The head of the Institute of Socio-Economic Investment Design, Leonid Baron, was killed In Moscow, a well-known economist, general director of the Institute of Socio-Economic Investment Projecting (ISEIP), 39-year-old Leonid Baron, was found murdered in his apartment yesterday.

RUSAL presented a program to increase competitiveness in times of crisis RUSAL continues to fulfill what its main shareholder Oleg Deripaska promised back in December last year.

Moscow and Beijing will not receive $60 billion Chinese media yesterday reported good news, which led to a short-term increase in quotations on Asian exchanges. The Chinese economy is reviving, as indicated by an improvement in the purchasing managers' index (45.3 in January versus 41.2 in December and a record drop to 38.8 last November). This indicator is based on surveys rather than statistics, but it provides the quickest idea of ​​economic trends.

The surviving Latvian government faces elections The situation in Latvia remains unstable, although Prime Minister Ivars Godmanis retained power and promises to cope with the economic crisis. But another factor intervenes: on June 6, Latvians will elect deputies to self-government bodies and the European Parliament. The election campaign, taking place against the backdrop of a crisis, is aggravating the situation.

The mayor of Smolensk lost his party card and the trust of United Russia The crisis spares no one, not even United Russia. First, the party in power had to cut costs on its good deeds - such as the construction of stadiums and playgrounds. Now life forces us to curb our appetites for the upcoming elections to the regional legislative assemblies of a number of subjects in March.

The Ministry of Health and Social Development calmly responds to criticism of its strategic plans The Ministry of Health and Social Development has finally begun an open discussion of the “Concept for the development of healthcare in the Russian Federation until 2020”, developed in the quiet of ministerial corridors.

The Kremlin is pleased with the Moscow summits The EurAsEC and CSTO summits that took place in Moscow the day before apparently satisfied the Russian leadership so much that the Kremlin considered it useful to once again comment on the results of the meeting of the CIS heads of state. Yesterday, their results were summed up by Russian Presidential Assistant Sergei Prikhodko.

Ruslan Chagaev is confident in his triumphant return to the elite On February 7, in the German city of Rostock, 30-year-old heavyweight Ruslan Chagaev from Uzbekistan will hold the second defense of his World Boxing Association (WBA) world champion belt. His opponent will be 33-year-old fighter from Costa Rica, Carl Davis Drummond, currently ranked tenth in the WBA rankings. For Chagaev, this fight will be the 26th in his professional career, for Drummond - the 27th.

A Chinese citizen proved in the European Court the illegality of the confiscation of his money by the Russian authorities The European Court of Human Rights yesterday came to the defense of a Chinese citizen, recognizing that money was illegally confiscated from him, with which he was going to purchase goods for his business in Khabarovsk. Moreover, as the ECHR established, the confiscation was applied under the “smuggling” article of the Criminal Code, which does not provide for this sanction.

FAS will fight inflation with administrative resources The Federal Antimonopoly Service employs “not evil people,” they simply do their job, the head of the department, Igor Artemyev, is sure. Mr. Artemyev told how successfully the antimonopoly officers did their work last year and what they will do this year at a press conference.

In central Russia, the northern anticyclone and the southern cyclone will collide in the struggle for influence over the weather. The northeastern part of the central region will be on the southwestern periphery of the anticyclone. There will be light precipitation in places, daytime temperatures will be -7...-12°C. The southwestern part of the central region will be between cyclones, precipitation will occur only in places, daytime temperatures will be -3...-8oC, in some places down to -10oC.

Aston Villa vs Arshavin Football. FA Cup. 1/16 finals. Aston Villa - Doncaster (D2) - 3:1, Burnley (D2) - West Bromwich - 3:1, Blackburn - Sunderland - 2:1, Everton - Liverpool - 1:0. The English club Aston Villa was dissatisfied with Andrei Arshavin's transfer to Arsenal. According to the Birmingham management, this deal was registered by the English Premier League 24 hours after the transfer window closed without any reason.

Polish peacekeepers could serve life in Afghanistan An unprecedented trial began in the Warsaw Military District Court. Seven Polish soldiers from an elite air assault battalion are accused of killing civilians. It all happened on August 16, 2007 in the village of Nangar Khel in southeastern Afghanistan. There, in the morning, two vehicles from the Polish-American convoy of the International Security Forces in Afghanistan (ISAF) were damaged by a mine explosion.

About the film "Russia 88" Today, in the “Forum” section of the Berlin Film Festival, the film “Russia 88” by Pavel Bardin (son of a famous animator) will be shown. There will be a lot of debate about this film; it is of interest primarily because of its theme: this is the first Russian film about neo-Nazis. 88 -- coded "Heil Hitler", the letter H is the eighth in the German alphabet.

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