The new mayor of London Sadik Aman Khan is the son of immigrants from Pakistan, who is simultaneously accused of tolerant attitude to Islamic extremism and of commitment to frankly leftist ideas. Recently, Khan participated in his first public event - a meeting of the memory of the victims of the Holocaust.

Voronezh activist Dmitry Vorobyovsky has been held in a psychiatric hospital for several days without explaining the reasons Voronezh activist, member of the Democratic Union Dmitry Vorobyovsky is still in a psychiatric hospital where he was placed on May 6. According to lawyer Olga Gnezdilova, the hospitalization of the activist was illegal, he was sent to the hospital without a court decision.

The first page of the German newspaper SueDdeutsche Zeitung for April 7, 2016, dedicated to the Panama Dossier Internet users got the opportunity to look for offshore companies or their owners by countries, surnames, companies, addresses and jurisdictions On Monday evening, the International Consortium Journalists (ICIJ) published new materials from the so-called "Panama dossier".

Participants in the Immortal Regiment campaign According to the organizers of the Immortal Regiment, the total number of participants in the action throughout Russia amounted to almost two million people In Moscow, the Immortal Regiment action took place, dedicated to Victory Day. In it, as stated in the metropolitan Ministry of Internal Affairs , more than half a million people took part. Demonstrators held portraits of participants in the Great Patriotic War in their hands.

In Russia and a number of other republics of the former USSR, on May 9, the anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War is celebrated. The poet and publicist Lev Rubinstein recalls that immediately after the war, the word "victory" rarely sounded. It was the joy of surviving in a terrible war.

Robert Penn Warren Paramonov: Reading History Alexander Genis: Trumpf Trump in the pre -election campaign of the Republicans is delighted with some, the horror of others, and surprise - for everyone. No one could foresee the take -off of the magnate, who decided to play politics and so far replayed all his rivals. To understand the phenomenon and insert it into the corresponding context of Trump, you should turn to American history.

The action "Immortal Regiment" for the cordon of the police in Krasnoyarsk In Krasnoyarsk, they prevented the procession of the Immortal Regiment, in Novosibirsk, portraits of Stalin appeared on the streets In Krasnoyarsk, the public action "Immortal Regiment", which was held simultaneously with the solemn parade on May 9, the authorities decided to synchronize with the Moscow action and transfer it to 3 hours of the afternoon.

Novosibirsk met on May 9 under the sensitive gaze of Joseph Stalin. On the eve of Victory Day on the central streets of the city, posters with the image of the "leader of the peoples" were hung. The local branch of the Communist Party in this way decided to congratulate the veterans and remind everyone of the role of Stalin in the Great Patriotic War. Not all participants in the Victory Parade were embarrassed by the portraits of Stalin.

John Kerry and Sergey Lavrov Moscow and Washington demanded from the parties to the conflict in Syria to stop any attacks on the civilian population Russia and the United States announced their commitment to the regime of the cessation of hostilities in Syria and the intention to activate efforts to achieve the political settlement of the Syrian conflict.

Greece Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras performs at a meeting of parliament, May 8, 2016 All opposition parliamentarians opposed the adoption of the reform package The Greek parliament adopted a package of reforms on the eve of the meeting of the Ministers of Finance of the EURSENSIA countries, on which issues related to the provision of financial assistance to Greece will be considered.

The network celebrates Victory Day. The first sensation from the tape of friends open in the morning is very blessed. According to most tweets or posts, it seems that the holiday really became what they wanted to do - a kind of unity day, which did not develop on November 4. Eternal memory to those who defended their families and their country.

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Carnegie Hall The anniversary of Carnegie Hall. Jansons and 7 Symphony Shostakovich Alexander Genis: On the air of the New York Almanac, in which we and the musicologist and cultural historian Solomon Volkov talk about the news of cultural life, which they see from New York. I propose today's almanac to open an anniversary that is extremely important for all New York: 125 years of Carnegie Hall. This is probably the most famous concert hall of America, right?

Picket in support of the "Committee against torture" in Nizhny Novgorod. March 2016 The new edition of the Law on "Foreign Agents" puts under the blow of almost all NPOs in Russia, the authorities will only choose who to close At the end of 2014, a representative of the prosecutor’s office brought an idea that stated that the non -governmental organization “Committee against torture” was engaged in political activities, and therefore should be registered as a “foreign agent”.

"Night Wolves" The annual Motoproper "Night Wolves" along the route Moscow - Berlin began on April 29 Bikers from the Prochrevsky club "Night Wolves" arrived in the capital of Germany - the destination of the Victory - to Berlin road. This is reported by the DPA publishing house with reference to the police. According to the latter, about 200 motorcyclists came to the city, who planned to lay flowers to the Brandenburg gate and visit the memorable places of the Great Patriotic War.