Rally of Tymoshenko supporters in Kyiv The Higher Specialized Court of Ukraine today is expected to complete the consideration of the cassation of the protection of ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in the so-called "gas business" and, most likely, will announce the decision. The college of judges began to consider the cassation on August 16 and during the day almost completed the hearing. Yulia Tymoshenko was not present at the meeting, as he was treated in the Kharkov hospital.

Todd crew US President Barack Obama called offensive statements by a congress member from the Republican Party Todd Elevation, regarding the inadmissibility of abortion for the victims of rape. The crew, which is running now in the Senate, said on Sunday that the female body independently prevents pregnancy in cases of the so -called "legitimate rape" and therefore guarantee women the right to abortion in such cases would be excessive.

The former deputy head of Rosprirodnadzor and the ex-preservation of the Northern District of Moscow Oleg Mitnol did not rule out that he would run for the post of mayor of the city of Khimki in the October 14 election. According to Mitvol Radio Liberty himself, the final decision will be made by the Green Alliance - People’s Party, which he heads.

The well -known sociologist Alexei Levinson on the pages of the "Un -Most Service" was asked an interesting question: under what conditions the slogan "Putin, leave!" will lose its relevance? How would Vladimir Vladimirovich need to do this to return to the happy zero years, carrying the majority with him? And then this is the majority, as the author of NZ rightly indicates and confirm polls, deafly seething and dreams of political modernization.

Reading a sentence in "Shakhtinsky case" Guest of the program of Mikhail Sokolov from the cycle to the 75th anniversary of the Great Terror - Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor of Novosibirsk State University Sergey Krasilnikov, co -author of the book "Shakhty process" Mikhail Sokolov: In a cycle dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Great Terror, today our guest is Sergey Krasilnikov, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor of Novosibirsk State University.

In the southeast of Turkey, at least seven people became victims of the explosion, dozens of people were injured. According to the Turkish agency Dogan, the incident occurred on Monday evening in the city of Gaziantep, the explosive device was laid in the car. According to unconfirmed reports, among the dead there are police officers. So far, no one has taken responsibility for the terrorist attack.

In St. Petersburg, the results of the opposition "The White Forum" of the Opposition held on the weekend are summed up. According to Radio Liberty correspondent Tatyana Voltskaya, the White Forum gathered more than 300 participants from Moscow, St. Petersburg and other cities of Russia.

The Samsung Electronics' Galaxy (right) tablet is really almost indistinguishable from Apple iPad On August 20, another hearing was scheduled in the American patent dispute between the two world leaders in the production and sale of smartphones and tablets - Apple and Samsung companies. The case is obeyed in the federal jury in the city of San Jose, California. The American company Apple claims that the South Korean Samsung should pay compensation for $ 2.5 billion.

In Iraq, during the Holy Muslim month, Ramadan, at least 409 people and 975 were injured as a result of explosions and attacks. It is reported by Franse-Presse, referring to the data of security services and doctors. Only on one day - July 23, 113 people became victims of violence in the country, another 259 were injured According to analysts, in Iraq at this time the level of violence is growing.

The Krasnodar Regional Court today holds in closed preliminary hearings in the case of the accused of murder 12 people in the village of Kushchevskaya in the fall of 2010. According to agencies, it is expected that the meeting will be resolved about the form of legal proceedings, since the four defendants stated a petition for the consideration of the case of a jury of jurors. 6 people are accused in the case, among them the alleged leader of the criminal group Sergey Tsapok.

The keyword of this week is not at all literary, namely, “Wishlist”. Such a word, and this was not the first time, was used by Vladimir Putin at a meeting dedicated to the expansion of the borders of Moscow . - This is a project caused by a vital necessity. This is not someone’s Wishlist and no PR action, ”said the President of the Russian Federation. The speaker achieved his goal - the statement turned out to be memorable.

The total number of unemployed in Russia, calculated according to the methodology of the International Labor Organization, was reduced by half a percent during July and amounted to 4 million 124 thousand people, Rosstat reports. At the same time, the level of general unemployment in the country has not changed and amounted to, as in June, 5.4% of the number of economically active population. It is estimated at 76.4 million people, that is, approximately 54% of the total population of Russia.

In the second largest city in Libya - Benghazi, a car of an Egyptian diplomat was blown up. No one was injured. As a local police source told France Press, from the passing car, unknown people threw a home-made bomb into the car of the first secretary of Egypt Abdelhamid al-Rafii, parked near his house. The diplomat himself refused to comment.

In the city of Aleppo in the north of Syria, a journalist from Japan died on Monday, three more journalists are missing. It is reported by Syrian Observator for Human Rights. The Japanese embassy in Syria confirmed the death of a journalist. Her name was Mika Yamomoto. According to Syrian human rights activists, Yamomoto was killed at the shelling in the Suleimania area, where the battles between Syrian rebels and government troops have been going on for several weeks.

The nomination of candidates for the mayor of the city of Khimki near Moscow will begin on August 24 and will end on September 13. This was announced by the chairman of the Moscow Region Irek Vildanov. On Monday, the election campaign officially began in Khimki. The elections themselves are scheduled for October 14th. Today it became known that the leader of the Green Alliance - People's Party Alliance, Oleg Mitvol, was going to run for the mayor of the city .