During the special operation in the Dagestan city of Izberbash, the leader of the so -called “Kadar” bandit group Mirzaev was liquidated, RT reports. According to an unnamed source in the law enforcement agencies of Dagestan, this militant could send suicide bombers to Volgograd to commit terrorist attacks on December 29 and 30. The special operation was carried out on February 5 early in the morning.

The Mosgosud confirmed the verdict of the Chertanovsky District Court on the return to the prosecutor's office of the criminal case against the activist of the nationalist organization "League of the Defense of Moscow" Daniil Konstantinov, who was suspected of committing a murder. It is reported by Interfax . In addition, the court rejected the petition of the lawyer Konstantinov to mitigate the preventive measure against Konstantinov to a measure not related to detention.

The police detained the head of the Department of Investment Policy and the support of investment activities of the Committee for Economic Development and Investment Activities of the Government of the Leningrad Region German Tereshkin as part of the fraud case for 50 million rubles. This was reported by the press service of the Investigative Committee on the region.

The hierarchs of the Catholic Church promised to carefully examine the UN report on cases of pedophilia among the clergy, but they regarded a number of points set forth in the document as direct intervention in the Church affairs. This was reported by the press service of the Holy See.

President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych signed a petition for the resignation of the governor of the Volyn region Boris Klimchuk and appointed the first deputy governor Alexander Bashkalenko in his place. The relevant decrees are published on the website of the Ukrainian President. Klimchuk wrote a statement on January 24 after a rally of oppositionists, on which the demand for his resignation sounded.

The Lenin Court of Krasnodar arrested the activist of the public movement "Ecological Watch in the North Caucasus" by Igor Kharchenko for five days for disobedience to the police. This was reported by the " Caucasian Knot " with reference to the activist "Ekovakhta" Olga Zazuli. According to her, the court hearing was held closed. It lasted no more than five minutes.

The Moscow City Duma was involved in security in the capital's schools. To take care of this problem of deputies was forced by the tragedy that occurred on February 3 in Otradny. A 10th grade student came to his own school with several guns and, threatening the guard with a weapon, went freely into the office, where he shot the geography teacher. The guard, in fact, came in handy only to press the alarming button - thanks to this, the police outfit arrived at the scene after 25 minutes.

In the northeast of China, large clusters of ancient fossils related to the early chalk period were discovered, reports USA Today . The age of the fossils and prints of birds, dinosaurs, lizards and ancient mammals exceeds 100 million years. According to scientists, representatives of the ancient fauna were literally baked in stone after the eruption of the volcano. In this regard, the fossils of Jehol Biota received the everyday name "Pompeii".

The District Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow will issue a verdict in relation to eight defendants in the “swamp business” on February 21 of the current year. It is reported by Interfax . The corresponding statement was made by judge Natalya Nikishina after all the defendants uttered the last words at a meeting on Wednesday February 5.

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US Ambassador to Russia Michael McFol in an interview with Interfax stated that his decision to leave Moscow has no political background. According to him, this decision is not coherently either with relations between the United States and Russia, with any decisions of the Russian authorities. McFol emphasized that he only wants to return to his family in California. The diplomat explained that US President Barack Obama asked him to stay in Russia as long as possible.

The Yekaterinburg police closed a large underground gaming salon, the daily income of which was about a million rubles. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the press service of the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the region. According to law enforcement agencies, the illegal casino functioned on the territory of a two -story cottage with an area of ​​520 m². Before his closure, the gaming hall managed to exist for about two months and took about 50 visitors per day.

US Secretary of State John Kerry said he would not run for president in 2016, as he intends to leave politics, CNN reports. In an interview with Kerry, he said that he had no further plans in the field of politics and called the current position the last stop. The next election of the US president will be held in 2016.

The leader of the Project party Vitaly Klitschko said that the EU is ready to provide intermediaries for negotiations between the Ukrainian authorities and the opposition. This was reported by the press service of the party. According to him, the corresponding promise was given by the Supreme EU representative Katherine Ashton.