Petr Nalich will represent Russia at Eurovision 25 artists competed in the qualifying round, held by Channel 2 on the eve of International Women's Day. According to the results of the audience vote, Peter Nalich became the winner. Singer, guitarist, songwriter, native Muscovite and architect by training, Petr Nalich is the first (and so far, to be serious, the only) artist who has achieved real popularity thanks to the Internet.

The off-season in the Royal Races is over It's amazing how quickly this off-season has flown by. It seemed that only recently the results of the past season had been summed up, but the time had already come to discuss some of the most interesting events that happened in these four and a half months that separated the two championships, those events that make this season special.

The Return 2010 festival brought back half-forgotten sensations The traditional winter holiday festival “Return” (this year there are four marathon concerts from January 6 to 12) attracts full houses not because nothing significant is happening at the same time. And not only because the circle of performers is reflected in the hall by the circle of admirers.

Who will replace Said Buryatsky For some reason, this is not the first time that International Women’s Day has brought good luck to Russian security forces in the North Caucasus. On March 8, 2004, the former Minister of Defense of Ichkeria, Magomed Khanbiev, surrendered. On March 8, 2005, the president of this self-proclaimed republic, Aslan Maskhadov, was killed.

Oscars: expected and not so expected The main thing that can be said about the results of the American Film Academy Awards, which were given out this year for the 82nd time, is that following their distribution was, for once, truly interesting. At least for those who wondered whether the Oscars are capable of changing not only from the extensive side (this year, for the first time, as many as ten films competed for the title of best). Of course, in many respects it remains the same.

The FSB announced the destruction of the main ideologist of the separatists Russian special services at the end of last week announced the destruction of one of the separatist leaders Alexander Tikhomirov, better known as Said Buryatsky. He became famous for his regular video messages via the Internet, in which he spoke about the preparation and conduct of terrorist attacks, and has recently been considered the main ideologist of the militants.

The strategic partnership relationship between China and Russia is "mature, stable, healthy and full of vitality" and is "an example of international relations and especially relations between large states." Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi announced this at a press conference that took place recently in Beijing during the annual session of the Chinese Parliament.

Severstal's Russian assets continue to show better results Severstal yesterday was the first of the largest Russian steel companies to present its IFRS financial results for the fourth quarter and for 2009 as a whole. Thus, the net loss in the fourth quarter amounted to $162 million due to losses from exchange rate differences and deferred tax expenses against net profit in the previous quarter - $71 million.

I constantly have clashes with former and current colleagues at the Central Bank and with representatives of the banking community on the following issue. I have always been and continue to be a supporter of “strict” banking supervision, which would not allow banks to hide their problems, and government agencies to pretend that these problems do not exist. That is, the bitter truth is better than a sweet lie. My opponents believe that if you give the problem time, it will resolve itself.

Russia and Sweden were unable to bring closer positions on the situation in the Caucasus After a long break, the head of the Swedish government arrived in Moscow. Before Fredrik Reinfeldt, the heads of government of this country had not visited Russia for almost ten years.

Bloody clashes between Christians and Muslims occurred in Nigeria Bloody sectarian clashes, during which at least 500 people were killed, occurred last Sunday near the Nigerian city of Jos. According to Reuters, Muslim nomads attacked Christian farmers. The attackers and defenders cut each other with machetes and knives, clashes were accompanied by shootings and fires.

The 112th element received an official registration in the periodic table of chemical elements Finally, almost a decade and a half after the discovery, a new element of the periodic table - Copernicus - acquired a chemical symbol. From now on it will be designated by the letters -- Cn.

Iraqi politicians have begun difficult negotiations to create a coalition majority in the new 325-seat parliament. Parliamentary elections took place last Sunday. Preliminary results can only be announced today or tomorrow. But it is already clear that it is impossible to do without agreements between parties to form a government.

Rubin won the Super Cup The footballers of Kazan “Rubin” added the title of Russian Super Cup winners to the title of national champions. The match for this trophy between the team from the capital of Tatarstan and CSKA took place at the Luzhniki Grand Sports Arena in the presence of 16,500 spectators.

A march of those who disagreed with utility tariffs took place in Penza Penza has been added to the list of Russian cities where mass protests took place demanding the resignation of local and federal leaders. On March 7, the opposition organized the largest rally in recent years in the city, protesting against the increase in housing and communal services tariffs.