In the center of Moscow, activists staged a rally in support of the Maidan. They walked along Sofiyskaya embankment and burned several fireworks and the flag of Novorossiya. Activists carried a banner with the inscription "Yesterday Kyiv - tomorrow Moscow." The police did not arrest any of the marchers. On November 21, 2013, protests began on the Maidan in Kyiv demanding to sign an agreement on European integration. Ultimately, the rallies led to a change of power in Ukraine.

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A procession was held in the center of Kyiv on the anniversary of the beginning of the Euromaidan. Its participants marched from Mikhailovskaya Square to Independence Square. The column was headed by the commander of the Maidan Self-Defense, Andrei Parubiy.

Hard: Guinness World Records / YouTube Han Yue from China broke the world record for the most compact parallel parking, standing between two cars on his mini. At the same time, the length of the “parking space” was only 8 cm larger than the length of its car. Guinness World Records Tightest Parallel Park Record Broken by China's Han Yue - Guinness World Records The achievement of Khan for 6 mm is better than the previous record set by Alister Moffat in July 2013 (English).

The State Duma adopted the law "On the Development of the Crimean Federal District and the Free Economic Zone in the Territories of the Republic of Crimea and the Federal City of Sevastopol". The FEZ is created for a period of 25 years, which can subsequently be extended. On the territory of the SEZ there is a special regime for the implementation of entrepreneurial and other activities, including preferential taxation and the application of the customs procedure of the free customs zone.

Burning wood, calm weather and technogenic factors: all versions are true Photo: Ilya Palev / TASS / All Over Press On Friday, November 21, in Moscow there was a pungent smell of smoke. In the morning-in the south and south-west of the capital, by noon, the haze reached the center. Rospotrebnadzor urgently recommended that people with respiratory diseases and the cardiovascular system remain at home. This is the third case of a sharp deterioration in the air situation in Moscow for this fall.

The court sanctioned the arrest of Oleg Shishov, director general of NPO Mostovik, who is suspected of embezzling 1.982 billion rubles during the construction of an oceanarium in Vladivostok. The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation is preparing to charge Shishov with fraud on an especially large scale.

The burning smell and smoke in Moscow is explained by the burning of trees cut down in the summer to combat the bark beetle, and unfavorable weather conditions. This was announced by the head of the Department of Natural Resources Management and Environmental Protection Anton Kulbachevsky. “Smoke and exhaust come mainly from spruce trees, which the bark beetle loves, as well as the resin with which the trees are impregnated.

Smoke in the capital in photographs from social networks Photo: Alexander strawberry-ml. / AP / Scanpix On the evening of November 20, the inhabitants of Moscow and the Moscow Region again began to complain about the smell of Gary and smoke in different areas of the city and the region. On November 21, the Ministry of Emergencies confirmed that the capital recorded the excess of the maximum concentrations of pollutants in the air.

The lower house of the Russian parliament approved in the third, final, reading of the amendment to the Tax Code on the introduction of local fees and an increase in the period of ownership of real estate, after which the income from the sale is exempt from personal income tax. 237 deputies voted for the adoption of the document, 204 voted against, there were no abstentions.

How Obama defended four million illegal migrants: Vox Photo: Leslie E. Kossoff / Upi / Landov / All Over Press US President Barack Obama on November 20 spoke about an unprecedented program for protecting illegal migrants from deportation. According to Obama’s decision, 4.3 million illegal immigrants - mostly parents of children who have received US citizenship by birth right - will be able to live in a country without fear of expulsion to their homeland.

Dmitry Melnichenko, a 13-year-old player in table tennis, became a star of Western media: after a loss in the match, held in Izhevsk, he went to a teenager and a sharp movement dropped him from a chair. There was no response. Alex Lomaev Violence in Table Tennis Do adults ignore this act of cruelty due to the fact that this is the son of Vladimir Putin? Or they are simply indifferent to all the lousers, as was the [character of Rocky 4 "] Ivan Drago (English.). Sportsgrid

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite repeated the accusations of terrorism against Russia because of its policy towards Ukraine. According to Grybauskaite, Russia "has all the hallmarks of a terrorist state." The Lithuanian president claims that unmarked Russian military and heavy equipment are in eastern Ukraine. “We all see that our neighbor, the neighbor of Ukraine, behaves in a way that a neighbor should not behave.

About 100 cultural figures, including directors Fyodor Bondarchuk and Andrey Zvyagintsev, wrote an open letter in defense of the Museum of Cinema and its former director Naum Kleiman. They noted that with Kleiman, the museum reached the highest level, becoming one of the best cinematheques in the world, and played an "exceptional role in the development" of many viewers.

General Director of the Kommersant Publishing House Pavel Filenkov denied earlier reports in the media that he would leave his post in the near future. In an interview with TASS, Filenkov said that he had not submitted a letter of resignation. “There are no decisions on my resignation,” he added.