The issue of deploying elements of a national missile defense system in Eastern European countries is being actively discussed in the United States. According to Vremya Novostey, the Pentagon cannot make a choice between Poland and the Czech Republic. Russia opposes the deployment of a missile defense system to its western borders, as this threatens to upset the military-political balance of power. Does Poland take into account its neighbor's concerns?

On the screens of Moscow the film "Sword Bearer" The idea for this picture was born in the head of Sergei Selyanov, the head of the STV company, after he read the story by Evgeny Danilenko. Danilenko is not Dotsenko, his work does not belong to the genre of mass “pulp fiction”, this is a claim to high-quality prose, in my opinion, somewhat mannered and not entirely intelligible, but Selyanov, obviously, thought differently.

The Ministry of Transport wants to be responsible for everything in aviation Transport Minister Igor Levitin spoke in favor of changing the system of state aviation management bodies that emerged as a result of the administrative reform of 2004. Speaking yesterday at an expanded board of his department, Mr.

The prosecutor's office received an arrest warrant for the former co-owner of Megafon The scandalous case of the theft of a stake in the third largest Russian cellular company Megafon recently received a new continuation. On October 9, the Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow, at the request of the city prosecutor's office, issued a warrant for the arrest of Russian financier Leonid Rozhetskin (pictured) , who, according to some sources, recently received US citizenship.

Vladimir Putin united Bavarian capitalists with Russian ones Vladimir Putin, who was supposed to move from Dresden to Munich yesterday morning, could not easily part with the city where he spent his years of service and where his first daughter was born. Having risen early in the morning, the Russian president, accompanied by several security guards, went on an unplanned (but, apparently, long-planned) walk around the city.

"Zita and Gita", "Disco Dancer" and "Tramp" received Pakistani visa The ubiquitous Indian cinema, well known to audiences in almost all countries and continents, has overcome the last hurdle. Now films made in Bollywood (as Indian film factories, located mainly in Bombay) are popularly called, can be openly shown in Pakistan.

Chronicle of sporting events Hockey. NHL. Regular season. Rangers -- Philadelphia -- 2:4, Vancouver -- Minnesota -- 2:1 (bullet), Los Angeles -- Islanders -- 4:2 -- Frolov “L” (1+0), Tverdovsky “L” (0+2), Yashin “A” (1+0), Vik. Kozlov “A” (0+1) . Czech Rangers striker Jaromir Jagr scored points in all three matches of the season using the “goal plus pass” system.

Russia will miss the Olympics again Football remains a sport in which Russia has never been represented at the Olympic Games. The Russian youth team, having lost away to Portugal with a score of 0:3, was unable to overcome the qualifying tournament for the final part of its 2007 European Championship, which is also the qualifying stage for the Beijing Olympics. A major home victory did not help either, after which Borodyuk’s team already considered the task solved.

Pyongyang promises new nuclear explosions North Korea has threatened to continue nuclear testing "if hostility from the United States continues." The head of the DPRK Parliament, Kim Yong Nam, the second person in the country's leadership after Kim Jong Il, said this at a meeting in Pyongyang with Japanese journalists yesterday. This news coincided with a message from Japan's seismic service, which recorded an earthquake. Suspicions arose that there could be a new nuclear test in the DPRK.

The Ministry of Finance refused to consider the rental of housing as entrepreneurship The more profitable the rental of apartments becomes, the greater the interest this attracts from the control authorities. The Ministry of Finance wants to put an end to the issue of taxation of income received from renting out apartments.

Even the day before, the weather on the European territory of Russia was formed under the influence of a cyclone: ​​it was cloudy, rainy, but warm, the average daily temperature exceeded long-term values ​​by 1-4 degrees. But atmospheric processes are already beginning to change to a winter mode, and most areas are about to be at the mercy of the freezing air that will pour in from the Arctic regions.

Lawsuits against “child-loving” clergy ruined an entire diocese The struggle of American Christians with clergymen who grossly violate both worldly laws and biblical commandments has entered a new stage. This week it became known that the fourth Catholic diocese has turned to the authorities with a request to begin the bankruptcy process, which became inevitable due to payments on claims of offended parishioners.

Among the accused is a Russian citizen Nigerian authorities said they had exposed the spy ring. Among the accused were foreigners, including one Russian. They were arraigned on Tuesday at the Federal High Court in the capital, Abuja, on a 12-count charge.

Clubs, concerts, theaters, exhibitions, cinema... CLUBS Patsy Grant (vocals) and Oleg Butman Trio. Moscow tour of the New York jazz singer. Patsy Grant is a native of Brooklyn, one of the most colorful and musical areas of New York. Her repertoire includes mainstream jazz, gospel, and popular R`n`B. January 24-28 at Le Club , 20.30. Festival "ProSVET".

In 15 years, justice will prevail in China Yesterday, the plenum of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, dedicated to “some important issues of building a harmonious socialist society,” ended in Beijing. 195 members and 152 candidate members of the CPC Central Committee met for four days. It is reported that Hu Jintao, Secretary General of the CPC Central Committee, gave an “important speech” at the plenum.