The Swiss city of Zurich can limit the permitted number of mustachioed pets for its citizens up to one cat per family. According to the 20 minute portal, the city animal protection service insists on this, according to which the prolonged representatives of the cat family destroy rare birds, reptiles and other small species of animals. Soft and fluffy creatures, lazily walking along the master's sofa, turn into real predators on the street.

In the UK, the elderly resident Portland Derek Miller, suspected of attempting to kill his wife of Russian origin, is judged. The man arranged a stabbing after his wife, apparently in a dream, accidentally pulled a blanket from him. The 76-year-old retired engineer Derek Miller denies the charge of trying to kill, writes The Daily Mail . He also faces a punishment for intentional harm to health.

The active phase of joint Russian-Chinese naval exercises "Marine Interaction-2014", which began on Thursday, has been completed, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation said in the Department of the press service of the Russian Federation. “The first half of the day was devoted to the development of joint anti -pirate actions.

Metaio, which is engaged in the development of augmented reality, has introduced the Thermal Touch technology, which can significantly expand the scope of Google Glass glasses or their analogues. According to TechCrunch , the company has developed a method for turning any surface into a touch screen using heat fingerprints.

Members of the Chamber of Trustees of the Patriarchal Literary Prize named after Saints Cyril and Methodius for 2014 determined on Thursday the secret vote of its laureates. On the same day, in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow, a ceremony of the award of the winners took place.

The joint prayer of representatives of Christian faiths for Ukraine will be held on May 24 in the Sofia Cathedral of Kyiv, which is part of the Sofia Kyiv National Reserve. Such a decision was made the day before, at the meeting of the acting President of Ukraine, speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Alexander Turchinov with members of the All -Ukrainian Council of Churches.

The quick economic effect of the creation of the Customs Union (TS) has already been exhausted, and now the time has come to talk about the systemic consequences. This, according to Interfax , said at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum the Minister of Trade of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) Andrei Slepnev. "The fall of mutual trade volumes is 12.6%.

In the morning of May 23, at least three supporters of Alexei Navalny and some of their relatives had to meet the security forces at their doors.

The Airbus -320 Airbus -320 Airbus -320 company US AirWays made an emergency landing at the glass of the US Air - a crack was formed an emergency landing. The plane climbed in the city of Orlando (Florida). On board there were 150 passengers and five crew members. As a result of the incident, none of them were injured. According to one version, the reason for the appearance of a crack could be a hail, Iar-Tass reports with reference to representatives of the air harbor.

In the Volyn and Rivne regions of Ukraine, mourning for military personnel, immigrants from these regions, who died on the eve during combat clashes that occurred in the southeast of the country between the Ukrainian National Guard and local militias were declared. As reported, as a result of fighting in the area of ​​the village of Volnovakha in the Donetsk region, 16 Ukrainian soldiers were killed , 32 were hospitalized with gunshot wounds.

The board of the Accounts Chamber, having analyzed the effectiveness of the use by the subjects of the Russian Federation of subsidies in 2012 and 2013 for state support for small and medium -sized enterprises (SMEs), called this support not enough effective and low -cost.

Speaking at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (PMEF), Russian President Vladimir Putin drew attention not only to foreign policy questions, commenting on the situation around Ukraine in detail, but also spoke about the situation in the field of communications in the Russian Federation.

The Krasnodar Regional Court sentenced the 39-year-old resident of Abinsk Oleg Temchenko, who was found guilty of the murder of the chieftain of the Cossack society. By a court decision, based on the verdict of jury, Temchenko will spend 20 years in a maximum security penal colony. As an additional punishment, the convict was limited to freedom for a period of 1.5 years, the official website of the regional administration of the IC of the Russian Federation reports.

Modern problems related to Ukraine and Crimea are caused by a lack of trust in the world. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin during a speech at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (PMEF). “The question of restoring trust is a very important issue, the issue of the entire economic forum,” the president emphasized by ITAR -TASS. “Where did the Ukrainian crisis come from?” The head of state wondered.

“If you look at the opinion polls of our citizens on the occasion of the presidential elections in Ukraine, we will see that almost 40% of those surveyed are already against the recognition of these elections in advance. And such citizens can be understood. After all, through all channels they are told that the Kiev junta is fighting with its people, that it is difficult to talk about legitimate elections when there are large-scale military operations.