The American construction tycoon and TV presenter Donald Trump unexpectedly said to many that he would support the nomination of Mitt Romni's candidacy from the Republican Party in the US president. Trump will make the official statement in the next hours in Las Vegas, in Nevada, where the next primary elections in which the Republicans determine their candidate will be held on Saturday. However, the businessman has already confirmed to reporters that he would speak in support of Romny.

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The Presidential Council for Human Rights proposed to introduce the practice of pardoning convicts, without waiting for guilty to them. The Council prepared the relevant proposals for the liberalization of criminal law, today the head of the council Mikhail Fedotov at a press conference in Moscow said. The former judge of the Constitutional Court Tamara Morshchakova emphasized that the Constitution does not provide for guilty of guilt from the convicted person.

Journalist Olga Romanova Journalist Olga Romanova intends to leave the organizing committee of the Moscow rallies “For Honest Elections” . As Romanova wrote on her page on the social network Facebook, on February 4, the last action will be held in the preparation of which she participated. At the same time, the journalist invited the opposition to decide for himself who would follow her duties in the future, that is, to head the organizing committee “wallet”.

In the area of the passenger ferry, which sank this morning, more than 200 people managed to save the Papua-New Guinea. Over a hundred more - are listed as missing. According to rescuers, the chances of finding them are preserved. Eight ships and three helicopters are now involved in the search operation. The causes of the crash are not yet called, information was previously extended that the ferry sank in a storm.

Anti -government protest in Syria The unconditional ally of the Syrian authorities, indirectly encouraging violence against civilians. In this light, Russia appeared in the interpretation of American funds after a meeting of the UN Security Council.

Journalists accredited for work at the Russia 2012 Forum, organized by Sberbank and the Three Dialogue, were removed from the hall in connection with the performance of the Prime Minister, presidential candidate Vladimir Putin. This was reported to Radio Liberty by the editor of the Big Business magazine Evgeny Kvitko. According to her, this happens for the first time. Employees of the Federal Security Service without explanation demanded that the journalists leave the hall.

Ukraine is currently selecting gas supplied from Russia in much larger volume than a contract, ”said Alexander Medvedev, general director of Gazprom -Export on Thursday. It was this circumstance, according to him, that could have become the reason that a number of European consumers in recent days felt a decrease in the volume of gas supplies from Russia.

Marina Timasheva: Ilya Smirnov brought the book of the publisher '' Quadriga ''. Called - '' unicorn ''. I remember that we already had in the program '' Incredible Zoology '' . "Venetian Hydra." “A terrible mantic with three rows of teeth.” By the way, the unicorn was present there ... Ilya Smirnov: No, our today's beast is purely historical.

In Stavropol, the head of the administration of this city Igor Bestuzhi was arrested. As the representative of the Investigative Committee of Russia, Vladimir Markin, said on Thursday, a nestedness is suspected of attempting to receive a bribe. According to the investigation, the mayor of Stavropol through his assistant and intermediary-Rieltor tried to receive 50 million rubles from a certain entrepreneur for leasing a land plot.

Sergey Bozhenov Deputies of the Volgograd Regional Duma at an extraordinary meeting approved Sergey Bozhenov as the governor of the region. The candidacy of Bozhenov to give the authority of the head of the region was introduced on Monday to the regional parliament, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. “For” 31 out of 38 deputies voted, six representatives of the Communist Party faction did not participate in the vote. The former head of the region Anatoly Brovko was dismissed in mid -January.

Irina Lagunina: Egyptian authorities continue to investigate the causes of a mass fight between fans after a football match in the city of Port Said. And the course of the brawl and the 74 people were killed because of this crush, about a thousand were injured. The teams of Port Said and Cairo played. In response to the riots after the match, the Cairo youth again went to Tahrir Square with claims to the government - that they did not take measures to stop it and even more so, to prevent.