NEWS OF THE DAY

EU rejects Russia 'veto' on Ukraine agreement
The EU will not accept a "veto" by Russia on the bloc's ties with former Soviet republics, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has said.

China scrambles jets in air zone to monitor US and Japanese planes
China says it scrambled fighter jets to monitor US and Japanese planes as they flew in its newly declared air defence zone in the East China Sea on Friday.

Why is Putin always late?
The Russian president was 50 minutes late to meet the Pope on Monday. And papal courtiers were left "shivering" outside as they waited to welcome the Russian president, who was held up by women protesting outside his hotel in support of punk band Pussy Riot, says independent daily Moskovskiy Komsomolets.

German policeman arrested in possible 'cannibal' case
Police in Dresden say they have arrested a 55-year-old police officer on suspicion of murder after the body of another man was found in the Erz mountains in eastern Germany.

Huge suitcase on Red Square , which is a pavilion - trunk Louis Vuitton, was built in the framework of events dedicated to the 120th anniversary of GUM. It was planned to open the exhibition " wandering soul ." Exhibition in the giant red suitcase measuring 9 by 30 meters was to be held from December 2 to January 19 .
Deputies of the State Duma and the Duma factions , as well as the Public Chamber strongly criticized the suitcase on the Red Square. The gigantic size of the design , as it turned out , violate the architectural appearance of the Spasskaya Tower and St. Basil's Cathedral . "There is a special status Red Square - said the representative of the Communist Party Sergei Obukhov . - This is a sacred place of the Russian state . There are some characters that can not trivialize . "