Opening of negotiations "Geneva-2" Negotiations began in Switzerland to resolve the armed conflict in Syria The heading of the conflict in Syria by the head of the foreign policy departments of the United States and Russia approved in mid -2012 at a meeting in Geneva. And only now, after a long delay, the parties begin to work on how to specifically implement an agreement of one and a half year ago.

Clashes in the center of Kyiv early on the morning of January 21, 2014 The leadership of the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty expresses indignation in connection with the beating of journalists in the capital of Ukraine Kiev . Among the victims is the reporter and operator of the Ukrainian service of our radio station - Dmitry Barkar and Igor Iskhakov.

On Tuesday, a telephone conversation of US President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin took place. This was reported by the Kremlin press service. During the conversation, the topic of the international conference on Syria opening on January 22 was discussed thoroughly. In addition, a number of other topical issues will be affected, including the implementation of agreements to resolve the Iranian nuclear problem.

The host of the TV channels "Mir" and "Mir 24" Eduard Markov died . According to Lifenews, referring to law enforcement agencies, the journalist’s body was found on Tuesday night in Pushkino near Moscow, under the windows of his apartment located on the 11th floor. The police do not exclude that he committed suicide, throwing himself out of the window, although not found a suicide note. There were no traces of struggle in the apartment. Checking.

Andrei Yanitsky, the editor of the Left Coast site department and the head of the Kyiv organization of an independent media professor, said that it might abuse Igor Lutsenko. He wrote about this on his Facebook page. “The acquaintance just called and warned that I could abyss after Igor Lutsenko.“ You may be the next, do not go alone, ”his acquaintance said to Yanitsky. “I don’t know how true this information is. I have never received such warnings before.

The following is regularly happening: some online publication publishes in the “Kurisi” section the news of the rape of a man with a woman, and my acquaintances of men publish this on their social networks, accompanying malicious comments. “Here the man was lucky”, “What kind of babies are there?”, “How is it technically possible, guys?” Well, everything is like that.

Petersburg artist Pyotr Pavlensky, called for interrogation in the case of hooliganism In the editorial office of the Rain television channel, the police posted an interview with the artist Peter Pavlensky, accused of hooliganism, the editor -in -chief of the television channel said. Mikhail Zygar wrote on his Facebook page that the investigator in the case appointed Pavlensky a psychological-linguistic examination, for which his interview was selected "here and now".

The Ukrainian version of Wikipedia will be inaccessible daily within half an hour in protest against the laws adopted by the country's authorities on criminal liability for "extremism" on the Internet. The protest will begin today at 16 o’clock in Kyiv time, according to the main page of the Internet encyclopedia.

Now there are hot discussions about the collection of money for treatment in the United States singer Jeanne Friske. They argue about whether it was possible to publicize a terrible diagnosis whether it was necessary to ask the public if the victim of the disease had housing in Miami, and she earned one and a half million dollars a year. This is not so important.

One of the dead in a restaurant in Kabul is a well -known political scientist and expert in the field of energy, Alexandros Petersen. This became known on Tuesday from messages on social networks. Petersen worked, including in Russia, was a permanent author of the Moskow Times. He voluntarily went to teaching in Afghanistan at the representative office of the American University. He was 29 years old.

Radio Freedom Journalist Dmitry Barkar, beaten by the police detained In Kyiv, in the clashes of demonstrators with the police, thirty journalists were already injured. Last night, during the shooting of a report on Grushevsky Street, a Russian television journalist was wounded - REN TV correspondent Stanislav Grigoryev. A light -school grenade exploded next to him. He is in the hospital, according to the Facebook television page.

Sergey Udaltsov at the opposition rally in Moscow. June 2012 The criminal case on the organization of mass riots against the opposition Sergei Udaltsov and Leonid Razvoszhaev entered the Moscow City Court. The hearings have not yet been scheduled, today the Interfax was told in the press service of the court. Last week, the General Prosecutor's Office approved a new indictment in the case.

Children play in the snow on Times Square in New York Government institutions in the capital of the USA - Washington temporarily closed on Tuesday due to an ongoing snowstorm. The American National Weather Service reported that the storm can bring more than 25 centimeters of snow, and the temperature is expected to drop to minus 12 degrees Celsius. Almost 2200 flights were canceled and another thousand went with a delay.

The confrontation between demonstrators and law enforcement officers in Kyiv continues American officials do not comment on events in Ukraine. Experts reflect on the causes of this silence In Kiev , the confrontation between demonstrators and law enforcement officials continues. American officials have not yet commented on the latest events in Ukraine, but Washington condemned the strict events on demonstrations adopted by Rada, which caused the next surge of protest shares.