The next stage of the intra -party struggle for the nomination of the presidential candidate from the Republican Party of the United States will be held on February 7. On this day, elections in the States of Colorado and Minnesota will be held. Former Governor of Massachusset Mitt Romny is clearly leading. In second place is the former speaker of the Congress New Gingrich. On the third - the former Senator Rick Santorum, on the fourth - the congressman from Texas Ron Paul.

Ilya Ponomarev The first meeting of the Civil Council - a structure created at the initiative of the policy of Ilya Ponomarev - will be held on February 7 in the premises of network public television. Civil Council is a coordinating body of a civil movement where every political or civil activist can enter. The composition of the Civil Council is limited: it includes sixty representatives of these different political and public groups.

Bashar Assad and Sergey Lavrov Russian bloggers are discussing the meeting of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin with political scientists.

The Russian State Duma adopted in the third - final - reading a bill tightening punishment for pedophilia - this term is introduced into Russian legislation for the first time. The law, in particular, prohibits the application of conditional conviction and delay in punishment for children of children under 14 years of age. When committing a sexual crime against a child under 12 years of age or for relapse, imprisonment is provided for a period of 15 years to a lifelong opinion.

In Iran, at least 65 Arabs living in the province of Khuzestan in the south-west of the country were arrested during the raids that have been held in this region since the end of last year. This was reported by the International Human Rights Human Rights Watch. In today's statement, Human Rights Watch urged Tehran to investigate the deaths of the two prisoners in the prison of the Iranian Ministry of Security.

The Central Electoral Commission will fulfill any decision of the Supreme Court on the complaint of one of the founders of the Yabloko party Grigory Yavlinsky, who was refused registration with a presidential candidate. As the secretary of the department Nikolai Konkin stated today at a press conference in Moscow, if the court decides to register Yavlinsky, the CEC reprints ballots.

The authorities of Italy admitted that the country arose in the country - in connection with unusually strong colds and a decrease in gas supplies from Russia. Representatives of ENI said that they are taking emergency measures in order to prevent interruptions in the heat supply of residential buildings. In particular, the volume of gas supplies from Algeria and Norway will be increased. Some industrial enterprises have been forced to reduce gas consumption in recent days.

Bashar Assad and Sergey Lavrov In Damascus today, negotiations have begun between Syria President Bashar Assad and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. According to the Syrian agency "Sana", Lavrov said that Russia is interested in the fact that the Syrian people live in peace and harmony. It is expected that during the visit of Lavrov to Syria, he will try to convince the Syrian president of the need for political reforms.

Greece Prime Minister Lucas Papadimos Greece Prime Minister Lucas Papadimos today is expected to meet with the leaders of parties included in the ruling coalition to discuss the conditions for obtaining a new tranche of the loan from the European Union, the International Monetary Fund and the European Central Bank. Papadimos needs to achieve the approval of conditions, among which - the implementation of new reforms aimed at reducing government spending, and budget changes.

It is nice to fulfill promises: a special project "Parallel" - already on the page, will soon complement it (and complete) an interview about East Germany. The time of promises is now with presidential candidates; One of them has a promise to fulfill. The poor are promised increased payments, rich taxes - increased taxes, so in the end, presumably, everything is compensated and the state budget will not be damaged. We’ll talk about this in the program.

Police Lieutenant Denis Ivanov (in the center), accused of beating 15-year-old Nikita Leontyev On February 7, 60 officers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs arrived from Moscow to St. Petersburg to check the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region. The audit is related to the recent death of 15-year-old Nikita Leontyev at the 44th stronghold of the Nevsky district police.

Vice President of the Altyn holding Antonina Babosyuk The Supreme Court of Russia today recognized the decision of the Moscow City Court, which refused to return the seized material evidence to the heads of the Altyn jewelry holding. According to agencies, the defense complaint was rejected due to the fact that material evidence, including one and a half tons of gold, pass in another criminal case.

Ecologists at the procession "For Fair Elections" in Moscow, February 4, 2012 Irina Lagunina: We continue today a series of conversations, which I conventionally called "the community of those who advocate honest elections." And I really want this program to have a community of such people. Therefore, I suggest everyone who wants to continue this discussion on my Facebook page.

Irina Lagunina: On the air, the next chapter of the historical study “Russian Collaboration”. It is dedicated to Soviet children, who were attracted to cooperation by German intelligence. The author and the host are Vladimir Abarinov. Chapter Ninth - "Thanks to the Fuhrer for our happy childhood." Part One. Vladimir Abarinov: In our Soviet childhood, we knew the names of the heroes -heroes who died in the fight against the German invaders - Volodya Dubinin, Lenya Golikov, Valya Kotik.

Elena Rykovtseva : Dozens, and maybe hundreds of outstanding cultural and art figures of the Russian Federation received a “black mark” these days - they were not invited to the authorized persons of the presidential “number one” by Vladimir Putin. Just imagine the condition of the main director of a solid theater, whose neighbor received such an invitation, but he is not. This means something wrong with his people, with his repertoire or, worse, with his views.