Putin, Ashton, Lukashenko and Poroshenko in Minsk on August 26 President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko expressed the hope that the meeting at the highest level organized today in Minsk, among the participants of which Russian President Vladimir Putin, will contribute to the establishment of peace in Ukraine.

Many people remember that in the 1990s on television often showed a smiling American president. Affectionate humor about Bill Clinton sounded like this: "Half the country attacked his president only because he turned out to be a real man." Ordinary Russian citizens indulged in euphoria about the country's soon entry into the EU.

Today in Minsk Freedom quotes on August 26, 2014 Liveblog about discussions on the network Fresh from above 18:55 26.8.2014 How many letters will Makarevich write? Kublanovsky and "Duditing toilets of Duchenen." Mustang, come to the police. Poroshenko already washed his hands.

In the picture: Nadezhda Savchenko Today, the court in Voronezh will consider the issue of extending the arrest of the Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko. The investigation will ask to extend the arrest of Savchenko until the end of October. This was announced by the pilot’s lawyer Nikolai Polozov, Ukrainian national news reports. The defense will insist on making a bail, the lawyer said.

Hall of meetings of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko dismissed the parliament of Ukraine. Are the elections in the conditions of war timely? On the eve of negotiations in Minsk, to resolve the Ukrainian crisis, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko signed a decree on the dissolution of the Verkhovna Rada and the appointment of early elections on October 26.

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Siri refugees A year ago, the New York Times published a column of Vladimir Putin not to bomb Syria In September 2013, the American newspaper New York Times printed a column of Vladimir Putin, in which the Russian president admitted the United States about how they should behave in the international arena and, in particular in Syria. The American reaction to the arrogant and invasive tone of the article was extremely negative. A year later, the American press decided to return to that article .

The Oktyabrsky District Court of Belgorod on Tuesday sentenced the local resident Alexander Vdovin, who demanded his savings with a gun in the ruined Bank "West". The man was sentenced to two years in a penal colony. The court found Vdovin guilty of both articles of the prosecution - arbitrariness and illegal imprisonment of two or more persons. The court considered the case in a special order. According to the law, for this, the defendant was obliged to completely admit guilt, ITAR-TASS notes.

The president of the Central Bank of Russia Elvira Nabiullina and Minister of Economic Development Alexei Ulyukaev The Mayor of Russia proposes to stimulate the growth of the economy with “quantitative mitigation” The Minister of Economic Development of Russia Alexei Ulyukaev believes that the Central Bank could directly buy Russian government bonds from commercial banks.

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The United States begins reconnaissance flights over Syria to detect the Islamist bases and the subsequent possible infliction of air strikes on the positions of the formations of the Islamic State group.

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Andrei Illarionov, Alexander Chaly, Danila Galperovich, are debated about a meeting in Minsk and the war in Ukraine Minsk meeting of Putin and Poroshenko: New Munich? About a meeting in Minsk, the war in Ukraine and the ways to the world in the Donbass are discussed by the president of the Institute of Economic Analysis Andrei Illarionov , the former First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Alexander Chaly, a correspondent for the Russian Voice Service Danila Galperovich .