Wendy Lawer. "Hitler's furies: German - participants in the Nazi atrocities" Alexander Genis: In December, when critics and publishers are looking forward to the list of the best books of the year, the attention of many was attracted by the unusual monograph by the historian Wendy Lower about the female side of the Holocaust.

Activist of movement "Solidarity" Anastasia Rybachenko Estonia authorities advise the Russian opposition activist Anastasia Rybachenko put on the international wanted list on his own, reports Lenta.ru. Rybachenko, who is accused of participating in the riots in Bolotnaya Square in Moscow on May 6 last year, turned to the Estonian authorities, where she now lives, with a request to clarify Interpol that she was persecuted for political reasons.

Heavy water reactor in Arak President Obama opposed new sanctions against Iran The US Senate can already consider the issue of introducing additional economic sanctions against Iran this week, aimed at obtaining a complete cessation of its nuclear program from this country. US President Barack Obama asks legislators to refrain from proposal of new sanctions at least six months, that is, while the agreement reached last month in Geneva and the countries of the so -called "six" is in force.

Leonid Razvozhaev The criminal case against Sergei Udaltsov and Leonid Razvoszhaev on the preparation of the riots entered the Moscow City Court. It is reported that in the near future the date of the hearing will be scheduled. Last week, the Prosecutor General's Office approved the indictment in this case.

Cottage Derek Jarmen in Dangenes Resin from the cottage Derek Jarmen In February 2014, it will be 20 years since the death of Derek Jarmen, a British filmmaker, an artist and an activist who advocated the rights of sexual minorities.

Art critic Andrei Shemshurin, artist David Burliuk and poet Vladimir Mayakovsky, 1913 Alexander Genis: Today, Solomon Volkov, we are completing the program of programs, stretched for the whole of 2013. He was associated with a calendar anniversary: a hundred years of 1913. In the history of culture, and simply in history, the last pre -war year of the twentieth century still plays the role of a Parisian meter.

The DPRK authorities confirmed the information that the uncle of the current North Korean leader Kim Jong -un, the once influential politician Chan Song Taek was dismissed from the posts occupied. State television showed personnel in which Chan's Sleep Taek is withdrawn from a meeting of the leadership of the labor party in military uniforms. The official is accused of corruption, debauchery and abuse of drugs.

German President Joachim Gauk According to the German magazine Der Spiegel, the administration of the President of Germany Joachim Gauk notified the Russian authorities that he would not come to the Sochi Olympics. German media consider this gesture as a personal boycott of games from Gauk, although there is no talk of a boycott of games by Germany. Gauk, as reported from his department, does not want his decision to be perceived by the German Olympians as disrespect for them.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky In the so-called third case of Khodorkovsky, four former Yukos top managers living abroad are held as suspects, including the ex-president of Stephen Tidi and former financial director Bruce Mizamor. According to the source of Interfax, they are suspected of involvement in the legalization of more than ten billion dollars, stolen, according to the investigation, until 2005.

The leaders of the Ukrainian opposition claim that the police began the storm of their checkpoints on the streets of Kyiv. It is reported by "Interfax-Ukraine." According to the leader of the Freedom party, Oleg Tyagnibok, the epicenter of events is the checkpoints organized by the opposition around the venue of the pickets.

US President Barack Obama on Monday went to Nelson's funeral Mandeles from Washington to Johannesburg. In the intercontinental flight of the US President, not only the wife of Michelle, but also the former US President George Bush Jr. and former first ladies of the United States Laura Bush and Hillary Clinton accompany. Ex-President Bill Clinton flies to South Africa from Rio de Janeiro. Former President Jimmy Carter also flies to Johannesburg. 89-year-old George Bush Sr.

The Thai government proposed holding universal elections in the country on February 2. Earlier today it became known about the decision of the Prime Minister Yinglak Chinavat to dissolve the parliament and appoint early elections-in an attempt to resolve the political crisis. The date of voting should now be approved by the Central Election Commission of the country. For two weeks in Thailand, mass anti -government performances have been going on.

The park of the new company exceeds 1.5 thousand airliners Going through bankruptcy and united with a competitor On December 9, the US Nasdaq stock exchange, the shares of the new corporation, American Airlines Group, will debut. It arose as a result of the finished merger of the American Airlines and US Airways airlines, the third and fifth airlines in the world, respectively, which was announced in mid -February .