United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in an interview with Deutsche Welle that over 300 thousand people have died due to the mistakes of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

About the beginning of Russian-Egyptian negotiations on leasing several military facilities is reported by Izvestia with reference to sources in foreign policy circles and military departments. It is reported that negotiations are “passing quite successfully” and by 2019, in particular, the air base in the city of Sidi-Barrani in the north-west of the country can be leased by Russia. “According to the agreements reached at this stage, Russia will deliver equipment by sea.

The head of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation (mayor) Alexei Ulyukaev spoke about the plans of his department to index electricity tariffs for the population in 2017 by four percent, for the transfer of electricity - by three percent, RIA Novosti reports. In addition, indexation will also affect gas tariffs, which will be increased by three percent for both consumers and companies that carry gas transportation.

Vladimir Medinsky photo: Medinskiy.ru The co -chairs of the Interregional Trade Union of employees of the University Solidarity Higher School made a joint statement. They believe that the issue of depriving the degree of Doctor of Historical Sciences of the Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky is in the field of interests of the university solidarity union. Source of the application: http://unisolidarity.ru/?p=4405 1.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that there are no grounds for talking about the end of the era of hydrocarbons yet, Interfax reports. “In the context of falling oil prices, more than many even spoke that the era of hydrocarbons is going for sunset, that now we need to completely reorient on alternative energy sources,” said Vladimir Putin at the World Energy Congress in Istanbul. - I think there are no real grounds for such far -reaching conclusions yet. In any case, for now.

In the Swedish city of Malmo at 2.30 Moscow time, a powerful explosion thundered near the Night Club of Babylon. According to Sydsvenskan , there are no victims. “There was some type of explosion, and he seemed to lead to big damage to the building. And, as far as is known, there are no victims among people, ”Martin Karlsson on duty told the publication. The investigation is known that unknown people put a bomb under the club’s front door after its closure.

The South Korean company Samsung Electronics decided to suspend export production of Galaxy Note 7 smartphones due to the fire of their batteries. It is reported by Yonhap with reference to an unnamed source. We are talking about the suspension of the Samsung plant in Vietnam, which produces gadgets for foreign supplies. According to the interlocutor of the agency, such a decision was made jointly with the departments responsible for consumer security in South Korea, the USA and China.

During a televised debate between US presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, a fly landed on the face of a representative of the Democratic Party. At the same time, the politician did not pay attention to her and continued her speech. This incident caused a strong reaction on the Internet. TV viewers noted that the fly initially flew over Donald Trump, but ultimately landed on Clinton.

shared his forecast of who will win Nobel Prize the 2016 Professor of the Russian School of Economics, Chairman of the NES Academic Council Sergei Izmalkov in Economics with Polit.ru . He considers the most promising experts in macroeconomics, authors of important works on the theory of economic growth Paul Romer, Nobuhiro Kiyotaka and Robert Barro. The names of F. Aguillon, J. Moore, O. Blanchard and K. Rogoff may also appear in this trio. Sergei Izmalkov named econometrics expert J.

The American Coca-Cola and PepsiCo corporations have accused of conspiracy with 96 US medical associations to lobby for their interests, RNS reports with reference to the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. The publication published the results of the investigation of experts at Boston University Daniel Aaron and Michael Siegel.

Marat Khusnullin, deputy mayor of Moscow for urban planning and construction, said that four new metro branches could be built in Moscow until 2035. It is reported by RIA Novosti . “One in Kommunarka, one-in Rublevo-Arkhangelskoye, one in the Biryulyovo area on new territories, and one potential branch-a bunch of TPK with the MCC in the area of ​​Novator Street and Sevastopolsky Prospekt,” Khusnullin said.

In the 91st year of life, the largest director of modern cinema Andrzej Waid died. For a long life, the director managed to make almost fifty films and the same number of performances, marked by all the famous film awards of the world. All his life Vaida was faithful to his ideals of romanticism and freedom, and his work was a reflection of the tragic history of his own family and country. Vaida was born on March 6, 1926 in the city of Suvalki in the north of Poland.

The news of the day The memorial plaque to the Finnish Field Marshal Karl Mannerheim in St. Petersburg will be dismantled in the near future, a source in the authorities of the Northern capital told Interfax. “There is a decision to dismantle the board. Those who installed it will be removed. This will happen pretty soon, vandals are constantly attacking the board, it looks an unpresentable, ”the agency’s interlocutor said. He specified that the board would be removed before the end of the year.

President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, said that the problematic question about the supply of energy with Russia has been settled. BelTA writes about this. “Yesterday I got acquainted with the report of the government on oil and gas issues with the Russian Federation. As I understand it, the next battles are completed and we managed to get to sign the relevant document, problematic issues, at least yesterday, were agreed and removed, ”said Lukashenko.

At the Haddo House estate, located north of Aberdin, a picture was found , which a number of experts recognized the work of Rafael. The cost of the find can be $ 25.5 million. Since 1979, the Haddo House estate has been owned by the National Foundation of Scotland and serves as a public museum.