On August 8, 25-year-old singer Zelimkhan Bakaev disappeared in Grozny. Radio Liberty was confirmed by several sources, including a close friend of Zelimkhan, who asked not to name his name. According to the Caucasus. Realia , Zelimkhan went to Grozny to the sister’s wedding, was supposed to return to Moscow on August 9 immediately after the wedding, but on the 8th was detained in the center of the Chechen capital in military uniform, presumably representatives of the Terek.

President Trump brought a new wave of criticism with his statements at a press conference on Tuesday in New York. His statements even caused a spontaneous demonstration of protest in the city.

Fans of the famous series “Game of Thrones” received a rare opportunity to chat with the author of the Sague of Ice and Flame, which lay on its basis: American fantasy writer George R.R. Martin came to Russia for the first time. George Martin flew to Russia. Visitably, to see with his own eyes how a whole country lives on his scripts. - Bob Farber (@Bobchensk) August 16, 2017 On August 16, the writer gave a press conference in St. Petersburg as part of the St. Petersburg Fantastic Assembly .

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About the Internet battles of rappers as a model of public communication. Musical critics Artemy Troitsky and Alexander Gorbachev, DJ Seva Moskvin, journalist Ivan Martynenko, organizer of Slam "Open the mouth" Mikhail Faustov.

In Arkhangelsk, the court fined the historian and coordinator of the "Last address" of Dmitry Kozlov - for installing a memorial plate in memory of the locksmith of Ignatius Bezonov, a repressed and executed resident of one of the houses in the city center. Kozlov was found guilty of violating the requirements of legislation on the protection of cultural heritage.

In Kyiv, a monument was opened in the form of a sword stuck into a map of Russia. It was created on donations of volunteers and is dedicated to participants in the ATO -Terrorism operation in the east of Ukraine. The granite monument with a height of more than 2.5 meters cost 120 thousand hryvnias, reports Ukrainian Pravda.

The great commander listened to the report of his generals, who developed a plan for the bombing of the enemy air base. The great commander laughed at the "stupid and stupid Yankees", notifying that he would monitor their behavior. The great commander decided so far with the launch of missiles. Good news almost never comes from North Korea, which is why the recent message about the peacekeeping initiative of Marshal DPRK is shocked. You read directly and do not believe.

Head of the election headquarters Alexei Navalny Leonid Volkov Employees of Alexei Navalny will seek his registration as a candidate in the elections of the President of Russia in 2018 by political methods. The issue of Navalny’s participation in the elections will be resolved exclusively politically, and the head of the Central Election Commission Ella Pamfilova must execute this decision.

Volgograd human rights activist Igor Nagavkin The court in Moscow extended for another month to arrest the head of the Volgograd branch of the “For Human Rights” movement Igor Nagavkin, who is accused of theft. It is reported by the "Caucasian Knot". Nagavkin, who has been in custody for almost a year, has been holding an indefinite hunger strike in the Investigative of the Butyrka from August 8.

We are talking about unlawful anti-ecstrazmism and the case of Chistopol Jamaat today with guests in the Radio Liberty Studio-director of the SOVA information and analytical center Alexander Verkhovsky and the Gulagu.net project for the Volga Federal District Almira Zhukova. In the video with us from Kazan - lawyers Boris Maslov and Ruslan Garifullin.

From an idea to success: what is in common for entrepreneurs and officials In Russia, there are not enough "high -potential" top managers. Such a conclusion can be drawn by reading an addition to the state assignment of the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration , which was published on August 21 in the government. The academy should be prepared by 162 "Heads for possible nomination in the short and medium term in the position of senior officials" in 85 regions of Russia.

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The film of the young director Kantemir Balagov “Testony”, awarded the prize of critics of the Cannes Film Festival, was released in the Russian rental. This story about the life of the Jewish district of Nalchik at the height of the First Chechen War. The main character is a girl from an orthodox family who falls in love with a Kabardian Muslim.

About the Internet battles of rappers as a model of public communication. In the studio, Mikhail Faustov, the founder of the People’s Slam “Open the mouth”, and Radio Journalist Ivan Martynenko. According to Skype, Artemy Troitsky, a musical critic, historian of Soviet rock music; Alexander Gorbachev, music critic, observer of the Meduza portal; On the phone of Seva Moskvin, DJ Comedy-radio, soloist of the group of shoes.