Wilhelm Cuba and Elena Mazanik 70 years ago, on September 22, 1943, the general commissar of the occupied Belarus Wilhelm Cuba was killed as a result of the explosion of the mines put under his bed by the Soviet agent Elena Mazanik. Mazanik, who worked as a maid near Cuba, was recruited by the captain of state security Nikolai Khokhlov, who in 1954, refusing to eliminate the NTS leader George Okolovich, remained in the West.

Bo Silaya in the courtroom. Fair Fairfax Media The court in the Chinese Jinan sentenced the disgraced policy of Bo Silaya, accused of corruption and abuse of power, by a life sentence. The court found Bo Silaya guilty of all the accusations and rejected all the arguments of his defense, the Air Force reports. The prosecutors previously called not to make concessions to the former party boss, since according to them, he did not repent of his deed.

Swiss flag. Collage "Grani.ru" Residents of the Italian canton of Tichino in the south of Switzerland voted on Sunday for the introduction of a ban on wearing Paransha, Burki or Nikab in public places, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Swiss media. According to Radio Television Suisse, about 65 percent of the referendum participants on this issue spoke for the ban on wearing clothes covering the face. Thus, Tichino became the first of the 26 Swiss cantons to introduce a ban on Paransha.

Evgeny Havtan on Rokyznik. Photo by Dmitry Borko In Moscow on Sunday, the Rokunitik charity concert was held in support of the defendants of the “Swamp business”. As the correspondent of the "faces" reports, in the film concert hall "Mir" was a full house, people were sitting on the steps. The concert was attended by Yuri Shevchuk ("DDT"), Andrei Makarevich, Evgeny Khavtan ("Bravo"), the Noize MC rapper, the group "Politable Refusal", Zorge and Kira Lao.

Sergey Lavrov. Photo: Government.rf US statements about the intention to curtail work on Syria in the organization to prohibit chemical weapons in case the UN Security Council refuses to accept a resolution on Syria based on chapter 7 of the UN Charter, are blackmailing in Russia. According to RIA Novosti, this statement was made by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

On September 22, Moscow will host a charitable campaign in support of the accused in the "swamp case". The film concert hall "Mir", beginning at 18:00. Participate Yuri Shevchuk ("DDT"), Andrei Makarevich ("Time Machine"), Evgeny Havtan ("Bravo"), Roman Suslov ("Polite Refusal"), Noize MC, groups and "Kira Lao". The concert will be Mikhail Efremov. The action was supported by Diana Arbenin and Boris Grebenshchikov. All musicians act for free, expressing solidarity with prisoners.

The victim of the attack in Nairobi. Frame CBS The United States condemned the attack on visitors to the shopping center in the capital of Kenya Nairobi, whose victims were 43 people, and offered their assistance in the investigation, said Kaitlin Hayden, representative of the US Presidential Security Council. "The involved in this vile crime should be involved in the court, and we offered our help in investigation by the Kenya government," Hayden said.

Angel Merkel. Photo from the site bundestag.de Blok Angels Merkel "The Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union" (HDS/CSS) wins the Bundestag elections, RIA Novosti reports. According to various ec-regulations, the CDU/CSS is gaining 42-42.5 percent of voters, which means that Merkel receives a chance to head the government again. In total, four or five batches go to the Bundestag.

Ahmad Jarba. Photo Getty Images The National Coalition of the Syrian opposition and revolutionary forces announced the intention to visit the planned conference of Western countries in Geneva. This was announced by the Sky News Arabia channel with reference to the letter of the Coalition Head of Ahmad Jarba to the UN Security Council.

Israeli special forces. Photo endthelie.com Israeli servicemen joined the operations against militants who captured hostages at a Nairobi shopping center, Jerusalem Post reports. According to the latest data, the militants continue to hold about 30 hostages. As a result of an attack on a shopping center in the Kenyan capital, which partially belongs to Israeli owners, at least 59 people were killed, about 200 were injured.