As a result of the army operation in the southeast of Turkey, 13 Kurdish militants were killed. This was reported by the Radio correspondent Freedom Elena Solntseva. The military operation began after a group of militants fired at the border post in the province of Khakkari. The shootout lasted two hours - one soldier and four militants were killed.

Lovisha are the bend Irina Lagunina: When the new chief of the General Staff of Serbia, General Lyubisha, was appointed in December of last year, the defense minister Dragan Shutanovatz said that Serbia received an experienced military man who, over the past years, left the impression of an authoritative and decisive person in all previous positions.

Participants in negotiations in Athens. In the center - Greece Prime Minister Lucas Papadimos In Greece, the leaders of the leading political parties today have reached an agreement on new measures of savings that will allow the country to receive another package of international assistance. Greece Prime Minister Lucas Papadimos informed about this in a telephone conversation of the President of the European Central Bank Mario Draga.

Vladimir Putin The pre -election headquarters of presidential candidate Vladimir Putin and the All -Russian Popular Front sent an application for a patriotic action in Moscow on February 23. The organizers plan to hold a procession from the Belorussky station in Tverskaya and a rally with the participation of 200 thousand people in Manezhnaya Square.

In the Syrian city of Homs, a large military operation to suppress the anti -government forces continues. According to Syrian human rights activists, dozens of citizens were killed, the number "more than 30" is called. These data cannot be verified, since the Syrian authorities harshly limit the work of the media. It is reported that today the army continued to shell city quarters from tank guns, mortars and machine guns.

Andryus Cubilyus Irina Lagunina: Rotterdam University "Erasmus" assigned the title of world leader in the economy for 2011 to the Lithuanian Prime Minister Andryus Cubilyus. Thus, the international community noted the efforts of the Lithuanian government to overcome the financial crisis: the economy of the republic demonstrates encouraging signs of revitalization and growth.

Putin's election campaign. February 2012 The March presidential election will not be more honest and “transparent” than the December Duma, ”experts say. The public is the new facts of the authorities of the administrative resource and preparation for falsifications on voting day . The former chairman of one of the precinct election commissions in Samara told local representatives of the Voter League about falsification of voting results in the State Duma elections in December.

Putin's rally in Sevastopol Supporters of Vladimir Putin intend in the near future to hold a series of shares in support of the presidential candidate. Raits and processions will be held in different cities of Russia, including St. Petersburg and Moscow. The largest action, numbering two hundred thousand people, is planned in the capital on February 23 - on Manezhnaya Square. On February 9, in Moscow, young fans of the Prime Minister tried to hold a flash mob called Putin.

The delegation of the Syrian opposition on Thursday visited Beijing and negotiated with the deputy head of the Chinese Foreign Ministry Zhya Zyun. The representative of the Foreign Ministry of the PRC Liu Weimin said at a meeting with reporters that Beijing intends to maintain contacts with the opposition groups of Syria.

2011. The fifth year of the reign of Tatyana Golikova on the throne of Russian healthcare. The number of new cases of HIV per year increased 2.5 times. From oncological diseases, on average annually, up to 300 thousand people die. The exact number of people living with hepatitis is unknown. As the exact number of people living with drug addiction is unknown. According to various estimates, up to several million.

On the march "For honest elections" in St. Petersburg, February 4, 2012 Viktor Rezunkov: Today we have in the Petersburg studio at a guest-director of the interregional electoral support network, professor of the European University in St. Petersburg Grigory Golosov and professor of the Higher School of Economics in St. Petersburg Dmitry Goncharov.

Marina Khodorkovskaya - mother of Mikhail Khodorkovsky British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Klegg met in London with his mother and son Mikhail Khodorkovsky and discussed with them the reasons for the arrest of the ex-head of the Yukos, both trials and conditions for its detention in conclusion. According to Radio Liberty, Natalya Golitsyna, the meeting of Niko Klegg and Marina and Pavel Khodorkovsky took place in the government residence and lasted about an hour.

Demyan Kudryavtsev, Director General of the Kommersant Publishing House, demanded to initiate a criminal case against the press secretary of Rosmolodezh Kristina Pobedchik and activists of the Nash movement - on charges of organizing a hacker attack on Kommersant's website.

The international (gold and foreign exchange) reserves of Russia for the period from January 27 to February 3 increased by $ 3.3 billion or almost 0.7% to $ 507.3 billion. This is stated in the materials of the Central Bank. Great than Russia with gold and foreign exchange reserves today have two countries in the world - China and Japan. According to the latest published data, their volume is 3.2 trillion and 1.1 trillion dollars, respectively.