Boris Stomakhin in court. May 2013. Photo by Elena Sannikova August 24 is the birthday of political prisoners Boris Stomakhin . On this day, the International Public Protection Committee of Stomakhin calls on to hold shares of solidarity with the Politzek under the slogan "Freedom to Boris Stomakhin! There is no persecution for thoughts and words!".

90 years ago, on August 24, 1928, Ukrainian human rights activist Levko Lukyanenko was born. In 1961, he created the Ukrainian Workers' and Peasants Union, which aimed at creating an independent Ukrainian state with non-violent means. Soon Lukyanenko was arrested and sentenced to 10 years in prison. In total, he spent 26 years in prison and was released only in 1988. In 2005, Lukyanenko was awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine.

Elvira Nabiullina. Short "Moskvy-24" The Central Bank requires for itself the rights of extra -court blocking of sites accused of financial fraud. This was late in the evening on Thursday was reported "Vedomosti". The draft of relevant amendments to the law "On Information" has already prepared. Last week, the initiative was discussed at a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Maxim Akimov. Now the document is undergoing interagency agreement.

Alexander Kostenko in Kyiv. Frame "Crimea. Real" The Central Glavk of the Investigative Committee opened a new case against the functionaries of the Ukrainian "Right Sector". This was reported on the website of the department.

Zakhar Prilepin in eastern Ukraine. Photo: rusvesna.su The border guards of Bosnia and Herzegovina refused to enter the country by the Russian writer Zakhar Prilepin, a participant in Russian aggression against Ukraine. Prilepin announced this the night before at his FB page. The Russian tried to enter Bosnia from Serbia. He was invited as an honorary guest to the Kochich Meeting festival in Batha -Luke, the capital of the Republic of Serbian - one of the two autonomous regions of the country.

PERC logo The Prosecutor General’s Office announced the “undesirable” activity of the American environmental organization Pacific Environment and Resources Center (Pacific Environmental Protection and Natural Resources), the supervisory authority reports . The prosecutor’s office states that the work of the Center "poses a threat to the foundations of the constitutional system of the Russian Federation and the security of the state." What exactly this threat consists of is not specified.

145 years ago, on August 24, 1873, after the capture of Khiva by Russian troops and the surrender of the Khiva army, a Russian protectorate was established over the Khiva Khanate. Khan Muhammad Rakhim Khan II declared himself a "obedient servant" of the Russian emperor, and all the lands of the khanate on the right bank of the Amu Darya were included in the Turkestan Governor-General.

Beating in the corridor IK-1. Shift video "Novaya Gazeta" The Investigative Committee initiated a new case of torture in the Yaroslavl IK-1 general regime on the publication of the “new newspaper” video recordings of the investigated colony by employees of the colony, according to the website of the Investigation Department.

Bratislav Zhivkovich in the Donbass. Photo: 24tv.ua In Serbia, the police detained the commander of a detachment of citizens of the country who fought on the side of the pro -Russian militants in the Donbass, the leader of the Chetnik movement Bratislav Zhivkovich. According to the Balkan edition of Radio Liberty with reference to the Serbian Ministry of Internal Affairs, this happened on Thursday. Zhivkovich was detained for 48 hours.

On August 24, Ukraine celebrates a public holiday - Independence Day. On this day in 1991, the Supreme Council of the Ukrainian SSR declared the independence of Ukraine. At 10:00, a military parade will begin on Khreshchatyk.

The flag of Adygea The Executive Committee of the city Adyge Hase (Circassian Council) Maykop opposed the project of the Krasnodar agglomeration, regarding it as "an encroachment on the statehood of the Republic of Adygea." The corresponding application appeared on Thursday on the organization’s website. The agreement on the creation of the Krasnodar agglomeration was concluded on August 9 by the governor of the Kuban by Veniamin Kondratyev and the head of Adygea Murat Kumpilov.

Anton Siluanov and Andrey Belousov. Photo: kremlin.ru The tax burden on business in the coming years will not change. According to RBC, this was stated by the First Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov following a meeting with members of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. However, Siluanov told, the business will be involved in participation in social projects.

Ilya Milstein The expression "God from the car", in our opinion, Deus Ex Machina, from ancient times means a happy denouement in the performance. All the type is bad, the hero and the choir or Hercules caught that the wife will perish, but here the Almighty descends from heaven with the help of a special crane and saves the doomed. Either he saves right on the spot, settling the conflict, or, conversely, clings to a lifting up body, taking him to a bright distance.

Vladimir Abarinov In the investigation, which is conducted by the special prosecutor Robert Müller, there was a decisive fracture. A rare day is the president, his lawyers and supporters did not blame Müller of being investigated by a blowing business and hunting witch. Müller did not answer the attacks. He worked. The matter came extremely complicated.

Vladimir Balukh in court, 07/02/2018. Photo by Alexandra Efimenko for "faces" Ukrainian activist Vladimir Balukh, who was convicted in the annexed Crimea by five years of general regime in fabricated affairs about weapons and attacks on a police officer and the sixth month, holds a hunger strike in the Simferopol SIZO-1, lost about 35 percent of weight. This follows from the publication of the Crimean human rights group.