Under heavy police presence, the gay parade today in Kiev proceeded without major incident, although some 50 arrests were made of some unruly counter-demonstrators.
An 11-year-old Ukrainian boy was struck in the leg today from gunfire in the town of Avdeyevka.
Parnas opposition party candidate Pivovarov was sentenced to a fine of $23,135, and his co-defendant policeman Niknorov was sentenced to 3 years and 9 months of standard-regimen labor camp.
Russian MPs who protested the razing of a Constructivist building have been beaten; a state journalist covering corruption in Vladivostok has also been attacked.
A Russian prosecutor has asked that Pyotr Pavlensky, an activist artist who set fire to the doors of the Federal Security Service (FSB) on Lubyanka Square last year be given only a 1.5 million fine ($22,942) and not jail time.
Ukrainian Armed Forces documented shelling by Russian-backed militants of civilian areas in Nikolayevka.
Motorola, the nom de guerre of Arseny Pavlov, the Russian commander of the Russian-backed Sparta Battalion, has been wounded
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Police raided the radio station Ekho Moskvy seeking information regarding anti-corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny.
Opposition member Dmitry Nekrasov has fled Russia, fearing that that the Federal Security Service (FSB) will prosecute him on vague charges of “terrorism.”
