Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has ruled out the possibility of Russia filing a lawsuit against Great Britain over the murder case of former FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko. this He stated in an interview with Euronews TV channel, the text of which was published on the Russian government website. “As for any legal actions, well, that’s just ridiculous. We don’t need this, and the Russian Federation will never persecute any country for stupid crafts or some funny films,” Medvedev said.

The abnormally warm weather will be replaced by winter in the center of the European part of Russia in the middle of next week, although without severe frosts. The head of the Hydrometeorological Center, Roman Vilfand , told Interfax on Sunday. The weather will begin to change on Wednesday, February 17th.

The head of the Federal Migration Service, Konstantin Romodanovsky, does not expect an influx of refugees from the Middle East to Russia. He stated this to the Interfax agency . "It's unlikely," he said. The head of the FMS added that in the near future, representatives of the department will discuss with the Finnish Ministry of Internal Affairs the statement from Helsinki about a possible influx of migrants into Russian territory.

Four people died as a result of a fire in the village of Kurganovo, Sverdlovsk region, the Ural regional center of the Ministry of Emergency Situations told Interfax . Information about a fire in a private residential building was received at 21:28 Moscow time last Saturday, February 13. The house and wooden outbuildings burned down. According to preliminary data, the fire started in the entryway.

British intelligence services have found out the identity of the leader of one of the terrorist Islamist groups who recruited the executioner of the “Islamic State” (ISIS, banned in Russia) Jihadi John. This is Rabah Tahari, a resident of Birmingham, writes The Telegraph. British intelligence was able to trace Tahari through his account settings on LinkedIn, a social network for making business contacts.

Washington and Paris called on Turkey to stop military actions against the Kurds on Syrian territory. Earlier on Sunday, Turkish artillery shelled Kurdish positions north of Aleppo Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) positions (Photo: Reuters/Pixstream) Washington and Paris demanded that the Turkish authorities stop military actions against the Syrian Kurds.

Finnish President Sauli Niiniste said that Russia could become “the second Turkey” in terms of the number of refugees if Ankara closes the border with the European Union to them Finnish President Sauli Niiniste (Photo: Reuters/Pixstream) According to Finnish President Sauli Niinist, Russia risks facing an influx of refugees if Turkey closes its borders to them. “If Turkey closes its border or the border with the EU to refugees, an uncontrolled flow of migrants will form elsewhere.

At least 30 people have been killed in attacks by Boko Haram militants on two villages in northeastern Nigeria. This was reported by Agence France-Presse with reference to local resident Mustafa Karimba, who is helping the military fight the Islamists. Militants attacked one of the villages late at night on February 12. Then 22 people died. Another attack took place on the morning of February 13, leaving eight people dead.

Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama had a telephone conversation. The Kremlin press service indicates that the conversation, during which the heads of state discussed the situation in Syria and Ukraine, took place on the initiative of the American side Russian President Vladimir Putin (Photo: Mikhail Metzel/TASS) The Kremlin noted that the central topic of the conversation was the situation in Syria.

Syrian Kurds have rejected the demand of the Turkish authorities to leave the areas they occupied north of Aleppo. This happened against the backdrop of ongoing shelling of their position from Turkish territory. Post of the Kurdish organization "People's Protection Units" in Syria (Photo: Reuters/Pixstream) Turkish artillery again attacked northern Syria on Sunday.

US presidential candidate Ben Carson attributed a statement to Joseph Stalin that appears to be fictitious, The Hill writes . “Joseph Stalin said: If you want to bring down America, you must undermine three things: its spirit, its patriotism and its morals,” Carson said in his closing remarks at last Saturday's Republican presidential debate.

Two people died as a result of a fire in the dormitory of the medical university in Smolensk. They turned out to be Indian citizens Photo: Lori As told the Interfax Maria Panova, senior assistant to the head of the investigative department of the Investigative Committee for the Smolensk region, agency, two students, natives of India, died as a result of a fire on the fourth floor of the dormitory building. The identities of the girls, according to Panova, have not yet been established.

AvtoVAZ announced on Sunday the start of sales of the new Lada Xray hatchback. Sales began in 124 dealership centers in 57 cities of Russia. The cars arrived at dealerships in Optima and Top trim levels, Interfax reports . In total, the car is presented in four versions - Optima, Comfort, Top and Prestige. The starting price of the new model is 589 thousand rubles. The head of the Lada Xray project said that AvtoVAZ invested about 10 billion rubles in the launch of the new model.

According to the head of the Ministry of Economic Development, Alexey Ulyukaev, current oil prices are “extremely low.” According to the minister, according to a “more realistic” scenario, the average oil price in 2016 will be $40 per barrel.

The authorities of Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia are going to support Macedonia on February 15, which announced the closure of its borders with Greece due to the flow of migrants from the Middle East, reports the German newspaper Der Spiegel. “As long as there is no pan-European strategy [on migrant issues], states’ protection of their borders on the “Balkan route” is legal.