Today, February 19, it became known that from March 1, a Polish visa for Ukrainian citizens will cost 20 euros instead of 35. However, the cost reduction applies only to Polish national visas, which are valid within one state. However, this innovation does not apply to Schengen visas: they will still cost 35 euros. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland decided to reduce the visa fee for Ukrainian citizens.

Today, February 19, at least thirty people were injured in Kuwait when police dispersed a large demonstration of stateless residents of the country protesting against their disenfranchised situation. More than a thousand people took part in the demonstration in Al-Jahra province, located north-west of Kuwait City, mostly Bedouins who traditionally lead a nomadic lifestyle.

Context 3K 1 min. ... The authorities in Dagestan faced a similar problem. The fact that the practically legal operation of the casino became possible only thanks to the patronage of law enforcement agencies was stated at the beginning of last year, shortly after the new presidential team came to power, First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic Rizvan Kurbanov.

Today, February 19, from 60 to 80 people were injured as a result of the latest clashes in Bahrain between anti-government protesters and the police. Despite the authorities' order to the military to leave the streets of the capital of Bahrain, there are reports from the country's capital of new clashes between demonstrators and police units blocking the central streets of Manama.

About 30 cars of defrauded shareholders gathered in front of the building of the Russian Ministry of Defense and blocked traffic along Znamenka Street. Police officers have already detained several activists. As Igor Guliev, coordinator of the “Single Shareholders” movement, told Kommersant FM, shareholders from ten problem sites, the customer of which is the Ministry of Defense, took part in the protest.

The court of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug (KhMAO) decided to cancel the registration of the list of “Patriots of Russia” for the elections to the district Duma, which will take place on March 13. Representatives of the A Just Russia party filed a complaint against the registration of the list by the district election commission.

The Sverdlovsk Railway is ready to restore the Perm-1 station building on its own if the Perm region disagrees with the options for sharing the building. The head of the railway transport department of the Ministry of Transport of the Perm Territory, Evgeniy Gamola, wrote about this in his blog on Wordpress. According to him, as part of the reconstruction of the Sverdlovsk Railway building, they intend to make a museum of railway transport using part of the building for commercial purposes.

The President outlined threats to the security of Olympic venues Yesterday, President Dmitry Medvedev, at a meeting of the Security Council in Sochi, instructed to ensure the security of Olympic venues and made it clear that some of the threats come from Georgia. Yesterday, Dmitry Medvedev, together with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, were able to personally verify the safety of the facilities during a visit to the newly built Olympic facility in Krasnaya Polyana - the Rosa Khutor ski center.

The prosecutor of the Rostov region Valery Kuznetsov issued a warning to the organization of the Don Cossack Republic about the inadmissibility of carrying out extremist activities, the department’s press service reported. As the prosecutor's office clarified, during the inspection it was established that since 2008, the Don Cossack Republic, unregistered with the justice authorities, has been located in the Rostov region, the leader of which is Ataman Alexander Yudin.

American tennis player Andy Roddick beat Australian Leighton Hewitt and reached the semifinals of the tournament in Memphis, the prize fund of which is $1.1 million. Andy Roddick managed to defeat Australian Leighton Hewitt in 2 hours and 13 minutes (4:6, 6:3, 6:4). The American earned 107 points, Hewitt – 97. In the semifinals, Roddick will meet with Argentinean Juan Martin del Potro, who beat Michael Russell (USA) in the quarterfinals.

Today, February 19, according to preliminary data, the current President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, is leading the presidential election by a wide margin. Uganda held its second multi-party presidential and parliamentary elections in 30 years on Friday. Most experts predict a victory for Museveni, who has led the country for 25 years.

A self-portrait of Andy Warhol, painted in 1967, was sold at Christie's auction house in London on February 16. The price of $17 million, for which the anonymous buyer purchased the painting, was twice the estimate. This painting is part of a series of 11 self-portraits created by Warhol in 1967. Five of them are kept in the world's largest museums, and the sold work has been in a private collection since 1974.

Yesterday, the coordinator of the United Russia party for interaction with public organizations of disabled people, State Duma deputy Mikhail Terentyev, visited Perm. He met with regional authorities, leaders of public organizations for people with disabilities and Paralympic athletes. Mr.

The department ordered ten retailers to reduce the price of buckwheat and eggs The Office of the Federal Antimonopoly Service for Tatarstan found republican food retailers guilty of price fixing. The agency concluded that grocery chains set the same inflated prices for buckwheat and eggs. Now they will have to reduce prices to “economically justified”, and also pay a fine of up to 15% of turnover for each product.

301 1 min. ... Today marks the 48th anniversary of the CEO of the insurance company Ingosstrakh, Alexander Grigoriev. He is congratulated by the President of the Russian Hockey Federation, State Duma deputy Vladislav Tretyak: — Dear Alexander Valerievich! For many years, the Ingosstrakh company has been supporting domestic hockey - national and youth teams, honoring veterans, and providing support to young and talented hockey players.