In January, with a difference of a week, two events occurred - it would seem, outwardly not related. At first, the American film academy nominated for Andrei Zvyagintsev’s film “Leviathan” for the Oscar Award, and seven days later, Patriarch Kirill, for the first time in the recent history of Russia, came to the Federal Assembly with a message about the political and moral situation in society. The success of Leviathan is perceived by ultra -conservatives negatively.

New Prime Minister of Greece Alexis Tsipras Representatives of the European Union could not reach a consensus about new sanctions aimed against Russia for its role in a crisis in Ukraine, due to objections from Greece. EU ambassadors met on January 28 in Brussels to discuss new measures against Russian officials, companies and separatists supported by Moscow and expanding existing sanctions until December.

In February, the Supreme Court of Russia will consider the case of wearing scarves in the schools of Mordovia. Starting September 1, 2014, a ban on attending classes in any hats began to operate in the republic. The legality of this ban in October last year was confirmed by the Supreme Court of the Republic of Mordovia, thus defering a complaint of the parents of the Muslim schoolgirls who insist on their daughters to attend lessons in a traditional scarf.

On a checkpoint near Gorlovka Five civilians died as a result of shelling on the Tuesday of the city of Gorlovka, which is under the control of pro -Russian separatists. This was reported on the website of the Health Department of the Gorlovsky City Council. According to information, on January 27, 10 residents of the city were injured as a result of shelling, among them three children.

Ice cream is almost the only dairy product that is not yet forbidden to import into Russia from the European Union The Latvian government helps Russian entrepreneurs enter the Chinese market In August, Russia introduced an embargo on the import of food products from the European Union, under which all the dairy products of Latvian manufacturers fell. It turned out that not all local enterprises that fell under sanctions belong to large food concerns of the EU or Latvian businessmen.

Foster children from the Danish family with their friends The removal of children from problematic families in Scandinavia: necessary protection or "juvenile terror"? The work of Western protection services for children in the Russian media, as a rule, is served in a negative way - almost every case of removing the child abroad from the family, where one or both parents - Russians, causes a storm of emotions in the company.

Angel Merkel and Barack Obama during the meeting of the "Big Seven" in Brussels in June 2014 US President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed on Tuesday during a telephone conversation the situation in Ukraine. The leaders of the two countries expressed anxiety about the "significant growth of violence," the White House statement reported.

In Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, when she fired on Tuesday, one local resident died, five were injured. According to the city hall, last night passed without active hostilities, but in the morning the shots and explosions resumed. Over the past day, three Ukrainian troops were killed in the battles in the Donbass, 15 were injured. This was announced at a briefing by a representative of the General Staff of Ukraine Vladislav Seleznev.

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The generosity of the Russian government should increase the population of the Far East. Experts doubt The news that the Russian President approved the idea of the free distribution of land from the Far East is warmly discussed in the region. According to the calculations of the authorities, the allocation of everyone who wishs Hectar will help attract the population to the Far East.

The Ministry of Justice against the Memorial, the Russian state against "foreign agents". Do the authorities want to destroy civil society? Human rights activists Vyacheslav Bakhmin (Moscow Helsinki Group), Alexey Makarov, Alexander Cherkasov (Memorial) are discussed

Does Ukraine face financial default? The United States can be allocated this year to Ukraine, the economy of which, due to the conflict in the Donbass, is undergoing a serious crisis, $ 3 billion, and the International Monetary Fund prepared a new lending program for Ukraine.

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