Nowitzki brought 44 points to Dallas Basketball. NBA. Regular season. Atlanta -- Clippers -- 97:121, New Jersey -- Denver -- 114:70, Milwaukee -- Detroit -- 121:126 (OT), Dallas -- "Chicago" -- 115:114 (OT), "Philadelphia" -- "Miami" -- 94:84, "Memphis" -- "Toronto" -- 78:70, "Houston" -- "Minnesota" -- 107:90. Two basketball players managed to score 44 points at once. This is the scoring indicator of the German forward of “Dallas” Dirk Nowitzki and the defender of “Milwaukee” Ramon Session.

The Theater of Nations brought Marina Vladi's play about Vysotsky to Moscow In our understanding, “Vladimir, or Interrupted Flight,” based on Vladi’s old book of the same name, is not exactly a play. This is what we call a “literary-musical composition”: on an empty stage there are three musicians and an actress, telling a little story and singing a little of Vysotsky’s songs.

Italy tightens measures against illegal immigrants In the near future, the Italian Parliament may pass a law tightening measures against illegal immigration. The Senate (upper house) recently adopted a bill developed by the government of Silvio Berlusconi, which declares illegal entry into Italy a criminal offense, in contrast to the current practice of considering it an administrative violation. The law is currently being considered by the Chamber of Deputies.

The growing doping scandal in biathlon threatens, at least temporarily, to bury the sport's incredible commercial success. As a matter of fact, ten or fifteen years ago, “smooth” ski racing was much more popular with sponsors than biathlon.

The US Federal Reserve continues to stimulate consumer lending The US Federal Reserve System (FRS) has announced the launch of a new initiative to develop consumer lending, under which US companies will be provided with $200 billion. You can attract a loan from the government agency on the security of asset-backed securities with the highest credit ratings (which have been assigned to them at least two rating agencies).

Israelis choose weak coalition with harsh rhetoric Tomorrow, February 10, for the eighteenth time in the 60-year history of Israel, parliamentary elections will be held in the country. According to polls, the gap between the leading parties is so small that politicians will not be able to create a strong ruling coalition following the election results. The Israeli parliament is elected for four years, but due to the instability of coalitions, Knesset members rarely manage to complete this term.

Pashutin the player fulfilled the idea of ​​Pashutin the coach There was no sensation in any of the five matches of the next gaming weekend of the men's super league, although the meeting on the banks of the Neva between the local Spartak and the outsider from Surgut was close to an unexpected outcome. The “red-whites” beat the “University” with a minimal difference in the score - 80:79.

Russia promises Belarus to reduce gas prices The Belarusian parliament will consider the issue of recognizing the independence of Sukhumi and Tskhinvali at a session that begins on April 2. “It is our sovereign business to recognize or not to recognize. And we will resolve this issue calmly,” said Alexander Lukashenko. The President emphasized that Minsk does not accept pressure either from Russia or from the West.

St. Petersburg police officers were suspected of murdering an SKP employee The Investigative Committee of the Prosecutor's Office (SKP) on Friday announced that it had solved the murder of an employee of this department, Dmitry Marininov, who was shot dead on January 15 in St. Petersburg. According to investigators, he became a victim of corrupt local police officers involved in drug trafficking. It is assumed that Mr.

FOOTBALL. February 10-11. Friendly matches of national teams . The Russian national team is training in Turkey in preparation for the qualifying matches for the 2010 World Cup. A number of friendly matches will take place in the Old World, among which the following can be highlighted: February 10. Slovakia - Ukraine (Limassol, Cyprus), Brazil - Italy (London, England). February 11. Germany - Norway (Dusseldorf), France - Argentina (Marseille), Spain - England (Seville), Austria - Sweden (Graz).

"The Duchess" on Moscow screens Georgiana Spencer (Keira Knightley), a young aristocrat from Althorp, is, as they say, ripe for procreation. Through the dim glass of the carriage one can see the face of the Duke of Devonshire (Ralph Fiennes), a lover of hunting dogs (among other things, they delight him by the fact that they “never talk”), the main support of the Whigs, “hating their rhetoric ... as opposed to politics.” He will be her betrothed.

Speaking last Wednesday at the Russia 2009 forum, First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov said that the next day the government would consider an adjusted version of the 2009 budget. The review, as is known, did not take place. Most likely, because the budget bargaining has not yet been completed. We have not yet been able to agree on what to do with the existing budget, with accepted and announced obligations.

Moscow tax authorities reported on the results of their audits in 2008 The financial crisis has not affected the control grip of tax authorities for the worse. More and more on-site inspections are being carried out, and increasingly, fiscal officers are working with an almost 100 percent hit rate (in every sense of the word). Of the 6,043 audits of Moscow tax inspectorates last year, 6,029 were successful.

The Constitutional Court took up the rights of patients The Ministry of Health and Social Development and the Social Insurance Fund were ahead of the Constitutional Court's decision aimed at simplifying sick pay for fathers caring for a child during the mother's illness.

Yulia Tymoshenko was accused of negotiating a multibillion-dollar loan with Moscow There is another loud scandal in Kyiv related to Russian-Ukrainian gas agreements. Late Friday on the Inter TV channel, Ukrainian Presidential Envoy for Energy Security Bogdan Sokolovsky accused the government of conducting secret negotiations with Moscow to provide a loan of “up to $5 billion.” to cover the country's budget deficit in 2009.