Chronicle of sporting events The first match of the season was played at a tournament in Paris with a prize fund of 600 thousand dollars by one of the best tennis players in the world, Justine Henin from Belgium. In the second round she broke the resistance of Frenchwoman Emilie Loi - 3:6, 6:2, 6:2. Three Russians - Svetlana Kuznetsova, Dinara Safina and Anna Chakvetadze - reached the quarterfinals of these competitions.

The new residence of the Russian President will be built on the site of the Bismarck Estate Rumors that the head of state would be “registered” in the westernmost Russian region have been circulating for a long time. The Vremya Novostei newspaper first wrote about this last year. On January 31, we also reported about the potential location of the new residence - in the city of Pionersky. However, only now this information has been officially confirmed.

For Israel The Israelis are moving forward with their long-held ambition to reduce their dependence on gas supplies from neighboring Egypt. They expect to do this thanks to supplies of “blue fuel” from Russia. Yesterday in Moscow, Israeli Minister of Infrastructure Benjamin Ben-Eliezer (pictured) discussed this topic with Gazprom Chairman of the Board Alexei Miller.

An article was found for ex-senator Chakhmakhchyan The Prosecutor General's Office yesterday formally charged former member of the Federation Council from Kalmykia Levon Chakhmakhchyan, who was at the center of a scandal involving extortion of $1.5 million from Transaero Airlines for changing the materials of an audit of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation. Investigators assessed the senator’s actions in that situation under Art. 159-4 (fraud on an especially large scale).

An information battle for the post of President of Chechnya is unfolding On Thursday, rumors about impending grandiose personnel changes in Chechnya thickened again. In the first half of the day, a number of news agencies reported, citing sources in the plenipotentiary representation of the republic to the President of the Russian Federation in Moscow, that the secretary of the Council for Economic and Public Security of Chechnya, German Vok, had resigned.

Rosnedra begins to decide the fate of the Kovyktinskoye field The Rosnedra Commission plans today to consider the issue of revoking the license for the Kovyktinskoye gas condensate field, owned by TNK-BP's subsidiary, RUSIA Petroleum. A source at Rosnedra, familiar with the agenda of the meeting, told Vremya Novostey about this.

US Defense Secretary does not rule out war with Russia America needs a powerful military to be prepared for future threats, including those from Russia . This was stated by US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates at a hearing in the Armed Services Committee of the US House of Representatives.

Gazprom and SUEK created the leader of the Russian electricity market Gazprom is increasingly becoming an energy concern, in which the electric power industry occupies a significant place. Yesterday it was announced that the concern and the Siberian Coal Energy Company (SUEK) intend to create a structure by the end of the first half of the year into which the energy and coal assets of both enterprises will be transferred. Gazprom will own 50% plus one share, SUEK will own the remaining stake.

In 15 years, the Russian vocabulary has changed no less than society On Wednesday, the All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion (VTsIOM) published data from a “landmark” public opinion poll. “Epochal” because sociologists decided to compare how we treated the words and expressions of our native language in different eras - now and 15 years ago, in 1992.

Russia has confirmed the ban on entry into the country of Ukrainian MP Petro Poroshenko, a member of the Our Ukraine presidential bloc who headed the National Security and Defense Council in 2005. Last Saturday, border guards at St. Petersburg's Pulkovo airport denied entry to Mr. Poroshenko, who had arrived on a private visit. The press service of the Russian Embassy in Ukraine confirmed this fact, explaining that we are talking rather about “non-permission” to enter.

Income tax reform becomes a political slogan The flat income tax scale no longer looks as unshakable as it seemed recently.

Is an “eternal” presidential term possible in Russia? Vladimir Putin abandoned the term “successor”, which is actively used by the Russian political elite. It was first put into circulation during the 2004 presidential elections. This gave political scientists a reason to make unflattering comparisons between Russia and not very democratic countries, such as Mexico.

Monday, February 12 First 5 . 00, 9.00, 12.00, 15.00, 18.00, 21.00, 23.30 News 5 . 05 Good morning 9 . 20 Malakhov + 10 . 20 "ETERNAL CALL". Series 11 . 10 Detectives 12 . 20 Without complexes 13 . 20 Understand. Forgive 14 . 00 Other news 14 . 30 Test purchase 15 . 20 Criminal Russia 16 . 00 "LOVE IS LIKE LOVE." TV series (S) 17 . 00 Federal Judge 18 . 20 "FIVE MINUTES TO THE METRO." Series 19 . 10 Wait for me 20 . 00 "OTHER SECRETS". Series 21 . 30 "THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING." Series 22 .

Russians decide on their presidential and parliamentary preferences VTsIOM published the results of a survey according to which, if parliamentary elections were held next Sunday, only one party would cross the 7 percent electoral threshold - United Russia. Almost 46% of respondents surveyed by VTsIOM are ready to vote for her. The Communist Party of the Russian Federation enjoys the sympathy of 6.4% of respondents, the Liberal Democratic Party - 5.7%, A Just Russia - 5.1%.

CLUBS Jason Webley (USA). The singer and accordionist from Seattle plays carnival music heavily mixed with improvisation, making each concert a real theatrical performance and focusing on intimate venues filled with fairly heated audiences. Webley's solo concert will take place on February 10 at Gogol' , 10 p.m., and on Friday, February 9, he will perform with the group “Children of Picasso” at the Club on Brestskaya , 10 p.m.