In Donetsk, the Polish Catholic priest Pavel Vitek disappeared yesterday during the day, UNIAN reports. Vitek arrived in Donetsk to participate in the daily inter -confessional prayer for peace in Ukraine, which was supposed to take place in the evening on the Constitution Square. However, about noon, the connection with him disappeared. According to unconfirmed information, the father of Paul is held by representatives of the self -proclaimed “Donetsk People’s Republic” in the SBU building.

View of the Church of the Holy Archangel Michael in Crimea Orthodox priest in St. Petersburg was punished for supporting Ukraine At first, the St. Petersburg Orthodox Priest wanted to deprive San for the preaching of the world with Ukraine, and then they sent them to serve in the monastery. The priest Nikolai Savchenko in the temple of the Transfiguration of the Lord in the village of Lesnoy is known as an attentive and kind priest.

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko The leader of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko congratulated Petro Poroshenko on the victory in the election of the President of Ukraine, the press service of the head of the Belarusian state reports. Belarus has always been and remains a reliable neighbor for Ukraine. It is important for us that Ukraine be a stable and strong state, Lukashenko noted. He also wished Poroshenko success in strengthening the unified and prosperous Ukraine.

The conductor Valery Gergiev, the future artistic director of the Philharmonic Munich, explains his political position to the German public. Music wins in the conflict: compromising, in the eyes of the West, ties with Vladimir Putin will eventually do not stop the musician to head the orchestra. True, the sediment will remain. We speak on an eternal topic about kings and poets.

The planes of the Libyan armed forces on Wednesday held raids on the bases of militants in the east of the country. Western agencies report with reference to eyewitnesses that strikes were struck by the objects of the "February 17 Brigade" - one of the Islamist groups deployed in Benghazi. There is no data on the losses of the parties yet. A ground operation against the Islamists conduct detachments under the command of General Caliph Hiftar.

US President Barack Obama US President Barack Obama announced a change in America’s strategy in the fight against terrorism. According to him, to occupy every country in which terrorists "nest" is short -sighted and naive. Speaking at the ceremony of the release of cadets at the West Point Military Academy near New York, Obama proclaimed the United States to create a Fund for the fight against terrorism in the amount of $ 5 billion.

The Taliban condemned the US decision to leave in Afghanistan 9800 troops after the withdrawal of the main combat units of the international coalition from the country at the end of this year. The Taliban called this plan a continuation of the occupation, noting that the American military presence in Afghanistan is a violation of sovereignty, religious foundations and human rights.

The Basmanny Court of Moscow left the new accused in the "Swamp case" by Dmitry Ishevsky under the arrest of July 27. The representative of the Investigative Committee asked the court to arrest ISHEVSKY, since he, according to the investigation, could put pressure on witnesses or hide from the investigation. Ishevsky was charged with participating in the riots and the use of violence against police officers. A search was carried out in his apartment.

Sergey Udaltsov at a meeting of the Moscow City Court In the Moscow City Court today, the next meeting in the case of activists of the Left Front movement Sergei Udaltsov and Leonid Razvozzhaev will be held, who are accused of organizing riots in Bolotnaya Square in Moscow in May 2012 and in an attempt to organize riots in other cities of Russia. Judges study evidence of the parties. Witnesses of defense have already performed on the process, among whom were famous opposition.

At the polling station in Cairo The winner in the presidential election in Egypt was the former commander of the ground forces, General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. This was reported by the members of his election team in a written statement. After the closure of two thousand polling stations, Sisi received 93 and 4 tenths of votes. His only enemy Hamdin Sabahi gained 2 and 9 tenths of percent. The turnout in Egypt was forty and four tenths of voters.

Former Manchester United coach Alex Fergusson with a club trophy The owner of the English football club "Manchester United" Malcolm Glazer died in the 85th year of his life. This was reported by the newspaper "Sport-Express". The American businessman began to invest in the club in 2003, and in 2005 he became the owner of the control package of shares of the Red Devils.

Presidential elections in Cairo, May 27, 2014 The third day of the presidential election takes place in Egypt today. According to the media, a low turnout is observed. Former Minister of Defense Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is considered the favorite of the election. His only rival is the candidate from the Left Parties Hamdin Sabah. Initially, the elections should have passed in two days - May 26 and 27. However, yesterday the election commission decided to extend the vote for another day.

Academy cadets in West Point US Secretary of State John Kerry announced the US intention to participate in the creation of the International Partnership Fund for the assistance of governments of different countries in their fight against extremism. According to Kerry, US President Barack Obama is expected to announce the creation of the Fund, speaking today before cadets of the Military Academy in the West Point.

In Slavyansk, the warring parties accuse each other of shelling. According to the head of the press center of the anti-terrorist operation of Vladislav Seleznev, the separatists shoot from mortars on residential quarters, to schools, so that local residents think that Ukrainian security forces are doing it. Seleznev noted that as of 14 hours local time, ten wounded civilians report.

The opposition storms the building of the presidential administration in Sukhumi, May 27 What is common and what is the difference between the protests of the opposition in Abkhazia and in Ukraine?