Victor Khristenko. Photo by ar The head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Viktor Khristenko, appeared in the Khamovnican Court of Moscow on the process of ex-head of the Yukos Mikhail Khodorkovsky and former head of the MELIATEP MFI Platon Lebedev. It is reported by RIA "Novosti". Khristenko came to the court on the agenda issued on the basis of a request to the defense of the defendants.

Victor Khristenko. Photo from the site www.ogoniok.com The head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Viktor Khristenko, said that he knew nothing about the "millions" theft of oil by Yukos. “The physical theft of oil is a problem that has been and remains, this is done with the help of a cut into the pipe, but I don’t know about theft in the volume of millions of tons,” RIA Novosti quotes the words.

Omurbek Tekebaev. Photo from the site www.pravda.kg On Tuesday in Kyrgyzstan, an attempt by a coup d'etat may be repeated, said the deputy prime minister of the country's interim government, Omurbek Tekebaev. His words are given by agency 24.kg. "Destructive forces were appointed on June 22 the next coup d'etat in Kyrgyzstan. We know who they are but cannot plant them, because they still talk about peaceful protests, although we know their ideas," Tekiebaev said.

Le monde. Photo from the site www.kompasgid.ru Russian senator Gleb Fetisov submitted an official application for the acquisition of a majority package of shares of the French newspaper Le Monde. According to Vedomosti, the receipt of the application was confirmed by Francois Kaya, an employee of the bank Credit Agricole, who on behalf of Le Monde is negotiating with investors. Also, this information was confirmed by the Assets of Fetisov Holding FFF FINANCE Group.

Sergey Karakaev. Photo from the site www.mil.ru President Dmitry Medvedev appointed Lieutenant General Sergei Karakaev the new strategic missile commander. As ITAR-TASS reports, until now he was the chief of staff of the Strategic Missile Forces. At the post, Karakaev will be replaced by Lieutenant General Andrei Shvaichenko, who held this position from August 3, 2009.

Boris Nemtsov during the presentation of the report "Luzhkov. Results". Frame "Grani-TV" One of the leaders of the Solidarity movement Boris Nemtsov, as well as the Kommersant Publishing House, filed a complaint about the decisions of Moscow courts to the Strasbourg court, who collected money from it in favor of Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov, RIA Novosti reports. "Moscow courts and authorities violated the three articles of the European Convention on Human Rights," Nemtsov said.

Alexander Lukashenko. Photo of the newspaper '' New Izvestia '' President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko instructed the government to block the transit of Russian gas through the country's territory, Echo Moscow reports. “I ordered the government to block the transit of Russian gas through the territory of Belarus until Gazprom pays a debt for transit,” Lukashenko said during a meeting with the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry Sergei Lavrov.

Gas pipeline laying. Photo from the site www.telegraph.co.uk Ukraine can increase gas pumping to Europe in connection with the conflict of Belarus and Russia. According to RBC, the Prime Minister of the Republic Nikolai Azarov reported this at a press conference in Kyiv. "Yes, we have the opportunity to additionally pump 20-30 billion cubic meters. If it is necessary, Ukraine realizes agreements on gas supplies to Europe," he said.

The crashed Mi-8. Photo by Altaypress Three of the four people who survived the Mi-171 helicopter in Altai in January last year, were charged with illegal hunting, RIA Novosti reports. According to the official representative of the Investigative Committee at the prosecutor's office, Vladimir Markin, the charge under Article 258 of the Criminal Code, threatening two years of prison with deprivation of the position, was brought by the general director of Inca Boris Belinsky.

PACE meeting. Photo from the site www.vremea.net The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on Tuesday will vote by resolution with condemnation of human rights violations in the North Caucasus, listed in the report of the Swiss parliamentarian Dick Marty. According to the BBC, the Assembly will also be a speech by the President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov.

Construction crane. Photo from the site www.stroi.ru In Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, three people were killed, two were injured as a result of the fall of the construction crane. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the press secretary of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergencies in the Kamchatka Territory Olga Mikhailov. "The report of the incident received rescuers on June 22 at 10.22," she said.

Gun. Photo from the site komcity.ru The Chairman of the Interregional Trade Union Organization of Gazprom Vladimir Babkin escaped criminal punishment for the unintentional murder during the hunt of the deputy general director of Gazprom LLC Gazprom Nadym Konstantin Pavlov. According to Kommersant, a preliminary meeting in the criminal case, initiated by the murder, ended with the reconciliation of the parties.

"Index of incompetent states" according to Foreign Policy magazine. Screenshot of the site www.forignpolicy.com In the new "index of incompetent states", published annually by the American magazine Foreign Policy, Russia sank from 71st to 80th place, thereby increasing its reliability index. As ITAR-TASS reports, Kazakhstan and Ukraine were ahead of Russia more than 30 positions.

Ahmed Zakayev. Photo from the BBC website Ahmed Zakaev arrived in Strasbourg at the session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, where he will participate in alternative debates about the human rights situation in the North Caucasus, Echo of Moscow reports. Some parliamentarians of PACE, Russian human rights activists and representatives of the Russian delegation also participate in the debate.

Sergey Kupriyanov. Photo from Epochtimes.ru Belarus threatens to start the selection of gas from a transit pipeline for its needs. According to RIA Novosti, this was announced by the official representative of Gazprom Sergey Kupriyanov. "We received a letter from the first deputy prime minister of Belarus Semashko, in which there are no subject offers to repay the debt.