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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.

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.

In the trial in the case of theft in the cosmetic company "Yves Rocher" a break was announced until August 21. The brothers Alexei and Oleg Navalny today in court stated that they did not understand the charges against them. Supporters and lawyers of the Navalny brothers consider their persecution political. Lawyers say that the case file does not contain facts that would be criminal and criminally punishable.

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.

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.

"Humanitarian convoy" on the way The Russian Humanitarian Column, moving towards the border with Ukraine, turned off the federal highway "Don" (Moscow-Rostov-on-Don-Novorossiysk), heading towards the city of Donetsk in the Rostov region of Russia. It is reported by the BBC. On Wednesday evening, the motorcade did not reach the checkpoint in the Kharkov region, where the Ukrainian border guards had to inspect the contents of 270 Kamazov, and headed east. Last night, cars were spent in Voronezh.

Tokyo leads a subtle diplomatic game with Moscow, imposing sanctions against Russia, but not suffering from retaliatory actions In early August, Japan announced the introduction of the third package of sanctions against Russia in connection with the events in Ukraine, which this time provides for freezing bank accounts of 42 individuals and legal entities.

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.

Speech at the Crimean "Congress of Winners" we are discussing from the Main Council on foreign and defense policy Fedor Lukyanov.

Vladimir Kara-Murza: 14 years ago on the same August days, the whole world followed the fate of the calamity of the Kursk submarine. This tragedy was preceded by mysterious explosions in the Moscow shopping complex "Manege" and in the underground crossing near Pushkinskaya Square. And 10 years ago, two passenger airliners crashed, there was an explosion at a stop at McDonald's. And soon, on September 1, there was a tragedy in Beslan.

Vladimir Putin in Crimea Russian President Vladimir Putin performed in annexed Crimea without sensations On Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Yalta with deputies of the Russian State Duma. It was expected that Putin would make sensational statements, such as the exit of Russia from the jurisdiction of international courts. But nothing of the kind in Yalta sounded.