Britain proposed its plan to Russia and the USA The British Foreign Office, on the orders of its head David Miliband, prepared and published a document entitled “Come Out of the Nuclear Shadow.

CLUBS Inna Zhelannaya. One of a series of concerts called “20 years in trance” dedicated to the creative anniversary. "B2" , 20.00. Deborah Davis (vocals, USA) and the Oleg Butman Trio as part of the Jazz In Motion project - a series of weekly concerts by the best Russian and foreign jazz musicians. Art cafe “Durov” , 20.00. RMF. A fusion of Britpop, indie rock, trip-hop, reggae, R'n'B, grunge and pop alternative. FM Club , 21.00. 2H Company. Alternative hip-hop. Songs from the first two albums.

Romania thinks about Putin's proposal Discussions in European countries regarding who bears the blame for the gas crisis have heated up in earnest. They have also drawn into their orbit those states that are not directly dependent on the Russian-Ukrainian dispute. The situation is such that many of them, especially those involved in the orbit of Soviet influence in the recent past, are in a hurry to blame Moscow, and not Kyiv, for the disruption of supplies.

The court lost material evidence in the Politkovskaya case At the trial of the murder of Novaya Gazeta columnist Anna Politkovskaya, which is ongoing in the Moscow District Military Court (MOVS), an unexpected problem arose yesterday. It turned out that the MOVS employees lost important material evidence - a disk with a computer presentation of the murder of Ms. Politkovskaya, which was prepared by the investigation to more clearly present their version to the jury.

Army reform will change the face of military medicine A particularly sensitive point of the ongoing military reform is social guarantees for those who remain to serve and for those who will be dismissed, that is, will not join the new-look armed forces. One of the main guarantees is medical care.

The government promises to return stability to Belarusians There will be no significant devaluation of the Belarusian ruble within a year, the head of the country's National Bank, Pyotr Prokopovich, promised yesterday on state television. According to him, “the exchange rate of the Belarusian ruble to a basket of foreign currencies will fluctuate throughout the year within plus or minus 5%...

The government can significantly reduce budget expenditures in 2009 The government is preparing to significantly cut federal budget spending, First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov admitted yesterday. He spoke at a meeting of the Russia 2009 forum. The speech itself was closed to the press, but, as those who were allowed to hear it later told reporters, it was about how the budget approved just a few months ago turned out to be too ambitious for times of crisis.

The new leadership of the Union of Cinematographers is preparing for war with Nikita Mikhalkov Yesterday a press conference was held by the new chairman of the Union of Cinematographers, Marlen Khutsiev, and members of his board. Sitting at the presidium table were Eldar Ryazanov, Vadim Abdrashitov, Pavel Finn, Harry Bardin, Victor Matizen, Yuri Bogomolov. Two issues were discussed: the refusal of the Ministry of Justice to register Mr.

Israel doesn't know how to end Operation Cast Lead On the 18th day of hostilities in the Gaza Strip, Israeli leaders are still debating whether to continue the IDF's Operation Cast Lead or move to the negotiation stage. The Israeli army command believes that in its current form the operation has exhausted itself: in order to continue to inflict damage on the infrastructure of the ruling Islamic Resistance Movement (HAMAS) in the sector, it is necessary to expand the combat zone.

Russia has created its own anti-crisis military-economic alliance It seems that all participants - the presidents of Belarus, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, as well as Armenia and Uzbekistan - were pleased with the results of yesterday's Moscow extraordinary summits of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and the Eurasian Economic Community (EurAsEC).

Erlend Lu. Muley. Translation from Norwegian by Olga Drobut. -- St. Petersburg: Azbuka, 2009. The founder of naive writing, the ideologist of “new sincerity” and the fanatical collector of prehistoric skates in his latest novel substantiates a new social program. Previously, his lyrical hero, a phlegmatic intellectual, grumbled sweetly about the degeneration of Western civilization, the intolerability of globalism and genetically modified poison.

Pharmacy competition holds back even greater increases in drug prices Preliminary results of pharmacy trade for the first month of 2009 indicate that drug prices in Russia are growing at a rate that is faster than all forecasts. Just a month ago, pharmaceutical market analysts predicted an approximately 20% increase in prices for medicines by the end of this year.

The list of candidates for the board of directors of Gazprom was full of surprises Gazprom's Board of Directors yesterday officially scheduled the company's annual meeting of shareholders for June 26 and approved the list of candidates for directors. Work on the shortlist continued until the meeting, although according to the law on joint stock companies, the nomination of candidates was supposed to end on January 30.

Price growth in Russia in 2009 may exceed the planned 13% Inflation of 13% at the end of the year is “this is happiness,” this was a statement made yesterday by German Gref, the former Minister of Economic Development, now the head of the country’s largest bank, Sberbank. Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin summed up the results of January: prices rose by 2.4%.

Somali pirates received ransom for Faina In the dramatic story of the capture of the Ukrainian ship "Faina", the long-awaited denouement may finally come. Yesterday, the Iranian English-language television channel Press TV reported that the Israeli shipowner paid Somali pirates, who have been holding the Faina for more than four months, a ransom of $3.2 million for the release of the ship. This information was confirmed by the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry.