And even share it with Russia The military-political NATO bloc, which has so far been expanding to the east, will soon strengthen at the expense of one of the key Western countries. Paradoxically, we are talking about the oldest member of this bloc - France, which was among its creators in 1949.

A double of the American president has appeared in Azerbaijan There lives a man in Azerbaijan whose striking resemblance to US President 47-year-old Barack Obama made him famous throughout the republic. The double's name is Asif Mustafayev, he is an artist by profession and lives in the mountainous Gabala region.

The Ministry of Health and Social Development is leaving modular construction The Ministry of Health and Social Development lost part of the assets that it managed within the framework of the priority national project “Health”. The other day, President Dmitry Medvedev, by decree, transferred the authority to build and commission high-tech medical centers to the state corporation Russian Technologies, along with unspent funding for the project.

A show of the best performances from the countries of the former USSR, called “Mask Plus”, started by the Golden Mask, began with a tour of the Kyiv Modern Ballet Theater. A year and a half ago (see “Vremya Novostei” dated October 23, 2007) our newspaper talked about this newborn troupe.

Boris Nemtsov began the fight for the post of mayor of Sochi In the election campaign for the mayor of Sochi, the largest Russian resort and the capital of the 2014 Winter Olympics, yesterday, unexpectedly for local residents, an intrigue arose: Boris Nemtsov, a member of the presidium of the united democratic movement “Solidarity”, officially notified the city election commission of his nomination as a candidate for the post of Sochi mayor. .

Vladimir Putin told miners about global economic problems The miners of our country, unlike oil workers or drillers, as it happened historically, can afford more. What is on others' minds is on their tongues. Vladimir Putin, who is still far from personal meetings with “political rebels,” could well be convinced of this when he paid a visit yesterday to Novokuznetsk, the heart of the domestic coal industry.

Winnenden schoolchild killer announced his crime on the Internet Seventeen-year-old Tim Kretschmer, who carried out a bloody massacre in Germany in which 15 people died, warned of his intention the day before in an Internet chat. "I've had enough, I'm fed up with this wonderful life. The same thing every day. No one takes me seriously, no one sees my hidden potential. Tomorrow you will hear from me. Remember the name of the city: Winnenden," - the killer wrote in his post.

US complains to China about North Korean missile Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi met with US President Barack Obama yesterday in Washington. The main topics were joint efforts to counter the global economic crisis and preparations for the meeting of Chinese party and state leader Hu Jintao with Barack Obama in early April in London during the G20 meeting.

Elena Skrynnik inherits a controversial inheritance On March 6, Alexey Gordeev held a farewell press conference in his role as Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation. At that press conference, he provided some data on the state of the industry. According to preliminary data for 2008, 82% of farms are profitable, the total profit is expected to be 120 billion rubles. Over ten years, the volume of agricultural products in Russia has increased by 55%.

Anna Vlasyevna Ulanova, a literature teacher and creator of the world's only Yuri Tynyanov Museum, has died. In 1939, Tynyanov wrote: “I was born <...> in the city of Rezhitsa <...> The city was small, hilly, very different. On the hill are the ruins of the Livonian castle, below are Jewish alleys, and beyond the river is a schismatic monastery. Before the war (World War I - A.N. ) the city was in the Vitebsk province, now it is Latvian.

OPEC will discuss the need for a new production reduction The next OPEC meeting will take place in Vienna on Sunday. The largest oil exporting countries, joined by Russia, which has observer status in the organization, will discuss the need for a new reduction in production. “The market is expecting a decline in production, and we must reduce it, otherwise prices will fall even lower.

Vagner Love upset numerous compatriots from Shakhtar CSKA Moscow continues its campaign for the UEFA Cup. The army team won another victory in the current competition, in which they have not yet lost a single match. In the first match of the 1/8 finals, the Ukrainian Shakhtar was defeated - 1:0, and the tournament's top scorer Vagner Love scored his 11th goal. Ukrainian clubs took this UEFA Cup seriously.

The Italians retreated together under the pressure of the English clubs Football Italy remains on the margins of Europe for the second year in a row. Last season, at least the Romans reached the quarterfinals of the Champions League. And in this case, not a single club from the Apennines was able to overcome the barrier of the 1/8 finals. And the Italians can rightfully blame England for their latest failures.

The antimonopoly service forced Vnukovo airport to reduce the price for parking The Federal Antimonopoly Service has put the squeeze on the owners of the company that controls parking at the capital's Vnukovo airport. Yesterday it became known that Vnukovo-Invest OJSC recognized the legality of the FAS order, which convicted parking attendants of setting monopoly high prices, and announced a reduction in parking fees from 150 to 100 rubles.

“Home Theater” appeared on the “Culture” channel On weekends, “Culture” shows a new project called “Home Theater” - a short series of chamber television performances filmed by theater directors at the special request of the channel. There are a total of five productions in this project (three of them were made by Vladimir Mirzoev), each lasting about an hour, and they are shown at a good time - on Saturdays around five in the evening.