Russian President Dmitry Medvedev Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at a meeting on Monday with his supporters advocated the creation of a strong party in the country, defending liberal values. According to the head of state, he would be glad if the new right -hand party, led by a person who enjoyed the support of the population, was represented in the State Duma. Whether the ex -Minister of Finance Alexei Kudrin will get to create such a party - I don’t know, ”Medvedev said.

The volume of Russian foreign trade during 2011 increased by 31% and amounted to $ 821 billion as a whole, the Federal Customs Service said. Export increased by 30% to the level of 2010 - up to $ 516 billion, and imports to Russia - by 33%, exceeding $ 305 billion. Thus, the excess of export over imports, or the positive foreign trade balance of Russia, amounted to $ 210 billion - by 25% more than in 2010.

The ex-candidate of the President of South Ossetia from the ruling party Anatoly Bibilov said that he would not participate in the new elections of the head of the self-proclaimed republic. He also called on other former applicants for the highest post in the republic to also refuse to participate in the vote scheduled for March 25, and support those political forces that can “unite the South Ossetian society”.

In Turkey, the accusation requires life imprisonment of Russian tourists who accused of poisoning by fake alcohol, Radio Liberty correspondent Elena Solntseva reports. Eight people are held in this case, including manufacturers of fake alcohol and the owners of the yacht who organized a walking walk, during which dozens of Russian tourists were poisoned. Five people died.

In Moscow on Sorge Street in a fire in a residential building on Monday evening, one person died, 15 managed to save. According to Interfax with reference to the capital's department of the Ministry of Emergencies, the fire occurred in an apartment on the top floor of a six -story building. Residents of neighboring apartments were evacuated. A fire, the area of which was 30 square meters, is extinguished.

Promotion "For Fair Elections", Moscow, 02.02.2012 The organizers of the “Fair Elections” campaign in Moscow on February 4 can be brought to administrative responsibility. According to the leader of the Left Front movement Sergei Udaltsov, all the applicants of the procession and rally on Bolotnaya Square were invited to come on Tuesday in the Yakimanka police department. The opposition faces a fine for the fact that the action began earlier than the time agreed with the authorities.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin today, during a meeting at the Novo-Ogarsovo residence near Moscow, said that there were no political prisoners in the country. Putin noted that he did not know a single person who would be in prison for political reasons, adding that those oppositionists who were delayed during the protest shares were detained for 15 days - for a long time at large.

Football. Championship of England. 24th round "Liverpool" - "Tottenham" 0: 0

Lyubov Kovaleva - mother of the convicted person in the Minsk metro Vladislav Kovalev The authorities of Belarus called unacceptable consideration by the UN Committee on Human Rights complaints of a mother of one of the accused of a terrorist attack in the Minsk metro in April last year. The Supreme Court of Belarus recognized 25-year-old residents of Vitebsk Dmitry Konovalov and Vladislav Kovalev guilty under the article "Terrorism", sentencing both to the death penalty.

In Moscow on February 6, the first meeting of the round table on December 12 is being held.

Count Ivan Paskevich and Prince Abbas-Mirza at the signing of a peace treaty in Turkmanchai Azerbaijan discuss the idea of changing the name of the country - to the Northern Azerbaijan Republic. About 8.5 million Azerbaijanis live in the north-west of Iran, bordering Azerbaijan-this is a little less than the population of Azerbaijan itself . The boundary of the division along the Araks River was fixed in the first half of the 19th century after several Russian-Persian wars.

One of the posters at the rally "For honest elections" in Irkutsk Russian bloggers-when they are not busy with the analysis of the hacked mail of the press secretary of the youth movement "Our" Christina Podontik-are discussed by rallies and putings that have passed on Saturday throughout the country. The main requirement of rallies - honest elections - is understandable to everyone. The second most frequency requirement - Russia without Putin - in some cases required clarification.

Football. Championship of Spain. 22nd round "Sporting" - "Osasuna" 1: 1 "Seville" - "Villarreal" 1: 2 "Saragosa" - "district Valkano" 1: 2 "Atletico" - "Valencia" 0: 0 After the 22nd round 1. "Real" 55 points 2. "Barcelona" 48 3. "Valencia" 37