Roman Raslovtsev in court. Photo by Dmitry Borko/Grani.ru The Moscow oppositionist Roman Raslovtsev went to Ukraine to ask for political asylum there. This was reported by Gromadska TB with reference to the emigrant itself. On Monday, Roslovtsev said, he intends to apply to the country's state migration service.

Ivan Astashin. Photo from the FB page Vladimir Akimenkov Political prisoner Ivan Astashin, who was serving a period of 9 years 9 months in the Norilsk IK-15 strict regime in the fabricated case of an autonomous military terrorist organization, filed a complaint about three violations of the European Convention committed in relation to Russia. This was reported on his FB page an employee of the civil rights committee Larisa Romanova.

Clara and Valentin Donchi-ool. Photo: kavkaz-uzel.eu In Sochi, a case was opened against 73-year-old local residents, former artists of the circus Valentine and Clara Donchi-ool. This was reported on Friday by the "Caucasian Knot". According to paragraph "A" of part 2 of Article 260 of the Criminal Code (illegal cutting of trees by a group of persons), pensioners threatens up to four years in a colony.

Ruslan Miroshnik and Vsevolod Chaplin at a rally at the monument to the defenders of the White House. Shot Sota.Vision Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin was invited to serve the panichid of the White House defenders in Moscow on the Garden Ring near the monument to the dead. This was reported by the correspondent of "faces". Chaplin’s participation with the organizers of the rally did not agree.

The bodies of the dead at the raid on the village of Talbis near Homs, 09/30/2015. Hard video from the YouTube channel Talbisa H For nearly 11 months that have passed since September 30, 2015, when Moscow openly intervened in the Syrian war, 3089 civilians were killed from Russian missile and bombing attacks. This was reported by the Syrian Supervisory Board of Human Rights (SOHR). (Human rights defenders mistakenly say about nine months.

After the explosion in Gaziantep. Photo: KARAR.COM 51 people died and 69 were injured as a result of a suicide bombers at a wedding in Turkish Kurdistan, in the Gaziantep millionaire city, 40 kilometers from the border with Syria. It is reported by Daily Sabah with reference to the president of the country Tayyip Erdogan. 17 victims are in critical condition. Among the dead there are children. What is the number of dead children is not specified.

The best quotes from the current show "Evening with Vladimir Solovyov." The chronicle is led by Nikolai Ruden. July pearls here .

25 years ago, on August 21, 1991, the GKChP coup failed completely. The Alpha group of the KGB of the USSR refused to storm the White House. Many soldiers, without orders to act, found themselves propagated by the demonstrators.

Ilmi Umarov before sending to psychoexpertise. Photo from the FB page Nariman Jeel The state of health of the deputy chairman of the Majlis of the Crimean Tatar people Ilmi Umarov, sent by court decision to a stationary psycho -sexpertise, deteriorated sharply. This was reported on her FB page, the daughter of politician Aisha Umarova. On Sunday morning, I wrote Umarova, she and other relatives arrived at her father in the 1st Republican Psych in Simferopol.

25 years ago, on August 21, 1991, the Supreme Council of Latvia adopted the constitutional law "On the State Status of the Republic of Latvia".

The main cultural event in the days of the anniversary of August was the Ostrov-1991 festival in Moscow's Muzeon park. The Colta.ru and Your History websites, together with the Yeltsin Center and with the support of the Dmitry Zimin Foundation, organized lectures, discussions, performances, film screenings, readings and concerts dedicated to the 1990s. Short video report. "Island-1991"

For a quarter of a century, sociologists have been interested in the Russians with their interpretation of the events of August 91st. The society has passed from mass mobilization to learned helplessness, gradually displacing the meaning of Augustus from historical memory. It is on universal apathy that the power of the heirs of the State Emergency Committee is holding today, said Lev Gudkov, director of the Levada Center. Dmitry Borco's video: Lev Gudkov: Sociology of Augustus