Deputy Head of the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights, Georgy Kunadze, could not serve the state who unleashed the war The Deputy Head of the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights, Georgy Kuzanza, left this post for political reasons. George Kunadze distributed such a statement on social networks. "Russia annexed the Crimea. And then provoked and equipped the rebellion of separatists in the eastern regions of Ukraine, contrasting myself with the entire civilized world.

The first reaction in Russia to the new EU sanctions. The 11th Forum of the Yalta European Strategy is for the first time in Kyiv. Nationalization of Ukrainian state property in Crimea. The casuistic decision of the court on the recognition of organizations "Memorial" and "Voice" by foreign agents. Political scientists and the opposition talk about the preparation of falsifications in the coming in Russia on September 14 a single voting day.

The EU and the US announced new sanctions against Russian companies and officials The European Union (EU) has introduced today new economic sanctions against Russia. More precisely, we are talking about the expansion of previous "sector" restrictions introduced by him since the beginning of August after such measures from the United States.

Turkish President Recep Erdogan and US Secretary of State John Kerry during a meeting in Ankara September 12, 2014 US Secretary of State John Kerry said the United States form a wide coalition to combat the militants of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. Speaking in Ankara on September 12, Kerry said that it would be premature to single out the role of individual countries in the coalition.

Kemerovo journalist Dmitry Shipilov, detained in the suburbs, will be sent for three months to a colony-settlement. This was reported by the Grani.ru with reference to the administration of the correctional institution, which is currently contained by Shipilov. The decision was made by the court in the Kemerovo region, changing Shipilov a punishment in the case of insulting the governor Aman Tuleyev.

In China, three defendants were sentenced to death, another - to a life imprisonment in the case of an armed attack on the railway station in the city district of Kunmin in the spring of this year. On March 1, a group of people with knives attacked the passengers at the station. As a result, 31 people died, more than 140 were injured. The government assigned responsibility for the attack on the "separatists" from the Xinjiang-Uygur Autonomous Region.

Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk said that the Donetsk and Lugansk regions will remain part of Ukraine. According to him, the issue of the territorial integrity of the country outside of discussions. Donetsk and Lugansk regions were, are and will be part of Ukraine, ”he said in an interview with the“ 5th channel, ”which was shown on Friday evening.

Petersburg teacher Tatyana Ivanova openly announced falsifications in the election of the governor of St. Petersburg Tatyana Ivanova, nicknamed the "Honest Teacher" for refusing to participate in falsifications in the parliamentary elections on December 4, 2011, again reports that she became a witness to the chairmen of territorial election commissions instructed to "work" with the lists of voters during early voting in the elections of the Governor of St. Petersburg.

On Saturday, September 13, in Vladivostok, the International Film Festival of the countries of the Asia-Pacific region "Tikhoi Meridians" opens. The opening ceremony of the festival will take place in the building of the Primorsky Opera and Ballet Theater, which began its work last year. It is expected that the guests of the festival will be a Hollywood actor, producer and director Stephen Baldwin and his colleague - actor Michael Madsen.

The Moscow City Court confirmed the legality of the prosecutor's demand for recognition by “foreign agents” of the Voice Association and the Memorial Center On Friday, the Moscow City Court ruled that the requirements of the Moscow prosecutor’s office for the Association in defense of voters' rights “Voice” - to register as a “foreign agent” - legal.

The United States announced new sanctions against Russia regarding restrictions in financial, energy and defense industries. The statement of the US Department of Finance states further restricting access to the largest Russian banks to bond markets and shares. The new US sanctions followed the previously announced economic measures of the European Union and included restrictions on financing some Russian state -owned companies and freezing assets of leading Russian politicians.

The largest American computer company Hewlett-Packard pleaded guilty to bribing Russian officials, which is a criminal offense in the United States, and agreed to pay almost $ 60 million.

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko announced the liberation of 57 military personnel who were captured by the separatists. On his Facebook page, the Ukrainian leader specified that 21 people were released during negotiations on Thursday, September 11, and another 36 on the night of Friday, September 12. The headquarters of the separatists RIA Novosti reported that 31 Ukrainian soldiers were exchanged for 36 so -called militias.

On Friday, September 12, the last large -scale election campaign was held in Vologda - a rally “For honest elections”. This was reported by the correspondent of Radio Liberty in Vologda Elena Zubkova. More than 150 people gathered in Tchaikovsky Square. The rally was organized by activists of the “Together” movement, representatives of parties took part in it: civilian platform, RPR-Parnas, Communist Party, Apple, and Party of Progress.

In Ukraine, volunteers are being prepared for partisan detachments in case of invasion of Russian troops. According to the organizers of special training, only about 10 thousand people were trained in the Kyiv region.