Photo: Reuters Chan Song Taek, Uncle Kim Jong -un, was executed, reports the central telegraph agency of Korea. The verdict was carried out on Thursday. Earlier, 67-year-old Chan Song Taek was removed from the post of vice-chairman of the National Military Commission of the DPRK for "anti-party and counter-revolutionary activity." Personnel with his participation were cut out of the propaganda film, which was broadcast in the DPRK.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tatarstan announced the arrest of suspects in a series of arsons of Orthodox churches in the republic. For three weeks now, mass arrests have been taking place in Tatarstan, according to the detainees, they are being tortured. The authorities are silent The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tatarstan announced the arrest of suspects in a series of arsons of Orthodox churches in the republic.

The last business proving the connection of the police with the trun out will be closed In the Starominsky District Court, a process is underway to exceed official powers by the Kushchevsky policeman Alexei Molochny. The backbone of the gang of Zapkov has already been convicted, and, judging by the mood of the state prosecutors, the trial of the milk is the last trial in the Kushchevsky lawlessness of those years.

For the banner “Freedom to Prisoners on May 6!” hung from the balcony! At the Komsomolskaya metro station of the Sokolnicheskaya line of the Moscow metro, law enforcement agencies detained seven people, reports . Lenta.Ru Now the detainees Elena Glushko, Olga Mazurova, Niks Nemeni, Roman Petrishchev, Masha Ryabikova, Linda Ray and Elizaveta Nikitina are in the linear police department at Komsomolskaya.

Protodeacon Andrei Kuraev believes that the introduction of a new graphic symbol for the ruble should be discussed at a meeting of the Synodal Biblical and Theological Commission of the Russian Orthodox Church. It is reported by RIA Novosti. “The symbol of the ruble, approved by the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, absolutely accurately reproduces the early Christian symbol of Christ - chrism. I don’t even know whether to be happy about it or not, ”Kuraev said.

There is no room left for new tents on Independence Square in Kiev, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to Andriy Parubiy, a deputy from the Batkivshchyna party. “It is no longer advisable to put up tents on Independence Square, there is already little space here, so we will expand the town and put up tents between the fourth barricade and the far barricade. We will set up tents near the building of the Kyiv City State Administration,” Parubiy said.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev instructed the Cabinet of Ministers to carry out the instructions of the head of state, reports . RIA Novosti "As usual, the government has the main responsibility for implementing the message," Medvedev said at a cabinet meeting. Most of the instructions have already been addressed to the government, these appeals will be presented formally, he said.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called for an international conference on Syria to be held as scheduled, reports . Rossiyskaya Gazeta The head of the Russian Foreign Ministry stated this in a telephone conversation with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. Recall that "Geneva-2" in Syria is scheduled for the end of January.

Russian President Vladimir Putin believes that "Russia's national priority for the 21st century" is the rise of Siberia and the Far East. It is reported by Lenta.Ru. “I emphasize that the resources of both the state and private business should be used for development, for achieving strategic goals,” Putin said. At the same time, the President noted that the tasks to be solved are unprecedented in scale.

An employee of a nursing home in the city of Chambéry in eastern France was accused of killing six patients and attempting to poison three more, Lenta.ru reports with reference to Agence France-Presse. According to the prosecutor, the defendant gave nine of her wards a "cocktail of psychotropic drugs." Earlier, a 30-year-old woman admitted that she deliberately poisoned pensioners, but refused to recognize it as a murder.

At a meeting of the Moscow City Court, the lawyers of Evgenia Vasilyeva, a defendant in the Oboronservis case, presented a medical report, according to which Vasilyeva had a serious heart disease, reports . Izvestia In court, Yevgenia Vasilyeva accused the investigation of putting pressure on her and stated that she was seriously ill. According to her, some doctors are already refusing to treat her.

As a result of a collision between a Crysler passenger car and a regular bus, seven people were injured, reports Russian News Service . The driver of the car died. There were 26 passengers on the bus. The traffic accident occurred at the 95th kilometer of the M-5 highway in the Kolomensky district.

During the night, opposition supporters rallying on the Maidan increased the height of the barricades to 4 meters, reports . Izvestia Barricades are built from ice and snow, which are filled with construction debris bags. The protesters barricaded even small streets and gateways overlooking Khreshchatyk Street. Recall that mass actions of supporters of European integration have been held in Kyiv and other regions of Ukraine since November 21.

In St. Petersburg, due to the threat of flooding, a complex of protective structures (KZS) was closed, RIA Novosti reports with reference to a representative of the press service of the KZS. “The dam just closed,” he said. According to the forecast of meteorologists, the rise of water at the mouth of the Neva River can reach 190 centimeters above the ordinary.

The Roskomnadzor Office for Primorsky Krai has opened administrative proceedings against four Internet providers for untimely blocking access to prohibited Internet resources, RIA Novosti reports citing the agency's press service. In the course of monitoring by the Roskomnadzor department, it was found that telecom operators LLC Logika, LLC Vostok-TV, LLC Vladlink, IP Gural V.M. untimely unloading from the Unified Register of Prohibited Internet Resources.