The youngest son of the heir to the British throne, Prince Charles, Prince Harry begins to serve in the army. On Sunday afternoon, Prince Harry is due to arrive at the Sandhurst Royal Military Academy in Surrey, according to the BBC. Prince Harry will become the highest-ranking member of the British royal family who has recently been trained at this academy. The Prince will not enjoy any privileges compared to other cadets.

Polish President Aleksander Kavsniewski is being severely criticized for going to Moscow to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Victory. According to BBC, the Party of Law and Justice (the leading opposition force in Poland) spent more than $150,000 on political TV ads criticizing Kwasniewski's trip to Moscow. The Polish leader will arrive in the Russian capital on Sunday.

A monument to Stalin was unveiled in the Yakut city of Mirny on Sunday. According to RIA Novosti, it is installed on Victory Square. The solemn opening ceremony was held with a large gathering of people. The ceremony was attended by President of the Republic of Sakha Vyacheslav Shtyrov, head of the Mirninsky district Anatoly Popov, vice president of AK ALROSA Ivan Demyanov, veterans of the Great Patriotic War, combatants in Chechnya and Afghanistan, residents of the city.

Police in the Netherlands arrested on Sunday six people who tried to get into the hotel room of George W. Bush and get to his "nuclear suitcase", reports Reuters. "We heard that Bush carries a nuclear suitcase everywhere, and at any moment he can press the red button and start a nuclear war," Leo de Groot, a spokesman for this activist group, said.

Flags of the CIS countries. Photo from Newsru.com According to the results of the summit in Moscow, the CIS leaders signed a declaration of humanitarian cooperation on Sunday. As RIA Novosti notes, it should become the basis for the development of multilateral cooperation in all areas of the humanitarian sphere, including culture, science, education, work with youth.

One person died, more than ten were injured as a result of an accident in Finland with a bus with Russian tourists, the Rossiya TV channel reports. The incident occurred on Saturday on a highway near the town of Pyhtaya. The bus driver is reported to have died. The injured tourists were taken to hospitals in the Finnish city of Kotka. Their lives are out of danger. According to preliminary information, there were about 40 people on the bus.

Yuri Fedorov. Photo from the Foundation website '' Gratitude '' The president of the Gratitude Foundation, the former political prisoner Yuri Fedorov, in an open letter, calls on Putin to repent of the occupation of the Baltic states and other crimes of Stalin. For "all the power of those who have and have." Since Putin is one of them.

On Saturday, Belarusian police officers detained about 50 opposition activists who were holding an unauthorized street rally in the center of Minsk, Ekho Moskvy reports with reference to Interfax. The action was timed to coincide with the seventh anniversary of the disappearance of the former Minister of Internal Affairs of Belarus, Yuri Zakharenko. Several dozen activists of the Belarusian opposition lined up along Francysk Skaryna Avenue, the central street of Minsk.

In the village of Malakhovka near Moscow, a historic synagogue was robbed. As a result of the break-in, audio and video equipment was stolen. The thieves also tried to steal the Torah scrolls, but could not cope with the lock of the cabinet, the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia told Interfax on Sunday, Gazeta.ru reports. The incident took place on the night from Friday to Saturday.

And about. Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev arrived in Moscow on Saturday to attend an informal summit of the heads of CIS member states and celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Victory, RIA Novosti reports. According to the Kyrgyz embassy in Moscow, Bakiyev will take part in the laying of wreaths at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and in a military parade. On the same day, he will hold a meeting with the Kyrgyz diaspora and members of the diplomatic mission in Moscow.

Vladimir Putin and Viktor Yushchenko decided to create a Russian-Ukrainian interstate commission, which they themselves will head, RIA Novosti reports.

Vladimir Putin and CBS journalist Mike Wallace. Photo CBS Vladimir Putin pointed to the Americans to the shortcomings of their own democracy and brought India as an example of an exemplary democratic state. In an exclusive interview given by the American CBS American television channel, Mike Wallace on the eve of the meeting with George Bush, Putin “rather violently” reacted to criticism of Russian democracy.

The car '' Opel Patent Motor Car, System Lutzmann ''. Photo from the site www.cartex.ru On May 9, 1838, Adam Opel, the founder of Opel , was born in German Rousselheim. His name is immortalized in the name of the well -known automobile company, although before the first car, Adam did not live for 4 years under the Opel brand. In 1863, Adam Opel opened a factory for the production of sewing machines in his hometown.

Polish President Alexander Kwasniewski laid flowers at the Solovetsky stone on the Lubyanka, Ekho Moskvy reports. The monument was erected in the center of Moscow in the early 1990s in memory of the victims of the political repressions of the Stalin era. The wreath laid by Kwasniewski is made up of white and red flowers, symbolizing the Polish flag. Memorial candles were lit near the stone.

Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga again demands from Russia to condemn the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. According to RIA Novosti, she made such an appeal upon her arrival in Moscow to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Victory. "The condemnation of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact should also be followed by Russia, just as it was done by the USSR," Vike-Freiberga said. "As you know, Russia is the legal successor of the USSR," the President of Latvia said.