In mid-February, the 45-year-old leader of the opposition movement “For a Fair Georgia” Zurab Nogaideli is going to visit Moscow. This will be his fifth visit to the Russian capital since October 2009. After the armed confrontation around South Ossetia in 2008, diplomatic relations were interrupted between the two countries, so the informal trips of the Georgian politician, who served as prime minister in 2005-2007, are of increased interest.

Beach volleyball will be played in winter The All-Russian Volleyball Federation has decided to hold an international tournament in the beach version of the game on the grounds of the new, first in our country, specialized indoor stadium for beach volley.

Davydenko did not make it to the semi-finals of the Australian Open At the first Grand Slam tennis tournament of the season - the Australian Open - yesterday the second pairs of semi-finalists in the women's and men's singles were determined. All the attention of Russian fans was focused on the match between Nikolai Davydenko and the Swiss Roger Federer. Unfortunately, the Russian lost to the first racket of the world - 6:2, 3:6, 0:6, 5:7.

Former president interrogated in Moldova The Moldovan Prosecutor General's Office is interrogating these days representatives of the Communist Party, which ruled the republic from 2001 to 2009. The interrogations are related to the case of the events of April 7 last year, when protesters destroyed the parliament building and the presidential palace in Chisinau. The protesters were dissatisfied with the results of the April 5 parliamentary elections and accused the Communists of fraud.

The Fed is hesitating, waiting for a signal from the economy As analysts expected, at yesterday's meeting of the Open Market Committee of the US Federal Reserve System, it was decided to leave the base rate at a minimum level of 0-0.25% per annum for a long time. The issue of the rate did not become an intrigue for investors. The main issue the Fed needs to address is whether the housing market can continue to recover after the mortgage-backed asset repurchase program ends.

Chekhov's anniversary week began with the Belarusian “Wedding” “The Wedding,” staged by Vladimir Pankov at the request of the Chekhov Festival especially for the anniversary, has been playing at the Minsk Yanka Kupala Theater for almost a year, and I would like to see how it plays there.

In terms of proven oil reserves, Russia has returned to the nineties In terms of proven oil reserves, Russia goes back 20 years to 1990, when the oil industry reached its peak.

Russia cancels mandatory certification of food and perfume products From February 15, 2010, there should be a transition from mandatory certification of food, perfume and cosmetic products to voluntary certification. The corresponding government decree has already been signed. Experts, meanwhile, believe that the White House hastened with this reform - in Russia the degree of responsibility of producers and sellers is too low.

From March 1, it will be possible to issue a biometric passport valid for ten years or a regular one, but for five years. From January 29, the state fee for issuing a new type of international passport (biometric, containing electronic storage media and, as a result, thicker and more expensive to produce) will increase 2.5 times. For the main document that will be required when traveling abroad, a Russian will have to pay 2.5 thousand rubles.

European scientists want to establish energy supply to the Earth from orbit Experts from EADS Astrium, Europe's largest aerospace company, plan to launch several dozen satellites into low-Earth orbit that will collect solar energy, concentrate it into powerful laser beams and transmit it to Earth, where it will be used to produce electricity. The idea of ​​harvesting solar energy in space is not new.

The RAS can be reorganized with maximum efficiency with a minimum of changes Recently, one can often hear calls to disband the Academy of Sciences. Let us imagine for a moment that they have come true and all research institutes are closed. The property was sold, the employees were dismissed. Russia has already seen this after the October Revolution. The Bolsheviks very quickly realized that they couldn’t go far with workers and peasants alone.

Aerobic exercise may affect mental performance The beneficial effects of regular running have long been known, but scientists could not understand the strange ability of running to improve the intellectual abilities of runners. British neuropsychiatrists from the University of Cambridge found the reason. Their research proves that running stimulates the human brain and causes it to build up a mass of fresh gray matter, which has a great impact on a person's mental abilities.

Major Evsyukov's former deputy spoke about his love for computer shooters In the Moscow City Court, where the trial of the scandalous case of the former head of the Tsaritsyno police department Denis Evsyukov, who shot people in a store for no reason, is taking place, the interrogation of witnesses continued yesterday.

"Idomeneo" at the festival "Mozart Week 2010" The annual festival dedicated to the composer’s birthday continues in the city of Mozart. Among its participants are international performers: conductors Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Christoph Eschenbach, cellist Heinrich Schiff and violist Kim Kashkashian, violinists Gidon Kremer and Christian Tetzlaff, the string Hagen Quartet and many others.

The President of Israel spoke in the Reichstag “You are not responsible for what happened. But to prevent this from happening again, you are responsible,” these words addressed to fellow Germans belong to the 90-year-old artist and publicist Max Mannheimer. He was one of the German Jews who managed to survive the tragedy of the Holocaust.