Peasants will save Chinese industry This year could be "the most difficult year for Chinese economic development" this century due to the global financial crisis and a slowdown in the global economy. The first policy document of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and the Chinese government on agricultural problems published yesterday warns about this.

HOCKEY. February 5-8. "Swedish Hockey Games" is the third stage of the Eurotour. Stockholm.

Iran and the US want, but are in no hurry to make peace Iran is preparing for the main events to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution. The main celebrations will take place on February 11. On this day in 1979, Iranian radio reported the victory of the revolutionaries led by Ayatollah Ruhollah Mousavi Khomeini over the supporters of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. And yesterday in Iran they remembered the triumphant return of Ayatollah Khomeini.

On the European territory of Russia, power over the weather will be shared between an anticyclone, which is slowly heading from the north-west to the central regions, and a cyclone, which is rushing from the Barents Sea to the Komi Republic. Moreover, the cyclone carries heat to the north, and the anticyclone will continue to push the Arctic cold to the south. In Moscow today there will be partly cloudy weather, mostly no precipitation, -13...-15°C.

Valentin Gaft took the stage as himself and Stalin On the stage of Sovremennik they showed the phantasmagoria “Gaft’s Dream, retold by Viktyuk.” Everything in this title is true: this is really a dream of Valentin Gaft, told by him with the help of uneven iambics, and played by him in the production of Roman Viktyuk. And Gaft dreamed that he became Stalin, but in some strange way, which only happens in dreams, while remaining himself.

It seems that it was easier for Gazprom to agree with Ukraine on the resumption of transit of its gas to Europe than to sell the leader of St. Petersburg Zenit Andrei Arshavin to the same Europe. Literally today, Arsh can finally become a player for London's Arsenal. Or maybe it won't.

The government admitted that Russia alone will not get out of the crisis Last Friday, for the first time since the beginning of the crisis, almost all the key figures of the executive branch came to the State Duma at the same time to tell deputies during the government hour about what else to expect in Russia and what measures the government and the Central Bank are taking to combat economic shocks.

The RFU is waiting for government approval Today FIFA is finishing accepting applications from applicants to host the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups. Russia will also take part in this qualifying campaign. Its rivals will be Australia, England, Japan, Qatar, Mexico, Indonesia and the USA. The hosts of the tournaments will be named in December 2010.

December 30, 2008 -- January 30, 2009 “Politicians through the Eyes of the Media,” a joint project of “Vremya Novostey” and the “Medialogia” company, are ratings of political figures who are most actively discussed in the federal press and on central TV channels. The ratings reflect both the total number of publications per month and the level of information favorability in relation to each political person.

Sergey Shnurov presented the “Ruble” project On the very eve of the New Year, December 30, the first Moscow concert of the Ruble group took place - the new and now only project of Sergei Shnurov. At the same time, the musician canceled the Leningrad concerts scheduled for February and announced the dissolution of the group, becoming the main musical newsmaker in the last week of the outgoing year.

Moscow authorities remembered the positive side of markets During the crisis, the pricing policy in large chain stores, whose dominance was facilitated by the capital's authorities, apparently turned out to be unpopular with both the population and officials. At least the other day, the head of the capital’s department of consumer market and services, Vladimir Malyshkov, said that, most likely, the mayor’s office will return to market trading in the most literal sense.

The company is looking for solutions to financial problems The $4.5 billion loan from Vnesheconombank that RUSAL received last year to refinance external debts did not solve all the financial problems of the aluminum giant, whose debt is $16.3 billion. Therefore, RUSAL's owners are currently discussing a new scheme.

Hamas mocks Blair and truce Unless another war breaks out next week, right-wing Likud party leader Benjamin Netanyahu, 59, is likely to become Israel's next prime minister. This conclusion is drawn by the Haaretz newspaper based on sociological surveys ahead of the parliamentary elections on February 10. Likud is ahead of the centrist ruling party Kadima, led by 50-year-old Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, by three to five seats in parliament.

In Ingushetia, they are finding out whose bullets hit the FSB and Ministry of Internal Affairs officers One security officer was killed and at least three others were wounded in an armed incident on Friday evening in the former capital of Ingushetia, Nazran. According to official information, operatives of the republican Ministry of Internal Affairs and the FSB were victims of two unrelated militant attacks that occurred at approximately the same time in the same place.

Rakhmon responded to Medvedev with a demarche President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon (pictured) did not fly to Moscow yesterday and will not meet with Dmitry Medvedev today. And he will also not take part in the CSTO and EurAsEC summits, which will be held in the Kremlin on February 4.