Dmitry Medvedev was able to surprise gunsmiths On February 19, Izhevsk hosted the 2nd congress of the all-Russian public organization "Union of Russian Mechanical Engineers", created on the initiative of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Rosoboronexport" and passing the baton to the state corporation "Rostechnologies" . From 57 regional branches of the union, 243 delegates gathered in the Udmurt capital.

Yulia Tymoshenko broke into Moscow for gas Today in Moscow, at the White House, a working meeting of the heads of government of Russia and Ukraine is to take place. Yulia Tymoshenko, who has been healing a sore throat since last week, will try to have her say in the sphere of gas relations between the two countries. Until now, President Viktor Yushchenko has managed to keep the initiative in his hands on this sensitive topic for Kiev .

Chronicle of sporting events Hockey. Russian Championship. Super League. "Amur" - "Lokomotiv" - 2:0, "Metallurg" NK - "Severstal" - 5:3, "Sibir" - "Neftekhimik" - 0:5, "Traktor" - "Lada" " -- 3:2, "Metallurg" Mg -- CSKA -- 3:2, SKA -- "Ak Bars" -- 1:0, "Torpedo" -- HC MVD -- 0:4, "Spartak" - - "Avangard" - 3:2, "Vityaz" - "Khimik" - 5:9, "Salavat Yulaev" - "Dynamo" - 3:2. The leaders are: Salavat Yulaev - 113 points (52 matches), Metallurg MG - 108, SKA, Lokomotiv, CSKA - 95 each.

Armenia elected a new president Presidential elections took place in Armenia on Tuesday . According to the Central Election Commission, Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan will win. At the time the number was signed, about 1 percent of the votes had been counted. After the polling stations closed, the first data from an exit-poll conducted by the British sociological company Populus were made public.

Nizhny Novgorod authorities are trying to persuade residents of the region to drink local alcohol The governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region, Valery Shantsev, addressed the population of the region with an innocent request not to abuse low-quality alcohol, but to drink exclusively locally bottled vodka.

Orthodox Christians are fighting for the defense industry, “non-believers” are suing the authorities Today the Russian Orthodox Church will demonstrate its openness to society and its readiness to engage in dialogue with the state. The largest church and public forum - the XII World Russian People's Council - begins its work in the State Kremlin Palace.

CLUBS Inna Zhelannaya and Pelageya . Inna Zhelannaya celebrates the release of her new album “Winter,” which appeared after a performance at the Moscow Art Theater. Gorky on June 3, 2007 at a joint concert with Pelageya. Ikra , 21.00. Igor Guberman . “The Wood Grouse’s Nest” , 19.30. CONCERTS “Agatha Christie” at the Gorbunov House of Culture , 20.00. "Masterpieces of the instrumental concerto" .

Watch from February 21 on Moscow screens “We are from the future” (Russia, 2008, Andrey Malyukov) . An adventure drama, the plot of which was, in essence, on the surface, but for some reason no one had thought of it yet: four “black trackers”-diggers, collecting historical and firearms artifacts from the battlefields of the Second World War, find themselves as a result of a temporary displacement in the very real year of 1942 - in the area of ​​​​fierce fighting.

In Moscow they are going to count all the trees, meadows and parks The Moscow authorities have decided to more rationally distribute budget funds for landscaping the city, for which they first intend to count all perennial plants. Yesterday, the metropolitan government approved a project proposed by the city Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection to improve the procedure for inventorying green areas.

In their assessments of Kosovo's self-declaration of independence, supporters and opponents of such a decision forget about the two most important views on the problem, historical and humanitarian. This is quite understandable: it is simply very difficult for people, especially the eternal slaves of the situation - politicians, to fit their short lives into the general context of human history.

On February 20, in most of the European territory, cyclones promise quite February weather with snow, blizzards and moderate frost. In the northwestern region there will be snow over most of the territory, during the day -2...-7°C. In the central region there is light snow in places, a slight blizzard, icy roads on the roads, temperatures -2...-8oC, in the east and north-east of the region up to -12oC.

Sociologists do not understand why their forecasts coincide with the election results The features of electoral sociology were discussed by representatives of leading sociological services at a round table in the House of Journalists. The reason for the discussion was pre-election forecasts created on the basis of sociological surveys, which in the parliamentary elections on December 2 surprisingly coincided with the official data of the Central Election Commission.

In early March, the World Indoor Athletics Championships will be held in Valencia, Spain, in which Russian Yuri Borzakovsky will also compete. The Olympic champion in the 800 m race will only take part in the 4x400 m relay, although he had previously planned to skip this start. What prompted this decision, Yuri BORZAKOVSKY told Vremya Novostei correspondent Olga ERMOLINA. — Yura, is it true that you initially planned to go to Valencia as a coach for runner Dmitry Bogdanov?

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec at the Tretyakov Gallery Many readers will be confused by the subtitle of the article: “Lautrec at the Tretyakov Gallery.” Why would that be? A Frenchman in the Museum of Russian Art?

A very independent festival “Velvet Underground” took place in Moscow You won’t believe it, but there is a musical performance in Moscow that is not dependent on anyone at all. This is a festival called “Velvet Underground”, which has been going on for three years now. Three years in a row is not God knows what an achievement in terms of big show business.