Ukraine has agreed to resume transit road transport for Russian trucks from February 25, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said. The Russian Ministry of Transport confirms that Russia and Ukraine will lift restrictions on truck transit Ukrainian activists are blocking the movement of Russian trucks in the Lviv region.

Cyclone Winston killed 42 people in Fiji. this Dan Gavidi, the official representative of the country's government, announced on his Twitter. About 14 thousand people continue to take refuge in evacuation centers, reports FBC . At the same time, centers continue to open. assistance to the victims . is also providing The navy The wind speed during the cyclone reached 296 km/h. The cyclone caused widespread destruction of homes, farms, schools and businesses.

The Moscow City Court placed former top manager of Domododovo Airport Svetlana Trishina under house arrest.

May raw sugar futures jumped 9% from their closing price and are now trading around $0.14 per pound. This is evidenced by data from the New York exchange ICE Futures US. As notes Bloomberg , this growth has become a record for the last 23 years, since March 1993. At the same time, May futures for white sugar rose by 6.1% on ICE Futures Europe to $395.9 per ton.

Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov spoke about the leading role of Moscow and Washington in preparing a ceasefire agreement in Syria. When asked whether Damascus was aware of the negotiations, Peskov replied that “we are talking about closed bilateral Russian-American negotiations.” “We are talking about negotiations between two countries that can effectively contribute to a settlement.

The fire in the scaffolding near the church on the territory of the Sretensky Monastery in Moscow has been localized, the capital’s Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia reported . Information about the fire was received at 01:18 Moscow time on Wednesday. At 02:16 the fire was localized. When firefighters arrived at the monastery, was burning scaffolding near the temple on an area of ​​30 square meters. m.

The budget for the purchase of a new apartment in Moscow and the region has decreased by almost a quarter compared to 2014. This was reported by Top New Buildings Ru with reference to data from the real estate agency Inkom-Real Estate. If two years ago apartments in Moscow were bought for 7–9 million rubles, now the budget has been reduced to 5–7 million rubles; in the Moscow region, the average price of a new building fell from 4–5 million rubles. up to 3–3.7 million rubles.

The pilot of a helicopter that made a hard landing in the Leningrad region died. told 47news about this. Sources in emergency services The passenger is hospitalized by Medspas helicopter at the Research Institute named after. Janelidze, he added. According to updated information from the publication, we are talking about an Enstrom helicopter owned by a private individual. The owner, previously, piloted it. The helicopter took off from the airfield in the village of Gostilitsy.

Ryazan police have released three men who were detained on suspicion of killing a cat with a firecracker. this to RIA Novosti . Alexander Ponomarev, deputy head of the press service of the GUMVD for the Ryazan region, reported The arrest of the men became known three days ago.

Azerbaijan sent a note of protest to Russia in connection with the entry into force of an agreement on issuing a $200 million loan to Armenia for the purchase of weapons and military equipment. Press Secretary of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Hakmet Hajiyev announced this at a press conference, APA reports . An agreement to provide Yerevan with a state export loan of up to $200 million to finance the supply of Russian-made military products was signed on January 18, 2016.

Next week two agreements will be signed in Minsk to resolve the situation in Donbass. The plenipotentiary representative of the Russian President in the contact group, Boris Gryzlov, told reporters about this, Interfax reports . He clarified that the first agreement will concern the designation and fencing of areas where mine clearance has not yet taken place.

According to a poll by VTsIOM, the mass demolition of shopping pavilions in Moscow was supported by 63% of city residents.

Plot Money Russian Orthodox Church Among the Russian entrepreneurs who financially help the Russian Orthodox Church, there are both participants in the Forbes list and mediocre entrepreneurs. Completely different projects are supported - cartoons, construction, monastery choir RBC investigation: how does the church live?

The Moscow City Court on Wednesday refused to release the ex-director of Domodedovo Airport Vyacheslav Nekrasov on bail of 5 million rubles, an RBC correspondent reports from the courtroom. Two weeks ago, the capital's Basmanny Court placed him under arrest in a pre-trial detention center.

The first own establishment of the Russian chain “Dodo Pizza” begins operating in the USA. The opening of the restaurant cost $500 thousand. Within ten years, the company’s founder Fedor Ovchinnikov intends to open 400 outlets in the United States Photo: Lori The Dodo Pizza chain, which began operating in Syktyvkar in 2011, is opening its first establishment in the United States.