95 years ago, on May 14, 1922, Franjo Tudjman, the first president of independent Croatia, was born. During World War II, he was a brigade commander in Tito's partisan army, then became a general in the People's Liberation Army of Yugoslavia, but after his retirement he was subjected to political persecution for Croatian nationalism. In the late 1980s, Tuđman led the Croatian struggle for independence. Repeatedly accused of authoritarianism and ethnic cleansing of the non-Croatian population.

Peter Pavlensky. Short "Gromadsky TB" The Simonovsky interdistent of the capital's head of the Investigative Committee refused to open against the artist Peter Pavlensky a matter of violent acts of a sexual nature. This was announced on Friday by TASS with reference to Olga Dinze, an artist's lawyer. The resolution was issued according to the results of the pre -investigation verification, which was carried out at the request of the theater actress.doc Anastasia elephant.

Ballistic missiles at a parade in the DPRK. Shot CNN US President Donald Trump said he could not imagine that Russia pleases the new missile test of the DPRK. This was reported on the White House website. Trump noticed that this time the North Korean rocket fell at a rather small distance from the Russian coast - in fact closer to Russia than to Japan.

45 years ago, on May 14, 1972, 19-year-old Lithuanian Romas Kalanta set himself on fire in Kaunas in protest against the occupation and Russification of Lithuania. He shouted before his death: "Freedom to Lithuania!" In Kalanta's notebook he left an entry: "Only the system is to blame for my death."

Denis Katsyv. Source: Skurlatov.livejournal.com The Cyprus company Prevezon Holdings, owned by Denis Katskov, - the son of vice president of Russian Railways Peter Katsk, agreed to pay almost $ 5.9 million in a civil case to laundering money withdrawn from Russia. It is reported by the website Law and Order in Russia. The emergence of the theft was facilitated by the late Hermitage Capital Foundation Sergei Magnitsky.

Emmanuel Macron escorts Francois Hollande from the Champs Elysees. Hard video The leader of the centrist movement "Forward!" Emmanuel Macron took office as president of France. It is reported by Kommersant. Macron's team announced the first appointments to the presidential administration. Meanwhile, the name of the new Prime Minister, according to Reuters, will announce the head of state on Monday; A day later, it is supposed to present a new office.

Belorechensky FSINESSITS AFTER the announcement of the sentence. Shift video "Caucasian knot" The judge of the Belorechensky district court of the Kuban Nikolai Stogniy sentenced 10 former employees of the local educational colony by real terms of 2 and a half to 11 years in the case of torture of seven prisoners of adolescents, one of whom died as a result.

At the Moscow rally against the demolition of five -story buildings. Photo by Yuri Timofeev/Grani.ru The coordinated rally against the demolition of Moscow five -story buildings, held on Sunday on Sakharov Avenue, gathered 20.2 thousand participants. These are the data of the "white counter" at 15:45. As the correspondent of the "faces" notes, this is one of the most crowded actions of recent times. Demonstrators began to gather another hour before the event.

One hundred years ago, on May 14, 1917, the First All-Russian Muslim Congress opened in Moscow. It was attended by 830 delegates representing various organizations and parties, from conservative to radical, with the exception of the Bolsheviks. With 446 votes against 271, the congress spoke in favor of a democratic Russian republic on a national-federative territorial basis. He also demanded the granting of national-cultural autonomy to peoples who do not have a definite territory.

On May 14, at 14:00 in Moscow, a coordinated rally “against the demolition of Moscow, in defense of property rights” will begin on Sakharov Avenue. Two days before the action, the organizers decided to abandon the "politicization" - to hold a rally without performances by politicians, without party flags and symbols. Many activists criticize this decision. Facebook action page

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