Three years ago, in the second half of August 2014, thousands of military armed forces of Ukraine and fighters of the Ukrainian volunteer units were surrounded by the city of Ilovaisk 50 kilometers from Donetsk - ended up in the so -called "Ilovaying Cauline". At first, the offensive in the territory, captured by the pro -Russian Donbass separatists, seemed successful, choked after the Ukrainian forces collided with an unexpectedly and unusually powerful enemy.

On the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Ukraine and Russia. Guest - former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Boris Tarasuk Vitaly Portnikov: Today in our studio is the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, People's Deputy of Ukraine Boris Tarasuk .

Mass unrest in India, August 25, 2017 More than 500 people were arrested in India for participating in the riots after the sentence to the leader of the religious cult Rama Singhu. The day before, the court found him guilty of raping two followers in 2002. On Friday, several thousand supporters of Singh gathered near the court building in protest. As a result of clashes, after the sentence announcement, at least 29 people died , more than 200 were injured.

Rescuers work in the Mir mine The searches of miners who were missing in an accident at the Mir mine in Yakutia are stopped. On the official website of the company "Alrosa", which belongs to the mine, it is reported that there are no hopes for living people underground, and the continuation of rescue work is recognized as impossible for security reasons. The statement by the director of the company Sergei Ivanov says that the relatives of the miners will receive compensation.

The capitalization of Bitcoin, the most popular cryptocurrency in the world, these days exceeded a record amount of $ 154 billion. This, for example, is almost three times more than the cost of the most expensive Russian company Rosneft. If Bitcoin were real securities, and not "crypto -proceeds", it would be equal to capitalization with such world giants as Adobe and Netflix.

Park named after Gorky in Moscow In Moscow, investigators are looking for unknown people who to death beat a visitor to Gorky Park because of his appearance. The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case. According to the investigation, the conflict occurred on August 13. Three unknown people approached the walking with friends in Stas Dumkin Park. As his acquaintance said , the attackers said that Dumkin was “dressed incorrectly” and provoked a fight.

Residents of Irkutsk on Saturday supported the All -Russian protest "For the Freedom of the Internet". In the city center, supporters of the opposition Alexei Navalny held a picket. The proposals to join the action were sent to all political parties and movements of the region, but only representatives of Parnas and the “Left Front” supported it, Radio Liberty correspondent reports.

Psychologist and priest Evgeny Piskarev: Why do believers refuse to recognize the illusoryness of faith? Yakov Krotov: This release of the program is dedicated to God and faith as an illusion. Of course, God is an illusion, and faith is an illusion only from the point of view of a person unbelievable in God. Let's start with a brief video of Alexander Golomolzin , a member of the Society of Sensicity , a Russian humanistic society , an unbelieving and clearly thinking person.

Will the reduction of American diplomatic agents in Russia and Russians hit? Did the Kremlin repeat the error of 30 years ago? Will the sanctions ring be compressed? Do they take indignation in Moscow for Russophobia?

In Moscow, about 20 people were detained at the agreed rally for free Internet. Among them are LGBT activists and participants in the column in support of journalist Ali Feruz. Before the start of the action, the police cut out on stage from a banner with the inscription "You will not take the Internet ..." The word "bastards", which was considered offensive.

Barcelona's Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi Look Dejected after the Match - 04/19/2017 The International Football Federation (FIFA) will replace the Confederations Cup with a club championship in the world. Tournaments will be held every four years, starting from 2021. 24 clubs will take part in the first competition. They will be divided into eight groups of three teams. Only the winners of these groups will enter the playoffs.

The leader of the Shaltai-Boltai hackers group Vladimir Anikeev admitted that he forged the correspondence of Russian officials, and then put them up for auction. It is reported by RBC with reference to sources. We are talking about the correspondence of the press secretary of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev Natalia Timakova, presidential assistant Andrei Belousov and TV presenter Dmitry Kiselev. The FSB plans to interrogate those who bought fake messages.

Week on social networks: "Russian Mecca", visa -free with the USA and the arrest of Kirill Serebrennikov

In Russia, the HIV epidemic continues to spread. According to the Federal State Statistics Service, in the second quarter of this year, cases of HIV infection have increased by 4% compared to the same period in 2016. From March to May 2017, 22.9 thousand cases of HIV infection were identified in Russia. The incidence of the population of HIV infection in March amounted to 7.7 thousand people, in April-8 thousand, in May-7.2 thousand.

Three years ago, in the second half of August 2014, about two and a half thousand military armed forces of Ukraine and fighters of Ukrainian volunteer units were surrounded by the city of Ilovaisk 50 kilometers from Donetsk - and ended up in the so -called Ilovaisk boiler. At first, the liberation of the territories captured by the pro -Russian Donbass separatists seemed successful at first, after the Ukrainian forces collided with an unexpectedly and unusually powerful enemy.