The office of the Supreme Court of Russia received a complaint of the Ministry of Justice about the abolition of a decision on the liquidation of the Republican Party. As the court’s press service reported today, it will be considered on March 29. In January, the Supreme Court canceled its decision from 2007 - on the liquidation of the party in the claim of the Federal Registration Service, which declared violation of the Law "On Political Parties".

Moscow is included in the list of Russian cities with the most polluted air. Among the 36th cities are Azov, Barnaul, Volgograd, Naberezhnye Chelny, Rostov-on-Don, Tver. The Ministry of Natural Resources delayed the state report "On the state and environmental protection of the Russian Federation in 2010. The Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia suggests that the report will be published in late March.

Iranian Ambassador to Russia Mahmoud Reza Sajadi The attack of the United States of America on Iran will be “suicidal” for them, the ambassador of Iran in Russia Mahmud Reza Sajadi said at a press conference in Moscow today. According to him, Iran has all the possibilities for delivering return shots on military units of the United States, which are anywhere in the world. At the same time, Sajadi excluded the possibility of a preemptive strike from Tehran.

The heads of the financial departments of the Eurozone countries will discuss on Thursday at a meeting in Brussels the situation with Greece, which is experiencing an acute debt crisis and cannot reach an internal political consensus for the introduction of strict savings necessary for international financial assistance.

In Israel today is a general strike organized by the country's largest trade union. Airports and ports are closed, the railway does not work, banks are closed, including the National Bank of Israel, state institutions. The strike is declared as unlimited. Only Tel Aviv International Airport will resume work during the day - in accordance with the court decision.

Inflation in Russia for the period from January 31 to February 6 amounted to 0.1%, and from the beginning of the year - 0.6%, the Federal Statistics Service said. For comparison, last year, for the same periods, consumer prices in the country have increased more significant - by 0.3% and 2.7%, respectively, mainly in connection with the January indexation of tariffs for housing and communal services, which has been transferred to July this year.

The famous British actor and writer Stephen Fry responded to today's adoption by the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg a bill on the fight against "propaganda of homosexuality and pedophilia." In his microblog on Twitter, Fry calls the initiators and supporters of the bills “fantastic monsters” and is interested in whether they will now be punished in St. Petersburg, for example, conversations about Tchaikovsky.

Former senator, conservative Rick Santorum, by a wide margin leads in Missouri in the primary elections (primaries) to nominate a US presidential candidate from the Republican Party. According to the first preliminary data, Santorum is gaining almost 30 percent of the vote more than his main opponent - the former Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romny. Santorum is ahead of Romny in the state of Minnesota, where the so -called coks were held - meetings of the Republican voters.

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The Supreme Court considers the complaint of Grigory Yavlinsky about the refusal to register as a candidate for the president of Russia. Moscow, its Western partners and countries of the Arab world continue the nervous exchange of opinions about the situation in Syria. In the primary elections of the Republican Party, the conservative politician Rick Santorum achieved unexpected success.

WTA tournament. Paris. The second circle Maria Sharapova (Russia) - Chanel Schepers (South Africa) - 6: 3, 6: 1

Vitaly Mansky Russian television broadcasts election videos of presidential candidates. The concept and meaning of the advertising companies of applicants for the post of head of state in an interview with Radio Liberty is evaluated by documentary director Vitaly Mansky: - Political advertising, like any other, is oriented to the one who is the consumer of this advertisement.

The new Minister of Defense of Ukraine was appointed Dmitry Salamatin on Wednesday. By decree of President Viktor Yanukovych, the former head of the defense department Mikhail Yezel was dismissed. Until now, Salamatin served as the general director of Ukroboronprom, a state -owned company for export and import of products and services of vieon and special purposes. The reason for this decision of the president is not reported.

Hockey. NHL. Regular championship "Washington" - "Florida" 4: 0. Alexander Ovechkin ("Washington") 2 goals "Colorado" - "Chicago" 5: 2 "Dallas" - "Phoenix" 1: 4 "Winnipeg" - "Toronto" 2: 1 "Nashville" - "Vancouver" 3: 4 (in a series of shootouts) "Tampa Bay"-"Los Angeles" 1: 3 "Ottawa"-"St. Louis" 1: 3 "Montreal" - "Pittsburgh" 3: 2 b "Columbus" - "Minnesota" 3: 1 "Philadelphia"-"New York Islanders" 0: 1 (in a series of shootouts) "New York Rangers"-"New Jersey" 0: 1