The Moscow City Duma has already taken away powers from itself. Now she took away her salary The Moscow City Duma has already taken away powers from itself. Now I've taken my paycheck... Today, the deputies of the Moscow City Duma adopted a law that makes them themselves non-professionals.

Vladimir Putin, in a telephone conversation with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande and Ukrainian leader Petro Poroshenko, supported the idea of ​​extending the bilateral truce in southeastern Ukraine, the Kremlin press service reported. "Vladimir Putin spoke in favor of extending the ceasefire and establishing a sustainable negotiation process," the said in a statement .

The final match of Group F - Nigeria - Argentina was supposed to be one of the brightest and most spectacular decisive meetings. And did not deceive expectations. The goal of Lionel Messi, scored already in the 3rd minute of the meeting, was answered with lightning speed by the midfielder of the Nigerians and CSKA Moscow Ahmed Musa.

At least 21 people were killed in an explosion in the Nigerian capital Abuja, SkyNews reports citing local police. Another 17 were wounded. The bomb exploded at the Emab Plaza shopping center in the government quarter. The bodies of the dead are still scattered around the entrance to the shopping center. "We received word that around 15:00 (18:00 Moscow time) on Wednesday, near Emab Plaza next to the government," told Al Jazeera .

Defense Minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic Igor Strelkov (Girkin) in an interview with LifeNews said that the militias are ready to observe a truce in southeastern Ukraine if three conditions are met. “The first is the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops 10 kilometers from the main garrisons of the armies of the DPR and LPR. The second is the cessation of flights of Ukrainian military aviation over the zones controlled by the militias.

Photo: "New Gazeta" Radio: Leonid Leonov died. Here, although it is cold, is still the sun. And over most of Russia, judging by the weather reports, rains. August 8, 1994 Monday. Porkhov. Radio: Leonid Leonov died. Here, although it is cold, is still the sun. And over most of Russia, judging by the weather reports, rains. Light by putting in a large chlamyda, Sad rain in Russia drizzles. The last classic died in Rus', Eviling the "pyramid" over the table.

After the elections to the European Parliament, there were voices in the camp of ill-wishers of the idea of ​​a united Europe, saying that the voting results clearly demonstrated the growing popularity and influence of right-wing parties that oppose the strengthening of the European Union and even advocate leaving it. Right-wing MEPs will allegedly become a serious political factor that can change the general vector of development.

36-year-old Yana Rogova, accused of embezzling more than a million rubles, was extradited from Spain to Russia, according to the website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. A criminal case was initiated against her under the article “Fraud on an especially large scale”: the woman received the money by abusing the trust of students from one of the educational institutions of Novosibirsk.

One of the classified "Belarusian list" of executed Polish citizens was discovered One of the classified "Belarusian list" of executed Polish citizens was discovered The Belarusian List is one of the secrets not disclosed in the history of the mass execution of Polish citizens in the spring of 1940. What was supposed to be investigated and studied in the framework of the “Katyn case” remained without due attention to the main military prosecutor's office of Russia.

It's amazing how the game of football is better and cleaner than the game of politics World Cup football is a game on top of a mountain, in the pure air of happiness, while politics, intrigues, self-interest, enmity, lies and other meanness of this world remain far below World Cup football is a game on top of a mountain, in the pure air of happiness, while politics, intrigues, self-interest, enmity, lies and other meanness of this world remain far below, in the poisoned air of the lowlands.

Ain Rand is a woman Ain Rand is a woman We are interested in the eldest - Alice. But not by the fact that she began to read at 4 years old, composed stories and studied with her sister Vladimir Nabokov. And the fact that ... but more on that later. The good life ended in 1917. Drunk sailors took a pharmacy and an apartment from Rosenbaum, and he and his family fled to the Crimea. There Alice graduated from school. But in 1921, the sailors came there too.

The Russian government opposes the ban on state-owned companies having accounts in foreign banks, First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov told reporters. “I don’t support it this way. In the extremely tough position, which is described in the press, practically no one in the government supports this bill,” Interfrax quotes Shuvalov. According to the Deputy Prime Minister, the bill is being “pushed” by lobbyists.

The government of the proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic has begun paying compensation to the families of those killed and injured as a result of armed clashes in the Donbass. The coordinating center dealing with payments is supervised by the First Deputy Prime Minister of the DPR Andrey Purgin, ITAR-TASS reports .

Queen's new live album to be released "Queen: Live at the Rainbow '74" will consist of seventeen songs recorded during the band's first major tour. All recordings were made at the last show of the tour, held at The Rainbow Club in London on March 31, 1974. Queen's support band was Mott the Hoople. The album will also include a second disc with a recording of one of the concerts that the musicians gave in connection with the release of the album "Sheer Heart Attack" in 1974.

Fighters of "Sich" (subdivisions of "PS") attempted to seize the Dolinsky oil refinery in the Kirovograd region, the press service of the nationalist organization reports.