Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko insists on an extraordinary consideration by parliament of the country of the Law on the abolition of the non -block status of Ukraine, he stated this at a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council on Saturday. “This does not mean joining NATO, but we resume Euro -Atlantic integration,” the president said.

The Russian biathlonist Anton Shipulin finished the second in the persecution race (12.5 km) at the third stage of the World Cup in Slovenian Poklika. Shipulin made two mistakes on four firing lines and showed the time 31 minutes 1.1 seconds. Anton’s shots in Milk allowed the Norwegian Emil Hegle Svenden, who shot this evening impeccably. The third was the Frenchman Martin Fourcade, who did not close one target.

Cuba, which normalized diplomatic relations with the United States, hopes that Russian companies will take part in the development of the island. Such a statement was made by the Deputy Chairman of the Council of Cuban Ministers Ricardo Cabrisas following negotiations with the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Rogozin. Bilateral relations are at a qualitatively new level, noted Cabrisas, the words of which are quoted by Prensa Latina .

The Government of the Russian Federation proposed amending the Federal Law "On Advertising", allowing advertising for wines, champagne and beer on television, including during sports broadcasts. On the government’s website, it is proposed to amend the 21st article of the Federal Law "On Advertising".

The government more than 2.5 billion rubles reduced financing of measures to eliminate the consequences of floods in the Far East of Russia: from 9.6 to 7 billion rubles. The analysis was carried out by the Ministry of Finance, the order was signed by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, the government website reports.

The Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev introduced a bill to the State Duma, introducing amendments to the laws "On the Media" and "On Communication". After the adoption of this document, published on the website of the lower house of parliament, mandatory television channels will appear in Russia.

Since 2015, the call for military service has been restored in Ukraine, after a meeting of the National Security and Defense of Ukraine, its head Alexander Turchinov said. Young people aged 20 to 27 will have to serve 1.5 years. “Starting next year, we resume a call for military service. At the same time, we cannot, in fact, of war in the conditions of conducting, in fact, to limit ourselves to the year of service. This is not enough.

The leader of the "night wolves" Biker Alexander Zaldostanov, who fell under the new sanctions of the United States, thanked President Barack Obama for such a "assessment" of merits to Russia. The head of the Crimea, Sergei Aksenov, said that the economic blockade of Crimea declared by the same order would not change the position of the peninsula in any way. In an interview with the Russian News Service, Biker Surgeon said: “A hundred people called me and congratulated me and congratulated me.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, his decrees, reassigned the rectors of two leading Russian universities - Moscow and St. Petersburg State Universities, informs the Kremlin website . The powers of Viktor Sadovnichy and Nikolai Kropachev are extended for another five years. "To appoint Sadovniki Viktor Antonovich by the rector of the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education" Moscow State University named after M.V.

The Netherlands will present a Boeing disaster in the Donetsk region by the end of the year, the Ukrainian Security Service of the Ukrainian Security Service with reference to the prosecutor Fred Westerbeke, the coordinator of the investigative group from the Netherlands. At the same time, Westerbek emphasized that the investigation does not end there: it is extremely difficult and, according to his assessment, will last throughout the next year.

The Netherlands in the near future are not going to publish any reports regarding the Boeing-777, which had crashed near Donetsk, official representatives of the investigative bodies of the country told TASS, refuting the SBU message .

In the Australian state of Queensland, law enforcement officers arrested a 37-year-old local resident named Mersane Warria, suspected of killing eight children. She was the mother of seven of them and aunt of the eighth. Earlier it was reported that the woman is 34 years old (these data were not confirmed) and she was hospitalized with stab wounds as a victim. All children received similar damage.

In Moscow, in the 79th year of his life, the former Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Igor Rodionov, who commanded, in which, in particular, the first Chechen campaign ended and Khasavyurt agreements were concluded. About this "Interfax" was told by the head of the apparatus of the club of military leaders of the Russian Federation Nikolai Deryabin. "Igor Nikolaevich died today in Moscow at the 79th year of his life," the agency’s interlocutor said.

In Thailand, the police colonel Akravut Limrat, who participated in the detention of Russian entrepreneur Viktor Buta and his transfer to the US authorities, was found dead. Limrat was found with a broken spine, TASS was told by American lawyer Buta Alexei Tarasov. According to the defender, on October 20 of this year, he contacted the Lieutenant General of the Thai Police Pongpat Chayapan, who at that time headed the crime unit, which carried out the detention of Buta in Bangkok.

In the American state of California, a 17-year-old teenager with a machete attacked a policeman. Defending, the officer shot his opponent, after which he locked himself in his car. The minor died on the spot from the wounds. Currently, the victim is in one of the local hospitals, his condition is evaluated as stable, Time-Standard reports with reference to Captain Adam Jager.