All 6 people detained on Thursday near the building of the Investigative Committee in Moscow were released from the police department. They drawn up the protocols on an administrative offense - 5 people are accused of violating the rules of public events, and the municipal deputy Natalya Chernysheva is in disobedience to the police.

The detention of Harry Kasparov The world court in Moscow will consider the case of oppositionist Harry Kasparov, who is accused of organizing an unauthorized event. He faces a fine of up to 30 thousand rubles. Kasparov was detained on August 17 by the building of the Khamovnichesky Court, where on this day the verdict in the Pussy Riot case was announced. Hundreds of supporters of the defendants gathered at the building then, more than 50 people were detained.

Irina Lagunina: According to data published recently by human rights organizations, 304 prisoners were killed in prisons in prisons over the past six months and 527 more were injured. This is the highest indicator in the world in relation to the number of prisoners: 45 thousand people are in Venezuela prisons. Of course, indicators are compared only for those countries that provide appropriate statistics. For North Korea, for example, it is simply not.

Vladimir Nabokov. 1960 Marina Timasheva: The St. Petersburg publishing house of intellectual literature “Symposium” is preparing new books for the exit. It continues the Nabokov theme, as well as the international popular science series “The Formation of Europe”. Tatyana Voltskaya is talking with the editor -in -chief of the Symposium publishing house.

Harry Kasparov’s detention at the Khamovnichesky Court, August 17, 2012 What to do opposition if the Kremlin administration is preparing to death to "bite" its political opponents? The video of the program "Guests Time" - from the Radio Studio Freedom on Thursday August 23 at 19:07. With the co -chair of the Solidarity movement, the leader of the United Civil Front, the world chess champion Harry Kasparov is talking to the RS observer Mikhail Sokolov.

In the Talgar district of the Almaty region, 295 people were evacuated from the Gorny Sun children's health camp “Mountain Sun” in connection with the fire. On Wednesday night in the Ile-Alatau National Park, on the territory of which the camp was located, a fire occurred. Fire extinguishing continues, more than 500 people, 43 units of ground equipment and three helicopters participate in it.

Silvio Berlusconi Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi submitted an application to the European Patent Office for the registration of the new Party of the Great Ice. As a precaution in order to avoid cloning the name of the party, an application for registration of the name of the party consisting of two words “Great Italy” was also submitted.

Chairman of the Committee of the House of Communities for Culture, Media and Sports John Wittingdale and Russian ambassador Alexander Yakovenko at the reception In the UK, criticism of members of the Conservative Friends of Russia society is expanding for their participation in the reception at the Russian embassy in London on August 21. This society includes members of the parliament from the conservative party and high -ranking party functionaries.

North Korea directs the Number of the Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK Kim EN NAMA to Tehran. He will meet with Iran President Mahmud Ahmadinejad. The international conference will be held from 26 to August 31. Iranian and North Korean official representatives have previously repeatedly stated that their countries are in the same trench and jointly confront United States and Western countries.

Scene from the play "The year when I was not born" Marina Timasheva: Last season of the Chekhova Moscow Moscow Art Theater, he presented the premiere based on Victor Rozov’s play “Ground Nest”. The performance staged by Konstantin Bogomolov is called "the year when I was not born." Oleg Tabakov, Natalya Tenyakova, Daria Moroz, Rosa Khairullina and other artists of both theaters subordinate to Tabakov are engaged in it.

The Royal Family of Great Britain warned newspapers about the inadmissibility of the publication of photographs, which depicts the naked Prince Harry, having fun with friends during the holidays in Las Vegas. The representative of the Buckingham Palace confirmed that the corresponding appeal was sent to the British commission for the consideration of complaints in the media - with a request to refrain from publishing photographs.

Bodily punishments, canceled tragically late, remain not only in police and household everyday life So, almost everyone who is outraged by the imprisonment of Pussy Riot says that he would limit himself to flogging or something like. More often - flogging. The desire to take up the rods was expressed by a variety of people: from Zyuganov to Nemtsov. They all believe that bodily punishment would be less punishment than some years of general regime camps.

Volunteers from Krasnodar play in the sports hall of school No. 30, injured as a result of flooding in the village of Novomikhailovsky. The Investigative Committee of Russia for the Krasnodar Territory began a pre-investigation of the actions of officials of the Tuapse district, where, due to the flood on the night of August 22, according to official figures, 4 people were killed.