The Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg on Wednesday re-excluded from the agenda the question of holding a referendum regarding the transfer of the Isaac's Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, Interfax reports . Deputy Boris Vishnevsky told the agency that now the question cannot be taken on the agenda within a month. During this time, parliamentarians can go on vacation, because of which the discussion will have to be postponed until the fall.

Political scientist Stanislav Belkovsky - about the blogger of Usmanov and the spoons of Sechin Leonid Velekhov: My guest today is Stanislav Belkovsky. We will discuss the events of the last days rich in them. Full video version of the program Leonid Velekhov: Stas, good evening. Very glad.

The explosion in Manchester indicates how important it is NATO to negotiate with US President Donald Trump about new measures to combat terrorism, the general secretary of the Union Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday. Speaking on Wednesday in Brussels, he called for strengthening the unity of the allies. At the same time, Stoltenberg noted the inability to deploy NATO combat units in Syria or Iraq.

On May 24, the Tver court of Moscow sentenced the prisoner of the prisoner from Lyubertsy Alexander Shpakov on the 1.5 years of the colony - he was accused of applying violence against a police officer during the anti -corruption campaign “He is not Dimon” on March 26. Shpakov pleaded guilty and apologized to the police officer, which he accepted. The policeman asked not to impose a real punishment to the defendant.

Alexander Bourdonsky In Moscow, at the age of 75, the grandson of Stalin, director of the theater of the Russian army, Alexander Bourdonsky, died. This was reported by "Interfax" with reference to representatives of the theater. They said that Bourdonsky was in the hospital for a long time due to heart problems. Alexander Bourdonsky is the son of Vasily Stalin and the grandson of Joseph Stalin. He bore the maiden name of his mother.

How the townsfolk become human rights activists. The story of one family Maryana Torocheshnikova: Do you know how the inhabitants become human rights activists, which makes people abandon the usual life structure and get involved in the fight against the system and bureaucratic arbitrariness? Perhaps the answers to these questions are found in the history of one family from the Nizhny Novgorod region. In the Radio Studio, Freedom is Valery and Vladimir Manzhiev .

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Resident Lyubertsy Alexander Shpakov, arrested in the case of an attack on a police officer during an anti -corruption action in Moscow on March 26, beaten on the day of detention, oppositionist Alexei Navalny said on Wednesday on his YouTube channel. According to the founder of the Corruption Foundation (FBK), Shpakov was with him in the same car carrier, and the police stopped beating only after Navalny began to shoot him on a mobile phone.

The court in Moscow sentenced the participant in the demonstration on March 26, despite the permit to his guilt and the request of the victim of condescension to the defendant ***, former CIA Director John Brennan admitted that the employees of the Donald Trump election headquarters could be bribed by representatives of Russia *** Is there a more close cooperation with the current Filipino regime?

At negotiations in Moscow, President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte asked Vladimir Putin about the supply of Russian weapons. Duterte intended to stay in Russia for almost a week, but he had to sharply reduce his visit and return home - after the Islamist militants seized part of the large city in the south of the Philippines.

Golem Putin May 24, 2017 Valentin Baryshnikov Vladimir Putin before the start of the hockey match Political analyst and columnist Konstantin Gaaze published on Carnegie the second text from the series of the Essay Hybrid or Dictatorship series, in which he explores the nature of the coalition that supports Russian President Vladimir Putin today.

In Ukraine, a large -scale operation to detain persons suspected of corruption is performed. This was announced on Wednesday at an emergency briefing by the Chief Military Prosecutor of Ukraine Anatoly Matios and the Minister of Internal Affairs Arsen Avakov, the Radio Liberty correspondent in Kyiv Vladimir Ivakhnenko reports. More than 1,700 police officers and about 500 military prosecutors are involved in the operation, hundreds of searches in 15 areas are held.

20 out of 64 wounded in the explosion in Manchester remain in critical condition. City doctors told about this Sky News. 22 people died. Among the victims and injured there are children. So far, only four dead are identified, two of them are children. The Polish authorities said that there were two Polish citizens among the victims of the Manchester attack. Salman Abedi, who made an explosion, was known for security services and, as they suggest, acted not alone .

The most discussed person of the last two days is theatrical director Kirill Serebrennikov (in fact, yesterday's “Quotes of Freedom” also about him ). Yesterday Serebrennikov was left in the status of a witness, he took the obligation to turn to the investigator from him. Sympathetic, however, are preparing for the worst. C/f "Publishing the victim -2" director - Kirill Serebrennikov Producer - Kirill Serebrennikov, the role of the victim - Kirill Serebrennikov.