On August 24, at 12:00, the Meshchansky District Court of Moscow will announce the verdict in a fabricated political case against the nationalist Alexander Belov (Potkin), the former leader of the ethno-political association "Russians". The state prosecution asked for 9 years in a general regime colony for him. Potkin is charged with four articles of the Criminal Code .

Picket by the building of the MOVS. Photo by Dmitry Borko/Grani.ru The Moscow District Military Court was unable to form a jury in the criminal case of the five accused of the murder of the co-chairman of the RPR-Parnas Boris Nemtsov for the first time. This is reported by Interfax. “The selection is going on, but today it will not work: out of 59 people, 45 took self -setting up for personal reasons,” said Vadim Prokhorov’s lawyer.

25 years ago, on August 24, 1991, the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR adopted the Act of Declaration of Independence of Ukraine.

Launch of the rocket from the DPRK submarine. Photo: kcna.kp North Korea launched a ballistic missile from a submarine towards Japan, Yonhap South Korean Agency reports . The rocket flew about 500 kilometers and first reached the identification zone of the air defense of Japan. South Korean experts regarded the launch as a success compared to previous tests of ballistic missiles of submarines (BPL).

Hadzhimurat Akkaev. Photo: wsport.free.fr Analyzes of Russian weightlifters Hadzhimurat Akkaev and Dmitry Lapikov, gave positive results following the results of the second wave of the doping test recruitment taken at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. This was reported by the press service of the International Building Federation. Akkaev and Lapikov, who became the bronze medalists of the 2008 Olympics, were temporarily suspended from participation in competitions.

Earthquake in Italy. Photo: @jrodzmia As a result of the earthquake in the central part of Italy, 120 people died. As ASKANEWS reports , the country's Prime Minister Matteo Renzi reported. The number of victims in the publication is not specified. Earlier, 73 dead and more than 100 wounded were reported . It was noted that the settlements of Akkumoli, Akhotrothache, Lent and Arcuat-del Trono were most affected.

Aram Petrosyan in the Citibank branch on Bolshaya Nikitskaya. Photo by TASS In the center of Moscow, the 55-year-old businessman Aram Petrosyan seized hostages in the Citibank branch at 15 Nikitskaya St., 15. Such information is reported by Interfax. The incident became known shortly after 19 hours. It was also reported that Petrosyan threatened to blow himself up. A box is fixed on his neck, from which wires depart.

At the court building during the announcement of the sentence to Alexander Belov (Potkin). Photo by Dm. Borko/Brani.ru The judge of the Meshchansky District Court of Moscow Albert Trishkin reads the verdict to the executive of the ethnopolitical association "Russians" to Alexander Belov (Potkin). This is reported by Interfax. The announcement of the sentence continues. "The court found that Potkin created an extremist community, as well as that he legalized money," Trishkin said.

Evgeny Prigozhin. Photo: Restoranoff.ru The Foundation of Corruption turned to the FSB with a request to initiate a criminal case against businessman Evgeny Prigozhin, who is called "Putin's personal restaurateur." This was reported by the lawyer of the FBK Lyubov Sobol. FBK suspects Prigozhin in conspiracy with the extraction of income on an especially large scale (part 2 of article 178 of the Criminal Code).

25 years ago, on August 24, 1991, Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev announced that he was resigning as General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee and called on the Central Committee to dissolve itself. He stated: “The secretariat, the Politburo of the Central Committee of the CPSU did not oppose the coup. The Central Committee failed to take a decisive position of condemnation and opposition, did not raise the communists to fight against the violation of constitutional legality.

From left to right: Ruslan Zeitullaev, Rustem Vaitov, Nuri Primov, Frat Saifullaev. Photo by Anton Naumlyuk In the debate of the parties in the first (Sevastopol) case of the Crimean Muslims, the prosecutor demanded for Ruslan Zeytullaev a 17 -year -old regime, for Frats Saifullaev - 8 years of general, for Yuri (Nuri) Primov and Rustem Vaitov - 7 years of general regime. This was reported by "Crimea. Realities." The proceedings on the merits have been held since the beginning of June .

The hacked page of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine on Twitter Hackers hacked the pages of the Ministry of Defense and the National Guard of Ukraine on social networks, posting provocative records on them. In particular, the Cyberataka was subjected to the National Guard accounts on Twitter and the Ministry of Defense on Twitter and Instagram . Responsibility for hack was taken by the group "Octopus". "#Hello_Mir!

Andrey and Oksana Zakhtei with her daughter. Photo from FB page Oksana Zakhtei Andrei Zachteya Oksana Zakhtei (Stetsuk), along with an eight -month -old daughter, the hostess drove the wife of the "Ukrainian saboteur" from the eight -month -old daughter from a rented apartment in the West Crimean city of Saki after the search arranged by the FSB. This was reported by the Crimean human rights group. Oksana Zakhti with a child was sheltered by friends.

Money. Photo: Grani.ru Consumer prices in Russia for a week from August 16 to 22 rose 0.1 percent, Interfax reports with reference to Rosstat's data. Prices are observed for the first time in the last four weeks. In the previous week, inflation was zero, the previous two weeks from July 26 to August 8, prices even decreased at 0.1 percent per week. Prior to that, for three consecutive weeks, prices grew by the same value.

Fights in the Dzharablus area. Frame CNN Turk The Russian Foreign Ministry expressed deep concern in connection with the beginning of the operation of the Turkish armed forces in the territory border with Syria. This is stated in the commentary of the Department and the Seal of the Foreign Ministry. "In Moscow, they are deeply concerned about what is happening in the area of ​​the Syrian -Turkish border.