On Friday, September 5, according to the results of negotiations of the contact group in Minsk, a truce was announced. Representatives of Ukraine, Russia and the OSCE, as well as the self -proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics signed the protocol “following the consultations of the tripartite contact group regarding joint steps aimed at the implementation of the peaceful plan of the President of Ukraine P. Poroshenko and the initiatives of the President of Russia V. Putin”.

The Black Sea water area included two NATO warships - the Canadian Toronto Frigate and the Spanish Frigate Almirante Juan de Borbon. It is reported by ITAR-TASS . They will take part in the international exercises Sea Breeze-2014. The ships were in the Black Sea on the evening of September 6. They will stay on exercises from 8 to 10 September. In addition to them, the Turkish frigate Aruj Rais, Romania Fertinand and the Georgian patrol boat Sukhumi will participate in the exercises.

600 thousand residents of the States Michigan and Illinois were left without light due to the storm, reports Reuters . The storm wind damaged the power lines, as a result, the energy supply of a number of settlements in two states was violated. It is assumed that the supply of electricity will be restored on September 8. Two people became victims of the elemental rampant. A tree fell on a resident of Illinois, subsequently the victim died in the hospital.

The Minister of Defense of the self -proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, Vladimir Kononov, said that if the security forces continue the fighting in the east of Ukraine, he will be forced to give fire to “defeat”. His words are given by RIA Novosti . “The Ukrainian security forces continue the shelling of our positions. Apparently, Poroshenko does not manage his troops completely. The purpose of the truce for Kyiv is to regroup and strike us. We are ready for this.

The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Arsen Avakov said that additional troops are being pulled away to Mariupol. A dream reported this on his Facebook. “Mariupol is and will be Ukrainian. Currently strengthened. Additional troops were brought there. Including the 1st Operational Brigade of the National Guard. No need to panic - the determination and willingness to defend Mariupol complete, ”Avakov wrote.

In India and Pakistan, the number of victims of monsoon rains exceeded 300 people. It is reported by Associated Press . In India, 170 people died during the elements, 160 people in Pakistan. Currently, in Pakistan, rescuers on helicopters and boats are trying to get to tens of thousands of people who were left without housing due to flooding. It is noted that in some regions the water rose by four meters.

The Department of Cossacks of the Cossacks was formed under the Council of Ministers of Crimea, its goal will be the creation of a register of military Cossack society, reported on the Crimean government page on Facebook with reference to the acting head of Crimea Sergey Aksenov. It is reported that Aksenov announced the creation of a new department at the closure of the annual international festival of Cossack culture "Crimean Tulumbasi".

In a fire in a private residential building in Vladivostok, six people were killed, the Office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Primorsky Territory reports . According to the department, the fire broke out in a one -story residential building in a private sector on Timiryazev Street. During the extinguishing of a fire, the bodies of two women and four men were discovered in the house without signs of violent death.

Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated workers and veterans of the oil and gas industry on a professional holiday. The text of his congratulations is published on the Kremlin website. In his appeal, Putin noted that the oil workers today are facing a number of serious tasks, including the development of Arctic shelf and other promising deposits.

The Italian politician Silvio Berlusconi accused NATO and the leaders of Western countries of irresponsible attitude towards Russia. It is reported by ITAR-TASS . With such a statement, the ex-prime minister and leader of the opposition party “Forward, Italy!” He performed at the congress of young supporters of movement. Berlusconi noted that Italy is strangling the deepest economic crisis.

We continue to publish a cycle of articles of a wonderful mother -in -law, Associated Professor University of Kukmin (Seoul) Andrei Lankov about how North Korea lived under Kim Il Sena when she was the most contrary society in world history. See also: Andrey Lankov When the residents of the DPRK talk about the events of the last two decades, they most often call this period “mi conghypsyide”, that is, if you are translated literally, “the time when they do not give out [goods] on cards”.

Crack "Boeing" near Donetsk Polit.ru offers your attention the five news of the day. The selection included the three most read news, one news selected by the editorial office, and the most unusual, in our opinion, news today. 1. Experts from Malaysia will visit Ukraine again to investigate the Boeing crash Malaysian police and experts will fly to Ukraine to investigate the causes and circumstances of the crash of the Boeing 777 of the Malaysian Airlines.

Brussels is ready to reconsider new sanctions that he plans to introduce in relation to Russia next week if the truce between militias and security forces will be respected in Ukraine, said the chairman of the European Council Herman van Rompei, AFP reports. The Kyiv authorities and the self -proclaimed DPR, the LPR in Minsk on Friday agreed on a truce, which entered into force from 19.00 Moscow time of the same day. On Saturday, both sides declared violations of the ceasefire.

In the Strug-Krasnensky district of the Pskov region, an accident occurred, as a result of which five people were killed. This was reported on the website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the region. The accident occurred at about 9 a.m. at the 242nd km of the St. Petersburg-Yell highway. According to the police, the BMW driver lost control, and the car drove into the oncoming lane and collided with the MAN truck . Both cars lit up. The truck driver was not injured.

The Organization on Security and Cooperation in Europe published the text of the protocol adopted following the results of consultations in Minsk a tripartite contact group in Ukraine. The text of the document contains a description of steps aimed at the peacekeeping of the peaceful plan of the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko and the initiatives of Russian President Vladimir Putin.