In Moscow, at the 78th year of his life, the writer and translator Asar Eppel died. A few days ago, Eppel was hospitalized with a diagnosis of stroke. In the hospital, his condition continued to deteriorate, he fell into a coma. Eppel translated the works of Petrarch, Bokkaccio, Senkevich, Brecht, Kipling, Schulz, Zinger, Scottish ballads, Serbian songs by Vuka Karadzhich. Eppel's most famous books are “Herbal Street” and “Champignon of my life”, stories collections that published in the 1990s.

I was forced to take up expert statements on this topic on the issue of teenage suicide. Still, an amazing thing: it does not occur to anyone to say that the Russian Orthodox Church welcomes suicide-even people who are far from religion know that those who passed away by their own decision do not catch up in temples, before suicides were not allowed to bury in church cemeteries.

Juris Paiders In a referendum in Latvia, about 75 percent of citizens with the right to vote opposed the Russian language to become the second state. The appearance for the referendum amounted to more than 70 percent of voters . To amend the Constitution of Latvia, more than half of all voting are necessary. Political conclusions from the referendum on the status of the Russian language in Latvia made Riga publicist Yuris Piders . - How did you vote in a referendum?

Alexander Genis: On this Monday, America celebrates its very peculiar holiday - the President's Day. Although he firmly rooted in the life of the country and fit perfectly into the schedule of sales and ski holidays, this holiday appeared on the calendar relatively recently-in just in 1968. Relative youth contributes to the fact that every year on the eve of the President Day, journalists of Poehidny must ask: what do we, in fact, are noting?

In California, when a small aircraft with a helicopter collided in the air, no one was wounded, both devices were able to land. According to the Associated Press, the incident occurred on Sunday 80 kilometers northeast of Auckland. There are no details of the collision of the six -seater aircraft Beechcraft Bonanza and the Robinson R22 double helicopter. However, it is known that the plane sat down near the Byron Airport, and the helicopter is in the field.

The Fair Russia party will hold a rally with the demand for the Ostankino television center - to ensure the access of the opposition to the television broadcast. According to Interfax, the party leader Sergei Mironov, the action will be held under the slogan “Let the Justice on the screen”. According to Mironov, in the media there is an obvious bias in the coverage of the election campaign of one of the candidates - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

The net outflow of private capital from Russia in January amounted to about $ 17 billion, said Deputy Minister of Economic Development Andrei Klepach. For the entire last year, according to the Central Bank, the outflow of capital from the country exceeded its influx by 84.2 billion dollars, and almost $ 38 billion or about 45% fell on the fourth quarter. For comparison, the net outflow of capital from Russia according to the results of 2011 was 2.5 times larger than in 2010.

Last Friday, Sergey Mokhnatkin, convicted of 2 and a half years of imprisonment on charges of an attack on an employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, was beaten in a colony of Torzhok region last Friday. According to the Foundation "In Protecting the Rights of Prisoners, Mokhnatkina, the deputy chief of the colony for educational work beaten. Employees of the medical unit of the colony refused to record bodily injuries received by Mokhnatkin.

The procession "For honest elections" on February 4 in Moscow This week in Moscow several promotions and political events will be held. Castle from the "Planie rally" - video, photo . The beginning will put a symbolic rally of civilian activists against administrative punishments, it must pass on February 20.

Football. Championship of Spain. 24th round "Sporting" - "Atletico" 1: 1 "Barcelona" - "Valencia" 5: 1 "Granada" - "Real Sociedad" 4: 1 "Malorca" - "Villarreal" 4: 0 "Athletic" - "Malaga" 3: 0 "Levante" - "district Valkano" 3: 5 After the 24th round 1. "Real" 61 points 2. "Barcelona" 51 3. "Valencia" 40

Stanislav Govorukhin admits that he knows not all about Vladimir Putin. But he knows that the prime minister "Musical" Less than two weeks remained before the presidential election. The election campaign is in full swing. The other day, the head of the campaign headquarters of Vladimir Putin Stanislav Govorukhin visited Ulyanovsk. At a meeting with him in the midst of a working day - under signature - gathered about 300 cultural workers.

Mill near Moscow: Meeting Dmitry MKDVEDEV with the leaders of the non -systemic opposition The proposals of representatives of the Russian non -systemic opposition on the reform of the political system will be discussed the other day at a meeting of a special working group, headed by the First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration Vyacheslav Volodin.

Dmitry Medvedev at a meeting with the heads of political parties who have not passed state registration. A meeting of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev with representatives of the opposition political parties took place. Among the participants was Vladimir Ryzhkov, one of the leaders of Parnas. He shared his impressions with Radio Liberty: - It was 2.5 hours of communication, this is a normal format, he made it possible for everyone to speak calmly.

In the evening, on Tuesday, the General Creative Union arranges the premiere of the play based on the play by Joseph Brodsky "Democracy" - I will talk about this actual political production. Obviously, the European -Greek topic will not lose relevance - in connection with all known financial problems. Some news will bring a pre-election day.