Russian authorities do not provide an assessment of the mysterious death of the famous Lebanese militant Imad Mughniyeh on February 12 in Damascus . Meanwhile, during Soviet times, domestic intelligence services hunted for him, although unsuccessfully. The KGB resident in Beirut in 1985-1989, retired Colonel of the Foreign Intelligence Service, 70-year-old Yuri PERFILIEV, told Vremya Novostey columnist Elena SUPONINA about this.

CLUBS Fun Lovin' Criminals. This American funk and hip-hop team was formed in 1993 in New York. The founders of the group were vocalist and guitarist Huey Morgan, drummer Steve Borovini and Brian Leiser, nicknamed Fast, playing keyboards and harmonica. Fun Lovin' Criminals are equally influenced by funk, hip-hop, rock, blues and cult movie music, and borrow their name from New York street graffiti artists. “B1 Maximum” , February 15, 21.00.

Deutsche Post CEO Klaus Zumwinkel faces up to ten years in prison German prosecutors and tax authorities yesterday morning conducted a search at the home of the chairman of the German concern Deutsche Post, Klaus Zumwinkel, who has headed the post office for more than 19 years. Mr. Zumwinkel was subsequently arrested. Authorities suspect him of tax evasion on a particularly large scale.

To be fair, it must be said that the black Frenchman Henri Salvador is not the most famous Francophone artist to our public. Everyone knows Charles Aznavour, and everyone knows Salvatore Adamo. Jacques Brel is for aesthetes, but everyone knows the name too. But El Salvador is more fashionable than all the fashionable ones. A few years ago, this man somehow resuscitated his career very well. But more on that later. Henri Salvador was born on July 18, 1917 in the city of Cayenne (French Guiana).

These days, in most of the European territory of Russia, atmospheric pressure is rising, which means it will be windy. The cyclone from the central regions will migrate to the Volga, spilling snow along the way. And air temperatures in many areas will drop as northerly winds blow. In the northwestern region there will be light snow in places, the wind will increase, and the temperature will drop to -5...-11°C.

Rospotrebnadzor has calculated the number of vaccinations needed in Russia Russian doctors have finally adapted to compiling a national vaccination calendar depending on need , and not on financial opportunity. Yesterday, at an extended meeting of the Rospotrebnadzor board, the head of this department, chief sanitary doctor Gennady Onishchenko, announced the tasks of vaccination in 2008 without much regard for money. Which is not surprising at all.

“Friedrichshafen” again upset the coach of the capital’s “Dynamo” In the men's Champions League, volleyball players from the capital's Dynamo risk being left out of the second stage of the playoffs. In the first meeting of the Round of Twelve, the Blue and Whites lost to the current trophy winner German Friedrichshafen on the road without any options - 0:3 (20:25, 20:25, 24:26).

The government promises to zero taxes on education, pensions and health insurance At yesterday's government meeting, the expected tax sensation in the form of deciphering tax reform plans for the next three years did not happen. Russian Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov, who has very little time left in this post, only instructed to prepare proposals for tax-exempt expenses of companies and citizens for co-financing voluntary pension savings, as well as for education and health insurance.

Monday, February 18 First 5 . 00, 9 . 00, 12.00, 15.00, 18.00, 0.30 News 5 . 05, 7.15 Good morning 7 . 05 Russian presidential elections 2008 9 . 20 Malakhov + 10 . 20 Fashionable verdict 11 . 20 Test purchase 12 . 20 "DEATHING FORCE". Series 13 . 20 Detectives 14 . 00 Other news 14 . 30 Understand. Forgive 15 . 00 News (with subtitles) 15 . 20 “Eduard Streltsov. Zone for the center of attack." Doc. movie 16 . 10 "FIRE OF LOVE". Series 17 . 00 Federal Judge 18 . 20 Wait for me 19 . 10 "NEXT".

Gazprom, Naftogaz, RosUkrEnergo and Ukrgazenergo began to negotiate Gazprom and Naftogaz yesterday were unable to prepare for signing the text of an agreement that would consolidate the political agreements between Vladimir Putin and Viktor Yushchenko on the gas supply scheme to Ukraine. As the press service of the Ukrainian concern reported, following negotiations between the heads of the companies Alexey Miller and Oleg Dubina in Moscow, a decision was made to create two working groups.

Purchasing power influences the love of Russians During a statistical measurement by the All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion of such a personal sphere of life of Russians as love relationships, sociologists found that a tight wallet makes our compatriots more loving.

Theater.doc showed a play based on Yuzu Aleshkovsky Yuz Aleshkovsky’s story “Nikolai Nikolaevich” fell into my hands somewhere in the late 70s, as usual, in the form of a blind typescript on gray, translucent paper. The first page, which served as the cover, was lost, so that, without recognizing either the author’s name or the title of the story, you immediately saw the first phrase, as if you were wedging in the middle of a conversation: “Listen.

"A Just Russia" proposes to return the budget deficit The Duma faction “A Just Russia”, led by deputy Oksana Dmitrieva, has prepared an alternative version of amendments to the 2008 budget , in which it proposes to abandon the formation of a surplus budget. The Duma is due to consider government amendments to the country's main financial document in the second reading today, February 15.

The authorities of St. Petersburg approved the concept of interaction with “peaceful” non-profit organizations The Government of St. Petersburg adopted the concept of interaction between executive bodies of state power and public associations and other non-profit organizations for 2008-2011 under the name “Public-State Partnership”. Of the 55 other subjects of the federation that have similar documents, no one has yet used such a term.

The murdered prosecutor of the Saratov region had too many enemies Yesterday, intelligence officers were able to draw up a composite photo of the killer who shot regional prosecutor Evgeniy Grigoriev in Saratov on Wednesday evening. Several people witnessed the murder, but due to the darkness, none of them could describe the exact signs of the criminal. As a result, the operatives have not yet been able to trace the killer.