In Ukraine, the new authorities and activists of the Maidan almost agreed on the list of candidates for the Cabinet of Ministers, which is expected to be approved today in the People’s Apgy in Kyiv, Kommersant-Ukraine reports. The day before, a meeting of the Maidan Council was held, at which Yulia Tymoshenko demanded that most ministerial portfolios were given to public activists.

The United States demanded explanations from Iraq regarding reports on the purchase of Iranian weapons. According to the representative of the US State Department, Jane Psaki, if the fact of the conclusion of the transaction is confirmed, this will cause serious issues to the Iraq government, since this transaction would be a violation of the UN -introduced ban on buying Iranian weapons. This was reported by the Washington correspondent of Radio Liberty.

Pro -Russian activists in Simferopol, February 26, 2014 In Simferopol - a conflict between the government and the parliament of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. On Wednesday, the chairman of the Supreme Council of Crimea Vladimir Konstantinov said that the parliament of the republic does not raise the issue of leaving Ukraine, and accused the Council of Ministers of provocation. The republican government, in turn, called such accusations absurd.

The Basmanny Court of Moscow arrested another senior employee of the anti -corruption department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia Salavat Mullyarov. According to RIA Novosti, until April 14, the head of the Department for Combating Economic Crimes in the Budgetary Sphere of the Main Directorate of Economic Security and Combating Corruption of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was detained. He is one of the defendants in the case of provocation of a bribe and abuse of authority.

The funeral of Yuri Verbitsky (Lviv, January 24, 2014) In Ukraine, suspects of the abduction of activist Igor Lutsenko and the murder of activist Yuri Verbitsky were detained. This was written on Facebook by the acting head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Arsen Avakov. The Prosecutor General’s Office opened a criminal case on organizing intentional murders during mass shares in Kyiv from November 2013 to February 2014.

The largest electronic trading exchange collapse has called into question the existence of the Bitcoin virtual currency, will the most popular Bitcoin virtual currency be survived by the collapse of the largest exchange, which takes place of cash electronic auction? The fate of Bitcoin was in question on Tuesday after the day earlier stopped trading on the Mount Gox exchange, based in Japan.

The Foreign Ministry of Kyrgyzstan sent a note of protest of Russia in connection with the statements of the leader of the LDPR, the vice-speaker of the State Duma Vladimir Zhirinovsky. Speaking at the rally on February 23, Zhirinovsky called for the creation of the "Central Asian Federal District", which may include Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan. Bishkek requires an assessment of the words of the Russian politician.

The Federal Migration Service of Russia (FMS) did not comment on the information that appeared on Wednesday evening about the possible finding in the Moscow Region, Viktor Yanukovych, displaced from the post of President of Ukraine. “Without comment,” the representative of the FMS told Interfax.

Logo of the virtual monetary unit "Bitcoin" The collapse of the largest exchange of electronic trading exchange has called into question the existence of the Bitcoin virtual currency Will the most popular Virtual currency "Bitcoin" will survive the collapse of the largest exchange, on which cash electronic auction is held? The fate of Bitcoin was in question on Tuesday after the day earlier stopped trading on the Mount Gox exchange, based in Japan.

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Victor Gromova, an independent expert of educational policy, Honored Teacher of Ukraine shared his and other people's impressions of how children perceive events in Ukraine: I recall the magazine "The same age" with photographs of children in Nicaragua ... Now the topic "Children and Revolution" has become relevant in Ukraine. The specifics of the situation is that it is necessary to investigate this topic in Kyiv or Lviv.

In Syria, near Damascus, more than 170 rebels were killed after an ambush arranged by government troops. This number of dead is given by state media. According to the SANA news agency, the rebels were ambushed in the morning in one of the areas that are under their control. Sana cites the words of one of the army commanders, who claims that the killed fighters were members of the Al-Nusra Front “Al-Qaeda”. Among the ambush are natives of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, visitors from Chechnya.

Participants in the pro -Russian rally in Simferopol The Supreme Council of Crimea today will discuss the political situation in the region after the change of power in Ukraine. From the building of the Crimean parliament in Simferopol, an unlimited protest of opponents of the new Ukrainian authorities has been undergoing since yesterday.

The leader of "Fair Russia" Sergey Mironov The leader of the Fair Russia party, Sergei Mironov, proposed amnesty at all the accused in the "swamp case" and, thus, demonstrate the power of Russia as a state. Speaking at a meeting of the Chamber of Deputies of Fair Russia, Mironov advised to overestimate the events in Bolotnaya Square in Moscow in 2012 in the light of what happened in Ukraine. Bloody events in Kyiv echoing in Russia, said Mironov.