The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia has prepared amendments to the law "On Police", expanding the rights of law enforcement officers. Thus, it is proposed to give the police the right to inspect a person if he is suspected of theft, to enter a dwelling to detain “persons caught at the scene of their act containing signs of a crime, or hiding from the scene of the commission.” Police want to be allowed to open vehicles if the perpetrator is inside or if the person needs help.

The UN General Assembly did not adopt a resolution submitted by Russia in support of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. 43 countries voted in favor of the document, 46 voted against, and 78 abstained, TASS reports . Among those who opposed the resolution were the United States, EU states, Japan, Turkey, Israel and Ukraine. The document was supported by China, the member countries of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, Iran, Syria, and a number of Latin American countries.

The administration of Vladivostok "sends" state employees to participate in exercises with the governor of the region Oleg Kozhemyako. writes about this Znak.com , referring to the order of the head of the department for the development of physical culture and mass sports of the city administration.

The Russian government gave a negative response to the bill developed by the Supreme Court on introducing the concept of a criminal offense into legislation.

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Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov said that the Russian departments had questions to the BBC in connection with the coverage of "what is happening in Syria and inside the Russian Federation." “Here you can talk about some kind of taste. In this case, the authorized body will deal with this issue, ”he said, Interfax reports .

Facebook is working on creating a cryptocurrency that will allow users to transfer money using WhatsApp. According to Bloomberg, citing sources, the currency will be pegged to the US dollar to minimize volatility. Facebook has long been expected to make a move into financial services after the company hired former PayPal president David Marcus in 2014 to launch its Messenger app. In May, Markus became head of Facebook's blockchain division.

The National Guard expressed claims against RBC publications on the purchase of food for the needs of the department, the dispute will be resolved in court.

The US Minister Donald Trump made a statement about the resignation of his Minister of Defense on his Twitter. He said that General Mattis would retire at the end of February. The New York Times notes that the announcement of General Mattis's resignation was made the day after Trump announced the withdrawal of a two thousandth American contingent from Syria, which opposed the highest command of the US Army.

Or why elections will not ensure regime change, explains Professor Grigory Golosov Professor Grigory Golosov By political regime we will understand the mechanism of acquisition, retention and transfer of political power.

I look at the joyful excitement of the public and cannot understand - is this purification or bestiality? Since Donatas Banionis became one of the KGB agents, this topic - declassifying the archives of the office - has not let me go. And now, with mixed feelings, I watch how the Latvian society discusses the sensational "bags of the Cheka", in these discussions, in addition to bitterness, regret, horror and confusion, notes of gloating, the triumph of retribution are quite clearly audible.

Roskomnadzor announced an inspection of the BBC after violations were found in Britain at the RT television channel.

US President Donald Trump has ordered the withdrawal of half of the troops from Afghanistan. About half of the 14 thousand US troops will return home in the coming weeks, writes The Wall Street Journal . This will be the beginning of the end of the 17-year war, which will take several months. AP notes that Trump has long insisted on the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, considering the war lost.

The European Council has unanimously extended economic sanctions against certain sectors of the Russian economy until July 31, 2019. The reason for the extension of the restrictions was the lack of progress in the implementation of the Minsk agreements, the Council said in a statement . The sanctions target the financial, energy and defense sectors of the Russian economy, as well as dual-use goods.

Updated: Channel One called the blocking a mistake and unblocked the recording: the contractor responsible for copyright enforcement on YouTube carried out a “cleansing” of pirated copies of the release of the Big Game program using an electronic print, “the release contained a fragment of a press conference with a question from Marina Kim. The fingerprint automatically worked on all YouTube channels using this snippet and blocked them.