In Valencia, the Russians became second in the team event At the Winter World Athletics Championships, which ended in Valencia, Spain, Russian athletes won 12 medals - five gold, four silver, three bronze. Elena Isinbaeva and Evgeny Lukyanenko (pole vault), Elena Soboleva (1500 m), Olesya Zykina (400 m), as well as the women's 4x400 m relay won gold medals. Yaroslav Rybakov and Elena Slesarenko (high jump) won silver. , Yulia Fomenko (1500 m) and Natalya Nazarova (400 m).

British newspapers hinted at a new “Cold War” between Great Britain and Russia . It turned out that Gordon Brown and President Vladimir Putin have not had a single conversation since Brown took office in Downing Street, writes the British Daily Mail. According to the newspaper, There is concern at the British Foreign Office due to the lack of contacts between the two leaders. The last time things were so bad was in the era of Margaret Thatcher and Leonid Brezhnev.

Sharapova returned Davenport to the family The key match of the third day at the ongoing Australian Open in Melbourne, without exaggeration, was the duel between Maria Sharapova and Lindsay Davenport. Contrary to fears, the Russian tennis player easily beat the once formidable American. People started talking about the upcoming confrontation between the two titled athletes a few days ago, immediately after the draw.

All pairs of the quarterfinals of the Russian playoffs have been determined Despite the fact that almost all teams from the top eight were predicted to have an easy exit to the quarter finals of the Russian Hockey Championship, the fifth game took place in three pairs. And two teams from the second (based on the results of the regular season) octet advanced to the next round - the capital's Dynamo and Cherepovets' Severstal.

And opened the way to power for radicals By recognizing the independence of the Serbian region of Kosovo, the United States and the leading countries of the European Union provoked the most serious internal political crisis in Serbia in recent years. Yesterday, Vojislav Kostunica's cabinet called on President Boris Tadic to dissolve the Assembly and call early parliamentary elections for May 11.

The first round of local elections in France on Sunday showed a decline in the popularity of President Nicolas Sarkozy's party, the neo-Gaullist Union for a Popular Movement. The left, including the Greens, received 47% of the votes against 45 for the right. Voter turnout was 61% compared to 67.3 in the 2001 elections, in which Sarkozy's party won 55% of local authorities.

Georgia may demand $20 billion from Russia for Abkhazia Today, Georgian deputies intend to give an answer to the decision made by Russia on March 6 to unilaterally withdraw from the ban on trade, economic, financial, transport and other state relations with Abkhazia , introduced by the CIS in 1996. In addition to political claims, Tbilisi will bill Moscow for economic damage in the unrecognized republic.

The European territory of Russia will be affected by the influence of the Atlantic cyclone in the next two days. Already next night there will be light precipitation in the Leningrad region, the temperature at night will be -3...+2оС, during the day +2...+7оС. In the center of Russia on Tuesday, against the background of high pressure, no precipitation, at night 0...-5оС, during the day +1...+6оС.

The Ministry of Defense is developing a federal target program (FTP), which should regulate the care of monuments and military graves in our country and around the world. Deputy Head of the Military Memorial Center of the Russian Armed Forces, Colonel Andrei TARANOV, told Vremya Novostei correspondent Kirill MELNIKOV how to streamline the allocation of funds to maintain their decent appearance and how the program should work.

The Kaliningrad region wants not to be forgotten in the new agreement between Russia and the European Union The Kaliningrad region wants to achieve a separate mention of its problems in the new Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) between Russia and the European Union. The corresponding initiative was recently made by the chairman of the regional parliament, Sergei Bulychev, during a meeting with a group of members of the European Parliament.

The Georgian opposition lost faith in the possibility of reaching an agreement with the authorities to hold fair parliamentary elections in May and decided to take radical measures. Deputies and their supporters began a hunger strike in the reception area of ​​Parliament Chairman Nino Burjanadze and on Rustaveli Avenue.

February 7 -- March 7, 2008 “Politicians Through the Eyes of the Media,” a joint project of Vremya Novostei and the Medialogia company, are ratings of the political figures most actively discussed in the Russian media.

The International Salon in Geneva dressed in green colors Among international motor shows, Geneva is considered one of the most prestigious . This conclusion has long been reached not only by car enthusiasts around the world, but also by representatives of the largest automobile concerns. The 78th Geneva Motor Show, which opened late last week, features 260 companies from 30 countries.

Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero ( pictured ) yesterday announced the victory of his Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) in Sunday's parliamentary elections and his intention to lead the government for a second time. His main opponent, Mariano Rajoy, congratulated Zapatero, admitting that the Popular Party, whose leader he is, lost 4% of the vote to the Socialists.

Another head of the anti-mafia service was killed in the North Caucasus The special services of North Ossetia have not yet been able to get on the trail of the killers who shot the head of the Organized Crime Control Department of the republic, Mark Metsaev, in the evening of March 7 in the center of Vladikavkaz. This crime became the reason for the introduction of enhanced security measures in the region, which, as already decided, will remain in effect at least until the end of the week.