Yemen's 'Group of Friends' saves it from schism and terrorists No sooner had the echoes of the international conference on Yemen, which was held at a sprint pace in London at the end of January, died down than new steps followed by British diplomacy aimed at the speedy implementation of the decisions of this conference.

General Motors is going to save Opel with taxpayers' money American automaker General Motors yesterday in Frankfurt am Main unveiled a long-awaited program to build a bright future for its European subsidiary, the Opel concern. The key to the recovery process and future prosperity, as one could conclude from the statements of his boss Nick Reilly, should be mainly two things - staff reduction and financial support from the authorities of those countries where Opel's production facilities remain.

Chevron and Kazmunaigas will help Transneft decide on pipelines New participants will appear in the holding created by Transneft for the competitive projects of the Burgas-Alexandroupolis and Samsun-Ceyhan pipelines. Chevron and Kazmunaigas will join the project, said Transneft President Nikolai Tokarev. Both companies are the largest suppliers of oil to the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC), on which both alternative projects directly depend. The final choice, according to Mr.

Major Evsyukov answered the prosecutor's questions The former head of the Moscow Tsaritsyno police department, Major Denis Evsyukov, whose trial is taking place in the Moscow City Court, continued to testify yesterday, answering questions for the first time. He gave explanations at the request of the prosecutor and the judge about the events of April 26-27 last year, when the major opened fire on people in a supermarket for no reason.

Belarus is increasing the sale of its goods on the Russian market Belarus, as a result of joining the customs union with the participation of Russia and Kazakhstan, hopes to increase its exports to these countries. Let us recall that the documents on the creation of a trilateral customs union were signed by the presidents of the three states in Minsk on November 27, 2009 , and on January 1 of this year the unified customs tariff of the union came into effect.

Two-thirds of Russians do not consider relations with Ukraine good neighbors The majority of Russians (65%) believe that relations between Russia and Ukraine are not friendly and good neighborly, but 44% of citizens believe that they will be normalized in the future, according to a survey by the All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion (VTsIOM), the results of which were published on February 8, reports RIA NEWS .

Watch from January 14 on Moscow screens “The Book of Eli” (USA, 2009, Albert and Allen Hughes). Almost half a century after the global catastrophe, Eli (Denzel Washington - “Training Day”, “Wrath”, “Gangster”), an imperturbable lone hero, wanders through the scorched expanses of post-apocalyptic America, whose goal in life is to preserve the sacred book in which the secret to saving civilization.

United Russia was offended by criticism from the Minister of Finance Having failed to make peace after a public conflict with the Speaker of the Federation Council Sergei Mironov and his A Just Russia party, United Russia entered into a new personal confrontation - this time with Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin.

The flight to the Moon of American astronauts has been postponed indefinitely. The Barack Obama administration's decision to freeze NASA's $81 billion Constellation space program, which would have returned American astronauts to Earth's moon by 2020, is significantly intensifying the race to the moon. After the White House's decision, the Chinese space agency became the main contender for leadership in lunar exploration.

New project by artist Chaim Sokol The respectable Moscow gallery "Triumph" is hosting an exhibition by Chaim Sokol "Dead Letters".

Georgy Garanyan died On January 11, Georgy Garanyan, one of the most famous Soviet and Russian jazzmen, died suddenly. He was 75 years old. For many, many of our compatriots, jazz began with the records of the Melodiya ensemble. But “Melody” appeared only in 1973. And before that there was the famous “Golden Eight” (the first Russian ensemble of improvisers), which joined the youth orchestra of the Central House of Arts under the direction of Yuri Saulsky (mid-1950s).

European authorities, it seems, will have to take measures to save Greece from the budget deficit. This prospect pleased investors yesterday - stock markets stopped falling. The European Central Bank (ECB), in turn, intends to change its strategy for exiting the crisis so as not to harm weak economies. This, however, could put additional pressure on the euro and worsen the financial situation in the eurozone in the long term.

Former Soviet military town in Latvia was bought by Russians The first auction in the history of Latvia for the sale of a Soviet military camp ended in a sensation. First, the former secret facility Skrunda-1 was purchased for $3 million - an amount more than ten times the starting price. And secondly, its owner was the Russians, or more precisely, the Alekseevskoe-Service company, registered in the village of Kinelsky, Kinelsky district, Samara region.

The Prime Minister called on the government to economically develop the country Yesterday's meeting with the Prime Minister on the main directions of government activity for the coming years began with congratulations to the head of the Ministry of Health and Social Development, Tatyana Golikova, on her birthday.

Ukraine has entered an era of political boredom Vremya Novostei correspondent Ksenia VERETENNIKOVA observed in Kyiv how ordinary citizens reacted to the presidential elections in Ukraine. The presidential elections in Ukraine did not cause in the country even half of the social upsurge that the whole world watched with bated breath six years ago. The most popular answer to the preference question is: “Both are worse.” There were, of course, those who clearly expressed their preferences.