TODAY: Left Front leader Udaltsov detained; opposition figureheads refuse to pay unsanctioned protest fines; Madonna defends gay rights at concert; devout Novosibirsk resident sues Pussy Riot.  Medvedev unhappy with Roscosmos mishaps; U.S. pharmaceutical giant to pay corruption fines; Patriarch Kirill’s economic wizardry

In an attempt to hold an unsanctioned rally in front of the Investigative Committee headquarters in Moscow, Left Front leader Sergei Udaltsov has been detained.  Opposition stalwart Eduard Limonov and Left Front coordinator Konstantin Kosyakin have stated they will refuse to pay fines for violating rally rules in the July 31 Strategy 31 action. As promised, pop star Madonna has flouted St Petersburg’s law forbidding ‘gay propaganda’ by openly urging tolerance and respect for the LGBT community at her concert.  A woman from Novosibirsk has sued Pussy Riot, claiming 30,000 roubles in moral damages, for the emotional distress their ‘punk prayer’ caused.  Artist Peaches has staged a tribute to the feminist activists in Berlin attracting 400 people.