The City Council of the German city of Wittenberg, the birthplace of the reformer of Christianity Martin Luther, regularly awarding the "Fearless Word" award, suggested awarding the Russian punk group Pussy Riot with this award. This caused a lively dispute between German politicians and theologists how to qualify the action of the Russian punk group in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior - as blasphemy or as a courageous protest against Putin’s policy, Deutsche Welle reports.

One of the groups of Syrian rebels on Saturday announced the seizure of the Lebanese journalist Fidu Itani, whose messages did not correspond to the interests of the "Revolution". "The work of Fida Itani does not correspond to the revolution. We took it under arrest for a while," the Northern Brigades of Azaaz said in a statement from the group of rebels.

At his first meeting, the Coordinating Council of the Opposition of Russia (CSR) today supported the holding on October 30 of a rally in support of political prisoners. This was announced by the coordinator of the "Left Front" Sergey Udaltsov, ITAR-TASS reports. The action in the Novopushkinsky Square was agreed with the Moscow City of Moscow, even before the election of the CSR, who assumed the powers of the organizing committee of protest rallies in Bolotnaya Square and Sakharov Avenue.

A capital police officer was detained on suspicion of extortion of bribes on Saturday morning, Interfax reports with reference to the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Moscow. “Last night in the center of Moscow, in the area of ​​Yakimanka Street, employees of the police patrol service stopped three girls who left the club to the street.

In the bowels of the State Duma, the next protective law has matured, this time the deputies decided to limit the criticism of the parties. The initiative, introducing a new article to the Criminal Code, has already received the approval of the Central Election Commission - it is this body that will ensure that the advertisement is fair and (for some reason) does not impress the "road".

The Chinese pharmaceutical company Xiamen Innovax Biotech announced on Saturday the release of the world's first vaccine against hepatitis E on the market, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Xinhua agency. The vaccine, developed by the specialists of the University of Samen and the company Xiamen Innovax Biotech, went on sale after 113 thousand volunteers in the East Chinese province of two -year clinical trials.

The nominal T -shirt of the famous American Lance Armstrong, deprived of the seven titles of the winner of the Tour de France cylinder for the use of doping, was removed from the chapel of the Church of the Mother of God - the patroness of cyclists. Every year, this cathedral, located in the south-west of France, in the Landa Department, is visited by about 15 thousand people who are fond of or professionally engaged in cycling.

Women who quit smoking by 30 years almost completely avoid the risk of dying from smoking diseases, scientists found out during the study, in which more than a million residents of Britain took part. The results of the work published in the Lancet magazine show that people who smoke all their lives live on average 10 years less than those who have never had this bad habit.

The Italian composer and conductor Ennio Morricone will perform on the stage of the State Kremlin Palace in Moscow on December 6 as part of a world anniversary tour, which will mark the completion of his concert activity, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the organizers. The world tour is dedicated to the 85th anniversary of the Morricone, which falls in 2013.

The two-time and current Formula-1 champion Sebastian Vettel from the Red Bull team won the Powl-Upers at the 17th stage, which takes place in India. For a German pilot leading in the personal standings, this is the fifth sulfur this season.

The leader of the Socialist Revolutionaries Sergei Mironov said that members of Fair Russia, including deputies, must make a choice between the party and participation in street protest movement.

The working group on the problem of debt obligations of the regions will be created in the Russian government, it will be headed by Deputy Prime Minister Vladislav Surkov, according to Saturday on the website of the United Russia party. “Many regions have a large number of loans taken and there are serious concerns that they will not be able to fulfill the budgetary obligations.

In the starting match of the 13th round of the Russian football championship, the metropolitan Lokomotiv in Moscow lost 1: 2 Perm Amkaru. The first half ended in a draw: in the 25th minute of George Poye, a beautiful blow to the upper corner brought the guests forward, but soon Roman Pavlyuchenko proved to the fans that he had not yet forgotten how to play his head in the penalty area - 1: 1.

The investigating authorities of the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee in the Saratov Region charged a 22-year-old local resident who hit an accidental passerby on the head. The victim died in the hospital, without regaining consciousness. According to the SKR website, the incident occurred on September 21 at about 23:50 at the intersection of Chapaeva Street and Kirov Avenue in Saratov.

The number of the so -called group of independent deputies of the State Duma, consisting of renegades from Fair Russia, increased to eight people - Vladimir Parakhin joined it. It should be noted that on Saturday the party will gather to the congress, where it intends to summarize a half -year discussion about what the future structure should be. “Yes, our ranks replenished. The other day Parakhin joined us.