In Moscow and other cities on Thursday, actions were held for the liberation of those arrested in the "swamp case". About two thousand people came to the agreed rally in the Novopushkinsky square. They demanded freedom for "prisoners on May 6", participants in Pussy Riot and other political zones. The square was chanted "Russia without Putin", "no political repression", "one for all and all for one." Were relatives of political prisoners, civil activists and human rights activists ( PHOTO ).

Opinions of participants in the rally in support of the accused in the "case of the riots at Bolotnaya". Moscow, Novopushkinsky Square, July 26, 2012 Photographed by Dmitry Borko

in Moscow A rally was held for the release of political prisoners in the "case of May 6". May 26, 2012, video by Dmitry Zykov.

Petersburg, Marse Field, July 26, 2012. Theatrical action against repressions in the "swamp business", organized by the Russian socialist movement. Shooting NEVEXTV .

The employees of Grani tell about the events of May 6 at Bolotnaya. Read the material in The Facets .

July 16, 2012. FEMEN activist Yana Zhdanova meets the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' at the Kiev airport. Zhdanova arrested for 15 days

The Boryspil court sentenced FEMEN activist Yana Zhdanova to 15 days of arrest for an action against Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, the reports movement's blog . This is the maximum punishment under Article 173 of the Administrative Code of Ukraine (petty hooliganism).

Ramzan Kadyrov and Shamsael Saraliev. Photo: chechnya.gov.ru The State Duma in the fall may adopt a bill on the ban on mentioning the nationality of the heroes of the media materials. As Izvestia reports , Samsael Saraliev made such an initiative with such an initiative. According to him, most likely the corresponding amendments to the law "On the Media" will be prepared.

Mine "Ziminka". Photo: 42.mchs.gov.ru On Friday night at the Kuzbass mine Ziminka, three miners died in the Prokopyevsky district. As RIA Novosti reports, the administration of the Kemerovo region denied information about the explosion of gas. As the main version, spontaneous planting of cameras in the development with the release of harmful gases is considered. Earlier, the regional department of the Ministry of Emergencies reported the explosion of methane.

Listen about "Foreign Agent" Bastrykin from the site of the good car of Pravda The authorities will not conduct inspections against the head of the Investigative Committee of Alexander Bastrykin on the basis of the publication on the blog of Alexei Navalny. This was stated in an interview with the newspaper "RBC Daily" Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov. “We do not read the Golden Blog and do not think that this is necessary,” Peskov said.

Vitaly Portnikov. Photo by A. Karpyuk/Grani.ru The war in Mountain Badamshan forced observers to talk about the possible destabilization of the situation in all of Tajikistan and the inevitable collapse of the seemingly eternal regime. The inevitable collapse - these two words are usually used when it comes to the future of almost any of the regimes in the post -Soviet space.

Alexander Bastrykin. Photo: rg.ru The head of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, denies that he received a residence permit in the Czech Republic. “There is only a visa, not a residence permit. I want to emphasize this,” Bastrykin said in an interview with Izvestia.

Alexey Navalny at the rally in defense of "Prisoners of May 6". Photo by E. Mikheeva/Grani.ru Alexey Navalny will soon be arrested in the case of Kirovles, reports The New Times, citing law enforcement sources.

Alexey Polikhovich. Photo provided by the "Committee of May 6" The Basmanny Court of Moscow on Friday arrested 22-year-old student Alexei Polikhovich in the "case of Bolotnaya", Gazeta.ru reports. Polikhovich, detained on Wednesday in Moscow, will remain in custody until September 26th. It was reported about Polykhovich that he adheres to anarchist views. Thus, today there are 13 defendants in the "Swamp business", student Alexander Dukhanina, as a preventive measure, chose house arrest.

Vladimir Abarinov The Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Cyril again turned out to be the main newsmaker of the day. Opening on Thursday in Kiev a meeting of the Holy Sinod of the Russian Orthodox Church, the Primate said the following: I would like to say about a very important information that came to us from New York and which is associated with the circumstances of the death of the royal family.