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At the building of the Tagansky court of Moscow, which today will decide on the extension of the arrest of the Pussy Riot group, the police detained about 20 people. As the correspondent of Radio Liberty reports from the scene, several dozen supporters of Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alekhina and Ekaterina Samutsevich arranged the so -called “judicial festival” from the court building.

Senator Benjamin Cardin Moscow’s response to the introduction of sanctions against Russian officials involved in the Magnitsky case will be more aggressive than serious. This statement was made by American Senator Benjamin Cardin, speaking on Thursday at the headquarters of the Carnegie Foundation in Washington. Last year, Cardin submitted a bill to the Congress, freezing foreign assets and prohibiting 60 officials involved in the deaths of the Hermitage Capital Foundation Sergey Magnitsky .

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The Minister of Justice of the Transition Government of Libya accepts Luis Moreno-Okampo The International Criminal Court has evidence that the son of the murdered Libyan dictator of Muamar Gaddafi, the safe of al-Islam, was engaged in a set of mercenaries and involved in executions. This statement was made by the chief prosecutor of the court Luis Moreno-Okampo-however, refusing to explain what kind of evidence this is.

Taisiya Osipova in the courtroom The court in Smolensk began a new consideration of the case of the activist of the Osipova Osipova opposition movement Taisiya, accused of drug trafficking. Today, the prosecution witnessed the defense, the lawyer Svetlana Sidorkina told RIA-News. The day before, the court rejected the complaint against the arrest of Osipova , taking into account the prosecutor’s statement that the opposition, being free, could put pressure on witnesses.

Graffiti v. Formula 1 in the village of Burders, April 2012 Conducting the next stage of the World Cup in the classroom in the Formula 1 class-the Bahrain Grand Prix-went far beyond the borders of the usual sports competition and became one of the most noticeable world political news. An attempt to conduct a Grand Prix in a country, for more than a year covered by protests demanding political reforms , led to an increase in manifestations, and their goal was a sporting event itself.

The popularity of synthetic marijuana among young people is increasingly worried about the American authorities. This product, apparently, causes even more anxiety than a natural drug . According to the Federal Center for Disease Control, over the past year, the use of synthetic marijuana has almost tripled. One of 9 high school students managed to taste it. The growth of interest in synthetics is explained by its comparative cheapness.

In St. Petersburg, a teacher of school No. 545, an honorary education worker, a teacher of the highest category Tatyana Ivanov is judged for refusing to participate in falsification of elections

Commercial supply of gas on the second thread of the Nord Stream gas pipeline, the construction of which was completed on April 18, will begin in October of this year, said Alexei Miller, chairman of the board of Russian Gazprom. Thus, taking into account the already valid first feature, the total design capacity of the pipeline laid along the bottom of the Baltic Sea from Russia to Germany will reach 55 billion cubic meters of gas per year.

Ex-candidate for the mayor of Astrakhan Oleg Shein and blogger Alexei Navalny The head of the Central Election Commission of Russia Vladimir Churov today is expected to publish a preliminary certificate based on the results of viewing the records of the webcam from the polling stations of Astrakhan. At the same time, in an interview with Russia-24 television channel, Churov emphasized that he did not find falsification facts in the video materials.

The Tagansky court of Moscow today extended until June 24 the term of the arrest participant in Pussy Riot Pussy Riot, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, accused of hooliganism for participating in Punk-Molebne in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. It is expected that in the near future the issue of choosing a preventive measure for two other participants in the group - Maria Alekhina and Ekaterina Samutsevich will be considered.

Screenshot of the video message of Rashid One of the most influential Pakistani Taliban Adnan Rashid published a video message after escaping from prison. In a short entry sent by the correspondent of the Pakistani service of our radio station, Rashid states that after eight -odd years spent in prison, he feels great. Adanan Rashid was released along with other four hundred prisoners in the city of Banna in the north-west of Pakistan as a result of the raid of the Taliban on April 15 .