The Russia-NATO meeting will be visited by the cruiser "Moscow" Tomorrow the annual meeting of NATO defense ministers opens in the Italian resort of Taormina in Sicily. They are going to discuss both the internal problems of the Alliance and its relations with Russia and its southern, mainly Muslim, neighbors. On the seashore at the foot of Mount Etna, ministers will try to push forward the sluggish formation of a NATO response force.

Vyacheslav Fetisov received “incomplete” accreditation for the Games in Turin The truce between the Russian Olympic Committee and the Federal Agency for Physical Education and Sports, it seems, will not prevail even during the Games in Turin.

Fidel Castro covered up enemy propaganda An impressive anti-imperialist installation has emerged in front of the US Mission in Havana. The structure consists of 138 tall flagpoles. Each of them is topped with a black flag, in the center of which is a white star. This is how Cuba honored the memory of 3.4 thousand compatriots who died as victims of “American sabotage” since the socialist revolution of 1959. On Monday, an anti-American rally took place under masts with black flags.

CLUBS Jah Meek (Jamaica) and Uwe Banton (Germany). Celebrating Bob Marley's birthday. Gogol` on Arbat , 21.00. People of Today . The Epiks, ZigZag, Gatek, Alex are playing. Funk, soul, hip-hop. "Propaganda" , 21.00. DJ Osadchy . Funk, disco. "Duma" , 21.00. "Godfathers of Tokyo" The Cinephantom Club presents the famous Japanese anime producer Maruyamo Masao , creative director of the Madhouse anime studio.

Yuri Luzhkov invented a new method for assessing the efficiency of enterprises Trying to get rid of unprofitable unitary enterprises, Moscow officials unexpectedly discovered that it was not so easy for the city to cease being the owner and bear responsibility for failed projects. Today Moscow receives the highest dividends from those joint-stock companies in which the city's share does not exceed a blocking stake.

Andrei Sychev was transported to the Moscow Burdenko Hospital Since February 7, specialists from the Moscow Military Hospital named after Burdenko have been responsible for the health of private conscript Andrei Sychev, whose beating by old-timers of the Chelyabinsk Tank School on New Year's holidays became the beginning of the most massive campaign against hazing in the Russian army in recent years.

BP's loss from Katrina and Rita amounted to $900 million BP has calculated the losses caused to it by hurricanes Katrina and Rita that raged in the Gulf of Mexico in the fall. The company says the storm was the main reason for its poor financial and operating performance in the fourth quarter.

Tehran announces Holocaust cartoon competition Yesterday, Iran decided to seize the initiative in the scandal surrounding cartoons of the Muslim prophet Muhammad, circulated by Western newspapers. The largest Iranian newspaper, Hamshahri, has announced an international competition for the best cartoon dedicated to the tragedy of the Jews during the Second World War. “Western publications published blasphemous cartoons under the pretext of freedom of expression.

The formation of the Russian Olympic cross-country team this year has caused a lot of controversy. If earlier disagreements mainly concerned numbers 7-9 of the women's and men's teams, then this season there were question marks after almost every name, with the exception of Vasily Rochev and Yulia Chepalova. Excessive escalation of the situation around the selection of candidates for the national team did not add calm and confidence to either coaches or athletes.

They're fighting again in Kyrgyzstan The Kyrgyz authorities will not allow interethnic conflicts to escalate in the country. This statement was made yesterday by the Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Felix Kulov. The reason for it was the events in the village of Iskra, Chui region in the north of Kyrgyzstan, where on February 5-6 clashes occurred between the Kyrgyz and Dungans (descendants of immigrants from China, about 70 thousand of whom now live in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan).

Danish art was shown at Gary Tatintsian's gallery The Danish artist created the “Prince’s House”, elegant, bright, light, from the best gallery space in Moscow - a stylish white hall. Two hundred small canvases, luminous panels, painted light bulbs on a board, collages made of shiny paper send you straight to childhood, a world of simple values, where a feeling of celebration and joy arises literally out of nothing.

RTS and MICEX are preparing to trade Gazprom Preparations for trading Gazprom shares in a liberalized market are in full swing. RTS, which now carries out transactions with securities of the country's largest company through the St. Petersburg stock exchange, claims that the start of direct trading is a matter of a few days.

Watch from February 9 on Moscow screens "Big Momma's House 2" (USA, 2006, John Whitesell). A continuation of the incredibly successful African-American comedy in the United States, the whole simple premise of which rested on the fact that a quite normally built FBI man (Martin Lawrence - “Bad Boys”, “National Security”, “What Could Be Worse”), for the purpose of conspiracy, is forced to portray an elderly fat woman aunt.

Fitch classified Russia as a country with high systemic risks The international rating agency Fitch yesterday published a report, “Systemic Risks in the Banking Sector,” in which it predicts an increase in tension in the financial systems of 33 countries. The USA and Luxembourg are recognized as the most stable.

Organized crime fighters responded to the Prosecutor General There are already more than 400 organized crime groups (OCF) operating in Russia with a total number of more than 10 thousand people. Such data were announced at yesterday’s press conference by the Deputy Head of the Department for Combating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DBOPiT), Major General Alexander Elin.