The leadership of GUM asked the Russian representative office of Louis Vuitton to dismantle a giant sungam pavilion on Red Square, which caused a large public resonance. This building in the size of nine meters in height and 30 meters in length was erected for the exhibition "Soul of the Wandering", dedicated to the 120th anniversary of the GUM.

“I wouldn’t be surprised if in the coming hours the Ministry of Culture and the Federal Security Service will come up with their own initiatives to dismantle the scandalous suitcase. Until yesterday, both of these departments resolutely denied responsibility for the project and their own role in its approval.

The ISON comet continues to quickly approach the sun and, most likely, will die in its hot rays. ISON is called the "comet of the century", since it will allow earthlings to observe a rare sight: from December 3, especially in the predawn hours, in the northern hemisphere you can see a gigantic luminous tail of a comet. This comet has become one of the most anticipated space objects of recent times, a separate section is dedicated to it on the NASA website.

The Legislative Assembly of the Primorsky Territory at a meeting on Wednesday early terminated the deputy powers of its former speaker Evgeny Ovechkin, Interfax reports. 21 deputies voted for the deprivation of Ovechkin, two refrained. Ovechkin himself was not present at the meeting. The Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of the region Viktor Gorchakov said that he in writing asked to make a decision in his absence.

The Prime Minister of Latvia Valdis Dombrovskis announced to withdraw from his post and the resignation of the government he headed. Such a decision, according to the prime minister, was made after the disaster in the Riga Maxima shopping center, where 54 people died during the collapse of the roof and walls of the building. The collapse of the supermarket has become a serious emergency with the modern history of Latvia.

Portugal police neutralized a guest worker from Eastern Europe, who for several hours held hostages in a resort restaurant. The attacker was killed after blowing up several grenades. As a result, eight people were injured, and two of them, who were police officers, died. The press also writes that the criminal was a former "internationalist warrior" who participated in the hostilities of the Soviet Army in Afghanistan.

Ukraine and Russia last week have resumed negotiations on the creation of a gas transportation consortium. This was stated by the Minister of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine Eduard Stavitsky. The Russian side took a tough position and links the issue with the debt NAC Naftogaz Ukraine at $ 7 billion accrued on the principle of Take -or-Pay. The minister only added that "we are not talking about passing the pipe," writes Kommersant Ukraine .

The American television channel MSNBC canceled the evening current show of the Hollywood film actor Alec Baldwin. The official reason for the closure of the program is not called, but this happened after Baldwin was accused of using homophobic expressions, the BBC Russian service reports. The evening show Up Late lasted on the air for only a month and a half. “This is a joint decision on parting, and we wish Alec all the best,” said the leadership of the channel.

The court of the Spanish province of Girona issued an acquittal The verdict of the 26-year-old pianist Laia Martin, who was charged with a psychological injury to a neighboring neighbor with his many hours of musical rehearsals for four years.

The Radical Egyptian Party "Muslim Brothers", whose leader Mohammed Mursi was overthrown by the army from the post of President of Egypt in July 2013, is going to open official departments around the world. Moreover, the organization wants to form a government of the country in Paris in exile, which acts in parallel with official power. The fact that the Government of the Muslim Brothers will be justified in the capital of France, writes The Egypt Independent .

“Today the driving force of Euromaidan is youth. These are people who have broken away from social networks and games, overcome the apathy and laziness of the hostels and come out to defend their opinion and vision. This is very different from the Orange Revolution. There are no longer romantics here, there are people who are educated, who have seen the world, who communicate in several languages ​​and who are needed everywhere except their own country.

The fan of the Dutch "Ajax" was taken to the hospital in serious condition after falling from the rostrum during the home match of the 5th round of the group stage of the Champions Football League with the Spanish "Barcelona". According to RIA Novosti , citing AFP, a fan of the Amsterdam club, whose name is not indicated, fell from the fan tribune, noting the second goal of the team. ER is Iemand Naar Beneeden Gevallen ...

The Christian democrats and social democrats of Germany agreed on the Coalition Treaty on the creation of the new Government of the Federal Republic of Germany Bloc of the Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union (CDS/CSS) of German Chancellor Angels Merkel and the Social-Democratic Party of Germany (SDPG), after the continuing negotiations, agreed on the formation of a “black-red” rule of the “black-red” rule The Coalitions of Germany based on the results of the Bundestag elections,

The head of the Plievskaya gang was destroyed in Ingushetia, ITAR-TASS reported in the National Anti-Terrorism Committee, identifying the individuals of the two militants who were killed in the village of Plyevo District. “One of them was the leader of the so -called Plievskaya gang Murad Pliev, born in 1988, nicknamed Mousse, who was on the federal wanted list since 2010.

The son of the former president of the unrecognized Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, Johar Dudaev, admitted to the fake of documents and the storage of drugs. Degi Dudaev was detained in 2011 in Lithuania. The process over him takes place in Kaunas, the main accusation that was presented to him concerns falsification of passports, reports Delfi . Dudaev declared his guilt at a meeting of the Kaunas district court while the indictment was read.