The world and Russian economies are looking for a way out In 1944, international agreements establishing the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (IBRD) were signed at the Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire.

Dmitry Medvedev introduced the church to youth policy The state turned to the church for support. Representatives of the main religious faiths should help young Russians adapt to life in a crisis, and the state should help combat extremist manifestations among young people.

Nizhny Novgorod authorities are placing historical emphasis in the hope of federal money An organizing committee began work in Nizhny Novgorod to prepare the so-called Alexander Days, dedicated to Alexander Nevsky. As you know, this historical character recently won the television competition “Name of Russia”. Local authorities took this fact as a signal from above and decided to celebrate Alexander Days in September 2009.

Non-payments for electricity have increased in Moscow The capital's energy sector, which has already noted a decline in energy consumption in 2009, may also face a crisis of non-payments. Moscow City Duma deputies believe that this is how Muscovites are able to respond to the sharp increase in utility tariffs this year - by refusing to pay for electricity.

The G20 should instruct the International Monetary Fund to prepare a quarterly report on the anti-crisis measures taken by countries, says US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner. Yesterday he issued a statement ahead of the meeting of G20 finance ministers, which will take place tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. Geithner's statement actually sets the agenda for the upcoming discussion - in the form in which Washington would like to see it.

The government may not have time to return to three-year budget planning in a year This week it became finally clear: there will be no three-year budget in Russia. At least in the next few crisis years. Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said on Tuesday that the government will submit amendments to the Budget Code to the State Duma, providing for the abandonment of three-year federal budget planning, as well as the use of the Reserve Fund to cover the budget deficit.

Rozhdestvensky introduced us to Bruckner Conductor, publicist, researcher, restorer, musical preacher and connoisseur, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, each concert of which is at least a repertoire-significant gesture, conducted the Eighth Symphony of the titanic, cosmogonic and rarely performed in Moscow by Anton Bruckner in the Great Hall of the Conservatory, which in itself is no small feat.

Barack Obama is losing his people A loud scandal has erupted in the United States around one of the key positions in the new administration. The famous diplomat Charles Freeman, 65, refused his appointment to the post of head of the National Intelligence Council (NIC), the main advisory body of the intelligence community.

European family wealth managers have changed their strategy The economic crisis is forcing wealth managers from Europe's richest families to shift their wealth from stocks to cash, according to a Merrill Lynch and Campden Research report released yesterday. The survey of 40 managers in ten countries, including Germany, Switzerland and the UK, found that the average portfolio allocation to equities fell to 18% in 2008 from 34% the previous year.

Lone killers shot more than 20 people in Europe and the USA Sixteen people became victims of the bloody drama that took place in the quiet town of Winnenden in southern Germany, near Stuttgart. As the police were able to establish, yesterday morning a young man dressed in a black camouflage uniform entered the Albertville School building, where more than a thousand people study, and silently shot everyone who stood in his way.

G20 summit in London offers a chance to change the course of history Deputy Foreign Secretary of Great Britain, special representative of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown for the G20 summit, which will be held in London in early April, Lord Mark Malloch-Brown, arrived on a visit to Moscow. On the eve of the visit, Lord MALLOCH-BROWN wrote an article about the global economic crisis that humanity is experiencing and ways to overcome it - especially for the newspaper Vremya Novostey.

CLUBS Holy Monday (funk, blues). "B2" , 19.00. Stepan Rak (Czech Republic). World-class guitar virtuoso. "Union of Composers" , 23.30. M-Face (smooth-jazz-quintet). "Forte" , 21.00. CONCERTS Russian National Orchestra. S. Prokofiev. Soloist A. Lyubimov (piano). Conductor V. Yurovsky. Conservatory , 19.00. Evening of classical music. F. Poulenc. Soloists I. Gaisin, S. Golubenko, B. Lifanovsky, E. Tarasova, A. Kudryashov, K. Magakyan. Piano duet V. Kholodenko - A. Gugnin.

Guus Hiddink takes Chelsea to the Champions League quarter-finals Having waited out the goalless calm of the first matches of the 1/8 finals of the Champions League, in the return matches the European giants erupted in a storm of devastating results. Liverpool did not leave Real a chance to save the unsuccessful season for the royal club, and Bayern completely destroyed the floundering Sporting in the first match.

LeBron James saved Cleveland from defeat Basketball. NBA. Regular season . Indiana - Utah - 100:112, Milwaukee - New York - 112:120, San Antonio - Charlotte - 100:86, Sacramento - - Oklahoma City - 98:99, Phoenix - Dallas - 117:122, Clippers - Cleveland - 83:87. Perhaps the most intriguing game played on Tuesday night was Cleveland's meeting with the Los Angeles Clippers.

On the European territory of Russia (with the exception of the south), the influence of the cyclone will decrease. It goes east, and instead of it the crest of the Arctic anticyclone descends from the north. In the north-west there may still be light snow in some places, during the day -3...+2оС. And on Friday it will be mostly rainless, -4...+1оС. In the center there is light precipitation in some places, -3...+3оС, and on March 13 there is mostly no precipitation, and -4...+1оС.