The Russian government reduced financing of leading universities in the Russian Federation by 12 billion rubles. The resolution is published on the official portal of legal information. According to the past decree in 2017-2019, 14.5 billion rubles to support universities were annually allocated from the budget. The government decided to reduce this amount to 10.6 billion rubles in 2017, in 2018 10.2 billion rubles will be allocated, and in 2019 - 10 billion rubles.

The North Korean, who died in Malaysia, was really the brother of Kim Jong -un. Reuters reported this in the local police. According to the interlocutor of the agency, the cause of death Kim Jong Nam has not yet been established. Messages about the murder of Kim Jong Nama appeared earlier on February 14. According to Reuters sources, he was killed at the Kuala Lumpur airport, from where he planned to fly to Macau.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation is not going to order 20 thousand medals to a “participant in the military operation in Syria”, we are talking about a much smaller volume. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the press service of the ministry. “Information on the alleged purchase of the Russian Ministry of Defense 20 thousand departmental medals is not true.

Russia "secretly" posted new cruise missiles contrary to the agreement signed between Moscow and Washington in 1987. The presidential administration was told about this New York Times. The administration explained that Russia has two battalions of “prohibited” missiles. One of them is located at the Kapustin Yar training ground (Astrakhan region). The second in December 2016 was transferred from the landfill to the operational base. The source did not specify its location.

The French group PSA, a manufacturer of Peugeot and Citroen, is negotiating the acquisition of the General Motors European business, including the VAUXHALL and OPEL brands. It is reported by Bloomberg with reference to unnamed sources. According to the agency, the parties may agree on a deal in the coming weeks, but it may not take place. Nevertheless, PSA Group quotes have already increased by almost 6%, and its capitalization increased to € 16.5 billion ($ 17.5 billion).

Mark Zuckerberg at a conference in San Francisco. Photo: Stephen Lam / Reuters Imagine a call to the Ministry of Health: “I study viruses and memes in social networks, I am 36, I have no medical diploma. Get me one hundred million rubles for the study of HIV and hepatitis in the real world.

The heads of the State Duma factions will have 30 advisers on a voluntary basis. About this, reports RBC, said the speaker of the lower house of parliament Vyacheslav Volodin. According to Volodin, the leader of the LDPR Vladimir Zhirinovsky made the corresponding proposal. Advisers will work in regions in which the faction does not have their own representative. Volodin emphasized that the innovation will not require budget costs, because advisers will work on a voluntary basis.

The Governor of the Ryazan Region Oleg Kovalev submitted a petition to the President of the Russian Federation on early reservation. It is reported by TASS. “In the Ryazan region, I worked for almost nine years. In September, the next election of the governor. I made a decision not to nominate for a new term, ”Kovalev said. Kovalev became the fourth chapter of the region, who retired since the beginning of February.

Photo: Toa Heftiba / Unsplash Most are familiar with a sense of love. The symptoms are similar: we constantly think about the very or that one, smile when we remember him or about it, we cannot concentrate on anything; Many people notice that lovers friends seem temporarily deeper. Psychologists and biologists offer many answers to the question of how and why we fall in love - some talk about psychological compatibility, others are looking for causes in chemical reactions occurring in the brain.

The government of Japan sent a protest to Moscow in connection with the appropriation of the names of the five islands of the Kuril ridge. It is reported by TASS. “This is unacceptable and contradicts the position of Japan. On February 13, we sent the Russian Federation protested through diplomatic channels, ”said Esihide Suga, Secretary General of the Japan of Japan.

The Bank of Russia plans in the first quarter of 2018 to issue a plastic banknote dedicated to the World Cup. This was stated by the First Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank Georgy Luntovsky, reports Prime . “The fact that the commemorative banknote dedicated to the World Cup will be plastic is one hundred percent,” he said. The face value of the bill will be 100 rubles.

At the end of this week, the traditional Munich Security Conference will be held, then on February 20 a meeting of the Twentieth Foreign Ministers will be held in Bonn. Both events will become the venues of the official meetings of Sergey Lavrov (unless the level of Russian representation in Munich is increased or expanded at the last moment, for example, due to the participation of the Minister of Defense Sergey Shoigu) with the first persons of the foreign policy team Donald Trump.

Festival of eating dog meat in Yulin, China. Photo: Kim Kyung Hoon / Reuters Since ancient times, China relied on the ideals of Confucian, Taoist and Buddhist exercises that are urging every being with compassion. The laws of ancient China limited excessive fishing, hunting, the destruction of bird's nests and theft of their eggs, the murder of cubs and pregnant females. The fifth emperor of the Qing Yunzhen dynasty was known as a great lover of dogs and forbade the use of dogs.

The Russian Ministry of Defense rejected the conclusions that are contained in the report of the Atlantic Council on human rights violations during the operation of the release of Aleppo. This was stated by the official representative of the Major General Igor Konashenkov. “We carefully studied the report of the“ Atlantic Council ”dedicated to the operation of the Syrian troops to liberate the Aleppo, but did not find anything new there.

The half -brother of Kim Jong -un - Kim Jong to us - was killed in Malaysia. It is reported by Yonhap News. According to the Chosun TV channel, which is given by Yonhap, two women with poisoned needles attacked him at Malaysia Airport. The attackers managed to hide. Law enforcement agencies are suspected of organizing an attack by the North Korean government. Information about the murder was confirmed by Reuters interlocutors.