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The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Thursday did not consider in the second, final, reading a bill on lustration. Earlier during the meeting, the document was supported in the first reading of 252 out of 450 deputies.

Mikhail Lesin Former American housekeepers and nanny family Mikhail Lesin accuse him of violating US labor legislation Against the former Russian Minister for Press Mikhail Lesin and his family, which American justice became interested in in connection with the acquisition of very expensive real estate in California , as it turned out, earlier in American courts were charged from their former housekeepers.

The Kuntsevsky court of Moscow on Friday is expected to pronounce the sentenced by the accused in extremism by the nationalist Maxim Martsinkevich, known by the nickname "Tesac". Previously, the state prosecution during the debate asked for the defendant to be sentenced to five years in prison in a maximum security colony. The defense insisted in court on an acquittal, since, according to lawyers, there is no corpus delicti in the actions of Martsinkevich.

August in Russia is the time of disaster. Journalists Elena Milashina and Ivan Egorov participate.

The convoy with humanitarian aid from Russia stopped at the border with Ukraine The so-called humanitarian convoy, directed by Russia to residents of southeast of Ukraine, stopped near the city of Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, Rostov region. The New Times reporting this notes that this city is located about 25 kilometers from the border from the Lugansk region of Ukraine partially controlled by separatists.

A picture of Sergei Galitsky The mayor of St. Petersburg canceled the decision of the district authorities to destroy graffiti with a portrait of an eternally live rock legendary The black and white portrait of Viktor Tsoi, who recently appeared in one of the St. Petersburg courtyards-on the wall of the transformer substation between the house 8 on the Uprising Street and the house 5 on Mayakovsky Street, turned out to be a work of 5 by 6 meters in size.

Official microblog Dmitry Medvedev The microblog of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev was hacked this morning. The resignation message that appeared in it is misinformation, Interfax reports with reference to the press service of the government. In the official "Twitter" of the Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev on the morning on Thursday, August 14, a message appeared: "I'm resigned. I am ashamed of the actions of the government. Sorry." Twit appeared at about 10:13 in Moscow.

The Verkhovna Rada adopted the draft law on lustration in the first reading. 252 out of 450 deputies voted for him. The explanatory note to the document states that the law should serve to restore confidence in power and create the conditions "to build a new system of authorities in accordance with European standards." The bill provides for the introduction of a mandatory procedure for verifying the labor biography of the applicant of a senior position.

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Supporters of al-Maliki on demonstrations in Baghdad August 13, 2014 Resigned, the Prime Minister of Iraq Nuri Al-Malika refused to further struggle for the post of head of government. This was reported on Thursday evening by Iraqi State Television. Maliki also stated that he supports the vice-speaker of the Iraqi parliament Haidar al-Abadi, to whom the country's President Foid Masud instructed to head the government and appoint new members of the Cabinet of Ministers.

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Valery Bolotov Valery Bolotov confirmed the information about his resignation, but clarified the “leader of the“ self-proclaimed ”Lugansk People’s Republic, but clarified that it is temporary, ITAR-TASS reports. Bolotov claims that the cause of the resignation was the wound during hostilities. Bolotov’s place will be occupied by the so -called "Minister of Defense of the LPR" Igor Plotnitsky.

The Crimean speeches of the President of the Russian Federation are discussed with Fedor Lukyanov, Ilya Milstein, Vitaly Portnikov. What did the Russian authorities tell the country and the world? What is the resonance from the Crimean speech of the President of the Russian Federation and his associates at the deputy "Congress of the Winners", who took place against the background of the escalation of the war in the Donbass, and the growing isolation of Russia.

Pope Francis and President of South Korea Pak Kyn Hy. August 14, 2014 Pope Francis arrived in South Korea. This is the first visit of the head of the Roman Catholic Church in Seoul over the past 25 years. An hour before the meeting of Pontiff with the President of South Korea, the North Korean authorities held in the Japanese Sea the launches of three missiles of the near radius of action. Pope Francis said that care of the world on the Korean peninsula always filled his heart.