The Russian boxer, who is the owner of the WBO championship belt, received a prize at the organization’s convention, reports FightNews.com . Exactly a week later, in the United States, Kovalev will meet in the ring with the IBF and WBO world champion Bernard Hopkins. At the moment, Kovalev has held three successful protection of his title, which he won last August . In his professional career, a Russian won 25 battles (23 - ahead of schedule) under one noear result.

The Human Rights Council asks to provide assistance to human rights activist Elena Toncacheva, who faces an expulsion from Belarus, where she lives and works.

Elections in the self -proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics (DPR and LPR) are contrary to the content of the Minsk agreements to resolve the situation in Ukraine. This opinion was expressed by the current OSCE Chairman, President of Switzerland, Didier Burkhalter, published on Friday. According to him, the document "provides for early elections in certain areas of Donetsk and Lugansk regions in accordance with the legislation of Ukraine," TASS reports.

UN Secretary General Pan Hi Moon ordered the revision of peacekeeping activities of the World Organization. As his official representative Stefan Duzharrick told reporters on Friday, for this purpose an independent international commission led by former President of Eastern Timor Jose Manuel Ramun-Ortta was formed, TASS reports. It will include representatives of another 13 states, including Russia, India, China, the United Kingdom, the USA and France.

The Russian authorities responded to the request of Yabloko, who asked to comment on the statements of the Prime Minister of the Donetsk People’s Republic on 1,200 volunteers from Russia who arrived at the most crucial moment. The request was sent to the Investigative Committee, and in the end they answered from the General Staff: the military claims that Zakharchenko "persecuted his own interests" and simply wanted to put pressure on the Ukrainian security forces.

The power in Burkina-Faso was seized by Lieutenant Colonel Isaac Zid, Reuters reports citing local media. The lieutenant colonel performed on the radio a few minutes after shooting in the area of ​​the Presidential Palace. This is the third change of power over the past few days.

The Government of the Trans -Baikal Territory prepares an order that recommends enterprises and institutions of the region to start a working day an hour earlier - at 8:00, reports "Echo of Moscow" with reference to the deputy prime minister of the regional Cabinet Gennady Chupin. According to him, transport and kindergartens will wake up even earlier.

In Ukraine, there was another exchange of prisoners: security forces and separatists freed 25 people each, TASS reports. The exchange was made on neutral territory in the vicinity of Konstantinovka (50 km from Donetsk).

Thousands of Kurds took today to the streets of German cities in protest against the Islamic State terrorist group. According to police officers, the largest manifestation took place in Hamburg, more than 2 thousand people participated in it. A thousand people participated in Gannover and Bremen’s protests, 500 in Braunschweig. In addition, the rallies took place in Erfurt, Berlin, Frankfurt-on-May and Cologne.

The number of those killed as a result of the conflict in eastern Ukraine exceeded 4 thousand people. This is stated in the weekly report of the UN Office for the coordination of humanitarian issues. "As of October 29, at least 4035 were killed (taking into account 298 people flying the MH17 flight" Malaysian Airlines ") and 9336 were wounded in the east of Ukraine," TASS quoted. The previous report submitted on October 24 reported 3724 dead and 9205 wounded.

British billionaire Richard Branson promises to develop private cosmonautics, despite the catastrophe of the SpaceShiptwo tourist spacecraft. Together with a group of experts, he goes to the crash site, reports Ar . The agency notes that the second in less than a week the catastrophe of a private spaceship is a serious blow to the industry. On Wednesday night, an Antares missile exploded at the start, which was supposed to send Cygnus cargo ship to the ISS.

The French shipbuilding company DCNS, which produces Mistral helicopter carriers, fired an employee who was responsible for the Russian project and hastened to name the date of delivery of the first ship - November 14 . The French newspaper Les Echos writes about the dismissal of Iva.

The monument to the Portuguese football player of Real Madrid Cristiano Ronaldo will be erected in his hometown of Funchal, on the island of Madeira. The opening ceremony of the monument, which will be attended by the culprit of the celebration, will be held on December 21. During the visit, he will be awarded the medal awarded for special merits to the region. Ronaldo is a two -time owner of the Golden Ball and the owner of all kinds of records in football.

The mentor of the Russian football team Fabio Capello said that the situation with the non -payment of salary to him and the team’s headquarters worries him more and more. "I am not inspired by talking about money, but the situation has become abnormal," the coach said. “I like to train football players, and not to talk on extraneous topics. This is my job, I have been doing it every day in a row. Money is a completely different story, and it really is not inspired by it.

The Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Kirill turned to President of Pakistan Mamnun Hussein with a request to have a pardon of Christian Bibi, sentenced to death and sentenced to the death penalty.