Alekhina, Tolokno and Madonna. Photo from the official page of Madonna in FB Former Pussy Riot participants Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alekhina at a concert at Barclayce Center in New York, organized by Amnesty International, called for the liberation of the "swamp prisoners". Madonna invited the former political prisoners to the stage. “It is a great honor for me to present my comrades - Freedom fighters Masha and Nadia from Pussy Riot,” said Madonna.

Foreign Ministry of Russia. Frame of Channel One The Russian Foreign Ministry called on the participants of all armed conflicts going on the planet to a truce during the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Sochi.

Alexei Navalny gets acquainted with the decision on the recess. Photo by Anna Vedita The metropolitan administration of the Federal Bailiff Service confirmed the payment by the leader of the People’s Alliance Alexei Navalny, a fine of 500 thousand rubles awarded to him in the Kirovles case. The corresponding message is published on the website of the department. According to the bailiffs, the receipt of the payment of the fine was submitted to the service two days ago.

On Manezhnaya Square in Moscow, 37 participants in the action were detained in support of the "swamp prisoners", the OTD-info reports.

Medomaidan's first -aid post in the House of Trade Unions. Photo by Yu. Timofeev/Brani.ru In the Kiev House of Trade Unions - one of the headquarters of the Euromaidan - the activist with an explosion of the bomb tore off the brush of one hand and several fingers on the other. This was reported by "Today.ua" with reference to another activist, Anatoly Vedmidi. The website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine says that the victim also received eyes damage.

Vyacheslav Shulyakovsky. Photo: admin.chita.ru Vice-mayor Chita, head of the city committee on infrastructure development Vyacheslav Shulyakovsky was detained for fraud during tenders. This was reported on the website of the TFR. Shulyakovsky at home was searched. In the near future, the issue of choosing a preventive measure will be resolved.

A memorable cross for the UPA soldiers in Kharkov. Photo from the site 057.ua In Kharkov, a monument to the soldiers of the Ukrainian rebel army (UPA), installed in the city youth park, was damaged, Interfax reports with reference to representatives of the Ukrainian Youth Union. According to the interlocutors of the agency, the monument is a two -meter metal cross - sawn, the inscription of the "Ukrainian rebel army" is disrupted.

European Parliament. Photo: europarl.europa.eu Deputies of the European Parliament adopted a resolution in which they call for sanctions against Ukrainian officials and businessmen, the press service of the EP reports . Before the vote, an amendment was adopted, mitigating the wording - the word "introduction" was replaced by "preparation" of sanctions.

In the flooded Khabarovsk, morning 08/22/2013. Photo: dkphoto.livejournal.com The federal fishing agency can be transferred to Khabarovsk. This was reported by Izvestia with reference to a source close to the department. The interlocutor of the publication said that since the summer of 2013, lists of state structures have been preparing in the government, which is supposed to be transferred to the Far East. Among these departments are Rosrybolovstvo.

The main monument of the memorial complex "Brest Fortress" The American television company CNN apologized for including the main monument of the Brest Fortress in the list of the most ugly monuments of the world . The text of the initial article published the editor's note. “We understand that the author of the Brest Hero Fortress in this article caused indignation in Belarus. It was unintentional and we apologized. The article set forth an ironic view of monumental structures around the world.

Protest in Kyiv. Photo by Yu. Timofeeva/Grani.ru In Kiev, about four thousand participants in the protest shares surrounded the government quarter along the Institutskaya, Grushevsky Street and in the Mariinsky Park, UNIAN reports . Thus, more than a thousand law enforcement officers turned out to be in the rally ring. Some of them have firearms with them. The column took place with the flags of Ukraine, the flags in Freedom, the Self -Defense of the Maidan.

The main monument of the memorial complex "Brest Fortress" The Directorate of the Brest Fortress Memorial will require an apology and compensation for non -pecuniary damage from the CNN television company, RIA Novosti reports. CNN included the main monument to the "Brest Fortress" in the list of the most ugly monuments of the world . "So it is impossible to relate to memory, the monument is primarily erected as a memory of those who died.

State Duma. Photos of faces The State Duma Committee on Constitutional Law and State Building supported the amendment obliging new parties to collect at least 200 thousand voter signatures for participation in the elections, RIA Novosti reports. The amendment to the second reading of the bill on the system of election of the lower house was proposed by the leaders of all four factions.

Leo Rubinstein. Photo by the border.ru Once I became - not a participant, no - rather a witness to a very small and, happiness, completely bloodless Crimean war. And why I remembered this not too fateful moment of my own biography these days - I think that it is clear. I'll start with the beginning. For a very long time, namely in August 1968, I was in the company of my older brother and his wife in the city of Sevastopol.

Deputies from the LDPR Yaroslav Nilov and Igor Lebedev introduced a bill to the State Duma, prohibiting from 7:00 to 24:00 to demonstrate in the "information and telecommunication networks" scenes of violence committed by minors. The document is published in the basis of the bills of the lower house.