The head of the Ministry of Education and Science Dmitry Livanov said that in 2014 the control of public observers over the exam using video cameras will be enhanced. Parents will be able to observe how children pass the exam online, he said. "Improving information transparency, increasing public control over a single exam is one of the main directions of our work.

Russian swimmers won the mixed relay race of 4 for 50 meters at the European Championship in Danish Hurning. Sergey Fesikov, Vladimir Morozov, Rosalia Nasretdinov and Veronika Popova showed the time 1 minute 29.53 seconds, setting a new world record. Since November 2013, the world record belonged to the Australians (1.29.61). The Italian team took second place (1.30.26), the third finished the third (1.30.62).

The rescue services of the gas sector were evacuated by more than 40 thousand people from the districts flooded after several days of rains, the representative of the civil defense department Muhammad al-Maidan told RIA Novosti . The one and a half million Palestinian enclave was in the way of a powerful storm, which in the middle of this week brought snow and rain to Israel, Egypt, Syria and Lebanon.

The President of the Continental Hockey League Alexander Medvedev considers the idea of ​​moving the financial problems of Spartak in Sochi inappropriately the idea of ​​moving the financial problems. The Moscow Club lost the General Sponsor after the recall of the License at the Investbank on December 13. Recall that the club made a statement in which he noted that financing problems are called into question.

Russian woman Irina Old won a silver medal in the persecution race at the third stage of the Biathlon World Cup in Ansi. Starting the 12th, she did not allow a single miss on four firing lines and passed a distance of 10 km in 28 minutes 5.4 seconds. At the finish of the old ones, she lost to Ukrainian Valentina Semerenko 4.2 seconds. “I slept very well today.

The opposition of Ukraine again collected signatures for the resignation of the government of the country and Prime Minister Nikolai Azarov. According to Ukrainian Pravda , under the bill proposed by the Communist Party, more than 170 signatures have already been collected. Given the votes of the Communist Party, the resolution has the support of about 210 deputies.

In the village by the past, the Elbrus district of Kabardino-Balkaria from 08:30 Moscow time. Sunday introduced the regime of a counter -terrorist operation (who). About this corr. ITAR-TASS reported today in the operational headquarters of the republic. According to law enforcement agencies of the republic, a residential building in which the militants settled in the village, a special operation is being blocked in the village. Details are still unknown.

The World Bank has reduced forecasts for the growth of the Russian economy by 2013 and 2014 one and a half times. Experts said that the growth of demand within the country and investment was less expected. According to RIA Novosti , according to the VB assumption, in 2013 the Russian economy will add only 1.3% (it used to be 1.8%), and in 2014 - 2.2% (the previous forecast - 3.1%).

The media learned the names of two key ministers of the new coalition government of Germany: the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Vice Chancellor will be the head of the SDPG Frank-Walter Steinmeier, and the Ministry of Defense can be headed for the first time by a woman. The day before, the coalition was officially held between the block, headed by the Chancellor Angela Merkel (HDS/CSS) and the Social Democrats (SDPG).

At a concert at the GCZ "Russia" in Moscow, the singer Zemfira first performed the songs of the electronic group The Uchpochmack to the audience and revealed the names of its participants, RIA Novosti reports. On Saturday, Zemfira gave a final concert in the capital of the GCZ Rossiya, he completed the singer’s many -month tour in support of the album “Live in your head”. After the main part of the concert, the image of the electronic trio The Uchpochmack appeared on the screens.

On Sunday, in the center of the capital of Ukraine, two mass actions organized by political opponents are being prepared at once. On the Maidan of Nezalevniy, the traditional “veche” of supporters of European integration begins, and in the Mikhailovsky park near the Rada of its supporters, the second day is collected by the Party of the regions of Viktor Yanukovych.

The bandits refused to lay the weapon are neutralized during the counter-terrorist operation in the Elbrus district of Kabardino-Balkaria, and the National Anti-Terrorism Committee informs on Sunday. The operation took place in the village by past, one of the houses was blocked early in the morning . Negotiations did not give the result, the battle began.

Norwegian biathlete Johannes won the persecution race at the third stage of the World Cup in French Ansi. On Saturday, he also excited in a sprint. In Sunday, Bea made only one miss and showed the time 31 minutes 43.7 seconds. The second was finished by the German Eric Lesser, and the Russian, which started the 10th, Anton Shipulin became the third. “The race went normally, even good.

Two passengers during a flight from Krasnoyarsk to Moscow were brutally beaten by the flight attendant, on Sunday the Interfax told a source in the airplane services of the Novosibirsk Airport Tolmachevo, where the aircraft had to make a forced landing. According to the interlocutor of the agency, the Boeing-737 aircraft Airlines Globus performed a flight from Krasnoyarsk to Domodedovo. "Two passengers, according to preliminary data, were too far from alcohol and beat the flight attendant.

The European Union postpones work with the Ukrainian authorities under the Association Agreement with Kiev, announced the European Commissioner for the extension of Stefan Fuul on his Twitter . "The words and actions of the president and the government in relation to the association agreement diverge deeper and deeper. Their arguments have no connection with reality," the Fules said in a statement.