On the European territory of Russia, frosts will gradually weaken due to the fact that the anticyclone, the culprit of the current cold weather, is retreating to the southern borders of the country. On Tuesday, the warming effect of the cyclones will also affect the northwest. There will be snow in places, and the temperature during the day will rise to -2...-7°C.

Lithuanians cancel protests The anti-government demonstration scheduled for today in Vilnius will not take place. Its organizers, including the Association of Small and Medium Businesses of Lithuania, threatened to bring 20 thousand people to the Seimas (parliament) building on Independence Square. But the authorities learned lessons from the last protest on January 16, when the population of Lithuanian cities violently expressed their disagreement with the economic policies in the country.

Pension managers showed negative returns in 2008 Management companies are gradually disclosing data on the profitability of managing pension savings in the past year. So far, in the imaginary rating of successful management companies, only one of the 58 companies that entered into an agreement with the Russian Pension Fund has shown positive profitability.

Muscovites were offered to choose an electricity supplier The struggle between two large energy supply companies for capital consumers seems to have entered a decisive phase.

The exchange rate cannot be curbed No actions or exhortations of the Russian financial authorities can yet cool the situation on the foreign exchange market - yesterday speculators continued their attacks on the ruble. The upper limit of the currency corridor established by the Central Bank was not broken, but the players came close to it. The Central Bank yesterday set the official dollar exchange rate at 36.17 rubles, increasing it by 76 kopecks.

A project to improve the energy efficiency of the Russian economy will be presented in Germany Tomorrow in Berlin, Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko and the head of the German Energy Agency Stefan Kohler (DENA) will present the idea of ​​​​creating a Russian-German agency to implement energy efficiency projects. As the head of the Ministry of Energy said yesterday, almost all the relevant documents are ready, the final agreement can be signed in the coming months.

The Bolivarian Revolution celebrated its tenth anniversary Yesterday was a holiday in Venezuela, declared by the authorities to be a day off in honor of the tenth anniversary of the Bolivarian Revolution, which began with the coming to power on February 2, 1999 of 54-year-old Hugo Chavez, Comandante Cha, the builder of “socialism of the 21st century.” He won the presidential election in December 1998, then was re-elected twice more: in 2000 (after the adoption of the country's new constitution)

The hockey union develops the rules of the game An extraordinary congress of the hockey players' trade union took place in Moscow. Representatives of 19 teams were trying to figure out how to resist owners who were planning to cut contracts. The head of the players' organization, Andrei Kovalenko, boasted that he managed to prevent the decision to unilaterally reduce contracts by 30% from January 1.

Humans are increasingly influencing tectonic processes on the planet An earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale that occurred on May 12, 2008 in the Chinese province of Sichuan, killed 80 thousand people and left over 5 million people homeless. Seismological scientists, studying the complex processes in the earth's crust that led to such a catastrophic earthquake, came to the conclusion that perhaps the tragedy did not occur without human participation.

Performance by Andrey Bartenev at the Red October confectionery factory Last Saturday, on the last day of the ambitious exhibition of young artists “Invasion: Rejection”, which opened at the end of last year in the new art space Baibakov Art Projects (former workshops of the Red October factory), artist Andrei Bartenev organized a performance with the poetic title “White Rainbow above the table" (musical of expired food).

At the Russian Winter international track and field tournament that ended in Moscow, Olympic champion in the 800 m race Yuri Borzakovsky opened his new season. At a distance of 1000 m, he did not have enough moments to get ahead of the Kenyan Charon Keitan. However, by finishing second and running the distance in 2:17.10, Borzakovsky conquered the country's oldest record, which had stood since 1987. After the competition, Vremya Novostei correspondent Olga ERMOLINA talked with Yuri BORZAKOVSKY.

In the UK, they remembered heavy snowfalls The transport infrastructure of Western Europe could not cope with the heavy snowfalls that hit the UK, France, Spain, Belgium and Italy at the beginning of the week. Yesterday, news agencies, describing the situation on the roads in these countries, preferred to use the expression “transport collapse.” Snow jams paralyzed not only highways, but also disrupted railway communications.

A new version of Diaghilev’s ballet was presented at the Kremlin Palace Armida's Pavilion has been improved. How is it customary to improve architecture in today's Moscow - the Manege or the Tsaritsyn Grand Palace, for example. There was no need to burn it to the ground for this - from the ballet that opened the first Diaghilev ballet season in Paris in 1909, there was no actual dance text left, that is, the original was destroyed by time itself.

North Korea says it is on the brink of war with South Korea. And although it is unlikely that serious military operations will begin on the Korean Peninsula now, the question arises: what are the armed forces of the northerners? The army of North Korea numbers about 750 thousand people, the reserve is about 4.5 million.

£12 million for number 13 Zenit never found the strength to peacefully part with the highest paid football player in Russia, Andrei Arshavin. Yesterday, until the last moment, it was not known whether the player’s transfer to London’s Arsenal took place. Arshavin had already discussed all the details of the agreement with the Gunners, chose the 13th number in the new team, but for a long time could not come to an agreement with the leaders of Gazprom, on whom this transfer largely depended.