Participants in the action against the construction of the temple at the site of the square in Yekaterinburg talked about beating during the detention and in the police departments. According to MBH Media Member of the Local Public Supervisory Commission Sergey Zykov, people complain about beatings that are not fixed. The detainees, according to him, the police led, "turning their hands to them so that they could barely breathe." There are reports that some protests were beaten quite strongly.

Urruticoechea Bengechea The former political leader of the Basque separatist organization, this Urruticoechea Bengechea was arrested by the French police after 17 years of search. The 68-year-old politician, known under the nickname of Jos-Tutin, is suspected of organizing a series of terrorist attacks with numerous human victims. The newspaper El Mundo reports about his detention with reference to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Spain.

Journalist, philologist, documentary, writer Yuri Makarov tells how he, Russian, became a Ukrainian, what role journalism plays in modern Ukrainian society, why some journalists are afraid to "harm", honestly performing their work, whom the newly adopted law "on the language" protects

In the new issue of the “Personality cult” - the leader of the legendary group “Leg!” Maxim Pokrovsky. Author and presenter - Leonid Velekhov. Air May 18, 2019 at 20.05

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A native of Somalia, who was repeatedly accused of torture and massacres, worked for more than a year and a half as a Uber driver in the United States. Yusuf Abdi Ali’s license was canceled after CNN journalists established his personality, swept with him in the car and published an investigation. During the trip, Ali, not knowing that he was talking with representatives of the press, said that he easily passed the check in Uber and received permission to transport passengers.

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Rally in Magas, March 26, 2019 In Ingushetia, another participant in the rally against the redistribution of borders from Chechnya - Aslan Aushev was detained. About this "Caucasus. Realia" was told by the head of the local branch of the "Yabloko" party Ruslan Mutsolgov. According to him, Aushev came to the Sunzhensky police department with an agenda in an administrative case of violation of the rules of the rally.

Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed to conduct a survey of residents of the Yekaterinburg region, where they are going to build an Orthodox church on the site of the square in the city center. He stated this on the media forum of the All -Russian Popular Front, his words quoted by Interfax. "The temple must unite, not disconnect. There is just a way: to conduct a survey. And the minority must obey the majority.

The Lefortovo in the Moscow investigative isolator, temporarily suspended from the post of member of the Federation Council, Rauf Arashukov and his father Raul Arashukov complained about the conditions of detention in the pre -trial detention center. About this after visiting the prisoners , Izvestia was informed by a member of the public observation commission Alexander Ionov.

Parliament in Austria approved the ban on wearing a hijab in elementary schools. The bill was supported by the Austrian People's Party of Chancellor Sebastian Kurtz and the right -wing austrian Party of Freedom. The document clarifies that religious or ideological clothes covering the head are prohibited. The ban does not apply to the Jewish pile and children's hats of the Sikhs (Patki). According to the document, these hats do not close the hair or most of it.

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The leader of the Ukrainian rock band Ocean Elsa, Svyatoslav Vakarchuk, announced the creation of the political party "Voice". The musician plans to take part in the parliamentary elections in the fall of 2019. It is reported by Ukrainian Pravda. According to the musician, the new party will refuse to finance oligarchs and should "destroy the old policy." Now the organization is in the process of registration.

Konstantin Uryadov (in the foreground) is one of the most colorful defenders of the construction of the temple in the Yekaterinburg square at the Drama Theater. Photo is kindly provided by the site E1.ru Radio Liberty talks about people who have defended the construction of the temple in the square at the Drama Theater in the center of Yekaterinburg.

On the fence of the Patriarchate’s Office in Moscow, the poster "Apologize for the ECB" appeared. Smoke checkers were lit next to the building. It is claimed that the action was arranged by the "Association of Popular Resistance". According to the organizers, in this way they supported the protesters against the construction of the temple on the site of the square at the Drama Theater in Yekaterinburg. Mass shares have been continuing there since Monday.