"Agora" on Moscow screens A snow-white scarf falls on the marble floor-thus gypatia (Rachel Weiss), the first woman-philosopher and a scientist in world history, explains to his students the power of attraction. In the yard 391 years of our era, Alexandria.

John Tavener. Repentant robber (RCA Red Seal). The English composer John Taverns, whose music was played in the conservatory of Theodore Krentzis and Yuri Bashmet not so long ago, is often called the “Orthodox minimalist”, and the most famous composition is considered to be The Protecting Veil (“Pokrov of the Poless Virgin”) for cello and strings. Knowing this, it is not difficult to say a few words about Taener - and in fact not to say anything about him.

Surgutneftegaz will not reduce production this year Next year, Surgutneftegas may overcome the downward trend in production. As stated in the company's report for 2009, published yesterday, this year oil production should remain at last level - 59.5 million tons. Experts believe that the company will be able to develop steadily for several more years until production at its largest field, Talakanskoye, reaches its peak.

The US does not intend to go to war with Iran, but believes that it is heading towards a military dictatorship The head of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization, Ali Akbar Salehi, announced yesterday that he had received new proposals from Russia, the United States and France for the additional enrichment of Iranian uranium abroad. However, this news was immediately denied by the French Foreign Ministry.

The official statistics on the income of Russians hides the deterioration of the social situation in the country Official Rosstat statistics on the level of income of the population show that at the end of last year, Russians have practically recovered from the crisis shock of late 2008 - early 2009. Nominal and real incomes of the population increased, consumer spending increased, and savings increased sharply.

Vnesheconombank reported for the nine months of 2009 Vnesheconombank significantly increased its profit in the third quarter of 2009, according to IFRS financial statements released yesterday by the state corporation. According to Interfax, in the nine months of last year the bank received a net profit of 49.727 billion rubles, despite the fact that during the same period of the “crisis” year of 2008, the net loss amounted to slightly more than 41 billion rubles.

China will allow the yuan to rise China can strengthen its national currency by 5% at once, says Jim O'Neill, chief economist at Goldman Sachs. However, China will take such a step not under the influence of the West, but for the sake of curbing inflation. "I firmly believe they will change the exchange rate soon," Mr. O'Neill said. In his opinion, China could agree to a one-time revaluation of the yuan by 5%, and then allow it to trade in a wider range.

The heads of Kaliningrad municipalities want Georgy Boos to remain in charge of the region The January protest rally in Kaliningrad, which attracted 10 thousand people, quite strongly “pecked” the local authorities, forcing them to be more active.

Scientists have studied the relationship between migraine and cardiovascular diseases Previously, migraine was considered a disease that negatively affects the quality of life of the patient, but does not pose a serious threat to his health. However, the results of recent studies forced doctors to reconsider their views on this disease.

In Ingushetia, yesterday the bodies of four more militants were found, killed during a large-scale special operation that took place in the Sunzhensky district of the republic at the end of last week. Thus, the death toll in the shootout with militants has already reached 22 people, four of whom are civilians caught in the crossfire of terrorists and security forces.

A collection of conversations Vadim Gaevsky and Pavel Gershenzon “Talks of Russian Ballet” was published In our country, ballet is traditionally perceived as a museum exhibit intended for international exhibitions. In no case should you touch him with your hands. The literature on the ballet for the most part is represented by monotonous memoirs and collections of interviews, to the edges filled with food before the art is so high that you can’t reach it.

Moscow entrepreneurs began to officially compete in shooting The businessmen of the capital seem to have a new tradition - to arrange a shooting competition. In the dash. The other day, February 17, the second championship will be held, which is organized by the Moscow Association of Entrepreneurs (MAP).

Rosstat recorded new salary delays At the beginning of 2010, the Russians are again faced with delays in salaries - only in the last month the debt of employers to employees has grown by 15%. As of the beginning of February, the owners of Russian enterprises detained their employees to a total of 4 billion 100 million rubles.

St. Petersburg University will become an all-Russian center for linguistic examination of extremism The leadership of St. Petersburg State University presented the Research Expert Center for the Study of Extremism Problems created at the university. This, according to university employees who spoke at the presentation, will make it possible to fulfill numerous orders for examination that come here from many regions of the country. According to Nikolai Skvortsov, Vice-Rector for Research at St.

Final competition BIATHLON. Men. Sprint 10 km. 1. Vincent JE (France) - 24 min. 07.8 sec (penalty loops 0+0). 2. Emil Egle SVENDSEN (Norway) - backlog 12.2 seconds. 3. Yakov FAK (Croatia) - 14.0 (0+0)... 10. Ivan Tcherezov - 1.18.1 (1+1)... 15. Evgeniy Ustyugov - 1.40.1 (0+2 )... 30. Anton Shipulin - 2.10.9 (0+1)... 63. Maxim Chudov (all - Russia) - 3.20.2 (1+1). The strongest 60 qualified for the pursuit race. SKATES. Women. 3000 m. 1. Martina SABLIKOVA (Czech Republic) - 4 min. 02.53 sec. 2.