World heavyweight boxing champion according to IBF, WBA, WBO, IBO and The Ring Magazine, 37-year-old Vladimir Klitschko, confirmed his desire to take part in the Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in 2016. This was reported by the website of the official fan club of the Klitschko brothers with reference to an interview given by the athlete to Gulfnews. Mr Klitschko said: "I'm definitely going to take part in the Olympics if I remain healthy and motivated by then.

At a meeting of the Kyiv self-government committee, with the participation of deputies of opposition factions and representatives of the public, the People's Rada of Kyiv was created. “The self-government committee has been transformed into the People’s Rada of the city of Kyiv, which will carry out the functions of self-government in the capital until the election of the legitimate Kyiv City Council and the Kyiv city chairman,” reports the press service of Batkivshchyna.

463 1 min. ... In the Stavropol region, Vera Melnikova, nominated by United Russia, was elected as the new head of the resort city of Zheleznovodsk, ITAR-TASS reported on January 27. According to the regional election commission, according to preliminary data, 54.32% of voters who took part in the voting the day before voted for her. Her closest rival, Anatoly Zubtsov, received 39.83% of the votes.

Oleg Tregubenko is suspected of stealing more than 1.2 million rubles The head of the research and testing center of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Oleg Tregubenko, was arrested in the Moscow region. He was arrested in connection with the theft of more than 1.2 million rubles.

The capital is purchasing new systems for recording traffic violations Moscow will purchase 44 additional complexes for recording traffic violations for 89 million rubles. The complexes will be able to recognize partially contaminated license plates, as well as identify state registration marks of cars from Europe, the USA and Latin America.

2 journalists were injured on the evening of January 26 during police dispersal of protesters against the authorities near the building of the regional state administration (RSA) in Zaporozhye. This was reported by the injured journalists themselves and their colleagues. In particular, photojournalist of the UNIAN news agency Dmitry Smolienko reported that he was beaten by an unknown man in sportswear and with a white bandage on his sleeve, together with a policeman.

1K 3 min. ... Lyudmila Petranovskaya, psychologist Russians who decide to adopt a disabled child into their family sometimes encounter serious resistance from government officials. One example is the story of Natalya Tupyakova from Gorno-Altaisk, the adoptive mother of little Arianna, who at two years old did not walk, did not speak and had very serious diagnoses.

The ruling Party of Regions in Ukraine is convening an emergency meeting of the leaders of its primary party organizations in Kharkov on February 1, according to the party’s website . “At the event it is planned to discuss a number of issues on coordinating actions in various areas.

The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food estimates grain exports as of January 27 at 20.893 million tons since the beginning of the 2013/2014 marketing year (July 2013-June 2014). Since the beginning of the marketing year, Ukraine has exported 6.951 million tons of wheat, including 5.626 million tons of food wheat, 2.071 million tons of barley, 4.6 thousand tons of rye, 11.691 million tons of corn, as well as 175.5 thousand tons of other grain crops.

The candidate for the head of the Chaikovsky district, entrepreneur Dmitry Yugov, failed to challenge the registration of his opponents, director of Tchaikovsky Profile LLC, deputy of the Zem Assembly Yuri Lange, and director of Kamskie Zori Hotel LLC, Yuri Vostrikov. Kommersant was informed about this by the territorial election commission of the Chaikovsky district. The Tchaikovsky City Court decided to refuse to satisfy Mr. Yugov’s demands today.

Details The current protest has brought a whole bunch of ultranationalist groups to the forefront of the confrontation in Kyiv. Who are they and what are they fighting for? The Right Sector association emerged at the end of November 2013 in Kiev with the beginning of anti-government protests. Its core consisted of representatives of the Ukrainian National Assembly - Ukrainian People's Self-Defense (UNA-UNSO), Tryzub, Patriot of Ukraine, Brotherhood and White Hammer.

Reference Born November 21, 1924. She lived on Zagorodny Prospekt, at house 26, in a communal apartment with her adoptive mother Elena Nikolaevna Bernatskaya and Aka (Rozalia Karlovna Krums-Strauss), an Englishwoman by birth. In June 1941, she graduated from eighth grade. Lena Mukhina’s diary entered the Central State Archive of Historical and Political Documents of St. Petersburg in 1962.

Calculations of tariffs for urban electric transport (metro) services no longer need to be coordinated with the ministries of economy and infrastructure a month before the decision to change tariffs is made. This decision was confirmed by order of the Ministry of Infrastructure.

Bashneft-Ufaneftekhim is holding a tender for the development of design estimates and working documentation for the conservation of a number of gas catalytic production facilities in 2014, according to the Bashneft website. Ufaneftekhim is preparing to mothball the butane-butylene fraction polymerization unit 29/3 with a capacity of up to 35 cubic meters.

The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) entered the interbank foreign exchange market with the sale of currency at 8.4 UAH/$, dealers of commercial banks reported. According to market operators, market quotes by the middle of trading on Monday reached 8,535-8,570 UAH/$1, while on Friday in the final part of trading they amounted to 8,500-8,520 UAH/$1. Based on materials from Interfax-Ukraine news agency