The armed Nigerian pirates robbed a cargo ship standing in the port of Port Harcort, abducting two team members, Interfax reports with reference to the International Marine Bureau. According to reports, on board the Dutch ship, there was a mixed crew consisting of Russian citizens, Ukraine and the Philippines. Later, the Russian Ambassador to Nigeria, Alexander Polyakov, confirmed the fact of the capture of two Russian sailors. “Unfortunately, this is so.

The DPRK agreed to curtail its nuclear and missile programs, in particular, refusing to test nuclear weapons, in exchange for food assistance from the United States, Reuters reports. On Wednesday, the US State Department said that the DPRK agreed to introduce a moratorium on launches of long -range missiles, stop testing nuclear weapons and curtailing the enrichment of uranium at the atomic facility in Yonben. Pyongyang also agreed to check his nuclear facilities by the IAEA inspectors.

Georgia unilaterally canceled the visa regime with Russia. The corresponding document was signed by President Mikhail Saakashvili, the Georgia Online agency reports. The presidential decree was directed from the moment of publication on the website of the "Legislative Herald of Georgia". This happened today, February 29, in the evening. Now the Russians will not need a visa in order to be continuously for up to 90 days in Georgia.

According to Rosbalt , the president, chairman of the board of NK Rosneft, Eduard Khudainatov received the Grand Process of the annual Person of the Year 2011. The holders of the Grand Prix are presented for awarding the Order of the Glory of the Fatherland. Every year, the laureates of the Person of the Year are people who have made a significant contribution to the development of the economy, politics and culture, who have earned public recognition.

In Europe and Latin America, 25 alleged members of the Anonymous hacker group were detained. The authorities of Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Spain made arrests, and also seized 250 units of IT equipment and mobile phones. This is affected by the BBC with a leaf on Interpol. The age of the detainees is from 17 to 40 years.

The presidential campaign is close to completion. More than others in the last week, the activity of the main applicant for the post is noticeable. Putin is again trying to explain why he returns, how he respects the protesters in the capital and how Russia is democracy. However, it seems that he says that he will rule forever. The final chords of the election campaign of Vladimir Putin are distinguished by some particularly brutal style.

The state apparatus on the eve of the elections has already reached a fairly significant scale. In the suburbs, officials, for example, were obliged to agitate for Putin on the Internet. The logic of officials is understandable, only Putin does such “support” does not give anything. United Russia already fought for dominance on the network - so what? Officials are actively connected to campaign for Vladimir Putin. At least in the suburbs.

The city authorities intend to almost completely complete the work on urban development of industrial territories in 2013, said Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin on February 28 at a meeting with representatives of the Moscow Confederation of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, the Construction World reports. “Last year we conducted an inventory of industrial zones in order to decide on the investment potential of these territories.

France President Nicolas Sarkozy called on the French government to develop a new text of the law on the criminalization of the denial of the Armenian genocide, which was rejected by the Constitutional Council of France as restricting freedom of expression, BBC reports.

Government troops in Syria on Wednesday began a ground operation in order to recapture the third largest city in the country at the forces of the opposition. In the power of security, they say that the Baba-Amr district has been taken under control in the city center. It is reported by BBC . The city was under artillery fire for almost a month. According to the Syrian military, the central district of the city will be “cleaned” within a few hours.

The ministry of the Moscow Region launched an order not only to vote for Vladimir Putin, but also to register in all social networks in order to campaign for “our candidate”. " At regular working meetings, where representatives of all ministries of the Moscow Region are present - the Ministry of Health and Social Development, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Public Sports, the Ministry of Sports, etc. - the issue of agitraBot for candidate No.

The chairman of the board of directors of OJSC MMK Viktor Rashnikov made a report at a traditional meeting with the leaders of the MMK OJSC and representatives of the trade union committee. Rashnikov recalled that the MMK turned 80 years old, and summed up the work of the plant and its subsidiaries.

The radio host (“Silver Rain”), a philologist, teacher of the RANEPA Leonid Klein believes that the Russian school should not be a “reserve for losers”. In an interview with Polit.ru, he told what it is impossible to teach the teacher and explained why it is necessary to discuss bad literature in the lessons. The interview was taken by Evgenia Krasavtseva . Polit.ru : this year, the Moscow authorities for the first time compiled an official rating of capital schools.

Dmitry Medvedev signed a law providing for a guarantee of the state financing of private schools and kindergartens, the RIA Novosti website reports. Earlier, the corresponding bill was adopted by the State Duma on February 15 and approved by the Federation Council on February 22, 2012. The law enshrines the duties of the state to finance the education of children in non -state preschool educational institutions, as well as in the state investigation of non -state educational institutions.

Deputies of the St. Petersburg Parliament adopted a bill that prohibits the propaganda of homosexuality, lesbianism and transgender among minor citizens. “For” voted all United Russia, some of the Socialist Revolutionaries and Communists. All the Yablons spoke out against the exception of Grigory Yavlinsky - he abstained. It is reported by Fontanka.ru . Grigory Yavlinsky, we recall, became a deputy of the St. Petersburg Parliament after the December 4 election.