Lawyer Ilya Novikov, representing the interests of the Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko, said that she had an alibi. The defender assures that she could not have taken part in the shelling that killed Russian journalists, since she was already in captivity at that moment. According to Novikov, this is a video recording of the interrogation of the accused, made after Savchenko was captured by separatists from the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic.

In an interview with the Swiss media yesterday, Vladimir Putin accused the United States of pursuing imperialist policies, citing the support of certain experts inside the US. "These American specialists in foreign and domestic policy," Putin explained, "they think such imperialistic tendencies are harming the US itself." Putin went on to accuse Washington of starting a new arms race, which he says began in 2001, when President Bush withdrew from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.

For the first time, Russian airlines overtook Russian Railways in the number of passengers transported over long distances. According to Bloomberg, cited by RBC, in the second quarter of 2015, Russian aviation transported 24.4 million passengers, and Russian Railways - 23.7 million. At the end of the first quarter of 2015, passenger traffic on Russian airlines decreased by 2.3 percent compared to the same period last year - to 17 million people.

Frame: Main Minsk City Executive Committee / YouTube In May, a toy car in the form of Winnie the Pooh was stolen from the Minsk shopping center. The hijacker who sat on Mishka and, starting his feet, left in an unknown direction, photographed cameras. Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the Minsk City Executive Committee "GUVD-TV" On July 27, the Belarusian Ministry of Internal Affairs reported on the capture of the hijacker.

Shot: Playerpiano / YouTube The Russian pianist and composer Sonya Belousova, who lives in the USA, performed potpourri from the most famous melodies of the classical game Super Mario Bros. In the composition of Belousova, melodies from the first level of the game are used, as well as from the first underground and underwater levels and music, which sounds at the end of the level. The music was performed on a special piano, made in the form of the NES context. Belousova sits on a joystick stool.

The Sreda Foundation for Support of Russian Media has become a "foreign agent". The Russian Ministry of Justice has added the organization to the relevant register. As stated in the statement by the Ministry of Justice, the foundation itself applied for inclusion in the register of "foreign agents". The Sreda Foundation was founded in 2014 by entrepreneur Boris Zimin. The foundation’s main objective is to support media outlets that uphold the principles of reliable and unbiased journalism.

Viktor Yanukovych agreed to testify in criminal cases brought against him in Ukraine. According to TSN, he will testify via videoconference. According to the lawyers, they have the corresponding document, certified by a notary, on which Yanukovych put his signature. TSN In Ukraine, several criminal cases have been initiated against Yanukovych , including embezzlement of property and treason.

The movement of trains on the Filevskaya line of the Moscow metro was interrupted in both directions due to a tree that fell on the rails, the press service of the metro said. The tree fell during a severe thunderstorm on the open section of the Filevskaya line between the Kuntsevskaya and Bagrationovskaya stations. Passengers and metro employees were not injured, but there was no traffic on this section of the Filevskaya line for almost an hour.

Photo: Anthony Rebello / Heterosexual Parade / Facebook A resident of Ceith Anthony Ribello tried to organize a heterosexual parade in the city. He created a community on Facebook, where he invited more than two thousand people. In the description of the event, Ribello parodied similar statements from supporters of gay parades: “We have the right to be proud of the life path that we have chosen for ourselves.

The British authorities intend to stop the practice of foreigners buying real estate in the country with the help of illegally obtained funds. This was announced by British Prime Minister David Cameron during a visit to Singapore. As part of the campaign to combat the purchase of British property with illegal income, Cameron recalled, in the fall of 2015, data from the Land Registry will be published regarding all foreign companies that own land and property in England and Wales.

A rally was held in Omsk in defense of Colonel Oleg Ponomarev, head of the 242nd training center of the Airborne Forces, who was arrested in the case of the collapse of the barracks in Omsk. About a thousand people took part in the action. Earlier, local media reported that up to 30,000 participants could gather for the rally. Speakers at the rally demanded to stop the criminal prosecution of Ponomarev.

In the center of Barcelona, ​​unknown people fired. As a result, one person received a gunshot wound, another was wounded with a knife. What led to the shooting is unknown. Police are looking for two suspects. According to eyewitnesses , the men were wearing masks. One of the attackers, according to unconfirmed reports, was wounded by a policeman. The incident took place in the heart of the city on the Rambla. According to El Pais, the attackers shot at the guests of the Silken Hotel.

Soldiers from the wars in Afghanistan and Chechnya discuss PTSD. A photo series. Photo: Artem Protsyuk Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD, also referred to as the “Afghan Syndrome” or the “Chechen Syndrome” in Russian) is a psychological condition caused by experiencing or witnessing war. Symptoms of PTSD include psychological distress, memory loss, and high levels of stress and anxiety.

The article “Zuckerberg will call” about bitcoins, published in 2013, was included in the list of prohibited materials by Roskomnadzor. The decision to this effect was taken by the Narimanovskiy District Court in the Astrakhan Region in February 2015. The local prosecutor's office turned to the court, seeing in the article "What are bitcoins and who needs them?" information on ways of legalizing illegal income.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the choice of Christianity as the state religion of Ancient Rus', made by Prince Vladimir, "served as the source of the formation of Russia as a unique country-civilization." Putin made such a statement at a reception in the Kremlin on the occasion of the millennium since the death of the prince. “Prince Vladimir was destined to become a great sovereign,” the president noted.