The President of the World Boxing Council Jose Sulaiman died in the Los Angeles Hospital. It is reported by Associated Press . Sulaiman was 83 years old. The cause of death was a long heart disease. Sulaiman spent the last months of his life in the hospital. The WBC Sulaiman is considered the "father of boxing." He came to the Council in 1968 and already in 1975 became his president. Since then, Sulaiman has been unlimitedly led the WBC.

34 people became victims of floods in the Philippines. It is reported by GMA News . Another 65 people were injured, and 7 were missing. During the elements, 463 thousand people were injured , of which more than 212 thousand were left without a house. The flood damaged more than 60 roads and partially destroyed 20 bridges. Recall, as a result of the typhoon “Khayyam” in the Philippines in November last year, more than 6 thousand people were on the lists of the dead.

Oppositionist Alexei Navalny on the air of Echo of Moscow stated that the opposition parties should unite and put forward unified deputies to the elections to the Moscow City Duma. In order to identify the most worthy candidates, Navalny proposes to conduct primaries. He expressed the hope that the Communists, Mikhail Prokhorov, “December 5” and “RPR-Parnas” will be able to separate the districts.

The Greek blogger, who started an account on Facebook, where he connected the elder of the Athos Mount Paisios and a dish from Macaron Pastitsio to one character, a local court sentenced 10 months of prison for blasphemy. This is reported by Enet English. As noted, the verdict is delayed and the conclusion will need to be left in three years. In the meantime, the 28-year-old blogger Filippos Loizos filed an appeal to the court of higher instance.

Russian President Vladimir Putin took first place in the ranking of the Russian elite in 2013 - 66% voted for him (64%) surveyed by the VTsIOM researchers. The second place in the ranking of the Russian elite was taken by the Minister of Defense Sergey Shoigu (43%; 2012-30%), the third place went to Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (36%; 2012-41%).

Over the past month, Russia has significantly increased military-technical assistance to the government of Bashar al-Assad, thereby significantly weakening the struggle of the rebels with the regime of the Syrian president, Reuters reports. According to the anonymous source of the agency, since December, the An-124 military transport aircraft made dozens of flights to Syria, delivering weapons, military equipment and various equipment there.

The government will not discuss the topic of raising the retirement age over the next 10 years, RIA Novosti reports with reference to Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets. She announced that the current pension reform is a balanced. During the Gaidarovsky Forum, Golodets said that the Cabinet of Ministers developed a common position when taking the reform. According to her, the new formula involves stimulation measures for a later retirement.

Venezuela President Nicholas Maduro said that the high crime rate in the country may be associated with the series, according to La Prensa . According to him, in the series, the main characters kill people, but at the same time they are presented as heroes. “How many millions of people sees it! Boys, girls, youth! " - noted Madurov.

An amnesty announced in December 2013 cannot take advantage of a number of political activists who have received refuge abroad, Kommersant writes. Most of them are accused under Art. 213 of the Criminal Code (hooliganism) and Art. 212 of the Criminal Code (mass riots).

Sberbank Kib analysts calculated that about 70% of the shares of Russian companies that are in free circulation own foreign investors. About this writes " Kommersant ". At the same time, 28% of all investments account for the 14 largest funds, the largest of which is the state pension fund of Norway. A third of active investors are funds from the United States, another third - funds from Europe. Before the 2008 crisis, foreigners accounted for up to 60% of the shares.

The new parliamentary center, which will unite the State Duma and the Federation Council, will be located in the center of Moscow, Interfax reports with reference to the deputy from United Russia Vladimir Resin. “He will be not far from the Kremlin. I know where, but I will not say. They will soon announce, ”said Resin, who heads the State Duma in the State Duma.

The US Senate adopted in final reading a bill on financing the US federal government, Reuters reports. The bill will be valid until the end of the current financial year on September 30, 2014. Financing within the project will be 1.1 trillion dollars. Earlier, the bill was supported by the House of Representatives. Now he should be transferred to the signature of US President Barack Obama.

The Moscow police refuted the escape of the gambling of the gambling business of the deputy chief of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Biryulyovo Vostochny district, Interfax reports with reference to the press service of the capital's head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Earlier it was reported that the detained deputy chief of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Biryulyovo district East fled from the police.

The Prime Minister of the Russian government Dmitry Medvedev appointed Deputy Minister of Agriculture Ilya Shestakov as head of the Federal Air Force, RIA Novosti reports. Information that the post of head of the department, Andrei, will leave his post, entered the day before from the deputy chairman of the government of Arkady Dvorkovich. The government stated that “different candidates” are being considered as the head of the Federal Resort.

The organizers of the procession in memory of the dead lawyer Stanislav Markelov and Journalist Anastasia Baburova claims that they managed to agree An action with the authorities of Moscow, reports Interfax .