Vladislav Daemny. Photo: lug-info.com Self -proclaimed DPR and LPR are ready to hold local elections according to Ukrainian laws. This was stated by the authorized LPR at the negotiations of the trilateral contact group Vladislav Demol. Local elections in the Donbass are proposed to be held on February 21. Earlier, the "elections" in the LPR were scheduled for November 1, in the DPR - on October 18.

35 years ago, on September 22, 1980, the Iraqi army crossed the border river Shatt al-Arab and invaded the Iranian province of Khuzestan. Thus began the Iran-Iraq war, which lasted until 1988 and claimed many hundreds of thousands of lives. Neither side achieved victory: the war ended with the status quo preserved. Iran spent more than $600 billion on the war. About the same amount was spent by Iraq and the oil monarchies of the Persian Gulf that supported it.

Semyon Tykman in the courtroom. Photo: Grani.ru In the Kirov Court of Yekaterinburg, the process of the former teacher of the Jewish gymnasium "Or Avner" Semen Tykman, accused of extremism, resumed. According to the correspondent of the "faces", none of the witnesses of the prosecution, except for the employee of the FSB, appeared at the meeting. The judge decided on the forced drive of witnesses to the next meeting, which will be held on October 8.

Maxim Zhavoronkov. Photo: pskov.ru The administration of the Pskov region does not have political problems, and the region’s authorities have nothing to do with the case of an attack on journalist Oleg Kashin. This was stated by Deputy Governor Maxim Zhavoronkov, BBC reports . This is the first reaction of the Pskov authorities to the suspicions of the crime expressed in relation to Governor Andrei Turchak.

Tair Smedlyaev in court. Photo: Qha.com.ua The judge of the illegitimate Armenian district court of Crimea Larisa Likhachev refused to re -arrest the defendant in the “May 3 case” Tair Smedlyaev, who had previously left the pre -trial detention center for guarantee. This was announced on his Facebook page by the brother of the accused, the head of the Central Election Commission of the Crimean Tatar people Zair Smedlyaev.

Edgar Savisar. Photo by Ave Maria Mystlik/Wikipedia The mayor of Tallinn, the former Estonian Prime Minister Edgar Savisaar was detained in the case of corruption. It is reported by Postimees. In the morning on Tuesday, police officers arrived at the Hundisilm farm near Tallinn, where Savisaar lives, and announced a policy of suspicion of repeatedly receiving bribes.

Dmitry Tsorionov before the trial. Photo: @Chateau_margo Judge of the Tver District Court of Moscow Maria Sizintseva arrested the leader of the Orthodox movement "God's Volya" Dmitry Tsorionov (Enteo) for 10 days for participation in the pogrom of the exhibition "Sculptures, which we do not see" in the capital's arena. This was announced on Twitter by the journalist of the Moscow Agency Dmitry Makarov.

Maxim Lyudomirsky. Photo: vestnikprib.bmstu.ru Judge of the Moscow State Subject Pavel Melekhin extended until November 25 the arrest of the former co-owner of the NPK Elektrooptika, the physicist scientist Maxim Lyudomirsky, accused of state treason. This is reported by Interfax. Thus, the court granted the application of the investigation. The meeting was held closed, as the case has a “secret” bar. In September 2014, Lyudomirsky was arrested in the "spy" case.

Checkpoint on the border with China. Photo: Visitbeijing.com.cn President Vladimir Putin instructed the government to consider the abolition of entry visas for citizens of China, India, Brazil and South Africa included in the BRICS. The document is published on the Kremlin website.

Bitcoins. Photo: tjournal.ru The government again discusses the idea of ​​introducing criminal liability for the release and use of cryptocurrencies and other monetary surrogates. This was reported by Interfax with reference to a source in one of the departments of the financial and economic bloc. The corresponding bill, the official said, was discussed last week at a meeting in the White House apparatus.

Julia Usach. Photo: levoradikal.ru The Soviet District Court of Krasnodar found the civil activist Julia Usach, guilty of demonstrating Nazi symbols (part 1 of Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) and sentenced her to a fine of 1,500 rubles. This was reported to the "Franes" by lawyer Alexander Popkov, representing the interests of the Usach.

Cossacks in the courtroom over Nadezhda Savchenko. Photo: Mark Feigin In the Donetsk City Court of the Rostov Region, hearings began on the merits of the case of the deputy of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko. Journalists were not allowed into the meeting room, Interfax reports . “Consuls and lawyers will be present in the courtroom, journalists will be in the room in the court in the room for video broadcasting,” the bailiff service officer said.

In the port of Latakia. Photo by Fadi Shakhina/Wikipedia Russia is building two new military facilities in Syria. According to Reuters, Rob Munx, editor of Jane's Intelligence Review, a specialized publication, which is dedicated to global security issues published in Britain. The journalist referred to the satellite pictures, which the editors acquired from Airbus Corporation. Pictures were taken in mid -September.

In the studio Russia Today. Photo: TVC.ru OFCOM British media regulator found violations of broadcasting principles in the TruthSeeker program of the Russian Russia Today, BBC reports . The TruthSeeker program is closed, all its issues are removed from the site. The BBC appealed to OFCOM with a complaint.

Daria Polyudova and Sergey Titarenko. Photo by Viktor Chirikov Former political prisoner Sergey Titarenko, who stipulated the organizer of the march for the federalization of the Kuban Daria Polyudova, at the hearing in the case of activists, continuing in the Oktyabrsky District Court of Krasnodar, confused in the testimony. Polyudova reported this on her page on VKontakte. In his testimony, on February 17, to the investigator of the Krasnodar UFSB to Lt. Col.