The favorites have worked on their mistakes Moscow clubs and Zenit drew the right conclusions from the results of the first round matches. A week was enough for the favorites to realize the mistakes they made in the opening games and work to prevent them from becoming systemic. But while Zenit, Spartak, CSKA and Lokomotiv were stalled at the start, Rubin and Amkar took the lead. The national champion Zenit, however, can also consider the start in the current championship successful for itself.

The Russian volleyball team has 22 candidates A preliminary application for the Russian men's team to participate in the World League, which starts in mid-June, has been sent to the International Volleyball Federation. At the group stage, our team will play in the same quartet with Italy, Cuba and Korea. By the start of the tournament, the list of 22 candidates compiled by head coach Vladimir Alekno should be reduced to 19 names.

Is it possible to remove an atomic nucleus without damaging the electron shell? The laws of nature, as we know, cannot be violated. However, sometimes they can be circumvented using other physical laws.

FOOTBALL. March 26. Friendly match Romania - Russia. Bucharest. Russian Championship. Premier League. 3rd round. March 29. "Terek" - "Spartak" Nch, "Luch-Energia" - "Shinnik", "Dynamo" - "Tom", "Khimki" - "Spartak" M. March 30. CSKA - Saturn, Lokomotiv - Krylya Sovetov, Zenit - Rubin, Amkar - Dynamo. The Russian national team is playing its first match this season. Our team is preparing for the final tournament of the 2008 European Championship in Austria and Switzerland.

The "smell of the sea" on Titan can knock a man off his feet In the depths of Titan, the largest satellite of Jupiter, lies a huge ocean consisting of ammonia. The surface of this celestial body is actually a giant floating island the size of an entire planet. And this layer of firmament glides smoothly over the surface of the ocean. This is the opinion of astronomers who studied images of the surface of Titan obtained from the Cassini spacecraft.

CONCERTS Symphony Orchestra of the Moscow Conservatory under the direction of conductor Felix Korobov , Chamber Choir of the Moscow Conservatory under the direction of Boris Tevlin , as well as soloist Ekaterina Mechetina (piano). The program includes Tchaikovsky's All-Night Vigil, six songs for women's choir and piano, and Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 4. Great Hall of the Conservatory , 19.00.

Alexey Mordashov’s company has already bought a third steel producer in the United States Severstal, which two years ago was going to merge with Arcelor , last week managed to buy from it (now Arcelor Mittal) the Sparrows Point metallurgical plant in the USA for $810 million. Experts believe that this purchase was quite cheap for Severstal -- the price was largely influenced by the recession in the United States, problems in the global financial market, as well as the re-sale of the asset.

“Mongol” was recognized as the best film according to the oldest Russian film award.

Half of the teams failed to score in their opening matches The first semi-final matches of the Russian Ice Hockey Championship upset hockey fans with the small number of goals and the excessive caution of the participants. Moreover, both results turned out quite unexpectedly. Ufa's Salavat Yulaev beat Ak Bars dry - 3:0, and Magnitogorsk's Metallurg failed to score at home to Lokomotiv, conceding twice.

Pakistan's new prime minister marries his son on election day Today the Pakistani parliament will elect a new prime minister . But it is already clear that he will be the 55-year-old deputy head of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), member of the current parliament, Yusuf Reza Gilani.

The State Duma has declined responsibility for the possible recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia Last Friday, the Russian State Duma adopted a statement on the problems of the unrecognized republics - Abkhazia and South Ossetia . The text of the document took a long time to prepare, and it was based on recommendations developed at recent multi-hour parliamentary hearings with the participation of representatives of the legislative authorities of the republics.

The Mariinsky Festival has undertaken a revision of the main ballet It’s clear that “Swan Lake”, LO, Swan Lake, has not been a ballet for a long time.

Armenia's new president may have to sacrifice his old one Last Friday , the Armenian capital Yerevan lifted the state of emergency introduced three weeks ago by decree of President Robert Kocharyan after clashes between police and oppositionists who disagreed with the results of the February 19 presidential elections. After the end of the state of emergency, the Armenian opposition did not organize violent protests and will most likely be forced to admit defeat.

Pollution of the Arctic began before the industrial revolution One more has been added to the list of discoveries made by the great Swedish traveler Adolf Nordenskiöld. The famous Swede can now be called the first researcher of Arctic ecology. According to Tim Garrett and Lisa Verzella from the University of Utah, it was Adolf Nordenskiöld who first noticed the dirt generated by the industrial revolution on the white polar ice.

The court allowed the European University to resume work The European University in St. Petersburg defended its right to conduct educational activities in court . Already today, the classrooms in the Small Marble Palace of Kushelev-Bezborodko, sealed at the request of firefighters, will be reopened to students and graduate students. The meeting of the Dzerzhinsky Court of St.