Representatives of the self -proclaimed Lugansk People’s Republic denied reports on the unification of the LPR and the Donetsk People’s Republic into a new state - Novorossia. “Regarding the congress of representatives of the DPR and the LPR, I want to make clear clarity - there were no contracts about any New Russia. An agreement was signed on the creation of the Union of People's Republics,” Vasily Nikitin quotes Interfax Vasily Nikitin.

The 2014 Winter Olympics ended several months ago, but in Germany they continue to discuss the global sporting event. The focus of the popular newspaper Bild Am Sonntag was not record sports results of Russian participants, not huge costs and corruption scandals, not comparison with the Olympics in Nazi Germany and not even naughty jokes about constantly dumbings of torches and an unusual fifth ring.

Hockey originated in the UK, not Canada, the authors of the book "The Origin of Hockey" say. And one of the first hockey players was the famous English scientist Charles Darwin, Interfax reports. This is evidenced by the results of the study conducted by the authors of the book. They managed to find a letter from Darwin to their son dated March 1, 1853, and it refers to the winter game on skates, reports The Independent .

In St. Petersburg, a criminal case has been instituted against a local resident and a visiting one from Ukraine, who are suspected of hooliganism and chisel. This was preceded by a quarrel of attackers with a native of Azerbaijan. Under the investigation were a citizen of Ukraine Vasily finger and Petersburger Dmitry Pirogov, the official website of the RF IC reports.

The British Mini brand, which is part of the BMW concern, introduced the conceptual class of Superleggera Vision. The premiere of the model took place as part of the design competition of Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'este, which takes place on Lake Como and specializes only in luxurious and elegant cars, reports "Autosalea" . The prototype of the Mini Superleggera Vision relative was created in collaboration with the Italian Atelier Touring Superleggera.

Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov, commenting on the presidential election in Ukraine, said that Moscow respects the choice of the Ukrainian people. He recalled that previously this position was formulated by Russian President Vladimir Putin. “She retains its relevance. Some new elements have not yet appeared,” Peskov said Interfax . Note that, according to the latest CEC data, the owner of the Roshen chocolate factory gains more than 50% of the votes.

In Vienna, they officially forbidden to feed pigeons - the fine for violation of the rule is 36 euros. According to Prian.ru , the reason for the introduction of a fine is the desire of the city authorities to reduce the population of birds, which are a big problem for the Austrian capital. The city adviser Ulrik Sima says: "Everyone who feeds the pigeons, thereby feeds rats." According to her, the feeding of these birds is mistaken by many as an act of mercy in relation to our smaller brothers.

“In various discussions both within Russia and abroad, I have to answer the question of what impact the sanctions imposed by the United States and Europe after the Crimean adventure had on the Russian economy. This question, at first glance, does not seem accidental - even the most High-ranking Russian politicians constantly utter phrases like “despite the sanctions”...

The elections of the President of Ukraine , which were looking forward to the Western countries, in Russia and in Ukraine itself, have come to an end. The head of the Central Election Commission, Mikhail Okhendovsky, stated that there is no need to conduct a second round of voting, which means that Petro Poroshenko, who is leading in the course of the vote count, becomes the president of the Nezalezhnaya.

On the eve of Sunday, in the small Spanish city of Castrillo Matajudios, the long -awaited voting of the inhabitants on the issue of changing this old anti -Semitic name of the heyday of the Inquisition, in which the word matajudios translates as "death to Jews." Of the 56 adults of the village, 52 people took part in the vote. Of these, 29 spoke out for the change of name, 19 - against and four more ballots were spoiled, writes El Pais .

Russian Jews proposed to include the day of liberation and salvation in the calendar of the Jewish holidays, celebrated on May 9. If the new holiday is approved, then the Jews around the world will soon thank the Almighty and the Red Army for salvation from fascist Germany, as well as for the formation of the Israeli state in 1948.

The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan will become a purely economic association. About this, as reports RBC , said Samat Ordabaev, deputy head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan on Monday. At first, according to him, a "huge draft agreement" was proposed with almost two thousand pages.

The Russian national team players on Monday at the Petrovsky stadium in St. Petersburg outplayed the Slovakia team with a score of 1: 0. This meeting was held by Fabio Capello wards in preparation for the World Cup in Brazil and was comradely. The game was not very spectacular. The only ball in the 82nd minute was scored by the replacement in the second half, the forward of Zenit Alexander Kerzhakov. The hosts of the field spoke in the following composition: Akinfeev (Lodygin, 74 '), V.

In the Urals, a criminal case has been instituted on the fact of the next murder committed in passenger trains following from the new Urengoy. This time, the unknown announced the stab wounds to the commander, who offered consumer goods. Previously, two more people were killed on trains that followed from New Urengoy to Moscow. The operatives have already managed to establish the identity of the suspect, the official website of the Ural Investigation Department of Transport reports.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said he did not see much benefit in manned cosmonautics, and, therefore, there is no point in participating in the project of the International Space Station (ISS) for Russia. The official noted that the refusal of cooperation in this area will happen no earlier than 2020, Interfax reports. At the same time, Russia can choose new partners: the place of the United States, “offending” Russian officials, can take China.