The European territory was filled with cyclones. The northern half is in the grip of a vast depression, and the south is being claimed by a Mediterranean cyclone that will move towards the Aral Sea. There will be light snow in the north-western region, moderate snow in the south, freezing to -3...-8 degrees during the day.

Participants in the attack on police officers were left without a passport In Moscow on Saturday night, unknown criminals killed a police officer and wounded another policeman. The attack occurred in the Kuntsevo area during an attempt to check the documents of passengers of a suspicious foreign car. It was not possible to detain the criminals in hot pursuit, but operatives know the name of one of them, whose passport remained in the hands of the deceased policeman.

The accusatory pathos towards the Russian officials who failed the Winter Olympics in Vancouver (our bosses are not so denounced for much more significant economic and political failures) is gradually fading away. But the “sports complex” of a great power’s damaged pride seems to remain. The ritual sacrifice of the head of the National Olympic Committee Leonid Tyagachev, who will safely remain a senator, has currently exhausted the set of resignations.

Kuznetsova left Indian Wells Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova, seeded first at the Indian Wells tournament, is forced to sheath her racket. In the second round match, Kuznetsova lost to Spaniard Carla Suarez-Navarro - 4:6, 6:4, 1:6. After the match, an upset Kuznetsova openly admitted that nothing worked for her on the court. The athlete was especially upset by the fact that the preparation for the tournament went well, and she played great in training.

February 12 -- March 12, 2010 “Politicians Through the Eyes of the Media,” a joint project of “Vremya Novostei” and the “Medialogia” company, are ratings of political figures who are most actively discussed in the federal press and on central TV channels.

Americans were the first to adopt daylight saving time The United States and Canada were the first to adopt daylight saving time this year. In Russia, all attempts to carry out a “clock reform” - to abolish the transition to summer and winter time - have not been successful, although after last year’s message from President Dmitry Medvedev, many in our country were waiting for such a step.

Russian help will not be needed Military threats from Uzbekistan are perceived in Kyrgyzstan as more serious than the threat of terrorism emanating from Afghanistan. The United States agreed to help Bishkek be prepared to repel potential threats on its southern borders by creating a training camp in the Batken region of Kyrgyzstan to train Kyrgyz commandos, allocating $5.5 million for this purpose.

On March 12, journalist Igor Sedykh died in Geneva at the age of 72. For many years he actively collaborated with Russian publications, including the newspaper Vremya Novostey. Igor Sedykh was born in Moscow into a family of chemical engineers. His grandfather was the chief administrator of the legendary Moscow Chamber Theater of Alexander Tairov.

How to change the Cold War mentality Since 1991, relations between the North Atlantic Alliance and the Russian Federation have served as the main barometer of relations between Russia and the West. During the Cold War, the alliance's main concern was the "German question" and containing the "Soviet threat." After the unification of Germany and the disappearance of the Soviet bloc, the existence of NATO was no longer justified a priori .

The Russian Football Championship has started Eight teams out of sixteen that started in the Russian Championship in the first round kept zeros in the “missed goals” column. And those who scored did not manage to win a single major victory. All these facts hint that the clubs are determined to fight hard, in which pragmatic teams will have more chances. Scandal.

NOVATEK made additional profit on the “bad” gas market The second largest Russian gas company, NOVATEK, has published its 2009 financial statements. Despite significant expenses for the acquisition of assets, the company managed to increase net profit by approximately $100 million, to $800 million.

At the Volkswagen headquarters in Wolfsburg, where a press conference on the results of the year was held at the end of last week, they seriously expect that the German automaker will be ahead of the industry leader, the Japanese Toyota, in the most important indicators. Volkswagen has been in second place for a long time. Chairman of the board of the concern Martin Winterkorn (pictured) said that in the near future we should expect more active expansion of VW in the most important markets.

Former police officers turned out to be thieves' bosses The Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow on Friday issued a warrant for the arrest of former criminal investigation officer of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Southern District of Moscow Viktor Toskin, who had been on the wanted list for five years. According to investigators, he was part of a criminal group involved in car thefts. The majority of its members were also police officers convicted three years ago.

The double of Ferrari drivers Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa opened the new season in Formula 1. The third prize-winner at the Bahrain Grand Prix was McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton. The first of 19 rounds of this season's kick-off was definitely a success. New rules, changes in the composition of the participants, the changed appearance of the cars, the return of Michael Schumacher - all this added intrigue and inflamed the interest of the fans.

OPEC believes that the increase in consumer interest will not affect prices At the end of last week, the International Energy Agency (IEA) published another encouraging forecast for oil consumption. According to IEA analysts, this year the world will need 86.57 million barrels per day (the previous forecast was 70 thousand barrels more modest).