Negotiations "Norman Four" in Minsk - on settlement in eastern Ukraine (February 11, 2015) In Minsk from the evening of Wednesdays The many -hour negotiations of the leaders of Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine to resolve the conflict in the Donbass continued . At night, there were reports that the negotiations had ended, but then it was said that they were ongoing.

The International Committee of the Red Cross sharply condemned the attacks on its volunteers who fight the Ebola fever in Gvine (Konakri). The Red Cross called on the country's inhabitants to refrain from violence and enable its volunteers to work normally and help save people's lives. In September last year, in a remote settlement in the southeast of Guinea, 8 employees of humanitarian missions were killed by local residents.

Explosions in Odessa became familiar. In the picture: Police on the site of one of the explosions last January In Odessa, an investigation of the circumstances of the explosion on the landing near the apartment, belonging to the poet and public figure Boris Kherson, continues. In an interview published by the Ukrainian television channel hromadske.tv , Kherson said that no one was injured, but his property caused serious damage.

Ukrainian media refute the information of Russian agencies about the results of negotiations of the three-way contact group in Minsk to resolve the conflict in the southeast of Ukraine. No decisions were made in Minsk yesterday, and negotiations will continue today, UNIAN reports. Earlier, TASS, citing an anonymous source, said that the parties managed to agree on a ceasefire, as well as on the mechanisms of control over its compliance.

Kramatorsk In Kramatorsk on February 12, mourning was declared mourning for the victims of the artillery shelling of the city on Tuesday. 16 people were killed, 64 were injured. This was reported on the website of Kramatorsk 6264.com.ua. The President of the President of the Rights of the Child Nikolai Kuleba said that six children were injured during shelling. Representatives of the OSCE monitoring mission found that they shot from the southern or southeastern direction in Kramatorsk.

The Supreme Court of Russia today will consider the complaint about the ban on wearing hijabs in the schools of Mordovia. Previously, the ban on the region’s schoolgirls to wear a hijab (traditional Islamic women's head scarf) was issued by the Supreme Court of Mordovia. This happened after one of the girls swallowed a pin at a break that fixes this vestment.

I read texts in the Western press with an analysis of what is happening in Ukraine and Europe. I watch on TV, listen to performances on the radio. Professors, analysts, specialists in Russia are different. Loud titles, smart look. Here is my, purely personal opinion: with rare exceptions, most of these analyzes are complete nonsense. Experts either do not understand what is happening, or pretend that they do not understand. In a misunderstanding, by the way, many admit themselves.

US President Barack Obama US President Barack Obama sent a draft resolution to Congress allowing military force in operations against the Islamic State extremist group. The document excludes the possibility of using the American armed forces in "long -term ground offensive military operations." The terms of operations against militants are limited by three years, but may subsequently be extended. No geographical framework for the operation is provided.

The Constitutional Court of Russia The Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation confirmed the legality of closing access to state secrets to persons who have relatives abroad. This was reported by the Radio Liberty correspondent in St. Petersburg Tatyana Voltskaya. An employee of the regional border department of the FSB Sergey Pushkin, an employee of the regional border department of the FSB in the Amur Region, appealed to the Constitutional Court.

In Uzbekistan, journalist Khairullo Hamidov was released, who in 2010 was sentenced to imprisonment on charges of relations with an extremist group. Local authorities do not comment on the reasons for Khamidov’s exit from prison ahead of time - according to the sentence, he had to spend for about a year behind bars, the Uzbek service of our radio station reports. Hairullo Hamidov is a popular sports observer. Also, before being detained, he led a program about Islam on the radio.

The Supreme Court of Russia recognized the ban on wearing hijabs in the schools of Mordovia. The ban in May 2014 was introduced by the government of the republic, after which representatives of the local Muslim community went to court, but the highest instances confirmed the legality of the restrictions. The wearing of hijabs (traditional Islamic female head scarves) and other religious clothing in social schools in Russia has repeatedly become the subject of disputes in society.

Pavilions destroyed as a result of the projectile hit at a bus station in Donetsk In Donetsk today, as a result of the shelling of the bus station, six people were killed, at least ten were injured. The shell got into a minibus, in the passage of the Donetsk Metallurgical Plant and the car, Interfax reports with reference to the separatist headquarters. According to an eyewitness, the Reuters agency quoted, the shell broke the roof of the bus station.