Irina Lagunina: We continue the cycle "Ethnic map of Russia". Today - about the people of Orochi. Alexei Burykin, a leading employee of the Institute of Linguistic Research and Rodion Sulandzig, the first vice-president of the Association of Small Peoples of the North, participate in the conversation. The conversation is conducted by Igor Yakovenko. Igor Yakovenko: Alexey Alekseevich, what does the name "Orochi" mean, when and how did it arise?

Taisiya Osipova in court. Smolensk. August 28, 2012. The verdict to the activist of the unregistered opposition party “Other Russia” Taisiya Osipova - 8 years in prison on charges of drugs (exactly twice as long as the prosecutor asked) - immediately called a flurry of indignation and criticism of the authorities in the Russian blogosphere.

In the Baku court on serious crimes, a lawsuit began today over the accused of cooperation with the "Corps of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution." During the closed process, twenty -two citizens of Azerbaijan appeared before the court. They are accused of state treason, illegal storage of weapons and committing a number of other crimes.

Several priests of the Greek Catholic Church fled from Syria to Lebanon, including the archbishop of Aleppo, Jean-Climen Zarbar. According to the Vatican Radio on Monday, last week in the city of Aleppo there was an attack by unknown people on the area where Christian institutions are located. In particular, damage was caused to the Museum of Christianity of the Byzantine rite.

Boris Nemtsov and Leonid Martynyuk (Movement "Solidarity") presented another report on Vladimir Putin on August 28: "The life of a slave on galleys." Full video version of the presentation of the report.

Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko arrived at court hearings in Kyiv The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg on August 28 begins public hearings in the Julia Tymoshenko case against Ukraine. The subject of the trial is a complaint of the former prime minister, one of the leaders of the Ukrainian opposition to the decision to detain her. Yulia Tymoshenko sent her complaint to the European Court of Human Rights on August 10, 2011, being in the Kiev investigative insulator.

Today in the morning in the city of Malgobek the regime of a counter -terrorism operation was introduced. In a shootout with special forces fighters, an action movie was killed, who was hiding in one of the houses. The headquarters for a special operation reported that the murdered man had a homemade grenade and a Makarov pistol. In the city, the search for involved in the terrorist attack at the funeral of the police officer on August 19.

In the archival program “We are abroad”, two topics: “White Envy”, where Dina Kaminskaya’s lawyer tells about the British court (1976), and “Jump to Homeland” - the confession of the translator Dmitry Sizeman, who had jumped off the wagon in Paris at the last minute (1978).

Mikhail Khodorkovsky calls on the opposition to support the leader of the movement in defense of the Khimki forest Evgeny Chirikov in the struggle for the post of mayor of the city of Khimki. In the appeal published today on the Internet, the ex-head of the Yukos writes that in this situation, the support of Chirikova will show voters that the opposition can use new legislative opportunities for an effective struggle for power.

Why does the struggle for freedom of assembly in Russia look like a hopeless business? Do I need to go to the action on the 31st? The studio will be the leader of the “Other Russia” movement, writer Eduard Limonov.

Eduard Limonov Why does the struggle for freedom of assembly in Russia look like a hopeless business? Do I need to go to the action on the 31st? In the Radio Studio, Liberty in the program "Guests Time" at 19:07 will be the leader of the "Other Russia" movement, writer Eduard Limonov. Mikhail Sokolov is broadcast. Repetitions on September 29 at 4 and at 11 in the morning.

Vladimir Putin (left) and Igor Sechin in Novo-Ogars The state-owned company Rosneftegaz , led by former deputy prime minister Igor Sechin, leaves no attempts to receive assets in the Russian electric power industry. These plans, experts suggest, can aggravate the conflict of the company with the country's government.

Symbol of Summer Paralympic Games in London On August 29, the XIV Paralympic Games will start in London, which will end on September 9. The games are at 4200 athletes with disabilities from 165 countries who will play 503 sets of awards in 20 sports. Great Britain is a country in which the Paralympic movement originated.