Patriarch Kirill will come to Poland with peace On August 16, the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Kirill will come to Poland. This visit, even before its beginning, is called a historical event, since there was nothing like this in Polish-Russian history. The Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Cyril will be in Poland from 16 to August 19.

In Iraq today, 8 people died and 50 were injured as a result of a series of attacks. 4 police officers were killed and three more were injured at an armed attack on checkpoint in Al-Kharma, not far from El Falluji, in the west of the country. Then, a mine exploded in the same place - 3 more people were injured. In Kirkuk, in the north of the country, 4 mined cars exploded within 45 minutes - one person died, 20 were injured.

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.

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.

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 .

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.

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.

The head of the Norwegian police, Oststyin Maland, resigned - in connection with the criticism of the actions of the police, contained in the report of the independent commission to investigate the terrorist attacks on July 22 last year, committed by Anders Breivik in Oslo and on the island of Utoya.

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.

Patriarch of All Rus' Kirill and Metropolitan of Poland Savva The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Cyril begins a visit to Poland - the first visit of the head of the Russian Orthodox Church in the entire history of the relationship between the two peoples. The Patriarch will meet with the heads of the Polish churches, as well as with the leaders of Poland.