St. Petersburg, June 18, 2008. Residents of the 43 Polustrovo quarter are protesting against cutting down the square of Podvodnikov for infill construction. Filming nbpiter.org

Ilya Yashin. Photo by A. Karpyuk/Grani.ru The leader of the Yabloko youth, Ilya Yashin, withdrew his candidacy for the party leader and called for supporting the head of the St. Petersburg cell of Maxim Reznik while voting at the congress. Yashin reported this in his live magazine. According to Yashin, the Yabloko is experiencing a serious crisis and the main problem is the irremovability of the party leadership. “Yavlinsky has been at the head of Yabloko for 15 years.

The village of South Butovo. Frame of Channel One The Moscow authorities intend to demolish all private houses in the village of South Butovo and build a residential quarter there. According to ITAR-TASS, this was announced by the Deputy Head of the Department of Urban Policy, Development and Reconstruction of Moscow Viktor Astrov. "The development of the South Butov is carried out in accordance with the urban planning plan for the period until 2020," he said.

Robert Dudley. Photo by ar The State Labor Inspectorate of Moscow opened a case of an administrative offense against the chairman of the TNK-BP Robert Dudley, Gazeta.ru reports. He is suspected of violating labor legislation, because, according to the prosecutor's office, he paid Russian employees less than British. Dudley faces a fine and disqualification.

Mikhail Saakashvili. Photo from the site NATO Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili in the coming days will publish a resolution on the withdrawal of Russian peacekeepers from Abkhazia. According to the "News Time" on Thursday, this was reported the day before by the authoritative Tbilisi newspaper "Resonance".

Maxim Reznik in court. Photo from the site '' Novaya Gazeta '' The prosecutor’s office sent a criminal case to the court against the head of the St. Petersburg branch of the Yabloko party Maxim Reznik, the Echo of Moscow reports.

Putin and Chubais. Photo from the site APN The head of the Ministry of Energy Sergey Shmatko will be responsible for the reform of the electric power industry. According to Kommersant on Thursday, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced this the day before. He announced that after the liquidation of RAO UES, the company's management functions will go to the Ministry of Energy. "Those who will relate irresponsibly to this process will undermine the trust of citizens in what we are doing ...

The Russian team rejoices at the second goal in the match with Sweden. Photo by ar The Russian football team on Thursday night beat Sweden with a score of 2: 0 and went to the quarterfinals of the European Championship. The match was broadcast on the air of the Rossiya TV channel. The game was held in Innsbruck (Austria). The first goal in the 25th minute scored Roman Pavlyuchenko after an excellent combination with the participation of Andrei Arshavin and Alexander Anyukov.

The building of the General Staff of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. Frame TV6 The consequences of the incident with the detention of Russian peacekeepers in Georgia can be "extremely heavy, even bloody." According to RIA Novosti, this was stated by the First Deputy Head of the General Staff, Lieutenant General Alexander Burutin.

Launch of the rocket. Frame NTV The calculations of Russia's missile forces made a successful launch of the Cosmos-Zm launch vehicle with six American spacecraft from the Kapustin Yar training ground in the Astrakhan region. According to RIA Novosti, this was announced by the assistant commander of the Strategic Missile Forces for public relations and the media, Colonel Alexander Vovk.

Burning car. Photo from the site www.lciservices.com Over the past day, thirteen cars burned in Moscow. According to RIA Novosti, this was announced on Thursday by the representative of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergencies in the city. "On the eve of 13 cases, the firefighters went to extinguish vehicles. The circumstances of the incidents were established," said the representative of the Ministry of Emergencies.

Dmitry Medvedev. Photo by ar Politicians and human rights activists turned to President Dmitry Medvedev with a request to refuse to appoint the Major General of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Igor Tsokolov as an adviser to the president by relations with law enforcement agencies, Gazeta.ru reports. "Zokolov was directly involved in the persecution of the head of the Media Foundation Manana Aslanmazyan, who was undergoing criminal prosecution for more than a year," the appeal says.

Vitaly and Larisa Gamov. Photo from the site www.nyrussianpages.com The Sakhalin Regional Court sentenced the criminal case on the death of the border guard General Vitaly Gamov, based on the verdict of the jury, Interfax reports. The defendants Alexei Annikin, Alexei Britov and Sergey Malyutin were found guilty only in the deliberate destruction and damage of property, perfect from hooligan motives, by arson, which entailed by negligence the death of a person.

Panasonic video camera. Photo from the site Images.camcorderinfo.com On Wednesday, the traffic police stopped the minibus on the Cosmodemyanskaya embankment, which was driven by the son of the former personal operator Boris Yeltsin Alexander Kuznetsov - Evgeny, Gazeta.ru reports with reference to Kuznetsov’s lawyer Viktor Zaprudsky. Kuznetsov transported in his car about 600 video tapes with records of official events with the participation of Boris Yeltsin.

Estonia. Photo from the site www.internationalreports.net Estonian security police claims that the Russian media biased the events taking place in this country, Interfax reports. As stated in the annual report on Thursday on the activities of the security police for 2007, Russian journalists are allegedly prescribed, with whom and how to communicate.