Drugorossy held a rally against the increase in fines for rallies near the building of the Federal Bailiff Service. Video by Andrey Novichkov, August 20, 2012.

Explosion. Photo by ar The criminal case on the preparation of a terrorist attack was instituted in Tatarstan after the discovery of the undermined "Lada" and the remains of three people near the Kazan-Zelenodolsk highway, the Republican Directorate of the Investigative Committee reports . "On the night of August 20 in the Zelenodolsky district of the republic, near the Kazan-Zelenodolsk highway, a VAZ-2110 car was discovered with signs of an explosion.

Pussy Riot supporters staged a protest during Sunday Mass at Cologne Cathedral, according to Deutsche Welle. Two boys and a girl in multi-colored costumes walked to the altar, shouting the slogan "Free Pussy Riot". On the head of one of the protesters was a green balaclava, in the hands of the activists was a banner "Free Pussy Riot and all prisoners" ("Free Pussy Riot and all prisoners"). The gatekeepers of the cathedral took the activists outside and called the police.

Mikhail Yampolsky. Frame Grani-TV The trial of Pussy Riot marked the end of the project called "National Idea". Most countries successfully exist without any national idea. The countries that have gravitating to authoritarianism and especially totalitarianism are always in search of a national idea. This idea allows mobilizing the masses. Putin's Russia is constantly looking for ways of rallying, unification, formations of people and territories around the current government.

Hasan Huseynov. Photo from the site www.philol.msu.ru Today through the channels of Skalp and Gmaila I.V. Stalin gave an exclusive interview to our publication. Joseph Vissarionovich, what do you think about the Pussy Rait case? It is important not what Stalin thinks, the party line is important. Here we have no disagreement. What do you mean? The Russian Federation has entered the era of crisis.

A picket against the Law on languages ​​in Kharkov. Photo from the site mignews.com.ua In Kharkov, opponents of the law "On the Fundamentals of the State Language Policy" tried to break through to the building of the City Council, where at an extraordinary session the deputies granted the Russian language the status of the regional. This was reported by "Gazeta.ua". In the morning, opponents of the "linguistic" law with flags and posters gathered at the City Council.

At the Madonna concert in St. Petersburg. Frame of the video from the official page The city prosecutor's office received about 140 complaints about violations that allegedly took place at the Madonna concert in St. Petersburg. This was reported by RIA "Novosti" with reference to the representative of the department. Most of them came on the Internet. “About 130 complaints were received in the Internet reception, about 140 pieces were received in total,” the agency’s interlocutor said.

Ilya Milstein An anecdote, a mystery about drowned police officers is funny, but life is funnier. Or sadder. However, the joke is essentially sad: the boat is turning over, three cops are dying, how many died? Guess: six, three more - during the investigative experiment.

Pussy Riot in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior The Main Investigative Department of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Moscow is investigating a criminal case against the remaining participants of Punk-Molebne in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. According to RIA Novosti, this was reported in the press service of the capital's head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Activists of the "Other Russia" held a rally on Monday against the increase in fines for rallies. According to the correspondent of Graney.Ru, the other Russians came to the building of the Federal Bailiffs Service on Kuznetsky Most and burned their own resolutions on fines. The action was held under the slogan "No tax on freedom!". The prefecture refused to agree on a picket near the FSPP building. Drugorossy refuse to pay fines under a new law on rallies that came into force in June.

Deacon Sergey Baranov. Photo: ru-antireligion.livejournal.com The Tambov diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church accused the deacon of Sergius Baranov of drunkenness, rampant behavior and "unhealthy attitude to vestments." The corresponding message is published on the official website of the diocese. Earlier, in an open letter, Patriarch Baranov abandoned San in protest against the sentence to Pussy Riot to the Pussy Riot. Baranov, according to the diocese, was ordained a deacon in 1994.

A young man detained for the use of a gas can. Photo by E. Mikheeva/Grani.ru The police transferred materials to the Investigative Committee to the leader of the OGF Harry Kasparov and another detainee at the Khamovnichesky court, who applied the pepper spray. According to RIA Novosti, the materials are transmitted to make a procedural decision. Both faces a criminal case under Article 318 of the Criminal Code - the application of violence against a representative of the authorities.

Fight. Photo SFN A fight using traumatic weapons occurred in the village of Krotovka of the Samara region, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the regional Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. As a result, three people went to the hospital. The conflict occurred due to a dispute about whose fired buildings firefighters should extinguish in the first place. On Sunday, in the village of Kinel-Cherkassky district, a barn caught fire near a house belonging to a gypsy family.

Tony Scott. Photo: DigitalSpy.co.uk The film director Tony Scott committed suicide, jumping from the bridge in Los Angeles, reports Associated Press. He was 68 years old. On Monday night, there was several reports to the rescue service that someone had jumped from the Vincent Thomas bridge in the harbor of Los Angeles. A few hours later, divers caught the body.

Vladimir Churov on the air "Russia-24" The head of the Central Election Commission Vladimir Churov called a seasonal hesitation a reduction in 700 thousand of the number of Russian citizens who have the right to participate in the elections, RIA Novosti reports. “This is a seasonal fluctuation. This is less than 1 percent,” Churov said.