2055 years ago, on December 7, 43 BC, the outstanding Roman orator, philosopher and politician Mark Tullius Cicero was executed. He paid with his life for giving a series of speeches "Philippis against Mark Antony." “Like Helen for the Trojans, so Mark Antony for our state became the cause of war, pestilence and death,” the speaker argued. The speaker tried to escape to Greece, but the killers overtook him not far from his villa.

Tymoshenko in prison. Photo: Pravda.com.ua Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko stopped a hunger strike at the request of supporters of European integration who organized protests on Independence Square in Kyiv. About this with reference to the daughter of ex-Prime Minister Yevgeny Tymoshenko reports Interfax. Tymoshenko kept the hunger strike from November 25 in protest against the decision of the country's authorities on the termination of the integration process with Europe.

Euromaidan: "Putin, hands off Ukraine." Photo by L. Barkova/Grani.ru Vladimir Putin and Viktor Yanukovych at a meeting in Sochi did not discuss the possibility of Ukraine’s entry into the Customs Union, the press secretary of the head of the Russian state Dmitry Peskov said.

Vladimir Putin and Viktor Yanukovych. Photo of the Kremlin press service At the meeting of Vladimir Putin and Viktor Yanukovych, an agreement was reached in Sochi in the Customs Union, the British journalist, senior editor of The Economist, Edward Lucas, said on Twitter.

Merrill Newman. Photo Tsak The DPRK authorities reported that they sent Merrill Newman from the country of the previously detained 85-year-old American tourist, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Central Telegraph Agency of Korea. Last week, the United States called on Pyongyang immediately release Newman, who was detained in October and was in custody for more than a month. Earlier, Newman spoke on North Korean television, admitting to war crimes.

December 7 at 19:00 in the "International Memorial" (Karetny Ryad, 5/10) will host the evening of memory of Natalia Gorbanevskaya. The poet, translator, human rights activist Natalya Gorbanevskaya died on the night of November 29 in Paris at the age of 77. On December 4, she was buried in Paris in the Pere Lashez cemetery. Natalya Evgenievna Gorbanevskaya was born in 1936 in Moscow, graduated from the Philfak of the University of Leningrad.

On December 7, at 12:00, a share of solidarity with participants in the Euromaidan will take place near the Ukrainian embassy in Moscow. From the appeal of the organizers: “We support the civilizational choice of Ukrainians - in favor of democracy, freedom, respect for personality. European Ukraine will serve as an important example for us, Russians.

Elton John. Photo from the site www.sheetmusicusa.com British singer Elton John spoke with a concert in Moscow, urging fans to find harmony and enjoy music without discrimination by age, race, religion and sexual orientation. According to RIA Novosti, on Friday the musician played a concert at Crocus City Hall in Moscow. He said that many discouraged him to perform in Russia due to the ban on gay propaganda among minors, but the singer did not upset fans and change his decision.

Ivan Demidov. Photo from the site www.fomacenter.ru Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev dismissed the Deputy Minister of Culture Ivan Demidov, RIA Novosti reports. As noted at the disposal of the Government, Demidov was dismissed at his own request. Earlier it was reported that Demidov wrote a letter of resignation and will engage in the implementation of the largest project of the Moscow Region - the creation of the Russian National Park.

Meeting Klitschko and Saakashvili. Photo of the press service of the blow Putin Russia is trying to carry out the raider seizure of Ukraine, said the ex-president of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili. “This is a matter of all Europe and the whole world,” he said in Kyiv at a meeting with the party leader Vitaly Klitschko. A video from the meeting that was held in a cafe on Independence Square was published by the press service.

Oleg Tyagnibok, Arseniy Yatsenyuk and Vladimir Klitschko on Euromaidan. Photo of the press service of the party "Fatherland" The leaders of the leading opposition forces of Ukraine - "Fatherland", "Freedom" and the blow - formulated the three main requirements, after which they will be ready to start negotiations with the authorities.

The action of solidarity with Euromaidan in Moscow. Frame Grani-TV In Moscow on Saturday, a share of solidarity with Euromaidan was held. According to the correspondent of the "faces", one and a half dozen activists came to the Ukrainian embassy, ​​representatives of Ukrainian fraternity joined them. Participants of the action launched the poster "Each nation has the right to self -determination", one of them performed the anthem of Ukraine.

Metro station "Voikovskaya". Photo from the site Metro.ru State Duma deputies from Fair Russia offered the mayor of Moscow Sergey Sobyanin to rename Voikova Street and Voikovskaya metro station in honor of the deceased fighter with the Nelson Mandela apartheid, Interfax reports. The request was signed by deputies Alexander Ageev and Mikhail Serdyuk. "Humanity has long recognized the fact of the execution of the royal family.