On December 28, 2012, one of the oldest Russian human rights activists, the head of the Interregional Human Rights Center , Vladimir Andreevich Shaklein , died. On September 5, a presentation of Shaklein’s book “For the Law and Dignity of Man” was held in the Sakharov Center. Veniamine Dmitroshkina Video.

Muhammad Mursi. Frame from the Nazi interview On the Internet, a video of the interview of the current president of Egypt Muhammad Mursi, which contains offensive statements addressed to Jews and Israel, has been published on the Internet. This was reported by the Israeli portal Ynet. The video dates from 2010.

3rd Congress of the Left Front. January 5, 2013, Moscow. Photo by Daria Mitina The Left Front at its 3rd Congress again decided on the foundation of the Unified Socialist Party. "To continue the course on integration and unification of the left forces with the prospect of creating and registering a single left party in the near future. Coordinate actions in this direction with allies on the left political flank," the resolution of the congress that held on Saturday in Moscow.

Voronezh-M radar in the Irkutsk region. Photo "Lenta.ru" In 2013, the Ministry of Defense will begin the construction of three radar stations of the Voronezh type. "The construction of new veins of high factory readiness will begin in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, the Altai Territory and in the Orenburg region," ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the official representative of the aerospace defense forces of Colonel Alexei Zolotukhin.

Bashar Assad and Vladimir Putin. Photo: cnn.com Bashar Assad, who spoke on Sunday with an appeal to the nation, thanked Russia and China for his support. According to the BBC, this is the first appeal of Assad to citizens since June last year. Assad performed at the Opera Theater in the center of Damascus, his speech was broadcast on television. At the same time, fierce battles between the government army and the forces of the rebels continued near the capital.

Meeting Putin and Depardieu. Photo of the Kremlin press service Vladimir Putin on Saturday night handed Gerard Depardieu a Russian passport. According to Presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov, a brief meeting was held on Saturday evening in Sochi. "On the occasion of Department, the Russian passport was transferred to him in the Russian Federation," Peskov said.

Pavel Krupnov. Photo from the portal "Regional News" (Volgograd) The deputy head of the regional government Pavel Krupnov was detained in Volgograd. According to the website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the official is suspected of receiving a bribe of 17 million rubles. The detention was carried out by employees of the regional economic security department together with colleagues from the federal headquarters. According to police, Krupnov received a bribe from one of the entrepreneurs.

Photo by Patriarch Kirill, remote from the website of the Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill supported the draft law tightening responsibility for insulting religious feelings. "A penalty of several hundred rubles for blasphemous inscriptions in the temple, mosque or synagogue suggests that society does not fully realize the importance of protecting human dignity, in particular the protection of religious feelings of believers," he said in an interview with the interfax -religion portal.