Elections. Frame "Vesti" 230 international observers are accredited to work in the elections of the President of Russia. According to RIA Novosti, Igor Borisov reported this on Saturday by a member of the Central Election Commission. According to him, observers represent 32 states and 19 international organizations.

Opposition campaign in Yerevan. Photo by ar A spontaneous rally of supporters of the opposition takes place near the Building of the French Embassy in Yerevan on Saturday. According to Gazeta.ru, about 30 thousand people are present on the square. The entire avenue in front of the diplomatic mission building is filled with people.

Protest of protest of equity holders. Photo from the website of the newspaper.ru 20 people were injured in the dispersal of the promotion of deceived equity holders on the Yaroslavl highway in Moscow. According to Gazeta.ru, these are the co -westers of the Academy residential complex of the village of Chelyuskinsky, Moscow Region Pushkinsky District. On Saturday morning, about a hundred people tried to block the Yaroslavl highway. On the road they were met by riot police and 10 police cars.

Viktor Yushchenko and Yulia Tymoshenko during a press conference in Kyiv, April 27, 2005. Photo by Ar Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko advocates a change in the country's constitution. In an interview with the magazine "Mirror of the Week", released on Saturday, she proposed to abolish either the presidential or premier post. “It is absurd when the country is led by two officials - the president and the Prime Minister - with almost completely coinciding functions and powers,” she said.

Vladimir Putin and Sergey Ivanov. Photo by ar First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov is not upset that he did not become a presidential candidate. He stated this in an interview with CNN. "No, not at all, I have no bitter feelings about this and cannot be," said Ivanov. Observers for a long time considered him as a probable successor to Vladimir Putin.

Automatic machine for collecting fees for entry into the center of London The Russian embassy in the UK owed the authorities of the British country more than 912 thousand pounds (about $ 2 million) in the form of a fee for entering the center of London and parking fines. According to Guardian on Saturday, the London Department of Transport announced information about the debts of diplomatic agents. The Russian Federation was in fourth place in the list of earnings-debtors.

Yulia Tymoshenko. Photo by ar From Saturday, March 1, gas to Ukraine will supply Naftogaz, and not Kuregazenergo. As reports RIA Novosti, this said the Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko. “From March 1, we clearly decided that there will be no a single drop of gas except NAC Naftogaz,” she said. “There will be no Ukrgazenergo. The registration of Ukrgazenergo as an economic entity will be canceled, this company will not be deprived of a gas implementation license.

Elections. Photo from the site Veeer.com In the election of the President of Russia, the campaign period ended. On Saturday - a day before the day of voting - a "day of silence" is announced in the country. Throughout the country, a ban on the distribution of campaign materials, including those placed in print media and made in advance, is introduced. The ban also applies to visual agitation located closer than 50 meters to polling stations, RIA Novosti recalls.

In the children's hospital. Frame 1 television channel In the city of Bratsk, the Irkutsk region, 140 people are hospitalized with intestinal poisoning. 108 of them are children. As the Ministry of Emergencies of Russia states, over the past day 56 people entered hospitals, including 40 children. Poisoning in one of the kindergartens of the city occurred last Thursday. In Rospotrebnadzor, in the Irkutsk region, they believe that the children are probably sick with salmonellosis.

Prince Harry in Afghanistan. Photo from The Sun website The grandson of the Queen of Great Britain Elizabeth II, Prince Harry, left the territory of Afghanistan aboard a military transport aircraft. The Ministry of Defense of Great Britain reported on the night of the British on Saturday night, as reported by the Air Force. The 23-year-old second lieutenant Wailes (Wales) served in the Afghan province of Hilmen for two and a half months, performing ordinary military duties.

Natalia Morary and Ilya Barabanov. Photo from the site "Echo of Moscow" The correspondents of the New Times magazine Natalya Morar and Ilya Barabanov flew to Moldova on Saturday morning. According to Barabanov on the air of Echo of Moscow, they decided to fly out by the flight of Air Moldova at 10.15. Barabanov said that his wife got worse that night, her kidneys fell ill. “We cannot risk her health,” he said, adding that they were not going to give up and find a legal way to return to Russia.

Benazir Bhutto. Photo by ar The Pakistani Police made official accusations to one of the Taliban leaders Baitulle Mehsuda in connection with the murder of Benazir Bhutto. As in addition to the mechdu, four more people are accused of this crime. Mehsud is now in South Vasiristan on the border with Afghanistan. He denies any involvement in the murder of Bhutto. The leader of the Pakistani opposition, the former prime minister of the country died as a result of the attack on December 27.

Monument to the Red Army in Brno. Photo from RIA Novosti website Russia requires the Czech authorities an effective investigation of vandalism in relation to the monument to the Soviet Liberator soldier in the city of Brno. The corresponding comments of the Department of Information and Press of the Foreign Ministry are posted on Saturday on the website of the Ministry.

Olympic bear. Photo by the Air Force The deputy prosecutor of the city of Sochi Arthur Shmulov issued the idea of ​​the city administration on the issue of the competition "Choose a symbol of the Sochi-2014 Olympic Games. According to the prosecutor's office, this contradicts the law" On the Presidential Election ", Gazeta.ru reports.

Sergey Bagapsh. Photos of faces The President of the Non -recognized Republic of Abkhazia Sergey Bagapsh on Friday announced a partial mobilization of the Armed Forces. “This is due to fears that the Georgian military can cross the border,” RIA Novosti quotes him.