Twenty years ago, on April 2, 1996, Presidents Boris Yeltsin and Alexander Lukashenko signed an agreement establishing the Community of Russia and Belarus. A year later, it was transformed into the Union of Belarus and Russia, and in January 2000 - into the Union State. The 1996 agreement provided for the creation of a politically and economically integrated community in order to combine the material and intellectual potential of the two states.

Barack Obama. Shot CNN Washington would like to continue the process of nuclear disarmament, but so far he does not see progress from Russia. This was stated by US President Barack Obama at a press conference following the results of the nuclear security summit, the Voice of America reports . "My personal preference as the president would have been further reducing our nuclear arsenal," Obama said.

Vladimir Medinsky. Frame of the TV channel "Russia 1" A check in the Ministry of Culture after a corruption scandal with the participation of managers will benefit the department. This was stated by Minister Vladimir Medinsky, reports TASS. “We are very happy in a sense that it was the FSB that is engaged in this, because there are experts of the highest class,” Medinsky said. “They are only a plus for us.

Palmyra. Photo: Wikipedia In the fighters of the Islamic State, a mass burial was discovered from the militants of the Islamic State, where, presumably, the bodies of victims executed by Islamists are located. This was reported by the BBC with reference to the Syrian military and the Syrian Supervisory Board of Human Rights. In the burial, 42 bodies were found. 18 of them are killed military personnel and pro -government militias. The bodies of 21 civilians and three children were also found.

Detention of candidates for deputies. Photo: Roman Rubanov/@rrubanov In the village of Barvikh near Moscow, law enforcement agencies detained local elections Vitaly Seerukanov, Stanislav Volkova and Anna Litvinenko, as well as two activists of the progress party. This was reported by the employee of the Department of Investigations of the FBK Georgy Alburov. Candidates were sent to Barvikha for election campaign. On one of the parking lots in the Rublevsky highway, the car was blocked.

In the zone of the Karabakh conflict. Photo: mil.am In Nagorno -Karabakh, intensive fighting began. The Armenian Ministry of Defense states that on the night of Saturday, Azerbaijan launched a massive attack almost along the entire line of contact with the use of artillery, armored vehicles and aviation. The statement notes that by the morning of the army unit unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, the enemy had thrown the enemy to their original positions, he suffers losses.

Ilham Aliyev. Photo: President.az Azerbaijan will continue to force the peaceful settlement of the Karabakh conflict. This was stated by President Ilham Aliyev, speaking at the Nuclear Safety summit in the United States, RIA Novosti reports . “Unfortunately, Armenia constantly puts forward the conditions for the liberation of the occupied territories. We will continue to force the peaceful settlement of the conflict.

Published as an advertisement The "golden age" of roulette and card games for money in Russia lasted several centuries, until the 1917 revolution. Over the next few years, gambling houses were closed. If you think that there were no gambling in the USSR, then you are mistaken. Yes, the ruling party recognized monetary entertainment as a manifestation of bourgeois propaganda, but at the same time offered its citizens an alternative - various lotteries.

Meldonium. Photo: pharmindex.ru The World Anti -Doping Agency (WADA) is not going to exclude Meldonium from the list of prohibited drugs, but conducts a study of the deadlines for its excretion from the body of athletes. This was reported by "R-Sport" with reference to the adviser to the Minister of Sports Natalia Detskovanov. "At present, research is underway regarding the deadlines of the removal of Meldonium. Moreover, not only with us, but WADA also conducts appropriate studies.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs in the annexed Crimea. Photo: 82.mvd.ru On Saturday night in the village of Pionerskoye, Simferopolsky district in a local cafe, police detained 35 Crimean Tatars, Crimea. Reali reports with reference to Emil Kurbedinova lawyer. The people in the cafe with the Slavic appearance were immediately released.

Brussels airport after explosions. Photo: @Wardmarkey The Belgian prosecutor’s office charged the suspect of the planning of new terrorist attacks in the country and participation in a group, which is associated with terrorist attacks in Belgium and France. This was reported by the BBC with reference to the statement of the prosecutor's office of Belgium.

The film "Kasyanov Day", released on NTV, includes intimate shootings with a hidden camera and recording wiretaps. The leader of Parnassus Mikhail Kasyanov badly responds about the associates in the demo -army and promises to “give the party” to his comrade -in -arms and friend Natalya Pelevina. First comments: criminal offense, shameful hack, "response" for incriminating evidence against Putin , an election attack.