Ivan Nepomnya in court, 08/20/2015. Photo by Yuri Timofeev/Grani.ru In the Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow, the process of Ivan Nepomnya began - the last person involved in the expelled rally in Bolotnaya Square. This was reported by the correspondent of "faces" from the courtroom. The case is examined by judge Alexei Kaveshnikov, the prosecution is supported by the prosecutor Kostoev. Lawyers Dmitry Dinze and Olga Chavdar defend the accused.

Sergey Litvinov. Shot video of the TFR The Rostov Regional Court extended the collective farmer from the Luhansk region Sergey Litvinov, arrested as a fighter of the Dnipro National Guard Battalion, the term of detention in the pre -trial detention center until November 13. It is reported by Kommersant. Last month, a hostage lawyer Viktor Parshutkin stated that the investigation in the case is supposed to be completed just by November .

75 years ago, on August 20, 1940, NKVD agent Ramon Mercader, posing as a Trotskyist, was alone with Trotsky in his office in a villa in Coyoacan (Mexico City), inflicted a fatal blow to his head with an ice pick. Mercader tried to escape, but was captured by the guards, who came running to the cry of Trotsky. The guards almost killed the assassin, but Trotsky demanded that he be left alive in order to find out who sent him. The next day he died.

Photo: levdurov.ru Actor Lev Durov died on Thursday night in the intensive care unit of the first city hospital in Moscow at the age of 83. This is reported by Interfax. Durov was hospitalized two weeks ago with suspected stroke, but during the examination he was diagnosed with acute heart failure. A week later, the actor fell ill with inflammation of the lungs, and due to a long stay in immobility, blood clots began to form.

Mustafa Degermendzhi. Photo with personal VK page On Wednesday, the Kiev District Court of Simferopol extended the defendant "February 26" Mustafa Deggermmenji, the detention period in the pre -trial detention center until November 7, and only up to six months. This was reported on the website of the Majlis of the Crimean Tatar people. Degermendzhi is 26 years old, he is a resident of the village of Grushevka (Suvuk-Sala) of the Sudak City Council, worked as a trade representative.

Central headquarters of United Russia. Photo: Google.Maps Electoral campaigns of candidates for governors, including from United Russia, are financed from abroad. According to Vedomosti, this is proved in the report of the Voice movement. Last year, a number of regions were headed by governors who used foreign financing. This year their number will increase. The most significant donations from foreign sources are received by United Russia, the report said.

Roy Johns Jr. and Vladimir Putin. Photo of the Kremlin press service The American boxer, the absolute world champion Roy Johns Jr. wrote a statement in Yalta for Russian citizenship. This is reported by Interfax. "I want to become an active member of Russian society. I love Russian society how it loves me. Obtaining Russian citizenship will make it easier for me to build a bridge between countries and their unification," Jones said.

Jean-Mari Le Pen. Photo: Frontnational.com The founder of the French ultra-right National Front, Jean-Mari, Le Pen, was expelled from the party. This decision was made today by the executive bureau of the NF, reports Le Monde. The current party of the party Marine Le Pen, the daughter of politics, was not present at the meeting. The guilt of the 87-year-old Le Pen was put his statements in an interview.

Maxim Petlin. Photo: petlin.ru The ex-deputy of the Duma of Yekaterinburg, the former leader of the Sverdlovsk branch of Yabloko, Maxim Petlin, freed himself from the colony, reports Znak.com. He is already at home. “He called me from home. It was a very brief conversation,” assistant Petlin Irina Skachkova told the publication.

The inscription on the building "Memorial". Photo: Memo.ru The Ministry of Communications in the new bill, changing the rules for registering the media, proposes, in particular, to prohibit the institutions of the NPO - "foreign agents". This was reported by "Vedomosti" with reference to the text of the document published on the portal of "Public Discussion". Among other proposed innovations - checking the names of publications for compliance with the principles of humanity and morality.

Alexis Tsipras in the Kremlin. Photo: kremlin.ru The head of the Greece government, Alexis Tsipras, at a meeting with the ministers and members of the ruling party, Siriza resigned and announced the need to hold early parliamentary elections, BBC reports . According to Greek media, the elections will be held on September 20. “The political mandate received in the January 25 elections is exhausted, and the Greeks need to speak out about their preferences again,” Tsipras said.

Maxim Efimov. Frame of the regional television of Karelia Human rights activist Maxim Efimov, several years ago, received political asylum in Estonia, on Wednesday turned to the FSB director Alexander Bortnikov with an open letter , in which he expressed his readiness to return to Russia and undergo unreasonable criminal prosecution of extremism in exchange for the release of Eston Co -ray security officer, sentenced to 15 years.

Vladimir Yakunin. Photo: rzd.ru The head of Russian Railways, Vladimir Yakunin, goes to work in the Federation Council. This was stated by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev during a meeting with the First Deputy Minister of Transport Oleg Belozerov, according to the government portal.

The celebration of the apple rescue in the peat. Photo: vk.com/park.torf The police fined the Orthodox community that organized the celebration of an apple rescue in Parka Park (the Transfiguration of the Lord). This is reported by Interfax. Before the celebration, the gathered at the stage sang the prayer "Heavenly King" in chorus. The police regarded this as a public prayer, which was not agreed with the municipal authorities.

160 years ago, on August 20, 1855, the first issue of the Polar Star magazine came out, printed at the Free Printing House in London. Alexander Herzen planned to release the first issue on July 13 (25), on the anniversary of the execution of the Decembrists, "on the day of our Good Friday, on the day on which five gallows became five crucifixes for us," but did not have time.