Sport Sharapova was left without a Grand Slam Maria Sharapova failed to reach the Roland Garros final Ruslan Aliev Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova failed to reach the final of Rolland Garros, losing in two sets to Chinese Na Li, who became the first representative of her country to reach the final of the French Open. The Russian made 10 double faults during the match. In the decisive game, the Chinese woman will meet with Italian Francesca Schiavone, who beat Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli.

02 June 2011, 10:55 Politics Beslan mothers listened to in the Kremlin Dmitry Medvedev met with the “Mothers of Beslan” on the second attempt Ekaterina Savina President Dmitry Medvedev met with the “Mothers of Beslan” and promised to cooperate with them - to carefully study the materials of the investigation of the Beslan terrorist attack and draw organizational conclusions. The women thought he “heard” them.

02 June 2011, 18:43 Sports Kitarov signed a contract with the Minsk HC Dynamo Forward of the Belarus national hockey team Alexander Kitarov signed a contract with Dynamo Minsk. According to the press service of the capital's club, the agreement with the 23-year-old hockey player is valid for two years. Previously, Kitarov played for Yunost (Minsk), with which he became a two-time champion of Belarus.

American media and the US Democratic Party criticized New Jersey Governor Chris Christie , accusing him of using a service helicopter to fly his wife and his wife to his son's baseball game, AP reports. Republican Chris Christie, a former federal prosecutor, is known for fighting for budget cuts, even small ones. So, recently he blocked about two dozen items of expenses, considering them unnecessary, the amount of some of them was less than $1000.

Based on the results of an unscheduled on-site inspection , the Moscow department of the Federal Antimonopoly Service ( FAS ) opened a case of collusion between taxi companies at Vnukovo airport, the FAS said in a statement. “During the inspection, specialists from the Moscow OFAS Russia found that throughout the entire airport terminal area, services for organizing car parking are provided by Fortuna Capital LLC.

News The Georgian opposition sympathizes with the people of Abkhazia: the fact of the death of Bagapsh causes great heartache The Georgian opposition political association "New Right" and the opposition party "Free Georgia" expressed condolences to the Abkhaz people in connection with the death of the leader of Abkhazia Sergei Bagapsh , whose funeral is taking place on Thursday. “We well understand the feelings that the people of Abkhazia experience in such a tragic time.

02 June 2011, 00:21 Sports Spaniard Garcia headed Dynamo Tbilisi The new coach of Dynamo Tbilisi is 41-year-old Spaniard Alex Garcia , who has worked for the last ten years in Barcelona's youth teams. The term of the agreement is two years. “I am grateful to the Dynamo management for their trust. It is a great honor for me to coach an eminent team that needs to return to its former glory,” the official UEFA website reports the Spaniard’s words .

In Moscow, the garrison military court issued a warrant for the arrest of the head of the main military medical department of the Russian Ministry of Defense , Major General Alexander Belevitin, a Gazeta.Ru correspondent reports from the courtroom. The court placed Nikitin under arrest until August 1. In court, the investigator stated that Belevitin could be planning to kill the only witness to an illegal transaction for the purchase of medical equipment worth 120 million rubles.

A Chilean court on Thursday ordered an investigation into the death of Nobel Prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda , who died in 1973 during the military coup that brought General Augusto Pinochet to power , La Nacion writes .

1. Let drug addicts bully their parents, rob passers-by, etc., in order to buy a dose for themselves (and they buy it in 95% of cases, despite the efforts of the fighters). Let them support with this money all the bastards that there are in the world on the way from Afghanistan to Europe. Let them be afraid of the state, don’t go to doctors and psychologists. Let them inject themselves with God knows what from a common syringe.

— 03.06.2011 01:46 — In the UK, two people died in an explosion at a Chevron oil refinery In the UK, two people were killed in an explosion at the Chevron oil refinery in the city of Pembroke in southwest Wales, the BBC reports . Shortly after the explosion, a fire started at the plant. According to representatives of the oil company, the fire has already been extinguished. "Gazeta.Ru" SMI2 News Media2

02 June 2011, 22:30 Business Works are released Dmitry Medvedev instructed to introduce free licenses for copyright works in Russia Vladislav Novy Dmitry Medvedev instructed to introduce free licenses in Russia. Authors of films, songs and computer programs will have new opportunities for their distribution, and users will have free access to information. The initiative threatens to redistribute financial flows from royalties, market participants predict.

02 June 2011, 13:00 Business On CTC they put Telcrest Alfa sold its stake in STS Vladislav Novy National Media Group and the Itera gas holding bought a blocking stake in STS Media for $1 billion. NMG owns the Video International advertising group, and after the deal, the risks of losing clients for STS became minimal, analysts note. The Alfa investment group has closed a deal to sell a 25.2% stake in the CTC Media holding, which manages three TV channels with an entertainment concept.

02 June 2011, 16:03 Politics Deadlock with many victims Russia will not give Gaddafi immunity Lev Makedonov UN rapporteurs came to the conclusion that during the conflict in Libya, between 10 thousand and 15 thousand people died. The ways out of the conflict are still unclear. Moscow demands to stop the bloodshed and seek the resignation of Muammar Gaddafi, but is not ready to provide any guarantees to the Libyan dictator. NATO promised to end the war in 90 days.

Sport Anniversary of the keeper of Dynamo traditions Famous Dynamo defender Viktor Tsarev turns 80 Evgeniy Trushin Viktor Tsarev, the 1960 European champion and four-time USSR champion, turned 80 years old. He gave more than 60 years to the Dynamo society, remaining one of the last keepers of the blue and white traditions. On Thursday, Viktor Tsarev, the legendary Dynamo defender who most often led the famous blue and white team onto the field as captain, turned 80 years old.