Russia is an equal partner for the European Union, and not the "regional power", as it was characterized by US President Barack Obama. This was announced in an interview with Euronews by the head of the European Commission Jean-Claude Junker. "I would like to conduct discussions with Russia on equal terms. Russia is not a" regional power ", as the president (USA Barak) Obama said. This was a big mistake in judgments," Junker said.

The Ukrainian boxer Vasily Lomachenko in the Las Vegas ring confidently defeated Yamaisa Nicholas Walters and defended the first lightweight world title according to WBO (Super). After the seventh round, Walters refused to continue the struggle. “I am striving to become the best boxer of the world, regardless of the weight category,” Vasily said after the battle. “Now I want a meeting with Vargas.

The Mi-8 helicopter in thirty-degree frost landed urgently on Yamal due to the engine failure, Interfax reports. The victims and victims were avoided. The helicopter performed a flight in polar conditions at low temperatures. "After departure from the site, the Polar commander announced the refusal of the left engine. In an emergency, the crew decided on a forced landing on the nearest site," the agency’s interlocutor said.

The striker of Pittsburgh Evgeny Malkin, who gave three assists in a victorious home match against New Jersey (4: 3), went to ninth place in the list of the best Russian scorers in the NHL regular championships. The asset of the 30-year-old striker 781 points (303 washers + 478 programs) in 666 matches.

The German Mercedes racer Niko Rosberg for the first time in his career became the formula-1 champion, finishing the second at the final stage of the championship-the Grand Prix Abu Dhabi-following his teammate British Lewis Hamilton. The triumph of the last championship Hamilton, who lagged behind the start of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix from Rosberg by 12 points, won the race on Sunday, but could not go around the German in the final table.

The famous skater Tatyana Navka, wife of the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov, in the framework of the ice show performed a number about the love of prisoners of the Nazi concentration camp. Her dance partner was artist Andrei Burkovsky. In her Instagram, Navka explained that this terrible time needs to be “known and remembered”, but the production caused an ambiguous reaction in social networks.

The descendants of the Chekists who worked during the years of "Great Terror" are asked to close access to the database of the Memorial human rights society, which made information about 40 thousand NKVD employees who received special titles of the state security system. Komsomolskaya Pravda claims that the descendants of the NKVD employees and the "units of those who are on the list and are still alive" in an open letter to President Vladimir Putin, they are required to close access.

The younger sister of Fidel Castro Huanita Castro, who lives in American Miami for half a century, will not go to the funeral of his brother in Cuba. She reported this on Saturday, the El Nuevo Herald, published in Miami. Huanita Castro called the reports of her visit to Cuba “unhealthy rumors.” 51 years ago I went to exile in Miami, like all those Cubans who left in search of a place where they could fight for the freedom of my country ...

Former France Prime Minister Francois Fillon , according to preliminary data, by a large margin leads in the second round of the primaries of the legal actric opposition. This, according to TASS, said the election organizing committee after the closure of the voting sites. According to the head of the organizing committee, Ann Levad, Fiion, sympathizing with Russia, gains 69.5 percent of the vote, and his competitor Alain Juppe is 30.5 percent.

Former Russian Eliseev champion in classic chess died in Moscow, breaking off the balcony of his apartment on the 12th floor, TASS reports citing a source in the capital's law enforcement agencies. According to some reports, the young man was fond of extreme parkor. According to the interlocutor of the agency, the tragedy occurred on November 26 at 23:30 Moscow time in house 16 building 1 on Pyatnitsky Shosse. The circumstances of the incident are still established.

Russian Sergei Karjakin and Norwegian Magnus Karlsen played in the eleventh batch of the match for the world chess crown, which takes place in New York, the Chess Base portal reports. The party in which Karjakin walked white lasted almost three and a half hours. On the 34th move, the chess players agreed to a draw. “I am not very impressed with my game in this party, but I am satisfied with a draw,” TASS Karyakina quotes. Carlsen, in turn, said that the match is developing well for him.

The Church of George the Victorious was defiled in Saratov: unknown people applied on the walls the inscription "I Hate U God" and "Ave Satana" with a five -pointed star in a circle. The crime is reported by the site of the regional prosecutor's office . Moreover, if the vandals were mistaken in writing the word "Satan", the prosecutor’s office could not correctly write the word "saint".

In Voronezh, a motorist, dissatisfied with walks of drunken pedestrians on the roadway, shot them and pressed one leg, reports the regional portal "mine" . The Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs confirmed the fact of the conflict and announced the start of the audit. With reference to eyewitnesses, the portal reports that the conflict occurred on the eve of Boyarskaya Street in the Podzhozh region.

The statements of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in connection with the death of Fidel Castro provoked a wave of parodies in social networks. The politician called Castro an outstanding leader, noting his achievements in various fields, while most politicians and the media of North America mentioned Castro as an oppressor and a tyrant who corrected human rights and plunged his country into poverty.

The Polish journalist Tomash Macechuk said that he received compensation from the TVC television channel for the fact that during the filming of the Voting Rights program, he was attacked by guests of the talk show. According to Macechuk, he was paid 50 thousand rubles, which he now intends to transfer to an animal shelter. The incident occurred several days ago. The journalist said that "Ukrainians also want to live like normal people, and not in shit, like you (Russians).