France and Great Britain are ready to arm Syrian rebels, without entering the EU support, AFP reports. On March 14, this was stated by French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius. He said that Paris and London would be called to take the issue of removing the embargo for the supply of weapons to Syria as soon as possible.

The Skype service of the Microsoft service denied the information that appeared in the Russian media that the calls carried out through it are auditioned by Russian special services, reports Lenta.ru . Representatives of the Microsoft Communication Agency informed the Russian media that the company really has an agreement with the Russian state authority on the provision of the source code of the program, which allows you to use the program in the interests of special services.

Employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs stopped the activities of a group engaged in the manufacture and sale of fake bills of one of the commercial banks, RBC reports. The attackers managed to make securities for 7 billion rubles. The police came to contact with one of the suspects, after which the Ministry of Internal Affairs officer invited a fraudster to purchase bills for 1 billion rubles for 12% of their nominal value.

The Russian and Polish authorities in negotiations in Moscow failed to achieve progress on the transfer of wreckage of the Polish President of Poland Lekh Kachinsky, who had broken near Smolensk in 2010, Interfax reports with reference to an informed source in the Russian capital. “The position of Moscow is the same - the wreckage is material evidence in the aircraft collapse, and their fate can be resolved only after the investigation is completed,” the agency’s source said.

Alexey Muravyov Mario Bergolo Photo: Clarin.com Pope Francis was chosen quite quickly. In the old days, the conclave was sitting for weeks. And here - five votes were enough. The first impression of the Argentine cardinal is admiration and surprise. Judge for yourself, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergolo - Jesuit, which is already surprising, because the order usually prohibits his brothers to move above the simple bishop, and even then to the department of the missionary direction.

The Commissioner for Children's Rights under the President of Russia, Pavel Astakhov, spoke to journalists today and tried to answer all the questions that had accumulated for him. First of all, Pavel Astakhov invited the public not to draw premature conclusions from the story of a girl who was allegedly thrown off a bus on the Yaroslavskoye Highway in Moscow. At the same time, Astakhov himself in no way considers his actions premature.

In St. Petersburg, in the apartment of businessman and porn director Sergei Pryanishnikov, they found an underground casino, reports Fontanka.ru . On March 13, at about 22:00, employees of the Department of Economic Security and Anti -Corruption of the St. Petersburg Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs came to Pryanishnikov’s apartment.

The main military prosecutor’s office (GVP) and the Investigative Committee of Russia (TFR) intend to verify the transaction concluded in 2011 by the “Oboronservice” and the Italian company IVECO for the supply of the Lynx armored carrier to the Russian army, writes “ Independent Gazeta ” with reference to the informed source. It is possible that a criminal case under Art. 159 h. 4 (“Fraud on an especially large size”), Art. 194 (“tax evasion”) and Art.

The new Pope Francis I will ascend to the Papal throne on Tuesday, on March 19, when the pontiff intronization ceremony will be held, the official representative of the Holy See Federico Lombardi told reporters at a briefing. Archbishop of Buenos Aires, 76-year-old Jesuit Jorge Mario Bergolo, who was born in Argentina in the Italian immigrant family, was elected 266th Pope on Wednesday evening during the fifth vote on the Conclave, which took place in the Vatican on March 12 and 13.

The military prosecutor's office revealed gross violations of the law upon dismissal of the former commander of the Ski pilot group, Colonel Valery Morozov, who is accused of bribery, RBC reports. As it managed to find out during the audit , exceptionally positive characteristics were given in the certification and presentation for the dismissal of Morozov. The basis for the dismissal of the colonel was only the fact of the initiation of a criminal case against him.

Religious organizations will not purposefully stand out on the air of the Russian public television (OTR), Interfax reports. With such a statement, in response to the request of the Council of Mufties of Russia to allocate 15 percent of broadcasting, the Chairman of the Council of Public TV, Oleg Tabakov, was the Islamic broadcast. “Dear members of the Council of Mufties. Wait.

The Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation plans to start a transfer to a new form of remuneration of employees of scientific and educational activities - the so -called “effective contracts” - already in 2014, Izvestia reports. An effective contract is an employment contract with an employee who, in addition to official duties, wages and social support measures, contains criteria for assessing the effectiveness of the employee to pay additional bonuses.

The State Duma deputy from Fair Russia Ilya Ponomarev suspended party activities in protest against the exclusion of Gennady and Dmitry Gudkov from the party. The politician announced his decision at a press conference on Thursday. Ilya Ponomarev is a member of the Central Council "SR".

The Governor of the Astrakhan region Alexander Zhilkin denied the information that he testified to the former Minister of Defense Anatoly Serdyukov in the case of the Life Voil recreation center, RIA Novosti reports. According to Zhilkin, no searches were carried out in the regional administration, but he does not deny the fact of conversation with the investigator. “We certainly had a conversation with the investigator. Because the base is located on our territory.

Criminal case under Part 2 of Art. 206 ("capture of hostages") was excited against a local resident who for several hours kept four people hostage. This was announced by Interfax by the official representative of the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the region Andrei Khegai. Currently, the failed terrorist has been detained and testifies. The issue of his arrest is being resolved.