The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution condemning Syrian authorities for bloodshed in the country, the UN press service reports . For the adoption of a document that is advisory in nature, 137 countries voted. Russia, China, Iran, Venezuela, North Korea, Bolivia, Belarus, Zimbabwe, Cuba 2 more countries voted against. Together with Syria, the opponents of the resolution turned out to be 12. Another 17 states abstained. The draft resolution was presented at the UN Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

The results of an examination of the ex-Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko, conducted by foreign doctors, confirmed the absence of reasons for its inpatient treatment or surgical intervention, reports the RIA Novosti website Viktor Pshonka General Prosecutor General.

In the Sverdlovsk region, an investigation of the death of an 11-year-old boy found hanged in his apartment has begun, Interfax reports. On the evening of February 14, the police reported that in one of the apartments of Nizhny Tagil, the body of a boy, hanged in a loop made from a bag of a bag, was found. It is known that the boy lived in a prosperous family and the investigation does not yet see the causes of the suicide of the child.

On Friday, the Moscow City Court refused to change the measure of restraint of the wife of the former mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov, entrepreneur Viktor Baturin, accused of attempted fraud, Interfax reports. Thus, the court refused to satisfy the complaint of the defense, which asked to cancel the court order and appoint a other preventive measure to the businessman. Victor Baturin was arrested on November 30, 2011.

The construction of the continuation of the Kaluga-Riga branch of the Moscow metro will not harm the Bitsevsky forest park, said Vladimir Belyakov, chief engineer of the Mosinzhproekt designer Mosinzhproekt on February 17, the construction world reports.

The Zamoskvoretsky court of Moscow did not accept the lawsuit from relatives of two pilots of the Yak-42 aircraft, as a result of the crash of which the players of the Lokomotiv hockey team died, RIA Novosti reports. Relatives tried to dispute the conclusions of the Interstate Aviation Committee (MAC), which previously announced that the crew errors were the cause of the disaster.

The pre -election social promises of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will cost the budget of at least 5.1 trillion rubles in six years, counted the Center for Macroeconomic Research by Sberbank. This was written by the newspaper "Vedomosti" in the article "promised 5 trillion rubles." (No. 29, dated February 17).

The chairman of the Supreme Council of "EP" Boris Gryzlov told why 2012 was declared the year of Russian history. “In addition to the 1150th anniversary, in 2012 we will celebrate the two hundredth anniversary of the Patriotic War of 1812, the four hundredth anniversary of the liberation of Moscow in 1612. And we can really say that it was in 2012 that the“ round ”anniversary of the events that became Russia and retained itself,” Gryzlov said in an interview with the EP website.

Investigators of Udmurtia conduct an audit on the suicide of the pupil of the orphanage, Interfax reports. On Friday, at 02:55, the duty unit of the district police department received a message from the paramedic of the Kilmez district hospital, who said that the corpse of a 14-year-old girl was delivered to the hospital. As it turned out, the deceased was the pupil of the orphanage located in the village of Kilmez Sumsinsky district of Udmurtia.

Transaero in the near future can buy six Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft, with a capacity of 84 passengers in a two -year layout. According to Kommersant , citing its source in the market, the documents will be signed in the next few weeks. The supply of aircraft will begin in 2015, two aircraft a year. By this year, Transaero will just finish the payment of leasing payments for the only domestic aircraft in his park-three Tu-214, which was signed in 2005.

Thai police are looking for three new suspects of involvement in explosions in the center of Bangkok, BBC reports. As one of the suspects, a 52-year-old man who taught the Iranians subversive business appears. CCTV cameras recorded how he left the house in the center of Bangkok shortly before the first explosion thundered in the rented apartment where the alleged terrorists lived.

In the new law on the election of State Duma deputies, the concept of “editors of the network publication” appears for the first time. This was announced, commenting on the law on the election of deputies of the State Duma to the site " EP ", United Russia Sergey Zheleznyak. "When campaigning Internet media, they are equated with non-state media with all accompanying rights and obligations.

The result of 2011 in the glorious hero city of Sevastopol was the victory of the “persecutors of Christians.” Let's call things by their proper names! Those who block the transfer of the building of the Church of St.

A member of the Central Election Commission with the right of an advisory voice, Kirill Serdyukov, who repeatedly criticized the head of the department Vladimir Churov, was deleted on Friday from a meeting for violation of the regulations, the website of RIA Novosti reports. It is noted that the question of removing Serdyukov was posed by Churov himself, who emphasized that the basis for removal is a violation of the regulations of a member of the Central Election Commission.

The former head coach of the Russian national football team Hus Hiddink headed the Anji Makhachkala club, Goal.com reports. The Dutchman, who today arrived in Moscow for negotiations with the leadership of the club, signed a contract with Anji for a year and a half. Officially, his appointment will be announced within 24 hours. Hiddink reporteds will join the team on training camp in Turkey. According to the British media, the Hiddinka salary in Anji will be from 10 to 13 million euros per year.