The Winston tropical cyclone, which fell on Fiji last weekend, turned out to be one of the most destructive in the history of this state, reports TASS with reference to local authorities. According to the latest data from the National Emergency Center, at least 20 people became victims of cyclone. At the same time, it is likely that the number of dead can increase, since there is still no accurate information from the remote islands of the archipelago.

The Russian women's team was defeated by the Sweden team in the final of the World Hockey Championship with the ball that took place in the USA. The wards of Alexander Mezhuev failed to defend the champion title two years ago. The meeting, held on Sunday in Minneapolis, ended with a score of 0: 1. The only and decisive in the 18th minute the goal from the penalty strike was scored by Hannah Brusberg.

Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016, which will be held in May in Stockholm, according to the results of the audience and refereeing voting will be represented by 32-year-old singer Susan Dzhamaladinov, who speaks under the pseudonym Jamal, UNIAN reports. The Ukrainian singer, who was born in the family of the Crimean Tatar and Armenian, performs author's music at the junction of jazz, Soul, World Music and Rhythm-n Blue, electronic music and gospel.

The draft resignation of the Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk was registered in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, according to the website of the parliament. The document was introduced by non -fire deputy Sergei Mishchenko. The Rada also registered a draft resignation on the resignation of Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin. The draft document under number 4122 was introduced by the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko.

The head of the Union of Journalists of Kazakhstan, the head of the national press club Seitkaza Mataev, was detained on suspicion of corruption crimes, reports Nur.kz. According to the Department of the National Bureau for Combating Corruption in the city of Almaty, Mataeva is accused of embezzlement of budget funds of especially large amounts and tax evasion on an especially large scale.

The British pilot Eric Brown, who owns a world flight record for 487 different types of aircraft, died on Sunday in the County of Surray in the south of England at the age of 97, the Air Force reports. It is noted that during his career as a pilot, Brown, who was born in 1919 in Scotland, who participated in numerous air battles during the Second World War, set several world records. Three of them are recorded in the Guinness Book of Records.

Moscow is ready to offer Japanese investors a control package in oil and gas projects, said Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Arkady Dvorkovich in an interview with Nikkei , published on Monday, February 22. Dvorkovich also stated the need to achieve progress in economic cooperation with Japan to a possible visit to this country of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The founder of the Smotra.ru automobile portal Eric Kitayashvili, also known under the pseudonym Davidich, is suspected of an attempt on the President of Ingushetia Yunus -Bek Evkurov, which, apparently, was committed in June 2009. The lawyer of Kituashvili, who was detained on Sunday, February 21, told Twitter about this. "The investigation suspects that Davidich is involved in the attempt on the life of the President of Ingushetia !! And Kenedi (John Kennedy. - Approx.

The announcer of the Petrovsky stadium in St. Petersburg Konstantin Anisimov was dismissed for a systematic violation of the regulations and regime, R-Sport reports. Actor of the Baltic House Theater Anisimov has been working at all Zenit home matches since 2003. Anisimova is expected to replace the current head of the press center of the Petrovsky stadium Alexei Petrov.

Most Bolivians voted at a referendum on Sunday against amendments to the Constitution, allowing President Evo Moles to run for a new term. According to the exit pollar conducted by Mori, 51% of the population opposed the changes, 49%, Reuters reports. At the same time, while the election commission of Bolivia has currently calculated about 20% of the ballots. According to her data, 33.51% of the Bolivians supported the reform, 66.49% opposed. The turnout amounted to 87.61%.

Relatives of those who died as a result of the attack in San Bernardino will send a petition to the court to support the demands of the US authorities for Apple to unlock the encrypted iPhone, which was used by one of the attackers, reports Reuters. On Sunday, February 21, said lawyer Stephen Larson, representing the interests of the victims in this case.

The Dissernet community, which leads the search for plagiarism in scientific works, convicted the acting rector of the Moscow State Linguistic University (MSLU) Igor Manokhin in the write -off of the candidate dissertation. The examination showed that the work of the head of the university consists almost completely of borrowings. Manokhin defended his candidate in 2003, the Dissernet website reports.

The restrictive measures for influenza and SARS, which operated in Moscow in connection with the epidemic of the disease from January 26, have been canceled from February 22. This was reported by the metropolitan department of Rospotrebnadzor . According to the service, the flu and SARS epidemic in the capital ended. "The incidence indicators are below the calculated epidemic threshold by 26% in all age groups of the population," TASS specified in the administration.

The retraction of Serbia in NATO amid the death of its diplomats under American bombs is humiliation for the country. This was announced on the air "Russia 1" by the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Maria Zakharova. “This is against the background of how the West gradually begins to drag Serbia into NATO. They say:“ You should be in NATO, in particular Montenegro, because it is your safety. We will defend you. "They say the same Serbia.

In January, Washington made negotiations with North Korea about the possibility of concluding a peace treaty and completing the confrontation between the two states, but Pyongyang refused this, TASS reports with reference to the Wall Street Journal. According to the publication, the United States was even ready to make some concessions. In particular, Washington this time did not demand as a preliminary condition a mandatory demonstration of steps to reduce the nuclear arsenal by the DPRK.