"Perugia" was defeated in the Belgorod "Cosmos" In the first match of the "Round of Six" of the men's Champions League, "Lokomotiv-Belogorye" in the Belgorod Sports Palace "Cosmos" deprived the Italian "Perugia" of all hopes of reaching the "Final Four" - 3:0 (25:16, 25:17, 25:18 ) . The rivals have already gotten to know each other well this season. The teams met twice in the group stage.

Today in Vienna there will be talks between the European trio (Great Britain, Germany and France) and Iran on the latter's nuclear program. The meeting, convened at the initiative of the Iranian side, is the last attempt by Europe and Tehran to find a compromise ahead of the meeting of the board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) scheduled for March 6.

In the central region, the heaviest snowfalls will occur in the southwest of the territory, with snowstorms and snow drifts. For most of the region there will be light snow on Friday and Saturday. The daytime temperature on Friday is -4...-9оС, and on Saturday night it will be frosty, -13...-18оС, daytime temperature -3...-8оС. On Sunday, a new cyclone will cause a sharp increase in temperature to 0...-5°C, and in some places even to a thaw.

Tbilisi warned Russian military personnel, including peacekeepers in Abkhazia and South Ossetia, that if they do not receive Georgian visas by March 10, they will be deported. The headquarters of the Group of Russian Forces in Transcaucasia (GRVZ) was informed about this by the head of the military police department of the Ministry of Defense, Alexander Sukhitashvili. He also notified the command of the “blue helmets” (CIS Collective Forces in Abkhazia and Mixed Forces in South Ossetia).

Russian companies are mastering ways to deal with customers If there are organizations for the protection of consumer rights, then it is logical that consultants and lawyers will offer their counter services to manufacturers. As it turned out, Russian companies are already resorting to their services to protect themselves from “unscrupulous” consumers. The participants of the conference “Producers' Responsibility for Their Products” held in Moscow spoke about how this happens.

The United States proposes to introduce international sanctions against Iran, similar to those that were in force for more than 12 years against Iraq. In the case of Iraq, it ended in a war, after which the question arose about the effectiveness of UN sanctions and the future of this organization. Vremya Novostey columnist Elena SUPONINA recently spoke about this in Cairo with the former UN Secretary General and former Foreign Minister of Egypt Boutros Ghali.

Participants in the “Final Four” of two tournaments for basketball clubs, held under the auspices of the continental branch of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA-Europe), have been determined. As we have already reported, two Russian teams won the right to participate in the decisive matches of the men's European Cup: Khimki near Moscow and Dynamo St. Petersburg.

China highly values ​​Russia's commitment to the "one China" principle and its rejection of the idea of ​​Taiwanese independence, Chinese Vice President Zeng Qinghong said in Beijing yesterday.

A cyclone coming from the south covered Moscow with snow Residents of Central Russia will have to spend the winter burning her effigy among huge snowdrifts. The first days of spring brought not the long-awaited warmth to the Russian capital and surrounding regions, but new bad weather. The snowfall that began yesterday morning, according to forecasters, can increase the height of the snow cover by at least another 10 cm.

Alexander Shokhin predicts a banking crisis in 2009 The head of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, Alexander Shokhin, said yesterday that due to the decrease in liquidity in the Russian banking sector, he does not exclude the possibility of another crisis. “If this trend continues, and it is largely connected with the policy of withdrawing money to the stabilization fund, then the banks will find themselves in a difficult situation,” Mr. Shokhin believes.

German airlines are adapting to Russian specifics The German budget airline Germanwings yesterday announced the opening of its first flight to St. Petersburg from April 29. So far it has only one destination in Russia - Moscow, where it flies from Berlin and Cologne. The new Germanwings route will connect the northern capital of Russia with Cologne. Bookings for this flight began yesterday.

Two powerful explosions occurred within minutes of each other yesterday in the South Pakistani city of Karachi. The terrorist attacks were carried out by suicide bombers who tried to ram car bombs into the US Consulate building or the cars in which American diplomats were arriving. At the site of one of the explosions, a crater four meters wide and one meter deep appeared on the pavement. At least four people were killed and more than 50 were injured. President George W.

Tandem Bakiev - Kulov feels better Yesterday, a new speaker of the Kyrgyz parliament was finally elected. He became 45-year-old Marat Sultanov, the former head of the national bank and the country's finance minister during the reign of President Akaev. Sultanov was elected in the third round of voting, receiving 45 out of 75 votes.

The Public Chamber agreed with the State Duma on a mechanism for examining bills Already in mid-March, the Public Chamber should begin performing one of its main functions - participation in the legislative process and conducting an examination of bills. To ensure mechanisms for such participation, the State Duma will have to amend its regulations. The corresponding amendments are already ready, and next week the Duma Committee on Regulations will approve them.

The sixties summed up the historical results On the first day of spring, the scientific director of the Higher School of Economics, Evgeny Yasin, decided to gather at the Taganka Theater those who associate themselves with the generation of the 60s. The evening was called “The Sixties,” and it was attended by people of completely different generations, but with a similar worldview.