The Government of the Russian Federation postponed weekends that fall on January 3 and 4, 2015, on other days "in order to rationally use weekends and non -working holidays by employees." The Cabinet of Ministers, as stated on the site, "decides to postpone the weekend: from Saturday January 3 to Friday January 9, from Sunday January 4 to Monday May 4." "Thus, in January 2015 there will be an eleven -day vacation, coinciding with the New Year holidays and Christmas, in May 2015 there will be a

Radical formations captured and hold the American embassy in the Libyan capital of Tripoli, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the Arab satellite television channel Al-Armiya. According to one of the commanders of the militants who were in the diplomatic deposition, the complex was in their hands about a week ago and a month after American employees left him during the evacuation in a neighboring Tunisia.

In the final document of the EU summit, there is no mention of the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the east of Ukraine, the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation at the European Union Vladimir Chizhov. He stated that the European Union’s statements about the allocation of humanitarian aid of 2.5 million euros to residents of Eastern Ukraine look indecent against the backdrop of promises to restore the Ukrainian economy.

Beijing approved the procedure for holding elections in Hong Kong in 2017, retaining control over the process of nomination of candidates. It was announced that a limited circle of 2-3 candidates will be allowed before the elections, and the process of their nomination will continue to be carried out by a special collegium of electors. The decision was approved by the standing committee of the All -Chinese Assembly of People's Representatives - the country's highest legislative body.

American Ku-Kluks-Klan, the famous nationalist organization, who at different times opposed to blacks, Jews and Catholics, conducts an active campaign for recruiting new supporters in many US cities: CNN reports that in a number of cities, bags with invitations to "join the clan" appeared, as well as multi-colored Jolly Rancher sweets Hersheys.

On Sunday meteorologists increased the level of danger from the "orange" to "red" (the highest) due to the resumption of the eruption of the Bardarbung volcano, RIA Novosti reports with reference to Reuters . The volcano, located in the south of the country, began to release the ash into the air.

The promotion of the unregistered party of Eduard Limonov “Another Russia” in St. Petersburg turned into detentions: activists managed to stand in a picket for a couple of minutes, light a smoke saber and scatter leaflets. They twisted them, as the Echo of Moscow reports, to peppy ethnic music. The "Gorodessi" ran out to the fenced venue in front of the living room at the moment when an ethnic musical team performed there.

The Minister of Defense of Ukraine Valery Geletey, on the air of the Inter television channel, announced the entry of Russian troops in Donetsk, Ukrainian Pravda reports. "The information that Russian troops move is really confirmed by both intelligence and by the corresponding other services, and eyewitnesses see them now in the city of Donetsk," Geletey said. He added that Russian troops are now not only in Donetsk, but in other cities.

The press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov explained that, speaking about the need for negotiations on "statehood" in the southeast of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin spoke not about the status of this region, but about the inclusive dialogue of the Ukrainian authorities. “Absolutely not.

The winner of the Olympic Games and World Championships Marie Doren Abber is expecting a child. In the middle of winter, the news of pregnancy greatly surprised the biathlete, but in the summer, Marie already surprised herself. The Frenchwoman’s plans did not include the passage of the next season, and back in August she worked at the training camp with the team. True, by July, Doren excluded running crosses from preparation, roller roller skating and lying down.

Geckons, flies-throesophiles, microorganisms and seeds of higher plants will return to Earth on the scientific spacecraft "photon-M". Planting should occur on Monday in the Orenburg region. After the satellite launch, the scientists could not establish a connection with him for a week, but as a result, the sex experiment in orbit lasted a month and a half. “Estimated landing time is 13:18 Moscow time on September 1,” a source in the missile and space industry told Interfax .

All Russian paratroopers, previously detained in Ukraine, were transferred to the Russian side, said Major General Alexei Ragozin, Deputy Airborne Forces Commander. “The negotiations were very difficult. However, common sense triumphed and everything ended well. The most important thing is that all the guys are now with us, in Russia,” General ITAR -TASS quotes. “We don’t throw our own,” Ragozin emphasized.

President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev announced the possible withdrawal of Kazakhstan from the Eurasian Union, which also includes Russia and Belarus. In an interview with the Khabar channel in Astana, Nazarbayev said: "If the rules that were previously established in the contract are not executed, then Kazakhstan has a complete right to abandon membership in the Eurasian Economic Union.

In Chelyabinsk, the World Judo Championship ended, on which 16 sets of awards were played. The Russian team won nine medals - three silver and six bronze. In the team standings, this is only 11th place. The Japanese (5-2-4) were excited, the French (3-1-4) became the second, the third-Brazilians and Cubans (1-1-2 each). According to the total number of awards, the Russians showed the second result (9) after the Japanese (11).

In the Sea of ​​Azov, near Mariupol, two coast guard boats of Ukraine were fired, Ukrainian Pravda reports with reference to the information of the Donetsk border detachment. The Skynews correspondent in Mariupol confirms the fact of the incident. It is possible that there are dead and wounded. According to the duty officer of the border detachment, the attack on the boat was carried out at about 15:20.