Gennady Shilov, who previously held the post of vice president, became the new president of the Perm football club Amkar. His candidacy was approved on Wednesday, January 19, at a meeting of members of the club, reports Soviet Sport . Former President of Amkara Valery Chuprakov filed an application for voluntary relieving powers on December 20 last year due to the complex financial situation of the club. The team experiencing monetary difficulties is on the verge of leaving the Premier League.

Vladimir Yakunin, president of Russian Railways OJSC, considers it necessary to introduce a ban on smoking on trains. He wrote about this on his blog. True, the head of the Russian Railways believes that his company employees alone will not be able to cope with smoking in Russian railway staff. As Yakunin rightly remarked, the staff of train staff does not have the right to bring smokers to administrative responsibility - this is the prerogative of law enforcement agencies.

Somali deputies refused to adopt a law aimed at combating piracy. On Wednesday, January 19, reports ITAR-TASS with reference to the Minister of Justice and Religion of Abdullahs Abyan Nur. The law provides for the recognition of pirate activities as such. This is the first step towards creating a local tribunal to punish marine bandits, the affairs of which are currently considered mainly in other countries, in particular, in Kenya and in the Seychelles.

- What is there, squirrel? - asked Tamarochka with a sister, concentratedly chewing bagel at the monitor. - Do you read the news? “No,” the squirrel answered muffledly with her mouth, “I follow the thirst with cultural jig.” - Well, how is she, cultural life? Tamarochka asked. - What do cultural people say? “Praise Pelevin,” the squirrel washed down the bagel with tea. - And what else do they say? Thinking, Tamarochka asked. “They scold Pelevin,” the squirrel replied.

On Wednesday, January 19, the Russian government approved a list of diseases, in the presence of which suspects and accused will be released from jail. According to the Decree of January 14, “On a medical examination of suspects or accused”, the list includes 20 diseases.

The famous Dutch football player and coach, the owner of the Golden Ball, Ruud Gullit became the new mentor of the Grozny Football Club Terek. Negotiations passed quickly and painlessly. The leadership of the Terek was especially emphasized by the fact that Gullit easily agreed to the club’s proposal.

In the summer of 2010, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin decided to take patronage over archaeologists, and President Dmitry Medvedev recently remembered folklore and music. Now, according to the words of the leader, but they need to believe, they will revive and develop traditional Russian culture. “Salt”, along with an employee of the State Republican Center of Russian Folklore, Mikhail Alekseevsky, got to the worship of the folklore foundations.

In St. Petersburg, they published the "ABC of a novice Petersburger." The book will help incorrect residents of the cultural capital to learn to "speak in Petersburg." On Wednesday, January 19, reports the resource " Fontanka.ru ". ABC was published by the Culture Committee of the Administration of St. Petersburg in the framework of the Cultural Capital program. Its target audience is migrant workers, students from other cities and tourists.

The Russian Association of Islamic Consent (All-Russian Muftiyat) considers the proposal of Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin to introduce a dress code in Russia. On Wednesday, January 19, writes the Interfax agency. The head of the Synodal Department for the relationship between the Church and Society, Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin, in an open letter published on Tuesday, January 18, proposed creating a dress code in Russia.

The current president of the country calls on the whole nation to think about children. At least, such a conclusion can be drawn from his last message to the Federal Assembly. Apparently, the care of the next generation will be the main topic of the presidential election program.

The first thirty -odd series of “real boys”, which the TNT channel showed at the end of 2010, easily “took” the Russian hall. A television project, invented and made in Perm, is praised for the organicity of actors, funny jokes and vitality. Since the case went, the shooting continues - and soon the second season of the "boys" should be released.