US State Department. Photo: Wikipedia The US State Department again threatened the sanctions to Western firms participating in the construction of the North Stream 2 gas pipeline. This was late in the evening on Wednesday was reported by Reuters. “We believe that the Nord Stream 2 completely undermines the energy security of Europe and its stability, since it provides Russia with another means of pressure on European countries, especially to Ukraine,” the department said.

Karina Tsurkan in court. Photo: rbc.ru The defense of the “spy” case of the board of Inter RAO Karina Tsurkan was taken by the lawyers of the “team 29” Ivan Pavlov and Evgeny Smirnov. This was the day before late at night Pavlov reported on his FB page. On Wednesday, lawyers visited Lefortovo, arrested in the Moscow pre -trial detention center, unofficially controlled by the FSB, and got acquainted with the accusation against it.

Roman Ternovsky gives evidence. Frame shooting TFR Judge of the Pervomaisky District Court Rostov-on-Don Lyudmila Jordan sentenced a citizen of Ukraine Roman Ternovsky to 2 years old 3 months of a general regime on charges of membership of the Right Sector. About the verdict made on June 28, only on Thursday became known to the correspondent of "faces" from an employee of the Consulate General of Ukraine in Rostov.

75 years ago, on July 12, 1943, during the Battle of Kursk near the Prokhorovka railway station, a tank battle took place, one of the largest in world history. During it, the 2nd SS Panzer Corps defeated the Soviet 5th Guards Army: it irretrievably lost 334 tanks and self-propelled guns, while the Germans lost only 3 tanks and 1 self-propelled guns.

State Duma. Frame NTV Further consideration of the bill introducing to the Criminal Code Article 284.2 (assistance in the introduction and execution of foreign sanctions), the State Duma may postpone until the spring session of 2019. This was reported by Kommersant with reference to an unnamed source in the apparatus of the lower house.

Vitaly Portnikov. Photo from the site www.day.ua Before the foolish video of Croatian football players who appeared on the Internet, it could still be assumed that the “patriotic” part of the Russian society is more interested in the championship of the world than politics and even more than Ukraine. But the exclamation of Domagoy Types "Glory to Ukraine!" Changed everything at one moment. Patriotic fans surfaced like vampires, desired sunlight.

Emir-Usein Cook in court. Photo: "Crimean solidarity" The requirement of a hunger strike, which the 17th day continues in the control of the FSB of the SIZO-4 of the central headquarters of the FSIN in Rostov-on-Don The defendant of the Yalta-Alustinsky case "Hizb Ut-Taurir" Emir-Usein Kuku, is the liberation of all Ukrainian political prisoners.

Kim Jong -un and Donald Trump. Shot CNN The North Korean dictator Kim Jong -un, in a letter to US President Donald Trump, predicted the offensive of the “new future” for the two countries as a result of “strong will, sincere attempts and a unique approach” of Trump to improve relations. The president published a letter from Kim Jong -un on Korean and his translation into English on Twitter.

George Margvelashvili and Jens Stoltenberg. Photo: NATO.int Georgia will certainly become a member of NATO. According to the Alliance website, such a statement was made by Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at a joint briefing with Georgian President George Margvelashvili, who was completed at the end of their meeting on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Brussels. “We fully support the Euro -Atlantic aspirations of Georgia,” Stoltenberg said. “Georgia will become a member of NATO.

Ismail Ramazanov in court, 05/15/2018. Photo: krymr.com The Simferopol district court of Crimea rejected the petition of the investigator of the TFR department in the Simferopol district of the annexed peninsula Alisa Glukhova to extensive the arrest of Politzeku Ismail Ramazanov, against whom the charges of extremism and storage of cartridges are fabricated.

The defendant "Business Kashka" is withdrawn from the car zakak. Photo: FB page "Crimean solidarity" Until September 15, the Russian Kiev district court of Simferopol extended the arrests of the Crimean Tatar activists Asanu Chapuhu, Bekir Degermmenji, Kyazim Ametov and Ruslan Trubach, accused in the fabricated case of extortion ("Vedzhe Kashka" case).

Participants in the NATO summit, 07/11/2018. Photo: NATO.int The aggressive actions of Russia, in particular the use of force and the threat of the use of one to achieve political goals, "challenge the North Atlantic Alliance and undermine Euro -Atlantic security and the international order based on the rules." This is stated in the official statement of NATO, adopted on the evening of July 11 following the results of the first day of the Alliance summit in Brussels.

Ali Akbar Velayati and Vladimir Putin. Photo: kremlin.ru Argentina sent Russia a request for the detention and extradition of Ali Akbar Velayati, senior adviser to the Supreme Leader of Iran Grand Ayatolla Ali Khamenei on international issues. This was reported on Wednesday by Clarín. Just on Wednesday, Velayati arrived on a visit to Moscow, and in the morning on Thursday met with Vladimir Putin.

Photo: Grani.ru Today is the sixtieth day of the indefinite hunger strike Oleg Sentsov. There is still no reliable information about his state of health. The film director, sentenced to 20 years of strict regime in the fabricated "Crimean terrorists' case," requires freedom not for himself, but for all Ukrainian political prisoners in Russia . Continuation of the chronicle: the third month of the hunger strike Sentsov

Anna Pavlikova. Source: Ona.org.ru The defendant of the “New Greatness” case 18-year-old Anna Pavlikova was taken out of the hospital of the pre-trial detention center-1 "sailor silence" for examination to a certain other hospital. This was reported by "New Gazeta" with reference to Julia Pavlikova, a mother of political prisoner. Julia Pavlikova received information when she arrived in a pre -trial detention center for a meeting in advance.