Sociologist Lev Gudkov. Frame "Grani-TV" The Levada Center appeals in court a decision of the Ministry of Justice to recognize the "foreign agent". This was stated by NPO Director Lev Gudkov, Interfax reports . "We will try to challenge this act, because it is to eliminate violations to abandon partnerships with foreign research centers and commercial firms. This is a very important source of money for us, which we then redistribute for our own research.

Wikipedia logo The creation of a national encyclopedic portal will not lead to the closure of Wikipedia. This was stated by Deputy Prime Minister, head of the apparatus of the Russian government Sergey Prikhodko, Interfax reports . “Anticipating the most popular issue of the last week, I want to immediately put the points over the“ i ”. No intentions to ban, replace or confront the Wikipedia do not have and will not have,” said Prikhodko, who headed the working group to create a portal.

Nikolai Karpyuk and Stanislav Klykh in court, 05/17/2016. Photo by Anton Naumlyuk The judge in the case of Ukrainians Nikolai Karpyuk and Stanislav Klykh is involved in the intimidation of the jury, the lawyers of the political prisoners say. The decree on the state protection of the jury was issued in violation of the procedure and contrary to the facts, according to the addition to the appeal, which the editorial office of the "faces" got acquainted.

Photo: cia.gov 40 years ago, on September 6, 1976, the Soviet-class pilot-instructor of the 1st grade, senior lieutenant Viktor Belenko, escaped to Japan to the latest MiG-25P fighter at that time. He asked for political asylum in the United States, which was immediately provided to him. Belenko claimed that he was disappointed in the Soviet political system and decided to cause it maximum damage, hijacked the latest fighter abroad.

Afghan Taliban. Photo from TheDailybeast.com In Kabul, clashes between the security forces and armed people who attacked the office of the Care International international charitable organization continue, BBC reports . In the city per day, the fourth explosion occurred per day. A series of explosions in the capital of Afghanistan began on Monday evening. Two explosions thundered near the building of the Ministry of Defense.

Metropolitan Theodore (left) and Bishop Irinarch. Photo: Credo.press In Suzdal, the FSB detained the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church of Metropolitan Theodore (Gineevsky), as well as the bishop of the Tula and Bryansk Irinarch (Nonchin). It is reported by Credo. According to preliminary data, bishops were taken for interrogation to the regional head of the special services in Vladimir.

Vladimir Putin and Russian Paralympicians. Photo: Championat.com The Bonn Land Court rejected the petition of 84 Russian Paralympicians to adopt urgent temporary measures for admission to the games in Rio de Janeiro. This was stated by the first vice-president of the Paralympic Committee of Russia Pavel Rozhkov, Interfax reports . On Monday, the court rejected the same lawsuit filed by ten other Russian Paralympicians. The names of the plaintiffs in the message are not given.

Vladimir Savitsky in court. Photo: zhitomir.tude Judge of the Bogun District Court of Zhytomyr Alexei Pryatilov sentenced the local Title of Vladimir Savitsky to five years in the colony for the brutal beating of the Euromaidan activist Dmitry Gissa. It is reported by Ukrinform. An article by the Criminal Code of Ukraine, which was convicted by the Title, is not specified. Savitsky, who was under house arrest, was taken into custody in the courtroom.

Fire in the editorial office of Inter. Photo: 15minut.org In Kyiv, protesters unlocked the building of the Inter TV channel after the promise of his leadership to change the information policy. This was stated by the rally co -organizer Andrei Vatolkin, Ukrainian Pravda reports . The leadership of the channel also promised to dismiss the deputy director of the development of National Information Systems, which produces news programs for Inter, Igor Shuvalov.

Mikhail Slobodin. Photo: slobodin.livejournal.com The general director of Vimpelcom Mikhail Slobodin, who became a defendant in the case of giving bribes to the former Komi leadership, left his post. This is stated in the message posted on the company's website. "Vimpelcom ltd. Today, it announces the resignation of Mikhail Slobodin, the general director of Vimpelkom in Russia, after today's news about Mikhail Slobodin and his previous Employer T Plus," the report said.

Emblem GLONASS The commissioning of the Russian navigation system GLONASS can be transferred to the beginning of 2017. According to TASS, this was announced by the general director of the company "Information satellite systems named after Reshetnev, Nikolai Testedov. "We hope that by the end of this year (the system will be commissioned by the Ministry of Defense.

Elena Kostyuchenko talks about the attack. Shift video from YouTube channel Alan Tskurbaeva The court in North Ossetia fined a citizen who in Beslan doused the journalist of Novaya Gazeta Elena Kostyuchenko. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to an unnamed source in law enforcement agencies. The agency does not specify the name of the citizen or the amount of a fine appointed to him.

Vladimir Putin. Photo: rusila.su President Vladimir Putin can visit the final part of the Caucasus-2016 military exercises. According to Kommersant, a source in the military administration reported this. According to the interlocutor of the publication, the exercises will be held at the Yuvo training grounds, in the waters of the Black and Caspian Seas.

Stanislav Klykh in court, 09/06/2016 The prosecutor’s office of Chechnya Salambek Yunusov, allegedly offended by the Ukrainian political prisoner Stanislav Klykh and passing the victims in an open case of disrespect for the court, did not re-appear on the trial of political prisoners. This was reported to the "Frances" by Klykh’s lawyer Marina Dubrovina. Yunusov, as for the previous time, did not hand over any statements in connection with his non -appeal.

Sergey Chemezov. Photo: Rostec.ru In the first eight months of 2016, Russia exported weapons and military equipment worth more than seven billion dollars. The head of the Rostec state corporation Sergey Chemezov called it a "excellent indicator", Interfax reports . "In the past two years, we retain the volume of military products supplied for export, and in 2015 they even exceeded them in some indicators," Chemezov said.