The jury of the contest "For journalism as an act" published a list of media awarded the Order of the "For Courage" named after Andrei Sakharov. Among them is the Russian Radio Liberty Service.

Putin talked with human rights activists about rallies, Serebrennikov and Radio "Echo of Moscow" Journalist Victoria Ivleva, representative of the Memorial Nikita Petrov, member of the Presidential Council of Human Rights Andrei Babushkin - about what human rights activists can achieve from Vladimir Putin. Full video version of the program Elena Rykovtseva: Vladimir Putin held today a meeting with the members of his Presidential Council for Human Rights.

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Elvis Presley Alexander Genis: In today's issue, the host of this section, Marina Efimova, will tell about the myth of Eliva Presley-due to the forty anniversary of the death of the first rock star. Marina Efimova: The 40th anniversary of the death of the American singer Elvis Presley, who in the 1950s and 70s was an idol of pop music lovers, the rich and the owner of the legendary estate of Graisland.

Russian President Vladimir Putin called the circumstances of the transfer of money to the former governor of the Kirov region Nikita Belykh, whom Russian law enforcement officers accused of receiving a bribe. It is reported by TASS. According to Putin, the court will determine the guilt or innocence of the whites. 16 months after the detention of the governor, the president first doubted the circumstances of what happened.

In Krasnoyarsk, several dozen people laid wreaths at the memorial and read out the names of thousands of repressed and executed. Many added the names of their relatives to the list.

For several months, in Rostov-on-Don there is an irreconcilable dispute between supporters of the installation of the monument to Alexander Solzhenitsyn and his opponents. The scatter of opinions about the writer, as in the 1970s, is colossal: from the "traitor of the Motherland" to the "bold critic of the totalitarian society." Open letters, discussions, rallies and collection of signatures - to uphold the positions of the parties use any means.

Activists of the Youth Democratic Movement "Vesna" held an action on the day of memory of victims of political repression. They got into a chain of single pickets on Pyatnitskaya Street in the center of Moscow. On their posters - the names of Muscovites who lived here 80 years ago, who became victims of great terror.

Siemens gas turbine The Court of Appeal in Moscow confirmed the permit for the installation of Siemens turbines in Crimea annexed by Russia. Thus, the court did not satisfy the complaint of the German concern about the refusal to arrest turbines. This is reported by Interfax. Earlier, the Moscow Arbitration Court twice rejected the Siemens demand to arrest four turbines, which were put on the peninsula in 2017 - in violation of the EU sanctions.

In Moscow today, on the day of memory of the victims of political repression, the first national memorial in Russia will open. The so -called "wall of sorrow" is installed at the intersection of Academician Sakharov Avenue and Garden Ring. The monument with a two -story house is a wall with several arches. On the walls the word "Remember!" In different languages. The territory around the memorial is paved with stones that were brought from former camps and prisons of the Gulag.

According to his president, the director is not pursued for any political position. The guilt or innocence of Nikita Belykh, as Putin said, must determine the court. However, according to the president, the fact that the head of the region took money from the entrepreneur is "very strange."

A survey of passers -by on the streets of Moscow

Kevin Spacey American actor Kevin Spacey openly announced a homosexual orientation. Spacey wrote on Twitter that his closest environment knows that he had been a bisexual all his life, and now prefers men. “I want to say this honestly and openly,” the actor said. Spacey made this recognition after actor Anthony RAPP accused him of sexual harassment in 1986, when the last was 14 years old. According to Rapp, this happened after the party at Spacey's house when all the guests parted.

The Prosecutor General of Spain Jose Manuel Mas filed a lawsuit against the Catalan politicians related to the proclamation of independence on charges of rebellion and embezzlement. This was reported by Reuters, quoting the statement of the Prosecutor General. Masa said that the first lawsuit, which will be considered by the National Judicial Collegium, concerns the heads of the leaders of the Catalonia residential leaders removed from the posts.