Underground parking lots in the center of Moscow will be decorated with historical exhibits The capital's archaeologists decided not to hide artifacts found at the excavation site of the old city in museum storage, but to enrich completely ordinary places in the metropolis with historical finds.

Polish minister ruined his prime minister's trip to Moscow Hopes for a compromise solution to the problem of deploying elements of the American missile defense system (ABM) in Poland are fading before our eyes . Donald Tusk, who headed the new Polish government in November 2007, has repeatedly emphasized that this issue should be discussed not only with Washington, but also with Moscow.

The Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation presented a model for managing groundwater resources A model for managing groundwater resources in the Narva River basin and Lake Peipsi has been created. Thus, the Russian side is preparing to implement an agreement with the European Union, according to which transboundary water bodies must comply with international environmental standards from 2010. The creators of the project - the St.

“Ours” are trying to survive the change of Russian president Commissioners of the pro-Kremlin youth movement “Nashi” held a press conference last Friday to declare that the information that appeared in a number of media outlets about the liquidation of this movement was not true. According to them, “Nashi” will suffer not liquidation, but reorganization.

After the cancellation of privatization, Lenfilm may become the property of St. Petersburg The privatization process of the famous Lenfilm film studio has been suspended. Presidential candidate and First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev announced this during his pre-election visit to St. Petersburg. However, the film studio learned about the freezing of the privatization process even earlier. Governor of St.

BIATHLON. February 9-10. World Championship. Östersund (Sweden). The World Shooting Ski Championships are being held for the 42nd time. A year ago, on the Italian track in the overall medal standings, Russia shared fourth place with Sweden - one gold, one silver and one bronze award each. Of the dozen disciplines, our biathletes won only the men's relay (the most prestigious and spectacular event of the program), Maxim Chudov became second in the pursuit, Natalya Guseva third in the sprint.

The Russian media's treatment of Maria Sharapova, undoubtedly the best tennis player currently playing for Russia, appears highly unprofessional. When Sharapova refused to play for the national team or performed unsuccessfully at the Kremlin Cup in Moscow, citing a shoulder injury, she was accused of all mortal sins - from arrogance and anti-patriotism to banal simulation.

The US State Department fears for the fate of the ISS Russian and American space experts have again entered into controversy. NASA representatives stated that the International Space Station is threatened by debris from a Chinese satellite, and a collision can only be avoided by adjusting the ISS orbit. However, the Mission Control Center near Moscow was very surprised by such statements from overseas colleagues.

China is waiting for a new Russian president The state visit of the new Russian president to China should be the main event in relations between the two countries in 2008. This was stated by the Chinese Ambassador in Moscow Liu Guchang. Beijing hopes that the visit “will take place as soon as possible and earlier.” Let us note that the leader of the presidential race, Dmitry Medvedev, is quite familiar with Chinese issues.

Russian warships returned to the oceans A joint exercise of long-range aviation aircraft and a naval strike group of the Russian Navy has completed in the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, as well as in the Mediterranean Sea. During these large-scale maneuvers, four dozen aircraft performed more than a hundred sorties.

Yushchenko and Tymoshenko did not reach an agreement on the gas issue The meeting of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine on gas issues on February 1, which was initiated by the country's President Viktor Yushchenko, was held behind closed doors, but ended in an absentee public debate between the head of state and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. Mr.

German concerns are expanding energy transport networks The largest German energy concerns do not seem to have much faith in the feasibility of the European Commission's plans to alienate the energy transport networks that belong to them as private property. Moreover, the investment activity of the largest companies engaged in this area is increasing.

Young art at ARTStrelka It happens very often: you go to a master’s show and watch it politely. Well, I looked - and thank God. Everything is as the master prescribed. No more, no less. Predictable and sterile. And he politely entered. And he politely left. And I happily forgot about the event about two hours later. But the current ARTStrelka offers a different scenario. You go to see young artists. And “Eureka!”, as MSU professor Allenov likes to say!

The special regime in Ingushetia lasted only ten days The intelligence services of Ingushetia yesterday announced the completion of the counter-terrorist operation (CTO) that began just ten days ago in part of the republic’s territory. Its introduction was officially announced on January 25.

CSKA moved closer to winning the regular season The capital's army team took a big step towards once again becoming the winners of the regular Super League championship. Last Saturday, CSKA beat Khimki (68:64) and became the sole leader of the tournament, one win ahead of the Moscow region team. In addition, the “red-blues” have an absolute advantage in personal meetings.