A criminal case has been initiated upon the fire outbreak on the military aircraft of Su-24 on military airfield not far from St. Petersburg.

An earthquake happened today, on the February, 25 in the Irkutsk Region. Its magnitude amounts to 3,9. The intensity of the earthquake in the epicenter amounted to 6,1.

The head of “Gazprom” trade union Vladimir Babkin shot dead the Deputy General Director of “Gazprom-Nadym” Konstantin Pavlov while hunting for wild boars on 19 February, informs a newspaper The Permskiy Observer.

The record of 1977 can be beaten this year. It is a record in snowing. And this record would be beaten if 10 more millimeters snow fall. The snowfall begun last week and it is still snowing. The traffic on the streets is very slow; the public utilities are practicing the torment of Tantalus while the Muscovites are practicing patience.

Natalya Komarova was declared as a new governor of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area – Yugra by the Duma of the region. She is the second female governor in the history of New Russia after Valentina Matvienko, the acting governor of St. Petersburg.

The frontier guards in the Jewish Autonomous Region have terminated an attempt of smuggling of 500 pads of the brown and black bears from Russia to neighboring China.

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.

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.

Anapa, a resort city standing on the Black Sea coast, was recognized Russia's best city in terms of population health and safety.