In Tunisia on Thursday, anti -government demonstrations began - after the murder of one of the leaders of the secular opposition, Mohammed Brahmi. In the north of the capital of the country of the city of Tunisia, several hundred people gathered near the hospital, where Brahmi was delivered after they shot him. The demonstrators demanded to remove the ruling Islamist party of Annakhda from the authorities.

Heads of local Orthodox churches at the festive worship in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior The program of celebrations on the occasion of the 1025th anniversary of the Baptism of Rus' includes dozens of religious and social events, from liturgy and worship of shrines to concerts and salute. In Ukraine, a new temple was consecrated in Kyiv in honor of the Apostle Andrew the First -Called and Equal -to -the -Apostles Prince Vladimir, who baptized Rus' in 988.

Ilya Segalovich - one of the founders of Yandex The co -owner and technical director, one of the founders of Yandex, Ilya Segalovich, perhaps alive and is in a coma. On Thursday night, his family, and then Yandex, reported the death of Segalovich, but in the morning information appeared that he was connected to the life support apparatus. According to the representative of Yandex, Ochir Mandzhikov, there is no official information yet.

Eduard Kochergin Eduard Kochergin, "Notes of the Tablet Rat", St. Petersburg, Vita Nova ", 2013 I must admit, after the “ Angel Doll ”, several years ago shocked everyone with a dazzlingly simple story about the life of a boy, three years old from the family of enemies of the people who had fallen into the children, it was difficult to expect new revelations from the famous Petersburg theater artist.

In Egypt, the military nominated the ultimatum to the Islamists, demanding that they go to national ranks within 48 hours. As the Egyptian agency Middle East News Agency transmitted on Thursday evening, the military statement says that otherwise the commander of the Armed Forces of the country Abdel-Fattah, As-Sissi, promises to accept a new strategy for the fight against violence and terror.

The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg (ECHR) on Thursday published a decision on complaints of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Plato Lebedev to the first process in their case . The ECHR, in particular, decided that the accusations against the former head of Yukos Khodorkovsky and his business partner Lebedev had significant reasons, but the judicial consideration of their cases was unfair, and the direction of convicts to remote correctional colonies was unreasonable.

In St. Petersburg , the appellate instance of the Vasileostrovsky District Court abolished the decision of the first instance that decided to fined the LGBT-organization "Exit" by 500 thousand rubles for violation of the new Russian law on "foreign agents". According to activists on Twitter, the case will be sent for a new consideration.

Russia - Andrei Shary (Sharyi, Shariy) Portrait The European Court of Human Rights did not see the political motives in the verdict Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Plato Lebedev 2005. Why? The celebrations in connection with the 1025th anniversary of the Baptism of Rus' became the main political event of the day in Moscow. What is the meaning of this message from power to society? In Bayroit, the anniversary festival of music of Richard Wagner opens.

President Barack Obama nominated for the position of US Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of the 35th US President John Kennedy. Her candidacy was submitted to the Senate on Wednesday. Caroline Kennedy is 55 years old. Lawyer by education, she is the author of several books and the head of a number of charitable organizations.

In the Dagestan city of Derbent, an armed attack on the rabbi of Arthur Isakov was committed. It was hospitalized, the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the republic said. According to the ministry, the attack occurred on the street on the night of Thursday. When Isakov got out of the car and headed for his house, an unknown person shot at him. As a result, the rabbi caused an through wound in the chest area, it was taken to the hospital in serious condition.

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Bo Silaya In China, the once influential policy of BO SOURY was charged with corruption and abuse of authority. On Thursday, the prosecutor’s office transferred the indictment in his case to the court of the city of Jinan, this indicates that there are very few left before the start of the process. Until the date of the beginning of the hearing is announced.

Izhevsk. Picket against deforestation and building the territory of the parks In Izhevsk, a rare month takes place without street shares of residents, concerned about masses of trees and the development of the territory of parks and squares This week, the picketers who came to the Izhevsk City Hall with posters tried to get to the head of the administration Denis Agashin.