Mass graves in the Katyn forest. Photo from the site www.chrisputro.com The Moscow City Court recognized the refusal of the district court to consider the complaint of relatives of Polish officers who were shot in Katyn in 1940, Interfax reports with reference to the lawyer of relatives Anna Savitskaya. Earlier, the Khamovnican Court of Moscow refused to consider a complaint about the termination of the investigation of the case of the execution of Polish officers.

Flags of the Eight countries. Photo from the site www.travelnn.ru On the Japanese island of Hokkaido, the Great Eight summit was opened, in which the leaders of Russia, Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Canada and the United States, as well as chapters 22 developing countries, take part. It is expected that the main topics of the summit, which will be held from July 7 to 9, will be rising oil prices and global warming.

A short satirical video. Source: originalTorik

Grigory Grabovoi. Frame from the NTV archive A complete evacuation was carried out from the building of the Tagansky court, where the sentence was to be announced to Grigory Grabovoy. According to RIA Novosti, a box was discovered on the ledge of the trial building, "resembling an old amplifier, two small bouquets of flowers lay on it." Sapers were called to the scene. Police officers asked all visitors and court workers to leave the building.

Alexander Lukashenko. Photo from the site www.radzima.info President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko resigned the Secretary of State Security of the country Viktor Sheiman. According to Interfax, Lukashenko believes that it was Sheiman who is the main culprit of the explosion during the celebration of Independence Day in Minsk. “I don’t think, Viktor Vladimirovich, that you should stay in this position after the incident. You are to blame first of all.

Vladimir Bukovsky and Elena Bonner. Photo from Prima-news.ru website Russian human rights defenders Vladimir Bukovsky and Elena Bonner called for exclude Russia from the "big eight", reports "Echo of Moscow" with reference to the authors of the letter themselves. They sent the appropriate appeal to US presidential candidates - John McCain and Barack Obama. According to human rights activists, the current regime is becoming more aggressive.

Roman Abramovich. From the Air Force website Typically, the restrained Roman Abramovich told the world the sensational details of his recent past: it turns out that in the 90s he generously paid Boris Berezovsky for the political cover of his business projects. Where does such a self -and -explosive frankness come from? They say Stanislav Belkovsky, Dmitry Oreshkin, Julia Latynina and Vladimir Prelilovsky.

Moscow, hotel "Izmailovo", July 6, 2008. Photographed by Dmitry Borko. See also: Congress of political prisoners held in Moscow

Moscow Region, Prioksko-Terrasny Reserve. The Fourth annual parent meeting of the "adoptive parents" of the bison. Source: SERPKOLIZEY

Themis on the facade of the building of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. Photos of faces On Monday, the Supreme Court will begin to consider the complaint of the Communist Party of the Communist Party of the REGIONAL INFORMATION OF ELRY OF ELRUIities in the State Duma of the fifth convocation, ITAR-TASS reports. In the form, the lawsuit is a statement on the cancellation of the decision of the Central Election Commission on the election results.

Evgeny Popov. Photo from the archive of Ator Yesterday I suddenly talked with a friend on the phone on an eternal topic. We should publish lists of herbivores who collaborated with the KGB predatory, or vice versa, in any case? The conversation lasted an hour and a half. The final solution to the Sluttic question again hung in the air. Friend's name is A.K.; What is my name, you know.

Range Rover car. Photo from the Bluechipcars.co.uk website Unknown on the night of Saturday to Sunday, threatening physical reprisal, took in the south of Moscow an expensive Range Rover SUV from an entrepreneur who controlled the machine by proxy, RIA Novosti reports with reference to a source in the capital’s law enforcement agencies.

The building of the General Staff of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. Frame TV6 Two deputy chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia were dismissed. According to RIA Novosti, Colonel General Yevgeny Karpov and the head of the main operational department of the General Staff, Colonel General Alexander Rukshin, were dismissed from their posts, Colonel General Alexander Rukshin. According to the agency, both generals the day before wrote a resignation report.

Mosgordum. Photos of faces Deputies of the Moscow City Duma propose to make a number of clarifications to the Criminal Code that are tightening the punishment for crimes committed against human rights activists and priests, on Monday "News Time". The circumstances aggravating guilt are listed in Article 63 of the Criminal Code.

Moscow, July 6, 2008. A lawyer, former prisoner Mikhail Trepashkin talks about the conditions of detention in Russian prisons. Grani-TV: Congress of Politzekov Trepashkin on the Litvinenko memory picket