“Sobyanin’s reforms in the social sphere come down to the consolidation of everything and everyone. He united clinics and schools. And if with clinics this caused indignation primarily among the team of doctors, then the merger of schools caused a storm of indignation among parents.

The number of applicants for participation in the early elections of the mayor of Novosibirsk is growing every day. In total, to date, the documents for the nomination for this post have already submitted about 30 applicants to the city election commission, but only five have been registered as candidates so far.

Against the backdrop of numerous attacks, including Western journalists who criticize the level of Sochi preparation for the Olympics , in particular, infrastructure in local hotels, and at the same time the high cost of Olympic construction as a whole, the ex-head of the capital's construction complex, and now the State Duma deputy and adviser to the mayor of Moscow, Vladimir Resin, expressed a positive point of view on this occasion.

“It is easy to imagine what the reform will lead to, pursuing the only goal - to replace direct democracy with the institution of city managers, who will be “elected” by budget-dependent rural deputies together with the governor. To the actual direct appointment of executive branch leaders to governors. This is the true meaning of the “reform” ". The consequences will not keep you waiting.

Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin is divorced with his wife Irina, a source close to the city hall told Interfax . According to the source, "the decision was made by the spouses with a balanced and jointly." The mayor has already confirmed the information: "We decided to divorce. This is our decision with Irina. We respect each other and keep good relations. We hope for understanding and ask us to respect our right to personal life." Details of the divorce are not disclosed.

The men's team of the Russian national skating team was left without medals at the home Olympiad in Sochi. The last chance of the medal was a successful performance in the command race, but the Russians lost 3.38 seconds to the Koreans in the struggle for the fingers for access to the semifinals on Friday. Alexander Rumyantsev, Ivan Skobrev and Denis Yuskov fled for the Russian national team. - Diary of the 2014 Olympics.

Sberbank branches in Ukraine, where on February 18, an escalation of a political conflict occurred , temporarily stopped issuing loans to “clients from the street” on the day that President Viktor Yanukovych and the opposition finally managed to reach a compromise .

The American media Magnate Rupert Murdok, the founder of the News Corporation media holding, agreed to the purchase of the four upper floors in the new Elite One Madison Tower on Manhattan Island in New York, reports The Wall Street Journal . According to sources familiar with the terms of the transaction, Murdok will pay 57.25 million dollars for real estate. The deal is planned to be completed next week.

Winter in Central Russia this year turned out to be quite warm, and the ice in many reservoirs is already noticeably melting, but this does not stop passionate fans of ice fishing. In this regard, the Ministry of Emergency Situations, tired of constantly saving the fishermen who fall under the ice or find themselves on broken ice in the spring, gives a number of tips on how to avoid death in an extreme situation, writes the Moscow Komsomolets .

The Classmates social network launched Magisto’s service for creating films from photos and videos of users, the press service of the social network said. The service offers the user to choose photos and videos from which you should create a film. It can be both images previously posted by the user on their page on the social network, or downloaded specifically for the film. For free, to create a film, it is allowed to use up to 15 photos and 10 videos.

In the UK, this winter broke a record for precipitation for the entire more than a hundred -year history of meteorological observations. For an incomplete three -month period, from the first of December, 486.8 mm of precipitation fell in other areas. This indicator exceeded the previous record, marked in 1995 (485.1 mm), as ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the Kingdom of Main Meteorological Service.

Russian Victor AN became the winner of the final race of the Olympic Games at a distance of 500 m in a short track. The silver medal in this discipline took from Dazzin from China. Bronze went to Canadian Charlie Cornayer. This gold medal became the eighth in the piggy bank of the Russian national team in Sochi. Our national team remains in fourth place in the team’s team standings of the Olympiad.

The ambassador of Norway to the United States Kore OS invited American colleagues in Oslo to conclude a comic bet about whose team will take more gold medals from the capital of the 2014 Winter Olympiad. According to ITAR-TASS, the diplomat published a corresponding message on his page in the Twitter microblog. "How about a friendly bet? I put a kilogram of cod against New York pizza that Norway will beat the United States on the number of golden Olympic medals," OS wrote on Wednesday.

The men's team of Canada won the gold medals of the Olympic Games in Kerling. In the final, Canadians beat the British team with a score of 9: 3. The owners of the gold medals of the Canadians were Skip Brad Jacobs, Ryan Fry, Age Harnden, Ryan Harnden and Caleb Flaxi. Bronze medals previously won the Swedes who beat the China team in the Extrand and 6: 4 UEE in the match for third place. - Diary of the 2014 Olympics.

The Party of the Islamic Renaissance of Tajikistan (PIVT), the largest opposition party of the republic, sent a lawsuit against the court on Friday, demanding a refutation by the State Committee of National Security (GKNB) and the country's guestelekanals, which, according to the party, defeats its honor and dignity. The party considers television to guestelekanals about PIVT members prepared on the basis of the data center of the GKNB public relations, biased and inconsistent.