Team of programmers from Moscow State University won second prize, and St. Petersburg State University took bronze medal at World Championship of Collegiate Programming.

The Air Company of S7 (Siberia) the first-rate Russian air carrier announces the opening of the regular flights Novosibirsk – Prague.

The air carrier of Aeroflot – Russian Airlines is going to carry out 9 flights under the Olympic transportation. According to the source, one of the flights will be carried out on the Boeing – 767, others – on the Airbuses A 330.

A bright film star of the 1990s, one of the most beautiful women of Russian cinema - Anna Samokhina - has died of cancer, aged 47.

The long-awaited concert of the Canadian singer and songwriter Leonard Cohen, who was going to sing in Moscow on 18 March 2010, has been postponed till 7 October.

Botanists from Perm Region are working on a collection of living plants, listed in the Red Book of endangered species.

Today is the 10^th time the Day of the Russian Science in celebrated in our country. February 8^th was chosen because it is the date, when Russian Academy of Sciences was established by Peter the Great.

The action called ”from heart to heart” starts in St. Petersburg today on the February, 8. It is coincided with the St. Valentine’s day, a holiday which became extremely popular in Russia, though it is not a catholic land.

Toyota's branch in Russia has announced the recall of 160 000 cars due to possible gas pedal problem.

Alexei Kozyrev, the new ombudsman of St. Petersburg has nothing against the carrying out gay parades. He has informed the journalists about it. He is sure, that if there is a right to carry out a meeting, it can e carried out. He believes, that the Moscow administration is fighting against the legal action.

Russia is famous all over the world for its ballet and circus traditions as well as for its folk songs and dances, and everyone who comes to Russia wants a chance to see the live performance of Russian theatre. But many people who come to Russia for a short-term visit only know about the Bolshoi theatre, where tickets are usually hard to get and attendance fees for top performances (such as “Swan Lake” or “the Nutcracker”) can be quite high.

After starring in The Shield and the Sword Lyubshin became immensely popular with viewers and film directors. However, as it often happens, he started to be offered roles of one type only.

Extensive burns are a very difficult thing to cure – the larger is damaged area, the harder it is to cover the wound. However, Russian medics recently saved two people, 98% of whose skin was burnt.

Alexander Vampilov with his outstanding plays and short stories became a truly cult figure in the 1970s. Within ten short years of his literary career he managed to create his own peculiar realm of the play. Later, after his untimely death, his plays took the world stage, whereas his name came to be considered among the most notable classic playwrights and theatre figures.

Altay is one of the most enigmatic places in Russia and maybe in the world. It is a cradleland of ancient civilizations, which left their tumuli, stone statues with mysterious writings and signs. The nature is still wild and maiden there. The tourist possibilities of Altay are really huge. The tourists are offered multiple types of services summer and winter alike, including horse or camel riding, rafting, trekking, ski and helicopter tours. The fans of alpinism, paragliders and speleologists will be also satisfied. The ethnic history and present of Altai is also very rich: this is the place where three great religions of Buddhism, Christianity and Islam. Moreover, there is national Altay epos Maaday Kara having nothing to do with these ones, and tales, and legends.