An investigator and an anti-corruption fighter will be tried for a multimillion-dollar bribe. As Vremya Novostei learned, the Tverskoy District Court of Moscow received a criminal case of extortion of a multimillion-dollar bribe. The suspects in this case are a law enforcement officer and a public figure involved in the fight against corruption.

Russian Railways does not have enough money for the Olympics in Sochi Last Saturday, in one of the most luxurious Sochi sanatoriums, Chernomorye, owned by Russian Railways, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin held a meeting with the management of Russian Railways: they discussed how the company’s investment program, designed for 2010-2015, is being implemented , and what the sources of its financing may be.

Tim Burton's film is coming out Very soon, on March 4, Tim Burton's long-awaited film "Alice in Wonderland" will be released in our theaters. The film was made in the fashionable 3D format, but to be honest, watching it in this form is completely unnecessary, unless you really love 3D cinema. Tim Burton's fantasy, which has so far managed without these tricks, is quite capable of entertaining and surprising even in an ordinary two-dimensional image. And one more thing.

Demolition of houses in the holiday village has been suspended until April Moscow officials, apparently, will still have to look for a personal approach to each resident of the Rechnik village. At the very least, President Dmitry Medvedev insists on “organizing individual work” with each member of the horticultural society.

On the first day of spring, a huge Atlantic cyclone with two centers will dominate the European territory of Russia: over the north and south of Norway. In the northwestern region, precipitation is in the form of sleet and rain, during the day -3...+2оС, and there is icy conditions on the roads. In the Tver and Smolensk regions, wet snow will fall in most areas. Daytime temperatures range from -3C to +3C in the Ryazan region in some places down to -4C, in the Smolensk region up to +4C.

Iranian authorities lecture the opposition and the IAEA The spring session of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) opens today in Vienna. The main issue on the agenda will be the Iranian nuclear problem. If participants in the discussions believe that the Iranians are engaged in secret nuclear development, it is unlikely that anything will save Tehran from a significant tightening of sanctions.

VEB changes the size of participation in the Hungarian airline Malev An agreement was signed in Budapest to return Malev airline to Hungarian ownership. Russian Vnesheconombank (VEB), as promised by its chairman Vladimir Dmitriev, is leaving the shareholders of the unprofitable airline. At the same time, the bank will honor the guarantee to contribute 32 million euros to Malev’s capital and will give the airline a deferment on the repayment of debts amounting to more than 100 million euros.

Vladislav Galkin died Today on the Rossiya channel the show of the new series “Kotovsky” will begin. The title role stars actor Vladislav Galkin. As it turned out, this was his last role.

United Russia told who should win and lose in the elections on March 14 United Russia is going to take the majority of votes in the regional elections on March 14. This was announced by the Secretary of the Presidium of the General Council of the party in power, Vyacheslav Volodin, citing data from party sociological research. According to Mr. Volodin, the main contenders for second place in the regions are the LDPR, which will supposedly supplant the communists.

Belarusians do not want to offend Russians with cheap products Belarus will seek to expand the presence of its goods on the Russian market, continuing to rely primarily on food exports. These products continued to be in strong demand even during the crisis year of 2009, when supplies of other goods from Belarus abroad decreased significantly. The Belarusian authorities are concerned about the situation in foreign trade. At the end of 2009, Belarus' foreign trade turnover decreased by 30.7%.

The Venice-Moscow festival ended with a master class by Marco Müller In Moscow, at the Khudozhestvenny cinema, the Venice-Moscow festival has just ended, presenting six films from the newest wave of Italian cinema, a photo exhibition “Italian cinema in and behind the scenes” and a master class by Marco Muller, director of the Venice Film Festival and one one of the most respected filmmakers in Europe.

American financiers are still not ready to put up with the salary restrictions imposed by the US government. Executives at government-backed insurance company American International Group (AIG) say payroll czar Kenneth Feinberg's actions are not good for business and are preventing taxpayers from getting their money back. On Saturday, AIG Chairman Harvey Golub criticized Mr. Feinberg, who oversees payrolls for companies that received government aid under the TARP program.

German Frisinger fought in a prone position The competition in the women's team pursuit (the distance is six laps of 400 m) turned out to be very spectacular and turned into a complete drama. The Russian team, contrary to expectations, did not make it onto the podium, sensationally losing to Poland in the quarterfinals. “Gold” went to Germany, and the German girls were very close to failure in the semi-finals and to defeat in the decisive race, but still became winners.

Pro-Kremlin donors are pushing out those who disagree with Triumfalnaya Square The last day of winter in Moscow turned out to be rich in public events. On Sunday, nationalists, taxi drivers and activists of the Young Russia movement held their rallies, this time acting as donors. Representatives of the pro-Kremlin youth movement “shed blood” on Triumfalnaya Square - in a place that is usually “encroached upon” by oppositionists.

The other day, the Russian Ambassador to Peru, Mikhail Troyansky, presented the Pushkin Medal to the famous Peruvian diplomat Perez de Cuellar in the embassy building in Lima. He was twice UN Secretary General and Peru's first ambassador to the Soviet Union. The patriarch of international diplomacy was awarded a medal by decree of the Russian president for his great contribution to the dissemination of Russian culture and the Russian language in his homeland.