The largest Russian telecommunications operator Rostelecom stopped broadcasting the Dozhd TV channel in Moscow and St. Petersburg. It is reported by Prime with reference to the press service of Rostelecom. The representative of the company refrained from detailed comments.

The Legislative Assembly approved in the first reading the bill of Vitaly Milonov on the imperial flag, which, along with the state flag of Russia, receives the status of a historical symbol of Russia. According to the draft law, administrative liability will be provided for deliberate public desecration of the imperial flag.

What will the Russian university look like in five years? Not at all the way officials want to see it today What will the Russian university look like in five years? Not at all the way officials want to see it today An audience, a teacher, a lecturer are the necessary attributes of a university for a generation that has already unlearned. But everything that traditionally includes the concepts of a “good university” and “quality education” is no longer so unambiguous today.

The authorities of the US states of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, North and South Carolina, as well as Georgia, declared a state of emergency due to bad weather: heavy snowfalls, freezing rains and thick fogs. It is reported by ITAR-TASS . For example, the day before in Alabama and Georgia, more than 5,000 schoolchildren were forced to spend the night in educational institutions, as traffic on the highways was blocked. Over the past 24 hours, some motorists have been stuck in traffic jams.

A new round of talks between President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych and leaders of opposition parliamentary factions has started in Kiev, Interfax reports citing Party of Regions MP Yuriy Miroshnichenko. "Now the president is holding a meeting with the leaders of the opposition factions in order to still convince them to vote with the Party of Regions," said Miroshnichenko, who is the president's representative in the Verkhovna Rada.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs recalled that the creation of paramilitary or armed formations and participation in their activities provide for criminal liability and a term of up to eight years, and the leadership of such formations - up to ten.

Representatives of the Russian media were not allowed to attend a briefing by the head of EU diplomacy Catherine Ashton, who visited Kiev today, RIA Novosti reports . In particular, Russian journalists were not able to get to the event, despite a request sent in advance to representatives of the European Union.

Why is the eleven -year -old boy Alyosha from the family of voluntary immigrants to be sick, wandering and hiding. The federal program for the return of compatriots was solemnly adopted seven years ago. She was supposed to simplify the path to Russia of people, after the collapse of the USSR, who were outside Russia.

The painting by Nikolai Lebedev "Legend No. 17" became the winner of the Golden Eagle film award in the category "Best Film", FilmPro reports . In addition, the film received awards for the best supporting roles (Nina Usatova and Vladimir Menshov), as well as prizes for editing (Maxim Smirnov, Petr Zelenov) and for music (Eduard Artemyev).

Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that the Dozhd TV channel could hardly be closed from a legal point of view. “This is a private channel, therefore, from a legal point of view, it is hardly possible to talk about closing the channel,” Peskov said in an interview with Dozhd .

In central Norway, the authorities of the province of Sør-Trøndelag evacuated more than 400 residents of several villages in connection with a strong fire that destroyed two villages, RIA Novosti reports . "The fire is spreading at high speed in areas where there are few roads," police spokesman Astrid Metlid told local television. She added that aviation is involved in extinguishing the fire, but the situation is complicated by strong winds that fan the fire.

Today in Berlin, German Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel delivered a statement to Parliament on the direction of the government's work for the electoral period until 2017. Due to an injury on a ski trip, she spoke while seated for the first time. At the very beginning of her speech, Merkel touched upon the situation in Ukraine . The German government, the chancellor noted, supports the efforts for a peaceful settlement of the conflict and the fair demands of the opposition.

A representative of the cable network operator Tricolor TV told Interfax that the company had not suspended the broadcast of the Dozhd TV channel. Earlier, Tricolor TV distributed a commentary on the situation around the poll on the blockade of Leningrad, posted on the channel's website. "The operator of Tricolor TV warns that its policy does not allow for the promotion of any form of inciting public hatred.

No one knows what exactly and in what tone the main participants in the EU Summit on Tuesday in Brussels told each other. The most unusual relationship in twenty years No one knows what exactly and in what tone the main participants in the EU Summit on Tuesday in Brussels told each other.