Radio Liberty publishes an audio recording and a full text of an interview with the commander of the Vostok battalion Alexander Khodakovsky about the air defense system "Buk" On Thursday, the Reuters news agency published an audio recording of the interview with the commander of the Vostok battalion Alexander Khodakovsky, in which he admits that the separatists had the Buk anti-aircraft missile system.

The Lublin court of Moscow postponed to the 5th examination of the claim of the deputy mayor of the capital Maxim Liksutov on the protection of honor and dignity for politics to Alexei Navalny and his associate Georgy Alburov.

The European Union will expand the sanctions list by adding 15 citizens of Russia and Ukraine and 18 enterprises in these countries. This was reported by France Press by EU sources. It is expected that the decision will be made today in Brussels, where representatives of 28 EU countries are discussing this issue.

In Afghanistan, two foreign employees of one of the non -governmental organizations were killed as a result of an armed attack. The attack occurred in the city of Herat, in the west of the country. According to the governor of the province of the same name by Faslul Wahidi, the dead are the citizens of Finland. A taxi with women was fired on the road by two unknown people who were traveling on a motorcycle.

The Algerian authorities confirmed the collapse of a passenger aircraft flying from Burkina-Faso to Algeria. This was announced by Reuters by the representative of the Algerian air transport department. He did not give any details. On board the McDonnell Douglas aircraft, captured in Spain, Air Algerie (Er Algeri), there were 119 people-50 Frenchmen, 25 citizens of Burkina-Faso, as well as Russian citizens, Livan, Algeria and Germany. This was reported by the portal Algerie 1 ("Algeri 1").

Sergey Udaltsov during the announcement of the conviction of the Moscow City Court (July 24, 2014) In protest against the Mosgorsud of the accusatory sentence, the coordinator of the “Left Front” Sergey Udaltsov announced an unlimited hunger strike. Udaltsov and his associate Leonid Razvoszhaev were sentenced to 4.5 years of imprisonment on Thursday on charges of organizing riots on Bolotnaya Square in Moscow on May 6, 2012.

Russia supplies the Mi-35 military helicopters and Su-25 aircraft, as well as the anti-aircraft missile-gun complex "PAPIR-S1E". This was announced after the meeting on Thursday of the Minister of Defense of Russia Sergei Shoigu with the Minister of Defense of Iraq Saadun AD-Duleimi.

The Voronezh Regional Court today considers a complaint about the arrest of the Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko, who was contained in the pre -trial detention center of Voronezh and the accused of involvement in the murder of two Russian journalists near Lugansk. Lawyer Mark Feigin, together with colleagues Nikolai Polozov and Ilya Novikov, are asked to change the preventive measure against Savchenko to detained. The prosecution opposes the abolition of the arrest.

In Washington, the Republican congressmen in the House of Representatives on Thursday took the first step towards a court claim against US President Barack Obama. Congressmen believe that the president exceeded authority as the head of the executive branch. The Committee of the House of Representatives on Regulations in the ratio of votes 7 - for and 4 - against approved the bill, which will now submit the full composition of the chamber.

Alexander Khodakovsky Freedom quotes 24 July 2014 Liveblog about discussions on the network Fresh from above 18:22 24.7.2014 And again about the Boeing. The end of the Ukrainian Communists And again about the Boeing. The widespread radio freedom of an interview with Alexander Khodakovsky Reuters about the "bouquet" among the separatists was widely dispersed over the network. Stanislav Yakovlev Something very strange happens with the heroic commander Alexander Khodakovsky.

Safety measures have been strengthened at the Moscow City Court building, several dozen police officers, as well as riot police, patrol the territory. At one in the afternoon, as expected, the announcement of the sentence to the defendants of the “swamp business” - the leader of the Left Front movement Sergei Udaltsov and another oppositionist Leonid Razvoszhaev will begin here. In court, the presence of a large number of supporters of the defendants and journalists is expected.

The Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk resigned Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk resigned. According to Ukrainian Pravda, he said that he has two options: either to begin to form a new coalition with the participation of the Communists and the "Party of Regions", which he will not do under any circumstances, or resign. "I declare a resignation in connection with the collapse of the coalition and the blocking of government initiatives," Yatsenyuk said.

The Russian Ministry of Defense today rejected the assumption of the Ukrainian leadership that two Su-25 military aircraft shot down on Wednesday in the east of Ukraine could be attacked from Russia.

The head of the UN department for the coordination of humanitarian programs, Valerie Amos, speaking at the UNs organized by the conference in Tokyo, called the terrifying situation in the gas sector. According to Amos, the task of protecting the civilian population of the Palestinian territory from the fighting of the civilian population remains a priority. She called the ceasefire in the conflict zone with an extremely necessary step.

Players and coaching staff of FC "Rostov" with the Russian Football Cup The journalist of Novaya Gazeta Andrei Sukhotin found out how the Rostov football club got away from paying taxes and selling players at a loss. 1. The way to move away taxes The contracts of players, trainers and other Rostov employees, including top management, starting in 2007, are paid at the expense of non-profit organizations.