The verdict in the case of the South African Paralympic Oscar Pistorius, who is accused of the murder of his girlfriend Riva Stekimp, will be announced by the court of September 11. This was announced on Friday after the prosecution and defense presented their last arguments. The 27-year-old athlete insists that he shot his girlfriend by mistake, taking her for a robber that penetrated the house.

In the Astrakhan region, the command and staff of the air forces and air defense forces, which took place on August 4, were completed. This is informed by the Ministry of Defense of Russia. The exercises that began on August 4 caused the concern of the US State Department.

For the third time in a quarter of a century, Russia will become the second country in the world, where both main consumption taxes exist in parallel - both VAT and sales tax.

Memory action for the victims of the Five Day War in South Ossetia Participants in the Russian-Georgian armed conflict today recall the victims of the so-called "five-day war." The events that in Tbilisi call the military aggression of Russia, and in Moscow - the operation to force Georgia to the world, occurred six years ago, but the parties still accuse each other of unleashing this armed confrontation . According to official figures, about two thousand people died in this war.

Scottish ballet at the 2013 Edinburgh Festival The experience of the First World War is the main theme of the Edinburgh Festival For three weeks, 2400 artists from 43 countries will perform at the Edinburgh International Festival , which will give more than 160 concerts and performances. It is assumed that more than a million people will visit it.

The First World War, northeast of France. About the First World War - memoir prose and pop song The fact that the autumn of 1914 was cold, each of us remembers Bunin’s ingenious story . And here is the female memories of that time. The station is somewhere in the Russian outback. A crowded train. “A kind of very aggressive type came in, and, therefore, sat next to me, I pushed me away ... Well, then there were other soldiers, and he, therefore, reacted very much to me, and that's it ...

In the Rostov region, a trial of 5 Ukrainian officers of the 72nd brigade will be held today, detained in Russia after they were forced to retreat to Russian territory. This was reported to UNIAN in the Consulate General of Ukraine in Rostov-on-Don. According to the interlocutor of the agency, most likely, the Ukrainian military will be arrested for 2 months - they are charged with the use of prohibited warfare methods.

Watergate lessons: 40th anniversary of Richard Nixon's resignation. The interviewer of Radio Freedom Vladimir Abarinov, political analyst Andrei Fedorov, historians Valentin Zorin, Boris Sokolov, Alexey Pobernyzkin participate in the conversation

Abdullah Abdullah (left), Ashraf Gani and John Kerry at a press conference in Kabul on August 8 Participants in the second round of the presidential elections in Afghanistan Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Gani agreed to cooperate with the aim of forming the Afghan government of national unity. Applicants for the post of head of state, between whom, in anticipation of the final results of the elections, remains tension, a joint declaration was signed on Friday.

Participate Vladimir Abarinov, Andrei Fedorov, Valentin Zorin, Boris Sokolov, Alexey Proobyzkin. Vladimir Kara-Murza: 40 years ago, the 37th US President Richard Nixon voluntarily resigned. Thus ended the "Watergate scandal" lasting two years. Nixon's forced act is the only case in the history of the United States when the president has stopped fulfilling his duties ahead of schedule.

German press and experts about Russia's sanctions against the EU Assigned in January by the coordinator of German-Russian interdestronized cooperation at the FRG FRG Social Democrat Hernot Hernot Erler spoke in an interview with German radio for immediate diplomatic efforts in order to stop further escalation of the exchange of sanctions. Its main thesis: "Back at the negotiating table!" Gernot Erler expressed concern about the possible development of events.

American fighters on Friday struck the positions of Islamic militants in Iraq. According to the press service of the US Department of Defense, the bombs were dropped into part of the artillery guns and a truck that was engaged in their transportation. Pentagon representative John Kirby noted that artillery was used by extremists against Kurdish formations that defended the city of Erbil. Two planes rose from the George Bush aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf.

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The decree of the Russian government on the ban on anonymous Internet access to the Internet applies only to the collective access points to the network, which was developed by the state company "Post of Russia", said Artem Ermolaev, head of the Moscow Information Technology Department. "No one is going to limit Wi-Fi in public places. This applies only to collective access points that are actually funded as part of a universal communication service," ITAR-TASS Artem Ermolaev told the ITAR-TASS.

During the battles in eastern Ukraine, 15 Ukrainian military were killed over the past day, another 79 were injured. This was announced by the representative of the National Security and Defense Council (National Security and Defense Council) Andrei Lysenko, noting that among the dead seven military personnel of the Armed Forces and eight border guards.