European Parliament. Photo from the site www.folkestyre.dk The European Parliament Committee on international affairs approved the introduction of visa sanctions against Russian officials involved in the death of the lawyer of the Hermitage Capital Foundation Sergei Magnitsky. According to the Fund, the arrest of their foreign assets is also approved.

Mikhail Saakashvili. Photo from the site http://novostey.com Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili invited Russia to start a dialogue without preliminary conditions. As he said in an interview with the French newspaper Le Figaro, this is necessary to solve existing problems in bilateral relations. He emphasized that in some matters, Moscow cannot ignore the position of Tbilisi, giving the situation with Russia's entry into the WTO as an example.

Vladimir Putin in the wheat field. Photo from the site www.lp-media.satel.com.ua Prime Minister Vladimir Putin considers it necessary to develop general approaches and principles of joint work to preserve nature, RIA Novosti, RIA Novosti is necessary.

Tobacco kiosk. Photo from RIA '' News' Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin promises to deal with cases of illegal demolition, as well as illegal construction of facilities, RIA Novosti reports. “I think everything related to illegal demolition, this, of course, should get its assessment. But the fact that it is also built is also illegal - this, in turn, should also get an assessment,” the mayor said, answering the question of whether cases of illegal demolition in the city will be considered.

Yakov Krotov. Photos of faces Ibubia does not begin at all with a story about the fall, as “war and peace” does not begin at all with a stage in the St. Petersburg salon. "War and Peace" begins with Tolstoy, who goes into the office, sits down and writes. The Bible begins with Abraham, who leaves his fatherland, meets with the god of the Bible. I would not have left - I would not describe, and I would not have met.

Facebook logo The administration of the social network Facebook restored the personal account of the ex-head of the Yukos Mikhail Khodorkovsky, closed on November 20, RIA Novosti reports. The page of Khodorkovsky is in the imprisonment of his press center. The service administration told them that the account was closed by mistake. Prior to this, the administration demanded to provide a scan of the owner’s passport to confirm the authenticity of the blog.

Leo Rubinstein. Photo by A. Karpyuk/Grani.ru The ball, strictly speaking, was not. Television mostly modestly rushed. The highest authorities were not at all noted for this insignificant reason. The memorable event was marked by shy half -dead. I am personally more pleased. I am not a great lover of magnificent state celebrations with salutes and a poured sea of ​​state vulgarity, without which such events can not do.

A stove at a festival of water in Cambodia. Photo from the site www.segodnya.ua 349 people became victims of the crust at the Feast of Water in the Cambodian tumor. According to RIA Novosti, about 500 people were injured, many of them are in critical condition. A large number of victims are explained by the fact that the incident occurred in a limited space - a bridge that connects a tumor with a diamond island on the Mekong River.

DPRK production missiles. Photo Newsru.com The President of South Korea Lee Meun Buck ordered a blow to the North Korean missile base in case of signs of a new provocation, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the South Korean agency Renhap. According to the representative of the South Korean President Kim Hi Jon, Lee Mön Buck ordered "multiple response measures" against North Korea in response to the artillery shelling of the Island of Enphendo located in the yellow sea.

Alexander Lukashenko. Photo from the site www.baltkurs.com President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, refused to meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who arrived in Minsk to participate in a joint meeting of the College of Mids of the two countries.

The flag of Germany Germany suspenses a military appeal and switches to a voluntary army service. According to BBC, this was stated by the Minister of Defense of the country Karl-theodor Tsu Guttenberg. Formally, Germany will have a draft army, as is recorded in the Constitution, but in fact it will become professional, the minister said. He added that the personnel of the Bundeswehr will be reduced from 250 thousand to 185 thousand troops.

Police cap. Photo from Newsru.com In St. Petersburg, the former criminal investigator was convicted of rape conditionally. According to Fontanka.ru with reference to the press service of the Investigative Department in St. Petersburg, 35-year-old Andrei Parasyuk on the night of March 17, while in a car, attacked a 26-year-old woman who was previously familiar with, having committed violent actions of a sexual nature.

Kurmanbek Bakiev. Photo Fedpress.ru Ex-president of Kyrgyzstan Kurmanbek Bakiev is accused of official crimes and complicity of massacres. According to RIA Novosti, this was stated by the representative of the state prosecution at the trial of the mass execution of the protesters during the coupling during the coup in April in Bishkek. 28 people are accused in the case.

The village of Kushchevskaya. Photo kuschevka1.narod.ru Investigators working in the Kuban village of Kushchevskaya resumed the proceedings on 12 criminal cases of past years. According to RIA Novosti, the official representative of the Investigative Committee Vladimir Markin, new crimes are also identified. "At present, the proceedings of 12 criminal cases have been resumed, initiated by the prosecutor's office in past years.

The shelling of the South Korean Island. Frame NTV South Korea was the first beginning of the artillery shelling of the territory of North Korea. As reports RBC, the DPRK’s official news agency made such statements. The North Korean media also confirmed the information that several dozen shells of South Korea had been released across the DPRK.