Hall of the meeting PACE The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe condemned the elections to the State Duma of Russia on the territory of the annexed Crimea on September 18. The resolution adopted on Wednesday, entitled the "political consequences of Russian aggression in Ukraine," stated that the holding of these elections grossly violates international law and casts doubt on the legitimacy of the chosen Duma.

Aleppo after bombing The Russian public movement "Congress of the Intelligentsia" filed an open letter to the UN Security Council regarding the humanitarian situation in Syria. The authors of the appeal propose to adopt a resolution on the joint participation of five countries - permanent members of the Security Council - in ensuring the safety of humanitarian convoys to save civilians in the Aleppo area.

A survey of passers -by on the streets of Moscow

Russia "was forced to defend the Russian -speaking population in the Donbass," said President Vladimir Putin during his speech at the Russian investment forum! in Moscow. So the head of state commented on the deterioration of Russian-American relations, which, in his opinion, began after the revolution in Ukraine.

Maryana Torocheshnikova: Thousands of Russian families who have taken mortgage loans in currency risk staying on the street. Courts to evict non -payers of foreign currency mortgages now pass throughout the country. And the number of those who managed to agree with banks on the restructuring of debts or in another way to get rid of credit bondage is calculated by hundreds.

Bayden and Poroshenko during a meeting in New York US Vice President Joseph Biden and President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko condemned violations of the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine by the separatists supported by Russia.

Putin, Hollande and Merkel at a meeting in the Kremlin February 6, 2015 The presidents of Russia and France Vladimir Putin and Francois Hollande, as well as the German Chancellor Angela Merkel, held a telephone conversation, during which they discussed the implementation of the Minsk agreements by the parties to the conflict in the east of Ukraine and the situation in Syria. According to the Kremlin press service, negotiations took place on the initiative of the German side.

News Radio Liberty: Final release

In Moscow, activists of the “Witnesses of the Constitution” movement on October 12 again went to the building of the State Duma to read the basic law of the country. A similar action last month ended in detention. In protest, activists began reading with sealed mouths.

Lawyer Emil Kurbedinov The five Crimean Tatars detained after searches have been charged with participation in the activities of a terrorist organization. According to lawyer Emil Kurbedinov, the Crimea.real site , the FSB of Russia conducted searches in the houses of the Crimean Tatars, who returned from pilgrimage to Mecca. Kurbedinov believes that the annexed peninsula intends to accuse them of participating in the Hizb-Tit Tahrir organization, which is considered terrorist in Russia.

Fedor Emelyanenko (archive photo) In Moscow, unknown attacked the daughter of Fedor Emelianenko, the President of the Union of Mixed Martial Arts of Russia. The attack occurred on October 9, when the girl returned from school. She was hit in the region of the heart and in the stomach, the Moscow Komsomolets newspaper reports on Wednesday. On Monday, the child was hospitalized. She diagnosed the bruises of the chest and abdominal cavity.

The Congress of the Russian intelligentsia intends to contact the UN with a proposal to adopt a special resolution on a humanitarian catastrophe in Syria in the Aleppo area. The collection of signatures under the draft resolution takes place on the congress website .

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On the ruins of one of the areas of Aleppo As a result of air strikes, 25 people were killed on Wednesday, most of them on the market, most of them in the market. This was reported by Reuters with reference to the rescue service, noting that the Syrian government, with the support of Russia, is holding a joint offensive to capture the whole city.

“The purpose of the next stage of space exploration will be to send a person to Mars and his safe return to the Earth, and in the future, a person’s stay on Mars for a long period of time,” the US President Barack Obama, describes the near future of space research in an article posted on the CNN website. The plans for the flight to Mars Barack Obama announced at the very beginning of his presidency.