the fire was opened by mistake. According to Interfax, the incident occurred in the center of the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria. The road police officer requested support for precinct inspectors. When three district police officers with machine guns arrived at the place, an employee of the road police, taking them for militants, opened fire. Assistant to the district inspector Timur Dolov was killed in 1985.

Yove Musevin (right) with President Iran Ahmadinejad In the election of the President of Uganda - the state in Central Africa - the current head of state Yoves Museumen is the leader. According to incomplete preliminary voting results, held on Friday, he was supported by more than two -thirds of voters. The counting of the votes continues and will end, as expected, on Sunday. Museven has been in power for 25 years.