Mark Feigin. Photo by Lyudmila Barkova/Grani.ru To represent the interests of the navigator of the Air Force of Ukraine Nadezhda Savchenko, who was captured by militants and transferred to Russia, will be lawyer Mark Feigin. He himself reported this on Twitter. Savchenko is located in the Voronezh pre -trial detention center on charges of involvement in the murder of VGTRK journalists near Lugansk. “So, I defend Nadezhda Savchenko. From today.

The action of supporters of the beam legalization. Photo by D. BORKO/Front The legalization of marijuana for medical or any other purposes in Russia today is impossible. According to ITAR-TASS, this was stated by Deputy Minister of Health Dmitry Kostennikov, commenting on the campaign held in the United States in support of the legalization of mild drugs. "Now we do not see such an opportunity for Russia.

Raul Castro and Vladimir Putin. Photo: kremlin.ru Vladimir Putin, who makes a visit to Latin America and is currently in Cuba, promised to help the island state in the conditions of the blockade by the United States, Interfax reports. "We will provide Cuban friends with helping illegal blockade," he said, following a meeting with the chairman of the Council of Ministers of Cuba, Raul Castro. On the part of Washington, a trade, economic and financial insulation operates in relation to Havana.

110 years ago, on July 12, 1904, the Chilean poet-communist and diplomat Pablo Nerud (Ricardo Reyes Basoalto), the Nobel laureate of 1971 "For poetry, which embodied the fate of the whole continent", was born. In 1953, he also became the laureate of the International Stalinist Prize "For Strengthening the World between the Peoples." Neruda died of cancer in Santiago on September 23, 1973, shortly after the military coup and the death of his friend, President Salvador Allende.

Drawers. Photo by D. BORKO/Brani.ru The military commissar of Moscow has become an object of verification by law enforcement agencies, Interfax reports with reference to sources in law enforcement agencies. "At present, the military investigative bodies are being verified by the Major General Viktor Shchepilov, the military commissar of the capital received during the prosecutor’s inspection.

Signature collection point. Photo by Dmitry Zykov The opposition coalition in the elections to the Moscow City Duma got off the distance - most of the candidates were not able to collect signatures of three percent of voters in their district. The headquarters of Maria Gaidar and Maxim Katz coped with the task. At the last moment , Olga Romanova passed the signature to the election room .

Valeria Novodvorskaya. Photos of faces In Moscow, at the 65th year of life, a journalist, politician and public figure Valery Novodvorskaya died. “On Saturday, Valery Ilyinichna was hospitalized in one of the capital's clinics, but it was not possible to save her, she died,” the doctors told Interfax. Lenta.ru clarifies that Novodvorskaya entered in serious condition in the intensive care unit of the purulent surgery of GKB No. 13. She died of infectious-toxic shock.

Sergey Kryukov. Photo by Vyacheslav Fochenkova In Ulyanovsk, a publicist and civil activist Sergei Kryukov was arrested. This was announced on Friday in Facebook "Ulyapus" Local activist Vyacheslav Fochenkov. As it turned out, Kryukov since June 18 is contained in the SIZO-1 in the regional center. What articles of the Criminal Code are charged with a publicist, Fochenkov did not specify. Fochenkov first wrote about the disappearance of Kryukov on July 6.

Dalya Grybausk. Photo: President.lt The President of Lithuania Dalya Gribauskaite, re -elected for a second term, took the oath of the head of state at the inauguration, RBC reports. "I, Dalya Grybauskit, swear to the people to keep the loyalty of the Republic of Lithuania and the Constitution, respect and fulfill laws, protect the integrity of Lithuania lands!" - said Gribauskay.

Installation of volley fire "Grad". Photo: mil.ru On Saturday night, the militants made several shelling of the positions of forces of the anti -terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. This was announced on Facebook by the head of the Information Resistance group Dmitry Tymchuk. "A number of shelling of the positions of the ATO forces with the use of BM -21 BM1 team -wire fire systems are committed. In particular, positions near the settlements of Lower Dyechko, Dyakovo, Zelenopolie were fired.

120 years ago, on July 12, 1894, the writer Isaac Emmanuilovich Babel was born, famous for the collections of the short stories of Konarmia and Odessa Stories and the victim of the Stalinist repressions. To his future wife Antonin Pirozhkova, he conveyed his impressions of continuous collectivization: “... I have seen a lot of humiliations, stamping and destruction of a person as such, but all this was physical humiliation, trampling and illegation.

Alexander Borodai. Frame TVC The European Union expanded the sanctions list of citizens of Ukraine, adding 11 people to it. According to Lenta.ru, the Prime Minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic Alexander Borodai, chairman of the Security Service of the DPR Alexander Khodakovsky, Deputy Prime Minister in Social Policy Alexander Kalyusky, Minister of Information and Mass Communications, Alexander Kryakov, got into the list.