Ashgabat. Photo from the site Turkmenistan.ru The authorities of Turkmenistan hinder two Turkmen journalists - spouses Elena and Annamed Moditiev in the departure from the country. This is stated in an open letter transferred to the international organization "Reporters without borders" by human rights activist Elena Bonner. The reasons for the refusal to leave journalists are not explained.

Knife. Photo from Remacle.org Unknown on Thursday in the city of Volzhsk, the Republic of Mari El, unknown people committed a brutal murder of the head of the department of the Volzhsky Electromechanical Plant CJSC, his wife and daughter. According to RIA Novosti, a source in the regional law enforcement agencies reported. According to him, the bodies of a man and two women with multiple stab wounds were discovered in the apartment of house 5 on Shestakov Street at about 21.30.

Airplanes at Vienna airport. Frame BBC News A plane with ten passengers convicted in the United States for illegal cooperation with Russian intelligence landed at Domodedovo Airport, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the airport representative. The defendants in the spy scandal arrived in Russia by plane of the Ministry of Emergencies from Vienna, where their exchange for four Russians, previously accused of cooperation with foreign intelligence, took place.

Baikal cellulose-paper plant. Photo from the RIA Novosti website The Baikal cellulose-paper plant, which has tested equipment from the beginning of January after a year of downtime, began to produce white sulfate cellulose in industrial volumes. According to RIA Novosti, this was announced by Andrei Prokopov, Deputy General Director of Continentalinvest, the management of the enterprise. "As we promised, BCCBK began to cook cellulose on an industrial scale," he said.

Dmitry Medvedev. Frame of TV channel ''Vesti'' President Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree on the dismissal of three deputy heads of the main department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Southern Federal District: Major General of Militia Yuri Karasev, Colonel Mikhail Mindzaev, Major General Nikolai Simakov.

State Duma. Photo from the site www.vremya.ru The bill, expanding the powers of the FSB, passed the second reading in the State Duma. As noted by "Echo of Moscow", the document was adopted almost without discussion. It is expected that the third reading of the bill will be held at the last meeting of the spring session of the State Duma on July 16. According to the project, the department is vested with the right to engage in crime prevention.

Criminal case. Photo from the site www.nr2.ru The former prefect of the UAOO Moscow Yuri Bulanov was charged under part 4 of Article 160 of the Criminal Code ("Assignment or embezzlement on an especially large scale"), Interfax reports. Investigators consider him guilty of the theft of budget funds allocated for the overhaul of residential buildings.

More than 300 people took part in the rally in defense of the organizers of the “Forbidden Art” exhibition Andrei Erofeev and Yuri Samodurov, who are currently defendants in the process on charges of inciting enmity and insulting religious feelings, Grani.ru correspondent reports. A rally on Chistoprudny Boulevard was organized by the Solidarity movement.

Moscow, Okhotny Ryad, July 9, 2010. Yabloko pickets against the adoption by the State Duma in the main reading of amendments to the law on the FSB. Photographed by Dmitry Borko.

Dmitry Medvedev on the Internet. Photo from the site compromat.ru More than 2200 scientists, including more than 1000 doctors of sciences and about 60 members of the Russian Academy of Sciences, put their signatures under the appeal to Dmitry Medvedev due to the irrationality of state policy in the field of science, as well as the problems of competitive research financing.

Football ball. Photo from Soccerteacher.net The Paul octopus, who gained fame thanks to successful forecasts of the results of the 2010 World Cup matches, gave his forecast for the final game, which will meet the national teams of Holland and Spain. Paul predicted the victory of the Spanish national team. The prognosis of the octopus live on the website of the Spanish television company RTVE.

Gazprom building. Photo '' Independent Gazeta '' The Russian gas giant Gazprom became the most profitable company in the world in 2009. According to Reuters, he replaced the American Exxon Mobile from the rating, which has retained the leadership position over the past five years.

Tu-204. Photo from the site www.vesti.ru The Arbitration Court of the Amur Region fined Amur Airlines for 30 thousand rubles for the sale of 1.5 thousand tickets for a non -existent flight of Moscow - Makhachkala - Moscow. As RIA Novosti reports with reference to the press secretary of the court Margarita Suzdaltsev, the amount of sales exceeded five million rubles.

Hall of meetings of the UN Security Council. Frame EURONEWS The UN Security Council condemned the attack on the South Korean corvette "Chhonan". According to ITAR-TASS, the statement approved on Friday on behalf of the chairman of the UN Security Council indicates that the Council “condemns the attack” on the ship and is “seriously concerned” with this event.