Brazilian Catholic Church Sues Columbia Pictures The virtual collapse of the statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro in the disaster film “2012” was considered by Brazilian Catholics as a reason for legal action. The diocese of one of the largest cities in Brazil expects to recover compensation from the Hollywood company Columbia Pictures for the unlawful use of a world-famous image.

The son of the President of Tajikistan fights the Islamic opposition Today is a “day of silence” in Tajikistan. Tomorrow elections will be held there, and on the eve, as is customary in all civilized states, public campaigning on radio and television is prohibited. The country is electing a new lower house of parliament, which has 63 seats. 41 deputies will be elected in single-mandate constituencies and 22 from the lists of political parties in one all-republican constituency.

Officials from Rosreestr promise to allocate additional personnel to service summer residents Russians are increasingly using the dacha amnesty law to legalize ownership of their country plots and houses; in 2009, more than 2 million people went through the simplified procedure for registering real estate, the deputy head of the Federal Service for State Registration of Cadastre and Cartography (Rosreestr) said yesterday. ) Galina Elizarova. At the same time, Ms.

FAS submitted to the government three options for the price formula for petroleum products In the next month and a half, the government will have to determine which of the three formulas proposed by the Federal Antimonopoly Service will calculate the cost of petroleum products, Deputy Head of the FAS Anatoly Golomolzin (pictured) said yesterday.

Vladimir Putin set and solved a problem for ninth grade Yesterday, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visited the Tyumen region. The reason for the visit was not new appointments in this region (the heads of the districts included in the region - Khanty-Mansiysk and Yamalo-Nenets - had just changed), or even the state of the oil industry. In Tyumen, the head of government dealt with problems of education.

The State Duma will allow guest workers in Russia in excess of the quota The State Duma adopted in the first reading a widely publicized bill on patents for migrant workers. This document, introduced by the government about a month ago and considered by the lower house on Friday, is supposed to streamline the employment of guest workers who want to work for Russian citizens.

Fatima Margieva considers herself the first political prisoner in South Ossetia 51-year-old university teacher and social activist Fatima Margieva, detained on February 18 of this year in Tskhinvali for violating a recognizance not to leave as part of a criminal case for illegal possession of weapons, considers her arrest political. Since her arrest, Margieva, who has a heart condition, has been on a hunger strike, and recently her legs began to lose consciousness.

The program of competitions in Nordic combined and ski jumping within the framework of the XXI Winter Olympics has been exhausted. These two species in Russia are united into one national federation, headed for many years by Vladimir Slavsky. The result of the performance of our participants in Vancouver can be described briefly - a completely senseless waste of public funds spent on long-term preparation and sending athletes to Canada.

Military aviation will be abolished in Georgia Georgia intends to intensify the participation of its military personnel in international operations outside the country in March. More than 700 highly trained soldiers will be sent to Afghanistan to serve as part of the American contingent to participate in the NATO operation on the border with Pakistan in Helmand province, where the Taliban movement has a strong position.

Russian doctors do not know what to do with swine flu vaccines Swine flu in Russia ended much earlier than predicted, and now it is necessary to calculate the losses that have resulted from the reassessment of this epidemic both at the international and national levels. Yesterday, the country's chief sanitary doctor Gennady Onishchenko officially confirmed that the A/H1N1 virus is in fact no longer recorded in Russia.

The festival “Another Theater from France” began in Moscow The chamber festival of the “other” theater - that is, located at the intersection of a variety of arts, from circus to animation - is being held in Moscow for the fourth time, and now it is held jointly by the Theater of Nations and the French Cultural Center.

The Constitutional Court of Russia ordered the review of citizens' cases taking into account the position of the European Court A fundamental step has been taken in the field of civil justice in Russia. Decisions of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on complaints by Russians about violations of their rights in civil disputes will become the basis for their review. This decision was made yesterday by the Constitutional Court (CC) of Russia.

The President promises to ensure that private business in Russia ceases to be a punishment President Dmitry Medvedev once again announced his intention to significantly make the life of Russian businessmen easier.

Russian skiers did not reach the medals The women's 4x5 km relay race followed a similar scenario to the men's race. Counting on "bronze", our skiers showed the same result as the men the day before - eighth place, one minute 41 seconds behind the winning Norwegians. The Germans finished second, the Finns third. Both in the men's relay and in the women's relay, all the i's were dotted for ours after the first stage.

CONCERTS Patricia Kaas. Kremlin Palace , February 27, 19.00. "Kalinov Bridge" . “Glavclub/ Glavklub” (Gorbunov House of Culture) , February 27, 20.00. "Boombox". “B1 Maximum” , February 27, 21.00. Markscheider Kunst. “Point” , February 27, 22.00. Noise MC. “B2” , February 27, 23.00. Rammstein. The most famous German group gives a concert at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex , February 28, 19.00. Olga Arefieva and “Ark”. Central House of Artists , February 28, 19.00.