The head of the press service of the presidential administration of Ukraine, Andrei Lysenko , told RIA Novosti on February 20 that he has no information that the families of the sons of the head of state allegedly left the country. “I don’t have such information,” Mr. Lysenko said.

If the gift doesn’t spin, then let him give the man the opportunity to spin himself Giving gifts to men is more difficult than to women. Judge for yourself: lovely ladies have a tradition of shopping, talking about new clothes for friends, about various devices for the kitchen, interior items, new fragrances and decorations. A million unique “litmus tests” by which (with extraordinary intuition and luck) you can understand what a woman wants.

In Switzerland, a federal court has ruled that the expressions “foreign pig” and “shitty refugee” are not racist. According to The Guardian, the court thus acquitted a policeman from Basel who used these expressions when detaining a refugee from Algeria in 2007. A Basel court initially found the policeman guilty of racism and fined him, but the highest court decided that the insults had nothing to do with the detainee's ethnic or religious background.

The outflow of funds from international investment funds from equity markets in developing countries reached $12.2 billion in January, according to the World Bank's February Financial Markets Outlook report. This is a record figure since August 2011 and is only $2.8 billion less than the outflow for the entire 2013 (then funds withdrew about $15 billion from emerging markets).

Marina Prokhorova about the Dolce & Gabbana spring-summer 2014 collection The Dolce & Gabbana collection, which the designers dedicated to the Hellenic colony in their beloved Sicily, uses two of the brand’s main ideas for women’s clothing. Firstly, these are classic and impeccably cut X-line dresses and suits. This silhouette implies an emphasized bust, a cinched waist, rounded hips - that is, ripe southern beauty.

Tatyana Aleshicheva about the “Dallas Buyers Club” Canadian director Jean-Marc Vallée already had experience collaborating with Hollywood, where he shot a rather bland biopic about Queen Victoria, “The Young Victoria” (2009), one of those that usually awards film awards for makeup and costumes.

Enterprises of the Kemerovo OJSC Holding Company Siberian Cement increased cement production in 2013 by 7.5%, to 4.3 million tons from 4 million tons in 2012, and sales of cement increased by the same amount, holding president Georg said yesterday Kleger. The company's largest plant, Topkinsky Cement (Kemerovo Region), produced 2.9 million tons of cement last year, Krasnoyarsk Cement - 910 thousand tons, Timlyuysky Cement LLC (Republic of Buryatia) - 445 thousand tons.

During the clashes that resumed in Kyiv last Tuesday, 77 people were killed, 577 were injured, 369 of them were hospitalized. Over the past 24 hours, 132 people were injured, 82 of them were taken to hospitals, while others were receiving assistance on the spot. The information is located on the official website of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine. About what is happening in the Ukrainian capital - in the online text broadcast of Kommersant .

LDPR deputies, led by State Duma Vice-Speaker Igor Lebedev, have prepared for consideration by the chamber a bill providing traffic rule violators with a 50% discount on the fine if it is paid before the relevant resolution comes into force, one of the authors told RIA Novosti initiatives Yaroslav Nilov. Previously, a similar bill was submitted to the State Duma by United Russia deputy Vyacheslav Lysakov, but has not yet been considered.

The first Olympic gold medal in women's single skating in Russian history was won by 17-year-old figure skater Adelina Sotnikova. Sotnikova’s main rival, Korean Kim Yu Na, skated her program without errors, but it was the Russian woman who managed to conquer the Olympic judges and spectators, experts noted. Photo: Dmitry Azarov, Kommersant / buy photo Adelina Sotnikova won gold in single figure skating.

Entry into the capital is restricted by authorities and activists Yesterday in Kyiv, restrictions on entry into the city, established by the Cabinet of Ministers from 0.00 on February 19, continued to apply. Traffic police officers inspect buses, randomly checking passenger cars. In addition to the traffic police, civil activists also set up their pickets on highways. They tried to prevent their political opponents from other cities from entering the capital.

A Libyan military plane crashed in Nabeul province in Tunisia today. As a result, 11 people died, CNN reports. “The plane, which had six crew members on board, was carrying three patients and two people who accompanied them during the flight,” said Tunisian Defense Ministry spokesman Tawfik Rahmouni. The Libyan plane disappeared 60 km from the capital Tunisia. During their last contact with dispatchers, the crew reported an engine fire.

The German National Olympic Committee reported that a doping test taken from one of the athletes of the country's national team turned out to be suspicious. The discovery of the B sample and the IOC Disciplinary Commission hearing are expected to take place today.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday met with US Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul, who is finishing his work in Moscow. “During the conversation, issues of the current state and prospects for the development of Russian-American relations, as well as some current international problems were touched upon,” Interfax quotes a message from the Russian Foreign Ministry. Read about why Michael McFaul is leaving Russia in the Kommersant article “I was not an ordinary ambassador.”

The protesters in Kiev released the internal troops who were captured by radicals on Independence Square on the morning of February 20, ITAR-TASS reports. Their release took place with the assistance of a number of opposition deputies of the Ukrainian parliament. However, not all demonstrators wanted to release the fighters. When a bus arrived to pick them up on Khreshchatyk Street, it was surrounded by more than a hundred protesters. A clash arose between them.