These days, the courts are deciding on administrative cases of the most active defenders of Pussy Riot - for them, the "judicial festival" will continue in the detention center on Simferopol Boulevard. During the hearings, one could only get to the Khamovniki Court through a police cordon. 7th Rostov Lane was blocked. The police searched the bags, they tried not to let people with posters and symbols into the courthouse.

August 6-8, 2012, Khamovnichesky District Court of Moscow. Video by Dmitry Zykov. At Hamsud July 20-30

Ekaterina Samutsevich. Photo by Nicky Maksimyuk/Grani.ru The ex-head of the "Yukos" Mikhail Khodorkovsky handed over the defendant in the Pussy Riot case Ekaterina Samutsevich, who was 30 years old on Thursday. "Dear Ekaterina, I congratulate you on your birthday. I wish you health and good luck," the letter of Khodorkovsky, published on the website of his press center, says.

Boris Sokolov. Photo from the site www.open-forum.ru On the anniversary of the tragic events of August 2008, Vladimir Putin finally confirmed what many guessed before: the war in South Ossetia was prepared in advance by Russia. In addition, Vladimir Vladimirovich decided to entirely assign himself the dubious laurels of the initiator of the attack on Georgia, taking them from Dmitry Anatolyevich.

Oleg Arkhipenkov. Frame NTV The accused in the "Swamp case" Richard Sobolev and Oleg Arkhipenkov left the pre -trial detention center on Thursday, reports Gazeta.ru. They changed the measure of restraint for a recognizance not to leave. “This was a pleasant surprise for me. I hoped that they would extend the term of detention in the pre -trial detention center. Although I was not in Bolotnaya Square,” Arkhipenkov told the publication.

The coordinator of the Left Front Sergey Udaltsov was detained at the building of the Investigative Committee at the next action in support of political prisoners. “I was detained by the UK without explaining the reasons. I am in the Basmanny police department,” Udaltsov wrote on his Twitter. According to the correspondent of the Grani.ru, Udaltsov was detained after he urged citizens to take hands in solidarity with the “swamp business” arrested in the “swamp business”.

Vladimir Abarinov The member of the German Olympic team in the Academic crest Nadia Dryagall recently left London ahead of schedule. The head of the German Olympic Sports Union Michael Fesper said that she made this decision voluntarily so as not to throw the shadow on the team. The shadow, clouding the light appearance of the team, was the boyfriend of the crest Michael Fisher, who previously also engaged in rowing, and is now known in Germany as a right -dressing politician.

Yulia Tymoshenko. Photo from the site www.tymoshenko.ua The General Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine in the near future will present the opposition to the Opposition Fatherland ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko an accusation of complicity of murder. In addition, she is accused of attacking an employee of the pre -trial detention center, said Deputy Prosecutor General of the Republic Renat Kuzmin in an interview with the Ukrainian newspaper Today.

Peter Fomenko. Photo by Larisa Gerasimchuk from the site Fomenko.theatre.ru In Moscow, at the age of 80, theatrical director Petr Fomenko died, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Moscow Department of Culture. For almost 20 years, Pyotr Fomenko was the artistic director of the theater-majority name, which he founded in 1993. Fomenko created more than 60 performances, many of which became laureates of various theater awards, including the "Crystal Turandot" and "Golden Mask".

Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Photo from the site "Echo of Moscow" The ex-head of the Yukos Mikhail Khodorkovsky did not write an official appeal to the Center for Public Procedures "Business Against Corruption", this letter was addressed to the business ombudsman Boris Titov and was published a week ago. About this Gazeta.ru told Khodorkovsky lawyer Vadim Kluvgan. “This is the very text that you had published on August 2.

Logo '' Kommersant '' The chief editor of the Kommersant FM radio station was Alexei Vorobyov. This was reported to Interfax a source in the Kommersant Publishing House. "Vorobyov was appointed editor -in -chief of the radio station," the agency’s interlocutor said. On July 11, it became known that the editor -in -chief of Kommersant FM Dmitry Solopov leaves his post.

Pussy Riot. Fragment of the cover of the magazine "Art Khronika" The leadership of France shares the concern of the European Union in connection with the process in the Pussy Riot case. According to Interfax, a representative of the French Foreign Ministry of Foreign Affairs Vincent Floreani stated.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Photo: Victor Chernov/Russian Look At the Center for Public Procedures “Business Against Corruption”, Business Russia received an official appeal of the ex-head of “Yukos” Mikhail Khodorkovsky about the examination by the so-called second sentence, Interfax reports. "On Wednesday, at about 17.00, lawyer Denis Dyatlev handed me a package of documents.

Ekaterina Samutsevich, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and the convoy in the Khamovnichesky Court. Frame NTV The Khamovnican Court of Moscow will highlight a separate press hall, in which on August 17 the sentence will be broadcast with respect to the participants in the Pussy Riot punk group. According to RIA Novosti, this was reported by the press secretary of the court Daria Lyakh.

Madonna. Photo from the veli www.drudgereport.com Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin called the pop star Madonna "former whore, who seeks to give lectures on morality." He wrote about this on his Twitter. "Each ex -b. With age seeks to give all lectures on morality. Especially during foreign tour and tours," Rogozin wrote.