South Africa authorities announced their intention to launch new banknotes with a portrait of ex-president of the country Nelson Mandela. The Saturday message of the government coincided with the 22nd anniversary of the liberation of the Mandela from prison, where one of the most famous activists in the struggle for human rights during the existence of an apartheid spent 27 years. Now 93-year-old Nelson Mandela rarely appears in public due to health problems.

Kristina Gorelik: Why is it so difficult to defeat social orphanhood in Russia? What interferes and what needs to be done to protect the interests of socially unprotected children. The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the Independent Institute of Social Policy analyzed the position of children in the Russian Federation and will submit an appropriate report next week. The authors agreed to share some conclusions in the program.

Football. The leadership of the RPFL club "Anji" (Makhachkala) terminated the contract with the head coach Yuri Krasnozhan. The appointment of Krasnozhan for the post of head coach "Anji" announced on December 27, 2011. A contract with a 48-year-old Krasnozhan was concluded for five years.

In the Ryazan issues of the Province and Novaya Gazeta, they write , referring to a source in the regional election commander that the chairmen of district election commission in the Ryazan region were massively leaving their posts, in addition, three of the four chairmen of territorial election commission have already been replaced.

In New York, a meeting of the federal court was held, at which the request of Viktor But’s lawyers was heard to change the conditions for the detention of their client in the Manhattan prison, where he is waiting for a determination of the punishment. “Viktor Boot came to us with such a“ track record ”that we had no other choice, how to place him in a special regime block,” said the prison head who performed at the hearing.

In the east of Moscow, a 9th grade student committed suicide today. The schoolgirl jumped from the 24th floor of the house on Novogireevskaya Street. At the scene, operatives work. This is the fourth case of the suicide of adolescents in the Moscow region in recent days. Pavel Astakhov, Commissioner for the President of Russia for Child Rights, believes that the problem of children's suicides should be solved at the state level.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Argentina Ector Timerman accused Britain of the militarization of the South Atlantic and sending nuclear weapons to the Falkland Islands. This statement sounded during the conversation of Timerman with the UN Secretary General pan Guon.

At the coming week in Chelyabinsk, the first court session in the lawsuit of several residents of Chelyabinsk and the public movement "For Nature" to the Ministry ofborne of the Russian Federation will be held. The reason for the lawsuit was the noisy flights of the Su-24 aircraft over the city.

Thousands of German citizens, mainly young people, Internet users, came out on Saturday in many cities to demonstrate protest against the planned agreement on the fight against counterfeit products (ACTA). In Berlin, Hamburg and Cologne, 8 thousand people protested, according to the police. According to the organizers, more than 100 thousand will be in the country as a whole country.

Basketball. NBA. Regular championship "Minnesota" - "Dallas" 97: 104 "New Orlean"-"Portland" 86:94 "Memphis" - "Indiana" 98:92 "New York"-"Los Angeles Lakers" 92:85 "Cleveland" - "Miluoi" 112: 113 Detroit-"New Jersey" 109: 92 "Orlando" - "Atlanta" 87:89 "Charlotte" - "Chicago" 64:95 "Washington" - "Miami" 89: 106 "Philadelphia"-"Los Angeles Clippers" 77:78 "Toronto" - "Boston" 86:74

In Turkmenistan today is the “Day of Silence” - on the eve of the presidential election scheduled for Sunday. Eight candidates are running for the presidential post, including the current president of the country of Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. In Turkmenistan, this is the second alternative election of the head of state.

Hockey. Eurotur. 3rd stage. Hockey games LG. Stockholm, Sweden Finland - Czech Republic 7: 0 Sweden - Russia 4: 1

In several Russian cities today, rallies are held in support of Russian presidential candidate Vladimir Putin under the slogan “For Stability and Development”. According to agencies, from 2 to 9 thousand people took part in shares organized by trade unions. Residents of Barnaul, Kirov, Tomsk, Krasnodar, Chita and other cities took to the streets. In Tula, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin and singer Joseph Kobzon performed before the audience.