American actors Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are engaged, the Associated Press reports , citing Pitt's manager Cynthia Pett-Dant. According to her, the wedding date has not yet been determined. “Being engaged is just a commitment to the future,” Pett-Dant said. “The children are very happy about this development.” Oscar winner Jolie and Golden Globe winner Pitt have been living together for the past seven years.

Former presidential candidate of Belarus Andrei Sannikov , sentenced to five years, was released from a colony in the city of Novopolotsk in the Vitebsk region. This happened after the country's President Alexander Lukashenko granted his request for pardon. The release became known on Saturday, reports a Gazeta.Ru correspondent from Minsk. Sannikov is currently in Vitebsk and will arrive in Minsk in the near future.

Center, which studies the history of the Holocaust, The Simon Wiesenthal is demanding that Warner Bros. ending his collaboration with Mel Gibson after the Hollywood screenwriter announced that he had audio recordings in which the actor and director allegedly makes anti-Semitic statements. “It would be an insult to Jews and a desecration of the memory of the victims of the Holocaust to continue to work on the film project about the Seven Maccabees Martyrs (on which Gibson and Warner Bros.

April 14, 2012, 21:52 News The rally in support of Shein ended in Astrakhan, no serious incidents occurred The rally in support of the starving “Socialist Revolutionary” Oleg Shein in Astrakhan, which lasted about four hours, ended, its participants went home, RIA Novosti reports . First, Shein's supporters gathered at the hunger strike headquarters on Sovetskaya Street. After a short rally that attracted several dozen people, they headed to the Brotherhood Garden park.

Danish intelligence services have charged a Finnish professor with espionage for Russia, the Estonian publication Postimees reports , citing Danish media. According to the newspaper Weekendavisen, 49-year-old international politics professor Timo Kivimäki, who works at the University of Copenhagen, is suspected of assisting Russian spies in Denmark. The Danish Foreign Minister said that Russian diplomats suspected of spying have already left the country.

Moscow region police detained in Balashikha two previously convicted men suspected of attacking Novaya Gazeta journalist Elena Milashina, , told Interfax the head of the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Moscow Region, Evgeniy Gildeev .

April 14, 2012, 16:22 Society Journalist robbed by drug addicts Two residents of Balashikha who attacked Novaya Gazeta journalist Elena Milashina were detained Alexandra Koshkina close 100% In Balashikha near Moscow, two local residents were detained suspected of attacking Novaya Gazeta journalist Elena Milashina in early April. They turned out to be unemployed, previously convicted drug addicts.

— 14.04.2012 00:08 — US stock markets closed down 1.05-1.45%, Dow settled below 13,000 points At the end of trading on Friday, the Dow Jones fell by 1.05%, amounting to 12849.59 points. The NASDAQ index fell 1.45%, reaching 3011.33 points. The S&P 500 fell 1.25% to 1,370.26. "Gazeta.Ru" SMI2 News Media2

Sport The 2020 Olympics saw the candidates Cities bidding to host the 2020 Summer Games are presented Ruslan Aliev close 100% Representatives of Baku itar-tass In Moscow, cities competing to host the 2020 Summer Games were represented at the General Assembly of the Association of National Olympic Committees.

April 14, 2012, 15:06 Culture “Theater is me” Alla Pugacheva will build her Song Theater in St. Petersburg Nikita Zeya (St. Petersburg) close 100% Alla Pugacheva presented the concept of her Song Theater ITAR-TASS Alla Pugacheva presented the concept of her Song Theater, which will begin construction in St. Petersburg before the end of this year. The project of a 70-meter-high building on Vasilyevsky Island may cause protests from city defenders. Alla Pugacheva on Friday presented in St.

A well-known Dnepropetrovsk businessman, vice-president of the industrial and financial group "Sparta" Gennady Axelrod was shot on Saturday evening in Dnepropetrovsk on Gogol Street, writes "Most-Dnepr" with reference to the press service of the main department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in the Dnepropetrovsk region. City police officers went to the scene of the incident. Details have not yet been disclosed.

April 14, 2012, 12:28 News In Astrakhan, at the last rally against Shein, there were scuffles, there were detainees On Saturday, police detained four people who started a brawl at a rally of supporters of the current mayor of Astrakhan, RIA Novosti reports . “There are crowds of provocateurs here, they knock cameras out of my hands, they poured coke on me. Lena Kovalchuk was hit in the face by a Dagestani and her comrades pushed her into a paddy wagon.

Marseille won the French League Cup for the third time in a row, beating Lyon in the final. The League Cup remained perhaps the only outlet for OM. Didier Deschamps' team failed miserably in the French Cup and are performing disgracefully in the championship (9th place). But in the Champions League, Marseille perhaps reached its maximum, reaching the quarterfinals. “Winning the League Cup will not save a disastrous season,” Deschamps said dejectedly on the eve of the match.

Sport Capriati was equated with the greats Jennifer Capriati elected to Tennis Hall of Fame Andron Balandin The Newport Tennis Hall of Fame, which recently experienced drama with shooting and murder, has added one name. According to the official WTA website , former world number one American Jennifer Capriati was given the high honor. The New York native could hardly contain her emotions when she learned that she had been elected to the World Tennis Hall of Fame.

Sport Text size A A A The grandees waited for each other “Real” and “Barcelona” won victories before the head-to-head meeting Rustam Sharafutdinov close 100% Gonzalo Higuain equalizes the match against Sporting Reuters Real Madrid dealt with Sporting Gijon at home in the 33rd round. The match away from Levante was also difficult for Barcelona, ​​which still won before El Clasico.