Gas agreements with Ukraine are not respected by mutual consent There will not be another outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian gas war, which could happen in just a few days. Obviously guided by political logic, Gazprom showed softness towards its partner, the state concern Naftogaz of Ukraine, and agreed to turn a blind eye to Kiev’s failure to fulfill one of the parameters of the agreements concluded on January 19.

The President of Ingushetia convenes his people Yesterday's explosion of the building of the Ingush Ministry of Justice and the bailiff service in Nazran once again returned Ingushetia to the center of media attention. Law enforcement agencies consider the main version of a domestic gas explosion, but they are also going to work out the version of a terrorist act.

Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan have accumulated questions for Moscow The next three weeks will become “Central Asian” for Dmitry Medvedev. One after another, he will have meetings with the presidents of Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. The first of them to fly to Moscow for negotiations at the beginning of next week, when Russia traditionally expects Epiphany frosts, will be Kyrgyz leader Kurmanbek Bakiyev.

European stock markets hit historic lows The European stock market continues to fall. The weakening eurozone economy reacts instantly and painfully to any negative news. One of them was a report from the insurer American International Group (AIG). According to analysts, a correction is possible in the near future, but downside risks remain.

Krasnodar authorities cannot decide on the mayor of Sochi The replacement of the acting mayor of Sochi, the capital of the 2014 Olympic Games, expected on January 13, did not take place. Anatoly Pakhomov, who last Monday resigned as mayor of another Kuban resort - Anapa and who was supposed to become the new acting. Sochi mayor, yesterday was introduced to Sochi residents as an ordinary deputy head of the city for economic issues. Represented his new acting deputy.

Watch from March 5 on Moscow screens "Watchmen" (USA, 2009, Zack Snyder). The creator of the new “Dawn of the Dead” and “300”, Snyder carried out a film adaptation of Alan Moore’s “graphic novel” (“From Hell”, “V for Vendetta”, which, according to many years of experts’ assurances, is in principle impossible to transfer to the silver screen).

The crisis has made adjustments to the plans of Moscow architects As a result of the crisis, Moscow architects have less work, and economic difficulties are forcing them to postpone the implementation of some ambitious projects indefinitely. But the capital’s architectural complex continues to fulfill its obligations to design residential buildings and kindergartens to the same extent. The chief architect of Moscow, Alexander Kuzmin, stated this while speaking to reporters yesterday.

Due to the efforts of cyclones, abnormally warm weather has established itself in most of the European territory of Russia. In the coming days, an anticyclone will make adjustments to the weather in the central regions of Russia. At night, with light winds, due to clearing, the temperature will drop to -6...-11°C, in the Kostroma region (the coldest) to -20°C, and only in Tver and Yaroslavl, where the proximity of the cyclone will affect, to -2°C.

The split in the parliamentary coalition in Ukraine is entering an open phase Yesterday, the Verkhovna Rada dismissed the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Vladimir Ohryzko. 250 deputies voted for this decision, with 226 required.

Peasants find it easier to deal with rodents than bankers and oil workers First Deputy Prime Minister, curator of agriculture in the government Viktor Zubkov, together with peasants, yesterday prepared for spring field work - in a video conference format. Its participants from different regions were able to exchange opinions in real time and report on their successes. Once again, there were complaints about rising fuel prices.

Wade didn't catch James Basketball. NBA. Regular season. "Washington" - "Atlanta" - 89:98, "Philadelphia" - "New Orleans" - 91:98, "Miami" - "Cleveland" - 100:107, "Oklahoma" - " Dallas - 96:87, Clippers - San Antonio - 78:106. Another scoring feat of LeBron James allowed his Cleveland to escape defeat in the match with Miami. In 7 minutes Before the final siren, the guests lost to the Heat by 11 points, but the finishing spurt allowed Cleveland to snatch victory - 107:100.

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The Russian IT industry, unlike the oil industry and the auto industry, does not receive any help from the state.

The budget cuts already prepared by the government will affect all ministries and departments. But funding for social programs will remain at the same level, and perhaps even increase, if we talk about absolute numbers. As Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said the other day, in particular, funding for the national project “Health” will be fully preserved. Largely thanks to him, the birth rate in the country actually went up for the first time in many years.

Viktor Astafiev was awarded posthumously This year, for the first time, the fate of the Alexander Solzhenitsyn Literary Prize was decided without the participation of its founder. It is clear that it was very difficult for the permanent jury of the award (Lyudmila Saraskina, Natalia Solzhenitsyna, Pavel Basinsky, Boris Lyubimov, Valentin Nepomnyashchy, Nikita Struve) to make a choice in this fundamentally new situation.