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According to the official NHL website Montreal Canadiens, the Canadian club traded Russian attacker Ilya Kowalchuk to the Washington Capitals. In return for a 36-year-old attacker, Washington gave a third-round pick to the upcoming NHL Entry Draft. Kovalchuk started this season with the Kings, but due to unsatisfactory results and a major contract that operated as a ballast, by Christmas the player was traded to Montreal. This season the Russian took part in 39 games and scored 22 (9 13) points. In hi...

In the Italian region of Lombardy, the authorities decided to close all educational institutions in connection with the outbreak of coronavirus infection of Covid-2019. This is reported on February 23 by ANSA with reference to the decree signed by Governor Attilio Fontana and Head of the Ministry of Health of Italy Roberto Spiranza. According to the document, educational activities in kindergartens, schools, higher education institutions and professional development institutions are suspended in the northern region of Italy. Recall, the total number of cases in Italy reached 113. Outbreaks of infection have been reported in 11 municipalities. The most patients are in hospitals in the Veneto and Lombardy regions. Earlier, due to the threat of an epidemic, quarantine was declared in 12 cities in the north of the country, in the provinces of Lombardy and Veneto. All mass and sports events, classes in educational institutions have been cancelled, some offices have been closed, employers ar...

The opposition is going to organize a new series of protests outside the Georgian Parliament building to prevent the appointment of former Chief Prosecutor Irakliya Shotadze as Prosecutor General. Relevant statements to the media were made by representatives of the main opposition parties of the National Movement and the European Georgia. According to National Movement member Tinatin Bokuchava, the opposition plans to picket the legislature and other protest actions outside the walls of Parliament, as well as certain actions by opposition deputies and within Parliament to interfere with the process ...

The South Korean car company Hyundai can bring to Russia a budget modification of the cross-over Hyundai Creta of the second generation. This is reported on the website of the magazine Behind the Wheel. This auto will be similar to the version that most recently made its successful debut in India at Auto Expo 2020. However, unlike the Indian assembled Russian version will have a different grille radiator, other wheel discs, as well as an inscription with the name of the car on the luggage door. As for the interior of the Russian Creta, it is likely to be the s...

Iran does not intend to transfer the on-board recorder of the shot down airliner to IAU to other countries. This was stated by Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in an interview with NBC News on February 15. Mohammad Javad Zarif noted that the majority of those killed on January 8 on a shot down airliner were Iranian citizens. The Iranian Foreign Minister, citing the norms of international air law, stated that Iran has the right to lead the investigation into the crash of the Ukrainian airliner. But he also noted that Iran would not be able to obtain data from the flight recorders of the shot down aircraft without sof...