UN Special Envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura said talks on a peaceful settlement of the conflict in Syria could be resumed on March 7, the Associated Press reported. This will happen if the ceasefire regime is observed, which should come into force on the night of February 27, the diplomat stressed. On Friday evening, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution demanding that all parties to the conflict in Syria comply with the terms of the truce.

The prosecutor's office of the Sverdlovsk region organizes an inspection of all construction sites in the region that use tower cranes. This was reported on the website of the department. The decision was made after the collapse of a tower crane at a construction site in Yekaterinburg on February 26, which killed a crane operator and damaged a residential building next to the construction site.

Who is German Klimenko, and how will he advise Russia's president? Photo: Anatoly Zhdanov / Kommersant In late December 2015, President Vladimir Putin invited German Klimenko (the founder of the online services MediaMetrics and LiveInternet , as well as the director of the Institute for the Development of the Internet) to become his advisor, making Klimenko an intermediary between Russian state officials and the country's Internet industry.

Russia has pledged not to launch airstrikes on Syrian rebel positions, which the United States considers moderate opposition. This was stated by US State Department spokesman Mark Toner. “Now is the time for Russia to show the seriousness of its intentions regarding a ceasefire,” he said.

Militants of the Islamist group Al-Shabaab attacked a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu on the evening of February 26. According to local police, a suicide bomber rammed the doors of the SYL hotel in a car, after which armed militants rushed inside after a shootout with guards. Another explosion occurred at the park gate behind the hotel. The attack killed at least 12 people, according to AFP, citing police. The Associated Press reports the deaths of nine civilians and five terrorists.

On February 26, 2015, the world encountered a dress, which is seen by one white and gold, and the other-black and blue. Today, a year later, we have a new task: what color is this tracksuit? http://wondirwin.tumblr.com/post/140009149046/poppunkblogger-dammitmichael There are two main options: a black jacket with a golden logo or a blue jacket with a white logo. The BuzzFeed survey showed that most people see the costume of blue and blue, but some of the jacket are seen dark gray or green.

In Yekaterinburg on the evening of February 26, a tower crane boom fell on a residential building. The crane driver died, according to Ura.ru. The incident occurred at a construction site at the intersection of Kuibyshev and Sacco and Vanzetti streets. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, when falling, the crane boom damaged the roof, walls and balconies of one of the entrances of the five-story building. None of the residents of the five-story building was injured .

The Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed reports that on February 25 a military unit in the Chechen village of Borzoi broke out in a mass brawl between servicemen. “The fight was provoked by two contract servicemen on domestic grounds, after which other servicemen stood up for them,” the said in a statement. press service of the Southern Military District The Ministry of Defense claims that none of its participants were injured in the fight.

Explosions continue at the Severnaya mine in Vorkuta, where an accident occurred on February 25. This was announced by Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich, who heads the government commission to eliminate the consequences of the accident. “Currently, rescue work is being carried out, they are being carried out in a difficult situation, one might say, in an emergency situation. Explosions continue at the mine, access to certain sections is almost impossible, difficult,” Dvorkovich said.

Photo: Shara Henderson / Moodboard / Picture Alliance The confrontation of Apple and the FBI has been going on for 10 days: the authorities demand that the company open access to the data on the iPhone of the terrorist, and Apple and its leader Tim Cook stubbornly resist. There were so many news around this story that it is already difficult to keep everything in my head. In order not to get confused, we laid out a chain of events in a series of gifs with ducks. Why with ducks? They are cool.

UEFA Secretary General Gianni Infantino has been elected as the new president of the International Football Federation (FIFA). He won the second round of voting held at the FIFA headquarters in Zurich. Jordanian prince Ali bin Al-Hussein, Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa from Bahrain and one of the former FIFA leaders Jerome Champagne also ran for president of the federation. Another candidate, South African Tokyo Sexvale, withdrew from the election ahead of the vote.

The Kurzeme District Court of Riga sentenced a resident of Latvia, Maxim Koptelov, to six months in prison for publishing a petition for Latvia's accession to Russia. He was convicted under an article about calls to violate the territorial integrity of Latvia. Lawyer Ilona Bulgakova, who defends Koptelov, called the verdict "a shame for Latvia" and promised to appeal it. “Such a punishment is extremely harsh.

The new book of Richard Flenagan. And three more post -colonial novels A weekly literary critic Galina Yuzefovich tells at Medusa about the most interesting and important books published in Russia. The current review is dedicated to the book of Richard Flenagan “The narrow road to the Far North”, which received the Buker Prize in 2014, and three more post -colonial novels. Richard Flenagan. A narrow road to the far north. M.: Exmo, 2016. Translation by V.

The State Duma of the Russian Federation adopted in the first reading a bill on the introduction of VAT for foreign IT companies - the so-called "Google tax". It is proposed to impose a tax on the widest range of services on the Internet - sales of software, music, films, books and games, search and statistics services, hosting and storage of information, broadcasting of TV channels and communication services via the Internet. According to the bill, VAT will be collected from January 2017.

The State Duma adopted in the second and third readings a bill that equates motor rallies to rallies, and the creation of tent cities to picketing. The bill was supported only by deputies from United Russia, it was adopted by 238 votes. 199 deputies voted against, three abstained. A bill equating motor rallies with rallies was submitted to the State Duma by the Russian government.