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.

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.

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.

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.

The sketch was made in the courtroom during the speech of the lawyer Yevgeny Buryakov The United States believes that Russia revives Soviet practice of creating underground agent networks Accusations of illegal activities in the United States, brought by three Russian citizens on Monday , most likely, indicate anxiety of American special services by the scale of Russian intelligence in the United States.

Sajid Ar-Rishavi The representative of the Government of Jordan today announced the readiness of his country to release the citizen of Iraq, Sajid Ar-Rishavi, who was sentenced to the death execution in the death penalty in exchange for the liberation of the Jordanian pilot, Moaz al-Qasasbi, who was captured by the militants of the radical group "Islamic State". Muhammad al-Momani announced this, speaking on state television.

Sergey Bubka The head of the Ukrainian NOC, the famous sixth jump in the past, Sergei Bubka, officially announced his candidacy for the presidential election of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). This was reported by the press service of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine . The Bubka has been IAAF vice president since 2007. He will run for president IAAF in the elections in August 2015.

Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk In Kyiv, several hundred people rally at the building of the city administration, demanding the resignation of the mayor of the city of Vitaly Klitschko due to the increase in housing and communal services, public transport and the deterioration of social conditions. According to the UNN agency, the participants in the rally in white balaclavas blocked with tires Street Khreshchatyk. Vitaly Klitschko came to the protesters.

Two Israeli soldiers and the UN Peacemaker were killed as a result of a shootout between the Hezbollah militants and the Israeli military on the Lebanese border. The Spanish peacemaker died on January 28 near the controversial territory of the Shebaa farm, where the Israeli column was previously fired at anti -tank missiles, during which two soldiers were killed and several people were injured. The Israeli army responded with artillery fire in South Livan.

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In the picture: a monument to Lenin, fallen in Zaporozhye Three more statues of the former Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin are dismantled in Ukraine. This was reported by the Ukrainian service of our radio station.