Paul McCartney considered that, protecting Pussy Riot, he protects freedom of speech. The British musician Paul McCartney addressed an open letter to the arrested participants of the Pussy Riot punk group Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alekhina and Ekaterina Samutsevich. Dear Nadia, Katya and Masha, I would like to support you at this difficult time.

Vladimir Kara-Murza: The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill on Thursday for the first time in history arrived in Warsaw as part of a four-day visit to Poland, which is carried out at the invitation of the Primate of the Polish Orthodox Church. Prior to this, not a single first hierarch of the Russian Church visited Poland as a patriarch.

The "landing" of art people in the Mozhaisk educational colony is by no means uncommon: in the photo, pupils study the art of painting by ceramics. However, they had the opportunity to become playwrights for the first time. The Moscow theater.doc announced the production of plays based on plays written by minor prisoners from the Mozhaisk educational colony .

Seven suspects of attempting to the mufti of Tatarstan Ildus Fayzov and the murder of his former deputy Valiulla Yakupov are released from arrest, one alleged criminal remains in custody. According to the Russian Investigative Committee today, the preventive measure elected by the court was canceled, since all the necessary investigative actions were carried out with the suspects. Now, if necessary, they must independently come to investigators.

In the north of Afghanistan, three soldiers of the National Army were killed in the explosion, three more were injured. The local police representative said that this happened in the province of Bagan, Mina exploded on the path of the military patrol car. So far, no one has taken responsibility for the attack. However, the police suggests that he is behind the Taliban.

In the South African Republic, the police confirmed that new bloody clashes of law enforcement forces with striking miners took place at the platinum mine in the north-west of the country. On Thursday, 18 people became victims of clashes. In previous days, another 10 died. The police claim that the miners were armed not only with a machete and iron sticks, but also with firearms, which they began to use after the police tried to disperse their rally with the help of tear gas and water bodies.

In the center of Irkutsk near the regional government building, residents of eight municipalities of the region held a protest. People demanded from the authorities to provide them with social hiring housing. About 50 people gathered at the picket. According to Radio Liberty correspondent, Ekaterina Vertinskaya, the people who went to the picket have for various reasons in difficult life situations and they have nowhere to live.

Israel is an artificial “growth” in the Middle East and is doomed to “disappearance”, said the Supreme Spiritual Leader of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, speaking on the eve of mass anti-Israeli demonstrations on the so-called al-Kuds day. This day was established in 1979 to conduct shares of solidarity with the struggle of the Palestinians and was celebrated on the last Friday of the Holy month of Ramadan.

In the Dagestan city of Kizilyurt, an attempt on the prosecutor Musa Imanaliev was made today. According to the regional administration of the Investigative Committee of Russia, the unknown persons activated the explosive device when Imanaliev left the entrance of the house where he lives. No one was injured. An investigation is underway. In the Dagestan city of Derbent, two explosive devices on the path of a car with railway workers that went to work worked last night. The car received damage.

Irina Lagunina: We continue a series of stories dedicated to the war of 1812. Napoleon, who was preparing the invasion of “binugs of languages” on Russia, wanted to include the Spaniards in his army. The Spanish soldiers were captivated by the French soldiers to swear allegiance to the newly -made king of their country - Joseph, Napoleon’s brother, and enter the regiment bearing his name. Says our Madrid correspondent Viktor Cheretsky.

Refugees from the Azaz Syrian city of Azaz continue to arrive in Turkey. As our correspondent in Turkey Elena Solntseva reports, over the past three days about three thousand refugees from Azaz have arrived in Turkey. About five hundred of them were sent to hospitals. About a hundred people died. The doctor of one of the Turkish hospitals said: "At the checkpoints on the border with Syria, the ambulance cars are constantly on duty.

London: Plugues demanding to free Julian Essange A helicopter appeared over the building of Ecuador's Embassy in London, according to the WikiLeaks portal, reports on Twitter. A little earlier, Twitter users said that several police officers entered the embassy building. Since June, the founder of WikiLeaks Julian Essange has been hiding in the embassy, trying to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he is accused of sexual crimes.

A bomb on board the aircraft of the Russian Airoflot aircraft, which made a flight from New York to Moscow, was not found. This morning, the plane was forced to land in Iceland after an anonymous message about the threat of an explosion. According to the official representative of Aeroflot, an unknown person informed the American law enforcement agencies that there were allegedly five suitcases with explosives on board, which should work upon arrival of the aircraft to Moscow.

Irina Lagunina: 57-year-old General Abdel-Fattah of As-Sissia became the new Minister of Defense of Egypt. He is 20 years younger than his predecessor, whom the president of the country Mursi removed from power on Monday. As-Sissy was also the youngest member of the Council of Generals, who ruled the country within 17 months from the moment of the overthrow of the President of Mubarak and until the current president took office at the end of June this year.

In Pakistan, early in the morning, a group of militants attacked a large military air base in the city of Kamra, located about 60 kilometers north-west of Islamabad. A fierce shootout between extremists and security forces reports. Information about losses is specified. No one has taken responsibility for the attack yet. Previous similar attacks organized Islamic militants associated with the Taliban.