Anna Politkovskaya The Moscow City Court postponed on July 31 the next meeting in the case of the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya. According to the RAPSI agency, such a decision was made today in connection with the failure to appear in the entirety of the defense of one of the defendants. In addition, by the decision of the judge, hearings scheduled for July 30 will not take place, since on this day one of the defendants Rustam Makhmudov is scheduled for a medical examination.

Alexander Genis: On the eve of the presidential vacation, which he traditionally enjoys every August, newspapers offer a reader excited by the stormy process of Zimmerman, a lightweight menu. The main dish in it is broccoli ... With details - Vladimir Abarinov. Vladimir Abarinov: Poet Alexei Tsvetkov claims that the word "broccoli" introduced Gogol into the Russian language.

Sergey Udaltsov at one of the protests The coordinator of the “Left Front” Sergey Udaltsov, who is under house arrest in connection with charges of organizing riots in Bolotnaya Square last year, called on opposition candidates for mayors of Moscow to boycott the elections scheduled for September 8.

In Washington, peaceful negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians are resuming on Monday. This was announced the day before by the State Department of the United States. The Israeli side is represented by the Minister of Justice of Tsipi Livni and the adviser to the Israeli government, Yitzhak Molkho. The Palestinian delegation in negotiations is led by Saab Erekat and Muhammad Stye.

Miku Jagger turned 70 years old.

Deputies of the State Duma achieve criminal punishment of a LGBT activist for offensive records on social networks. Who prevents whom to work and who whose rights infringe on? Sergei Udaltsov calls on to boycott the elections of the mayor of Moscow. How promising is such political tactics? The anniversary of the baptism of Kievan Rus and World days of Catholic youth in Brazil: why such a different stylistics?

The General Prosecutor's Office of Russia confirmed the previously emerging messages about the resignation of the prosecutor of the Moscow Region Alexander Anikin. According to Interfax, the reason for his dismissal could be disagreements with the leadership of the Moscow region and the Prosecutor General. In the spring of this year, disagreements worsened in connection with the theft of Anikin’s car of his award pistol and documents.

Sergey Udaltsov The leader of the Yabloko party, Sergei Mitrokhin, the chairman of the Just Russia, Nikolai Levevich and the candidate from the RPR-Parnas Alexei Navalny will not withdraw their candidates from the September elections of the Moscow Mayor. Earlier, the coordinator of the "Left Front" Sergei Udaltsov called on Levich, Navalny, Mitrokhin and Ivan Melnikov from the Communist Party to boycott the elections.

A fragment of the American engraving "Freedom Tree": the rebellious colonists smear tar and fall out in the feathers of the English tax collector If the excellent idea of individual freedom, invented in ancient Greece, developed in the XVII -XIX centuries in England and France, turned out to be a great tool for achieving it is amazing - for the history of mankind - a prosperous life of the population with a relatively small part of the current world, why not protect it from the hostile world of

It is interesting to compare the social context of religious events in different parts of the world. The Orthodox caravan with the cross of Andrei the First -Called in the Three East Slavic capitals (strict security measures, simple believers not to be allowed) looks (and it is) a political campaign against the backdrop of the Pope of the Roman to Brazil, where a million young Catholics gathered on the beach mass. This is a conversation about spirituality and the word of the shepherd.

In the Afghan province of Zabul in the south of the country, with an explosion of a bomb laid on the side of the road, nine people were killed, including a policeman and two guards. Another 12 people were injured, mostly children. According to local authorities, the explosion occurred last night. He was directed against the deputy chief of the police department of the province. So far, no one has taken responsibility for the attack.

After the explosion of a mined car in the city of Kut. July 29, 2013 On Monday, at least sixty people became victims of the series of explosions in Baghdad and suburbs, more than two hundred were injured. The Iraqi authorities say that 11 explosive devices were put into effect in nine districts of Baghdad, another explosion occurred in the outskirts of Mahmudiy.

In the Vladimir region, the candidate of the Civil Platform party in the governor's election Alexander Filippov was denied registration. According to Gazeta.ru, it did not go through the so -called "municipal filter". The working group for checking the signatures at the regional election commission did not recommend its members to register a candidate from the Civil Platform.

The prosecutor of the Moscow Region Alexander Anikin resigned. According to the Kommersant newspaper, his report says that the decision was made "for intra -decrees." Alexei Zakharov, who previously worked as deputy prosecutor of Moscow, will perform the duties of the regional prosecutor. According to Kommersant, the reason for Anikin’s resignation was his long conflict with two deputy general prosecutor of Russia. The essence of the disagreement is unknown.