This week Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and her rival Viktor Yanukovych had the last chance to attract voters before the presidential runoff scheduled for February 7.
On February 3, senior members of the ruling United Russia party said they were planning to demand the resignation of Sergei Mironov, speaker of the upper house of the Russian parliament over his criticism of polices conducted by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Mironov said the United Russia party's reaction was "panicky and hysterical."
On February 1, Russia's prominent conductor and virtuoso pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy and famous pianist Evgeny Kissin (in the photo) won the U.S. Grammy awards in the Best Instrumental Soloist Performance category.
On February 3, Sergei Fursenko, the ex-Zenit St. Petersburg president and former Gazprom top manager, was elected president of the Russian Football Union (RFU).
On February 3, Russia’s Marussia Motors company and its CEO Nikolai Fomenko have unveiled the first Russian sports car at the British Racing Drivers' Club at the Silverstone Circuit. The car competed against a vehicle of the Virgin Racing team there.
On January 31, Vittaly Petrov signed a year-long contract with an option for an extra two years with Renault. The deal has made him the first Russian F1 racer.
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