In the US, a bill requiring schools in California to teach the historical achievements of gays and lesbians was approved by the state legislature on Tuesday, reports Reuters . Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown has not yet expressed his views on the bill. He has 12 days to sign it or veto it. If he takes no action, the law will take effect. The bill was approved by 49 parliamentarians in the final vote, 25 were against it, and not a single Republican supported it.

06 July 2011, 12:35 Opinions Front curtain The volume of electoral distortions in the 2011 elections will be significantly higher than in 2007 Alexander Kynev The only way the party in power can repeat the results of 2007 is through total falsification, which will mean complete discredit and delegitimation of the system in the eyes of the population. Although there are still about two months before the official start of the election campaign, its contours are gradually emerging.

More than 100 Afghan militants entered Pakistani territory and shelled several border villages; some were killed. Police exchange fire with armed men. Military personnel and police from other regions have been sent to help them. According to preliminary information, militants destroyed several schools and a mosque in the village of Nusrat Dara.

06 July 2011, 21:10 Sports Liverpool have agreed to terms for Adam's transfer. Liverpool have agreed with Blackpool for the transfer of 25-year-old defender Charlie Adam . According to the Reds' press service , the footballer has undergone a medical examination and is currently agreeing on the terms of his personal contract.

Sport Text size A A A Zubov became SKA coach Sergey Zubov became one of the coaches of St. Petersburg SKA Ilya Eliseev The famous Russian defender Sergei Zubov, who spent the last two years defending the colors of St. Petersburg SKA, became Milos Rzhiga's assistant. Former captain of the Russian national team Alexander Prokopyev has been appointed one of the coaches of the youth army team - “Silver Lions”.

06 July 2011, 17:44 Culture Beethoven in horror The VOICES festival opened in Vologda Ksenia Rozhdestvenskaya (Vologda) The second international film festival VOICES opened in Vologda: Claudia Cardinale broke a plate, and rough festival cinema competes with “zombie week.” One aspiring and still unknown Russian film director, working on his first film, said: “I noticed that almost everyone’s first films are brilliant, the second are terrible.

06 July 2011, 11:04 Sports Businessman Wang Jianglin: It's a shame to be compared to Abramovich Chinese businessman Wang Jianglin, who has promised to invest 500 million yuan ($77.3 million) over the next three years in the development of football in the country, said that he was unhappy with the comparison with the Russian owner of Chelsea, Roman Abramovich . “It’s a shame to be compared to Abramovich,” China Daily quoted Wang Jianglin as saying .

Italian striker Marco Borriello is at a crossroads - whether he should stay with his renter Roma, which failed in the 2010/11 season, or return to Milan, where he will probably sit out his pants on the bench. However, pre-season training has not yet begun, and for now Marco is focused solely on relaxing with Brazilian beauty Camila Morais.

The prosecutor demanded that the former head of the YUKOS-controlled Fargoil company, Spanish citizen Antonio Valdes-Garcia, accused of money laundering, be sentenced in absentia to 13 years in prison, RAPSI reports . “During the debate between the parties, the state prosecutor demanded that Valdez-Garcia be sentenced in absentia to 13 years in prison to be served in a maximum security colony ,” said press secretary of the Basmanny Court of Moscow Ekaterina Korotova .

Sport Ukrainian hostage to doping Ukrainian coach not allowed to leave India due to doping scandal Victor Ilyushin The Ukrainian coach of the Indian athletics team, Yuri Ogorodnik, who is at the center of the doping scandal, should remain in the country until the end of the investigation, said the director of the National Institute of Sports in Patiala (Punjab) L.S. Ranawat.

06 July 2011, 17:25 Sports Portnyagin returns to Rubin from a loan spell at Spartak Nalchik Forward Igor Portnyagin , who spent the first part of the 2011/12 Russian Championship on loan at Spartak Nalchik, returns to Rubin Kazan, which owns the rights to the 22-year-old football player, said the head coach of the team from the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria Sergei Tashuev . “Portnyagin is returning to Rubin because his loan expired, and Kazan had problems with forwards due to injuries.

06 July 2011, 18:27 Business Beer was not welcome The State Duma prohibits the sale of beer in stalls Rustem Falyakhov The State Duma prohibits the sale of alcohol at night, you will not be able to buy beer in stalls and kiosks, and you will be fined for drinking in courtyards, entrances and on staircase landings. Amendments to the law on state regulation of the production and circulation of alcohol in Russia have collapsed the shares of transnational beer corporations.

06 July 2011, 15:00 Politics Matvienko gave up the first council Valentina Matvienko may become a deputy of the Aleksandrovskaya municipal district Ekaterina Vinokurova , Nikita Zeya (St. Petersburg) Valentina Matvienko can become a municipal deputy from the village of Aleksandrovskaya in the suburbs of St. Petersburg. One of the local United Russia members has resigned, and early elections will be called in the district.

In Romania, one in two graduates failed the high school diploma exam required for university entrance, “the worst result in the last 20 years,” Education Minister Daniel Funeriu told reporters. According to preliminary data from the ministry, about 100 thousand students took the exam this year, and more than half were unable to score the required 6 out of 10 points. Last year, 67.4% received the required score, and in 2009, almost 80% of graduates passed the exams.

Sailor Dmitry Grobov , who previously admitted that he committed actions that led to the death of 20 people on board the nuclear submarine Nerpa during testing, now denies his guilt and claims that investigators beat a confession out of him, Izvestia writes . “On July 5, Dmitry Grobov actually declared his innocence.