75 years ago, on August 17, 1939, Fedor Raskolnikov completed an open letter to Stalin, published after the death of the author, October 1, in New Russia.

Image from the site fond-sblizhenie.ru On Sunday, the Russian Consulate General in Kharkov passed a picket in support of the federalization of Siberia. According to Interfax-Ukraine , about 50 activists of the Euromaidan and the public organization "Gromadska Varta Kharkov" entered the picket.

Russian convoy. Short "Russia 1" The Ukrainian authorities recognized the contents of Russian trucks with humanitarian aid. According to UNIAN, the corresponding order was signed by the Minister of Social Policy of Ukraine Lyudmila Denisova. "According to Articles 4 and 5 of the Law of Ukraine" On Humanitarian Assistance "taking into account the initiative of the President of Ukraine P.

Police vehicles on Lenin Square in Novosibirsk. Photo: @mid_sibir The police tore off the "march for compliance with the constitutional system" in Novosibirsk. Some activists who were going to take part in the procession are interrogated, another group was blocked in a rented apartment. On the Square of Lenin, where the action was supposed to take place, photographers, operators and about 10 alleged provocateurs gathered, reports Artem Krylisov on Twitter .

A rally of memory of the victims of Beslan. Photo by A. Karpyuk/Grani.ru The largest Russian Internet service provider Rostelecom blocks access to the Pravda Beslan website in a number of regions, users in social networks report. As the creator of the site Marina Litvinovich specified, neither she nor the hosting provider received any notifications of blocking, the site is not listed in the register of Roskomnadzor.

Rasul Gamzatov In Vladikavkaz, the deputy mufti of North Ossetia Rasul Gamzatov was killed, according to the website of the Investigative Committee. On August 16, at 23:40, at the entrance of an apartment building on Dovator Avenue, an unknown person fired at least seven shots from a firearm of unidentified sample in Gamzatov. "Having received multiple gunshot wounds of his head and body, he died at the scene," the TFR said in a statement.

Dmitry Yarosh. Photo from a personal page on Facebook The Ukrainian movement "Right Sector" demanded to conduct personnel cleaning in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and stop the criminal prosecution of activists. In the appeal to President Petro Poroshenko, the leaders of the Right Sector Dmitry Yarosh and Andrei Stempitsky threatened the “campaign to Kiev” if their requirements are not fulfilled within two days.

Ilya Demutsky. Photo from a personal page on Facebook In St. Petersburg, a composer Ilya Demutsky was attacked. As the victim himself said on Facebook , the attackers agreed with him about the interview, introducing himself as the employees of the Rain television channel. When Demutsky came to a meeting to the Mariinsky Theater, an unknown person attacked him with a stamper.

Detention of a picket in Yekaterinburg. Photo from Twitter Sergey Anokhin (@tankist71) In Yekaterinburg, two participants in the action "For federalization" were detained, activists on Twitter reported. 15-20 people in T-shirts “enough to feed Moscow” came to the area of ​​labor, some launched posters, including the symbols of the Ural Republic. According to eyewitnesses, there were more provocateurs to the rally than participants. One of the provocateurs is also detained.

The city of Yasinovataya. Photo: Shukach.com The forces of the ATO took control of the Yasinovataya district center in the Donetsk region, which has strategic importance. This was announced on his Facebook page President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko. The 5th brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine entered the city. "The Ukrainian flag is established. The National Guard is completing the search and liquidation of certain groups of militants," the head of state writes.

Pavel Klimkin. Frame of Channel One The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavel Klimkin asked the EU and NATO Military Aid. “If we get such help, it will be easier for our troops to act on the spot,” Klimkina quotes Deutsche Welle . The minister called the threat of the Russian invasion of a very serious one: Ukrainian troops are constantly shelling from the territory of Russia, the supply of weapons and the transfer of militants are not stopped.

80 years ago, on August 17, 1934, the first All -Union Congress of Soviet Writers opened in Moscow. With a greeting from the Central Committee of the All -Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks and the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR, the secretary of the Central Committee of the All -Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks turned to the congress Andrey Zhdanov.

Flamethrower "bumblebee" The Security Service of Ukraine neutralized a group of Russian terrorists. As reported on the website of the Ukrainian president , the head of the SBU Valentin Nalyvaichenko reported to Petro Poroshenko about this. "The SBU detained six participants in the terrorist group suspected of implementing an explosion on the night of August 3 on the territory of the Kharkov armored factory.

30 years ago, on August 17, 1984, the wife of academician Andrei Sakharov Elena Bonner was sentenced by the Gorky Regional Court to 5 years in Gorky for "slanderous fabrications" at the address of the Soviet state. Thus, she was deprived of the opportunity to leave the city where her husband was in exile, and contact foreign correspondents.

5 years ago, on August 17, 2009, there was a disaster at the Sayano-Shushenskaya HPP, which claimed 75 lives. Those in the engine room heard a loud bang in the area of ​​hydroelectric unit No. 2 and saw the release of a powerful column of water. Streams of water quickly flooded the engine room and the rooms below it, and many people who were there died.