About the pro -Russian radical minority in the east - a conversation with sociologists, leaders of the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology Vladimir Paniotto and Valery Khmelko.

A resident of Yakutia Irina Vasilkova gave birth to two girls aboard the An-24 aircraft flying from the village of Zyryanka to Yakutsk. The airline "Polar Airlines" told reporters that the fights began in the middle of the flight, the woman was accompanied by a midwife. Together with her, the Birthday was taken by the flight attendant. The first girl was born during a reduction in the aircraft, the second - after 15 minutes, already during landing.

In China, the famous opposition journalist Gao Yu on charges of transferring state secret information to foreign countries was arrested. This was reported by the Chinese official agency "Sinhua". Meanwhile, the State Central Television of the PRC on May 8 showed a plot in which a 70-year-old journalist allegedly pleads guilty, saying that "violated the law and caused damage to the interests of her country." As the Western information agencies note, the journalist’s face was blurred in the video.

Maia Kochyankich The referendum appointed by pro -Russian activists in the east of Ukraine is illegitimate, and its holding will lead to a further exacerbation of the situation in this country. This was stated on Thursday by Maia Kochyankich, press secretary of the head of the EU foreign policy, Katherine Ashton.

FFKKR President Alexander Gorshkov The Figure Skating Federation of Russia (FFKKR) announced that the reporting and election conference at which the President of the Federation will be elected will be held on September 4. At the same time, the appointment of a conference at this date is a violation of Russian legislation and can lead to the deprivation of the FFCC of the Accreditation of the Ministry of Sports of the Russian Federation for the development of "figure skating" in Russia.

The flag of the "DPR" flag in Mariupol Quotes of freedom 08 May 2014 Liveblog about discussions on the network Fresh from above 17:43 8.5.2014 ribbons and red poppies. About the protection of Nazism. Ivan, Fedor, Andrey, Stepan Pavel Pryanikov offers his decision to disputes about the St. George ribbon (by the way, followed by Navalny) - replace it with red: And endless disputes about the St.

In the picture: Ambassador Susan Rice (Archival photo) On Thursday, in Ramalle, the adviser to the US President for National Security Suzan Rice met with the head of the Palestinian autonomy Mahmoud Abbas. This is stated in the message of the White House. During the Israeli -Palestinian negotiations, she emphasized that "while in negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians there was a pause, the USA believe that the only way to achieve a durable world is direct negotiations.

The leaders of the separatist movement in eastern Ukraine refused to postpone the terms of referendum on the self -determination of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions. Ukraine received the first tranche of assistance from the International Monetary Fund within the framework of the multi -billion dollar credit program. In different countries of the world, reconciliation days are held on the memory of the victims of World War II.

Farid Bictemirov on the Gazeta.ru website recalls that Brazil is preparing for the World Cup in a difficult social crisis. The police cleans the favela in shootouts with local gangs, and the demonstrators again go out into the streets, protesting against the unfair, in their opinion, distribution of the budget in favor of large sports events.

Andrey Shary, Russian Service 'Editor No - even fake - a referendum in the Donetsk region will not be in the VSK. But it seems to be a survey, completely different: does the Donetsk (and at the same time Lugansk) area join the Dnepropetrovskaya, where they allegedly know how to fight the separatists. In Ukraine there is an armed rebellion, but its regional owners are waging their war, for influence and power. We’ll talk about this in the program.

The anti -terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine will continue regardless of the decision of representatives of the Donetsk People’s Republic according to the so -called referendum, today Andrei Parubiy said the secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine. According to Parubia, the idea of holding a referendum in the east of Ukraine is a "political scam and adventure", which has no prospect.

Situation in Aleppo, April 16, 2014 In Syria, the rebels took responsibility for a strong explosion in the city of Aleppo in the north of the country, as a result of which, according to them, about 50 Syrian troops were killed. This was reported in the statement of the Islamic Front rebel group located on Twitter. As a result of the explosion, the Karlton Hotel in the historical part of the city and the buildings nearby were destroyed.

The child is against the boxer. Reflections of the Odessa psychiatrist and poet Boris Kherson Code of Mezhigorye. Donetsk Bycokko Viktor Yanukovych

The court in Pakistan decided to release the US Federal Bureau of Investigations of the Federal Bureau of Investigations of the United States on this week. The agent has already been exempted on bail of ten thousand dollars. He was transferred to the American consulate. The man was detained after in his luggage, when he flew out of Karachi to Islamabad, they found several cartridges for weapons of 9 millimeters caliber.

In Mariupol, in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, employees of law enforcement agencies on Thursday took control of the building of the city council captured by the separatists. The technique disassembles barricades from car tires that set fire to the appearance of security forces. The fire is already extinguished. The local publication "0629" reports that about 200 opponents of the Kyiv Maidan gathered at the City Council.