The Nord Stream 2 project is important and significant for Berlin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said at a joint press conference with Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite and Prime Ministers of the three Baltic countries.

The emergency regime was introduced on Friday in the city of Armyansk and nearby villages in the North of Crimea. The reason for the introduction of the emergency regime is the deterioration of the environmental situation.

The draft law on criminal liability for dismissal of citizens of pre-retirement age was adopted by the state Duma in the first reading. The initiative came from Russian President Vladimir Putin. Business have criticized this initiative. 

The Russian Federal service for supervision of consumer rights protection and human welfare (Rospotrebnadzor) warned about the outbreak of leptospirosis in India, from which to date 40 people have died. This information reports a press-service of Department.