Arshavin scored the winning goal against Liverpool Football. English Championship. 16th round. Stoke City - Wigan - 2:2, Tottenham - Wolverhampton - 0:1, Sunderland - Portsmouth - 1:1, Burnley - Fulham " -- 1:1, "Hull" -- "Blackburn" -- 0:0, "Chelsea" -- "Everton" -- 3:3, "Bolton" -- "Manchester City" -- 3:3, Birmingham - West Ham - 1:0, Manchester United - Aston Villa - 0:1, Liverpool - Arsenal - 1:2. The leaders are: Chelsea - 37 points, Manchester United - 34, Arsenal - 31, Aston Villa - 29.

CLASSIC Russian National Orchestra. K.-A. Hartman, R. Wagner, D. Shostakovich. Conductor I. Metzmacher (Germany). Conservatory , 19.00. THEATERS “Stone Angel” by M. Tsvetaeva. Directed by Igor Yatsko. Starring Lyudmila Drebneva, Marina Baytenova, Evgeny Polyakov, Georgy Fetisov. “School of Dramatic Art” , 20.00. “Russian jam” by L. Ulitskaya. Directed by Joseph Raikhelgauz. Starring Anzhelika Volchkova, Albert Filozov, Vadim Kolganov, Vladimir Shulga, Nina Shatskaya, Tatyana Vasilyeva.

The festival of modern dance "Tseh'09" was held in Moscow The modest format of the festival this year did not prevent the fest from being very diverse: participants told love stories, experimented with pure form and acted as observers and chroniclers of social changes.

The Andrei Moguchy Theater Space festival has ended in St. Petersburg This unusual festival was born out of a crisis. Not economic, of course, but from a certain crisis feeling of one of the most famous directors in Russia, that while his whole life is spent in the theater, in his profession, something important, some “real life” is passing by, demanding participation .

Sberbank President German Gref said yesterday that the credit institution plans to increase the cost-to-income ratio by the end of next year. “The cost/income indicator at the end of 2010 will be more than 40%,” he said. “For us, as a bank that is not yet fully efficient, the ratio of expenses to income was extremely low. An increase in this indicator will mark the beginning of our investment cycle ".

Pakistan will expel arrested Americans Islamabad yesterday said it would send home five American citizens detained by Pakistani security forces in Punjab province last week "on completion of investigations." All of them are suspected of wanting to collaborate with radical Islamic groups, in particular with al-Qaeda, as well as intentions to carry out “high-profile terrorist acts.” Rami Zamzam, Ahmad Minni, Umar Chaudhry, Waqar Khan and Aman Hasan Yemer disappeared from their parents' homes in

Member of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation Maya GRISHINA told Vremya Novostei correspondent Natalya ROZHKOVA about the problems of legislative regulation of electronic voting. They were discussed in Strasbourg at a meeting of the expert group on developing recommendations and standards in the field of certification of electronic voting systems, held under the auspices of the Council of Europe. -What was your impression of the last meeting?

Kosovo may face the UN court decision with a new prime minister This week the final results of municipal elections in Kosovo are due to be announced - the first since the province declared independence from Serbia in February 2008. The second round of voting took place on Sunday (the first took place on November 15), according to preliminary data, was marked by a very low turnout - 37%.

BayernLB lost its boss and daughter The Austrian government yesterday averted another potential banking disaster. Authorities in Vienna announced the forced nationalization of Hypo Group Alpe Adria (HGAA), a subsidiary of the large Bavarian land bank BayernLB. And late in the evening the results of the emergency meeting of the Bavarian state government became known: the chairman of the board of BayernLB, Michael Kemmer, was relieved of his position.

World leaders gather in Copenhagen Today, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will arrive urgently in Copenhagen, where the UN climate conference is taking place.

The twentieth century can easily be called the century of presidents. At the head of any republic in any part of the world is a president. Moreover, the laurels of the “president” haunt the heads of large and even the smallest companies and firms. During the era of the boom of the presidency, the idea was born to establish this post for the European Union. The first president of Europe was Belgian Prime Minister Herman van Rompuy.

Two major Moscow museums have updated their exhibitions Today, two large collections of Russian art, the Tretyakov Gallery and the Moscow Museum of Modern Art (MMMA), are showing new versions of their permanent exhibitions. The Tretyakov Gallery on Krymsky Val has reformatted the part dedicated to the so-called contemporary art. This part was the pride of the head of the department of modern trends, Andrei Erofeev, who was fired last year.

The storm tested the strength of the Sochi Olympic venues Yesterday in Sochi, the capital of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games, a strong storm destroyed the already erected structures of the sea cargo port being built in the Lower Imeretinsk lowland, at the mouth of the Mzymta River. According to preliminary and very cautious estimates of experts, the damage will amount to tens of millions of rubles.

Representatives of winter disciplines delighted the fans The results of the World Cup stages last weekend instilled confidence and optimism in Russian sports fans. Skier Irina Khazova won the first gold in her career. Domestic biathletes won the relay, and in total the Russians chalked up seven medals in Hochfilzen. Luge athlete Albert Demchenko beat Olympic champion Armin Zoggeler to the top step of the podium in Lillehammer. In Salt Lake City, America, four of our skaters won the team race.

Ural and Dynamo Krasnodar are still outside the playoff zone After the next rounds in the championships of the men's and women's super leagues, in ninth place, that is, outside the zone of entering the playoffs, were the teams that before the start of the championship were considered real contenders for winning awards - Ufa Ural and Dynamo Krasnodar.