Harry Kasparov's detention near the Khamovnichesky Court After the sentence was announced in the Pussy Riot case, new detention of supporters of convicted girls began near the Khamovniki court. Activists chant "this is the Inquisition!", "Shame!", "Freedom Pussy Riot". Among the new detainees was the civil activist Danil Lindle. Before the sentence, the police detained about 30 people, including the opposition policy of Harry Kasparov and the coordinator of the “Left Front” Sergey Udaltsov.

Yuri Lutsenko (in the center) The Pechersky District Court of Kyiv today sentenced the former Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Yuri Lutsenko to two years in restriction of freedom on charges of official negligence in the investigation of the case of the poisoning of the politician Viktor Yushchenko in 2004. According to law enforcement agencies, Lutsenko organized illegal surveillance of the driver of one of the suspects.

At the Khamovnichesky Court building, dozens of people who performed in support of girls from the Pussy Riot punk group were detained today. Activists chanted “This Inquisition!”, “Shame!”, “Freedom Pussy Riot”. Among the detainees were the opposition politician Harry Kasparov, the coordinator of the “Left Front” Sergey Udaltsov, the civil activist Danila Lindel. Kasparov said that the police beat him, while the police claim that Kasparov bit the policeman.

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The Moscow City Court for the second time recognized the authorities to be legal for the holding of gay parades in the Russian capital in the next hundred years. The court made such a decision yesterday, but it became known only today. In August last year, gay activists submitted applications to the Moscow City Hall to hold their shares from 2012 to 2112.

Moscow, activists near the Khamovnichesky Court, August 17, 2012 At the Khamovnichesky Court of Moscow, where the verdict in the Pussy Riot case is announced, about 30 supporters of the group of the group were detained. Among the detainees are the opposition politician Harry Kasparov, and the coordinator of the “Left Front” Sergey Udaltsov. Kasparov said that in Avtosak the police brutally beat him. Supporters Alekhina, Tolokonnikova and Samutsevich, gathered near the court, chant "freedom!

In one of the summer villages near Alma-Ata, nine people were killed during the special forces operation, who are suspected of participating in terrorist activities. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the General Prosecutor's Office of Kazakhstan. According to the agency, when trying to detain the dead, they showed armed resistance. One special forces is wounded. A special legal regime was introduced in the operation zone, the residents of the nearest houses were evacuated.

In Moscow, upon receipt of a bribe, the head of the investigation department of the police of the Gagarinsky district of the Russian capital and its deputy. According to the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Moscow, the police were detained upon receipt of 90 thousand euros - in exchange for a promise to achieve a condensed convict in a criminal case of fraud on a particularly large scale.

At the building of the Khamovnichesky court in Moscow, where today the verdict in the case of participants in the punk group Pussy Riot should be announced , oppositionist Sergei Udaltsov was detained. As the Radio Liberty correspondent said on Twitter, Udaltsov tried to agree with the police to let him go to the entrance to the court building, however, police officers detained him without explanation.

Pussy Riot Defenders in Brussels Participants of Pussy Riot, the sentence of which issued on Friday, August 17, the Khamovnican Court of Moscow, will not ask for pardon, the appeal will be submitted to the higher court, said lawyer Nikolai Polozov. Maria Alyokhina, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Ekaterina Samutsevich were sentenced to two years of colony of general regime each.

Branislav Peranovich Irina Lagunina: in Serbia, the head of one of the so-called spiritual and rehabilitation centers of the Orthodox Church for the treatment of drug addicts, a priest, widely known for his violent methods of the so-called treatment, killed one of the wards of drug addicts. What are these so -called rehabilitation centers and on what legal basis they exist in the country - our correspondent in Belgrade Aiya Kuga sorted out.

In the suburbs of Grozny, as a result of shelling, four riot police officers from Bashkiria died. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to a source in the law enforcement agencies of Chechnya. It is reported that the car in which the police rode was fired by unknown from machine guns near the village of Alkhan-Kala. According to the investigation, the attackers could know about the route of the police move, which helped them organize an attack. The shooting of the shooters is underway.

Does a two-year prison term of punk-spring participants look like a defeat of civil society look? This was argued by priest Vladimir Vigilyansky, playwright Mikhail Volokhov, civil activist Andrei Sidelnikov and lawyer Mark Feigin. Page of the program