Carles Puchemon The leader of Catalonia Carles Puchdemon refused to invite on October 26 in the Senate of Spain with an explanation of the situation regarding the independence of the region. According to Reuters with reference to the representative of the Catalan government, Puchdemon’s decision is caused by the fact that the Spanish government has already announced its intention to introduce direct rule in Catalonia in order to prevent its independence.

Journalists sue the FSB due to disagreement with a demand to transfer to the special services the keys of ciphing of correspondence in the Telegram messenger

Activist Vladimir Shipitsyn In St. Petersburg, an attack on the activist of the Movement "Solidarity" of Vladimir Shipitsyn was committed. According to the movement on Facebook , on Wednesday morning, the unknown sprayed a chemical in his face, hit with a brass knuckle several times, tumbled down and began to beat his feet with the words: "Next time it will be worse." After beating, the attacker took several photos of the activist.

Promotion in support of human rights activists in Istanbul, July 2017 In Istanbul, a lawsuit was opened over 11 human rights activists, including the head of the local branch of the International Organization of Amnesty International, Yidil Socialist -Revolutionary and two teachers - from Germany and Sweden. Activists were detained in July in Istanbul during a seminar on cybersecurity and information management.

The head of the election headquarters Alexei Navalny left for 20 days of administrative arrest. He was accused of calling to participate in inconsistent protests.

Three years ago, his analysts loaded these teams of hackers. Among them were secret documents. According to Kaspersky, this is a standard procedure for studying viruses. And the files allegedly immediately deleted. Kaspersky did not explain how the employees realized that the documents were classified.

Graffiti in Simferopol, August 2015 The wave of disputes, raised by the press conference of Ksenia Sobchak yesterday, continues to roll over the network, especially since the journalist regularly supplies more and more reasons for the discussion.

The operating system of prisoners in remote colonies in Russia is the heir to the Gulag and should be abolished. This is stated in the official press release of the International Human Rights Office of Amnesty International. The authors of the application emphasize that Russian prisoners are often sent thousands of kilometers from the house, which is why relatives cannot visit them and receive information about the state of the convicts.

Every year, tens of millions of rubles are paid from the Russian budget in compensation for damage caused by illegal actions or inaction of representatives of state bodies. Is it easy to sue with the state, and who ultimately pays for the negligence of officials?

Kurdish flags defiled by Iraqi troops in the city of Tuz-Khurmat in the province of Kirkuk Representatives of the Iraqi Kurdistan authorities proposed to postpone the independence of the region on Wednesday and activate efforts to resolve the crisis in relations with Baghdad through dialogue, and not military operations. However, the representative of the Iraqi authorities said that the offensive, begun by Baghdad after the declaration of Kurdistan about independence, would continue.

Joseph Reichelgaus On October 30, on the day of memory of the victims of political repressions, the Committee of Civil Initiatives and the Memory Fund, together with the Gulag Museum, is launched by the Stalin Order project. A line from the famous Soviet song is made in the name. But the idea of the project is not at all to tell about the "leader and the teacher", but to recall that the country has paid for the "effectiveness" of Stalin by millions of lives and crippled destinies.

Akhtem Chiygoz (left) and Ilmi Umarov (right) The State Duma of Russia said that Ilmi Umarov and Akhtem Chiygoz, Mufti Muslims Crimea, turned to President Vladimir Putin with a request for the pardon of Ilmi Umarov. This was announced by the deputy head of the State Duma Committee on Nationalities Ruslan Balbek. President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, in turn, states that he agreed on the liberation of Umarov and Chiygoz with Turkish President Recep Erdogan.

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The figures of science and culture of Tatarstan turned to the President of the Republic Rustam Minnikhanov with a request to preserve the Tatar language in schools. The authors of the open letter emphasize that recently the number of hours allocated for the study of the Tatar language has been reduced in educational institutions, and in the near future such classes can become optional. “We want to remind you that we elected you to the responsible posts to protect our interests ...

On Bacharestan in Tehran. Rockets and portrait of the Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khameney The British television and radio broadcasting corporation BBC said on Wednesday that she filed an urgent complaint to the United Nations after Iran began a criminal investigation against 152 employees of the Persian service, accusing them of a “conspiracy against the national security” of Iran.