The building of the Ministry of Defense. Photo from the official site Deputy Head of the Department of the Housing and Modeling Support of the Ministry of Defense Sergei Usachev was removed from office in connection with the initiation of a criminal case against him. According to RIA Novosti, this was announced on Wednesday by the assistant to the head of the station’s stationary and arrangement of the ministry, Colonel Vasily Lavrenyuk. He did not specify what exactly Usachev was suspected of.

Vladimir Bukovsky. Photo by A. Karpyuk/Grani.ru The State Duma deputy from the LDPR Sergey Abeltsev demanded to limit the freedom of movement of the writer Vladimir Bukovsky. "If today we do not let ordinary alimony abroad, then why do we leave the enemy of the Russian state Russian citizenship and the right to cross the Russian border in any direction?" - Interfax quotes his application at a meeting of the chamber.

The body of Vladimir Lenin in the Mausoleum. Photo from the site www.requiem.ru Former President of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev advocated the burial of the body of Lenin. “We will come to ensure that the Kremlin wall does not have a cemetery and Lenin’s body. It should be devoted to the earth,” he said on Wednesday at a press conference, Echo of Moscow reports. The ex-president replied to the clarifying question when this should happen: "I think this will happen.

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In the children's hospital. Frame 1 television channel In Abakan, the second pupil of the Kholochka kindergarten, where Enterovirus spreads, died. Three -year -old Volodya Panov died on Tuesday evening, reports Interfax. On Sunday, two -year -old Vika Plotnikova died. The same virus was detected in five children. The Abakan Interdistrict Department of the Investigative Department of the SCP for Khakassia opened a criminal case under the article "negligence".

Leo Rubinstein. Photos of faces The girl Katya, smart and beauty, my good friend, wrote a desperate and expressive confession in her blog. Here it is: "Xenophobia takes possession of the mind completely independently of my desire. Eight in the morning, going in the subway, spreading to a handrail. I see a black woman sitting and listening to music - and suddenly!

General Secretary of NATO YAAP de Hoper Sheffer. Photo Reuters NATO Secretary General JAAP de Jop Scheffer urged Russia to withdraw railway troops from Abkhazia, RIA Novosti reports. "These troops must be withdrawn, Russia and Georgia should quickly include at a high level in an open dialogue in order to get out of the crisis," the alliance head said in a statement.

Police. Photo from the site RBC The OPEP employees conducted searches in the office of the company "Russian Media Group". According to Rosbalt, a source in law enforcement agencies reported. According to the agency’s source, a month ago, the Investigative Department of the Department of Internal Affairs of the Northern District of Moscow opened a criminal case under Article 199 of the Criminal Code (tax evasion) against the heads of the financial block of the company.

Barack Obama. Photo by ar Barack Obama gained the required number of delegates to the congress of the Democratic Party for nomination as the post of president of the United States. According to CNN, at the moment he scored 2154 votes of delegates, and his rival Hillary Clinton is 1923 votes. To win the primaries, it is required to gain 2118 votes.

Fleet exercises. Frame NTV The agreement on the Black Sea Fleet of Russia does not provide for an increase in the number of Black Sea Fleet ships in Ukrainian territory, the press service of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry widespread on Wednesday says . The Foreign Ministry of Ukraine thus responded to the statement of the Commander -in -Chief of the Russian Navy, Vladimir Vysotsky, made on May 30.

State Duma. Hard of news In the case of Ukraine’s accession to a plan of actions to prepare for NATO membership or forcing the entry into the Alliance, the State Duma proposes to consider this a unilateral withdrawal from the friendship, cooperation and partnership and consider the issue of the withdrawal of Russia from it. According to RIA Novosti, such a proposal to the country's leadership is contained in the statement of the chamber adopted on Wednesday.

Maxim Reznik. Frame Grani-TV The leader of the St. Petersburg branch of the Yabloko party, Maxim Reznik, was nominated as a candidate for the post of leader of the party. As he himself said on the air of Echo of Moscow, his candidacy was approved on Tuesday late at a meeting of the Bureau of the St. Petersburg Yabloko. “The conference unanimously supported my nomination to the party chairmen,” Rezznik said.

Money. The MICEX index, as of 15.03 of the medium, fell by 3.28 percent - to the level of 1838 points. According to RBC, the leaders of the fall became the shares of Lukoil, which have fallen away by 5 percent against the background of the high activity of the players. The quotes of Gazprom’s papers fell by 3 percent, Rosneft - by 5 percent, Surgutneftegaz - by 4.4 percent. The value of the RTS index to date has dropped by 3.31 percent - below the psychological mark of 2350 points.

Journalists Zoya Svetova (Novye Izvestiya) and Boris Reitshuster (German magazine Focus) discuss the role of the West in the fight for human rights in Russia. Photographed by Dmitry Borko Zoya Svetova. Contacting Foreign Correspondents Politicians: appeal to Medvedev (video)

Senate meeting. Photo AP The US Senate at a meeting on Tuesday evening condemned "provocative and dangerous statements of the leadership of the Russian Federation, undermining the territorial integrity of the Republic of Georgia." According to RIA Novosti, this is stated in a resolution unanimously adopted by the upper house of Congress.