On August 8, law enforcement agencies on August 8 , on the second attempt, detained the former president of the country Almazbek Atambayev after a new assault on his house in the village of Koy-Tash near Bishkek. About two thousand police officers participated in the operation, it was personally led by the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

In the village of Kamenka near Achinsky, Krasnoyarsk Territory, where an ammunition warehouse exploded on August 5, an evacuation was again announced. The publication "Siberia. Realia" was announced by a local resident Evgeny Koksharova. Koksharova’s parents returned to Kamenka after the first evacuation early on the morning of August 8. According to her, the sounds from the explosions in the vicinity of the village were heard throughout today.

The former investigator of the Prosecutor General demanded to initiate a criminal case against the actual head of the USSR in the 20-50s of the XX century Joseph Stalin. He demands to find him guilty of organizing massacres and genocide. The case cannot be instituted due to the death of the suspect, but the state is obliged to give a legal assessment of his actions before, the plaintiff insists. The lawsuit of the former investigator Igor Stepanov reports on Thursday the Kommersant newspaper.

The Scientific Center, in the management of the President of Russia, has developed a service that allows you to collect information about Runet users on the basis of open data and the databases that have got into the Internet. The system is used by law enforcement agencies and large companies, access to it can cost millions of rubles a month. The work of the service is most likely violating Russian laws.

Students, graduates and teachers of the Russian State Humanitarian University published an open letter to the rector, who previously threatened the expulsion to the participants of unauthorized shares. The position of Alexander Bezborodov and the threat of punishment for extraordinary activity caused bewilderment and indignation of people who are related to the RSUSU. Radio Liberty talked with people who signed the letter.

In Georgia, these days, the 11th time recall the anniversary of the August War-a five-day armed conflict with Russia, which followed Tbilisi’s attempts to restore control of the self-proclaimed republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. The fighting, during which the Russian army invaded the territory of Georgia, continued until August 12 and ended with the signing of the Medvedev plan - Sarkozy about a peaceful settlement.

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Venezuela President Nicholas Maduro forbade representatives of his government to participate in planned negotiations with the political opposition in Barbados due to US sanctions. The meeting was scheduled for August 8 and 9. On August 5, US President Donald Trump ordered to freeze all the assets of the Venezuelan government in the United States and banned transactions with the Venezuela authorities.

Employee of the largest investigative insulator "Crosses-2" in Europe The leadership of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) recognized numerous violations in the new investigative insulator of St. Petersburg, known as Crosses-2. On the eve of human rights activists demanded that the prisoners are trying to soglings who are working with the FSIN employees.

The most interesting of our common past. Incomplete story. Unjust wounds. Still live hopes. Could Russia go the other way? Radio Liberty this week 20 years ago. Archive project. Ivan Tolstoy chooses from our ether still relevant and turned out to be eternal.

The Office of the Investigative Committee for the Krasnoyarsk Territory terminated the criminal case of recruiting to an extremist organization against two followers of the religious movement of Jehovah's Witnesses. This was reported by the correspondent of the publication "Siberia. Reali". On August 6, the press service of the regional Investigative Committee published a press release on the initiation of a criminal case against a 45-year-old woman and a 62-year-old man.

In Bishkek, the police dispersed the rally of supporters of the former President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev with the help of light -school grenades and tear gas. The broadcast from the scene was led by the April TV channel. According to media reports, rally participants threw stones at journalists. Law enforcement officers ousted protesters from the central square and the streets closest to it. Earlier, Atambaev announced an indefinite rally in Bishkek.

The first assault on the residence of Almazbek Atambaev with special forces. Village Koy-Tash, evening August 7, 2019 On August 8, law enforcement agencies on August 8 , on the second attempt, detained the former president of the country Almazbek Atambayev after a new assault on his house in the village of Koy-Tash near Bishkek. About two thousand police officers participated in the operation, it was personally led by the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Photo portrait of Imam Shamil's work of Henry Day, 1859 The muftiyat of Dagestan condemned the statements of the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov about Imam Shamile, made on the eve of the Chechnya Today site, dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the invasion of armed groups from Chechnya to Dagestan.

India and Pakistan bring the troops to a state of full combat readiness and exchange extremely sharp statements after the Indian government announced the elimination of the special status of its northernmost state Jammu and Kashmir .