Valery Brini. Photo: 8772.ru 77-year-old Mugdin Guchu, a witness to the allegations of the case of extremism, initiated against the ecologist Valery Brinich, at the hearing in the Maykop City Court of Adygea, refused to testify in the case file given on his behalf. This was reported by the international human rights group "Agora" with reference to Alexander Popkov, an ecologist's lawyer.

Palmyra. Photo: Wikipedia Syrian government troops entered the ancient city of Palmir held by the militants of the Islamic State. This was reported by the BBC with reference to the state television of Syria. The newsletter "Ihbaria" said that the military had reached the city center. A few hours earlier, official sources and observers stated that the troops were preparing for the assault on the city, being about a kilometer from it.

IK-54 in New Lyal. Photo by Larisa Zakharova In the IK-54 strict regime located in the city of Novy Lyalya, the Sverdlovsk region, the prisoner opened the veins right during the audit conducted by the member of the Presidential Council of Human Rights Andrei Grandmother. This was announced on Wednesday by a human rights activist from the regional PMC Larisa Zakharova, who also took part in the audit on her Facebook page.

Dmitry Medvedev. Photo: government.ru Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed an order that approves the list of 90 organizations obliged to purchase innovative and high-tech products from small and medium-sized enterprises. "The list was formed on the basis of proposals submitted by joint -stock companies with state participation, state corporations, state -owned companies, federal state unitary enterprises implementing innovative development programs.

Nikolai Bondarik. Photo @nikolabondarik The Kalininsky District Court of St. Petersburg freed from the guard the leader of the Russian party Nikolai Bondarik, accused of public calls for extremist activity. It is reported by Rosbalt with reference to lawyer Sergei Kostyuk. "The court freed Bondarik for a recognizance not to leave. He still does not admit his guilt," the lawyer said.

GULCHECHROUS BOBOKULOVA. Frame of the video The accused of the murder of a four-year-old girl Gulchetra Bobokulov was transferred from the investigative insulator to the Serbian center for a psychological and psychiatric examination. This was reported by Interfax with reference to a source familiar with the situation.

Ten years ago, on the night of March 24, 2006, in Minsk, the police and the KGB destroyed an opposition tent camp on Kastrychnitskaya Square. Here were representatives of democratic movements from different regions of Belarus. More than 500 youth activists were detained, mainly from the Zubr and Youth Front parties.

Nadezhda Savchenko during the announcement of the sentence. Photo: @dmitryzaks The hunger strikes of Nadezhda Savchenko do not carry serious risks to her health. According to Interfax, the head of the medical department of the FSIN Julia Antonova reported this. "To date, the state of health of Nadezhda Savchenko is satisfactory, it uses nutritious mixtures that are a full -fledged substitute for food," Antonova said.

Radovan Karajich. Photo by ar The international tribunal for the former Yugoslavia found the ex-leader of the Bosnian Serbs, Radova Karadzhich, guilty of crimes against humanity and sentenced him to 40 years in prison. It is reported by the BBC. Karadzhich was accused of genocide, involvement in genocide, murders, deportation and other inhuman actions regarding Muslims, Croats and other civilian population of non-regional nationality during the Civil War in Bosnia and Herzegovin in 1992-95.

Kadyrovites at the entrance of relatives of Karpyuk and Klykh. Photo by Maria Tomak In Grozny, the Kadyrovtsy tried to disrupt the performance of relatives of Nikolai Karpyuk and Stanislav Klykh in the Una-UNSO process. This was announced on her Facebook page by an employee of the Ukrainian Civil Freedoms Center Maria Tomak, who arrived in Grozny along with relatives of the Political Zecks.

Sergey Kirdyapkin. Photo: rusathletics.com The sports arbitration court (CAS) in Lausanne confirmed the disqualification of six Russian athletes convicted of the use of doping, according to the court website. They are deprived of awards won at the Olympic Games, World and European Championships.

Deutsche Bank. Photo from the site www.capzilla.net Large European banks, including BNP Paribas, Credit Suisse Group AG, Deutsche Bank AG, HSBC and UBS Group AG, refused to place Russian Eurobonds. About this writes The Wall Street Journal, referring to informed sources. The corresponding decision was made after recommendations from Brussels.

Grigory Pirumov. Photo: Onlinetambov.ru Deputy Minister of Culture Grigory Pirumov was charged, TASS reports . He is charged with the organization of theft of budget funds during the restoration of cultural objects. "The accusation was brought on four episodes - the Novodevichy Monastery, the Drama Theater in Pskov, the John -Baptist Monastery and the Cosmonautics Museum in Kaluga.

Sergey Ivanov-Jr. Photo: Og.ru The son of the head of the presidential administration Sergei Ivanov, who holds the post of chairman of the board of the Sogaz insurance company, will go to work in Sberbank as a senior vice president. As TASS reports , a source familiar with the situation reported. According to him, Sergey Ivanov Jr. will oversee insurance. According to another source, the position of Ivanov in Sogaz will be occupied by the current presidential adviser Anton Ustinov. Ivanov Jr.

Malaysia Airlines aircraft. Photo from the site of the airline The objects “with a high degree of probability” discovered off the coast of Mozambique are fragments of the Malaysian Boeing, which was missing two years ago, following the MH370 flight. According to the German Wave, this was stated by the Minister of Infrastructure Development and Transport of Australia Darren Chester.