Press conference and action against attacks on LGBT activists. Moscow, June 23, 2011. Photographed by Dmitry Zykov.

US Congress. Photo WSJ The refusal to register the Party of People’s Freedom casts into question the degree of freedom and honesty of the upcoming elections to the State Duma, said the co -chair of the US Congress Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, Senator Benjamin Cardin. Cardin’s statement , received by the editorial office of the faces of the Graduation.

Anatoly Chubais. Photo by Dmitry Borko/Grani.ru The head of Rusnano Anatoly Chubais will leave the Supreme Council of the Party of the Law. According to Interfax, the party co -chairman Leonid Gozman, who also previously also announced his departure from the organization’s leadership, stated this. When exactly they leave their posts, it is not reported. This will probably happen at the congress on June 25, where businessman Mikhail Prokhorov will be elected by the new leader.

Vitaly Portnikov. Photo from the site www.day.ua People who went on June 22 on the streets of Minsk and other cities of Belarus were silent, did not line up in columns, did not demand the resignation of the madman who comfortably located in the presidential residence and thinks what else to sell to be wintering ... Actually, this is people who simply want to live humanly. Can we understand these people in Moscow, St. Petersburg or Kyiv? It seems to us that we can.

Anatoly Bitkov. Photo from the site www.www.mk.ru In Magadan, a suspect in the murder of the editor -in -chief of the Kolyma Plus television company was detained. According to RIA Novosti, this is stated in the message of the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the Magadan Region. "The crime is disclosed, the suspect was established and detained.

Valentina Matvienko hits the bell. Photo by Russian look The governor of St. Petersburg Valentina Matvienko is not yet ready to say whether she will agree to become the speaker of the Federation Council, RIA Novosti reports. “This news is unexpected for me. It requires understanding,” Matvienko told reporters, thanking the president for a high appreciation of her work. "This news is unexpected for me. It requires understanding.

Icebergs in Alaska. Photo: Terry Martin/Russian Look The earthquake of magnitude 7.4 occurred in the Pacific Ocean 163 kilometers east of the island of Atka off the coast of the American state of Alaska. According to RIA Novosti, the US Geological Service reported this. According to seismologists, the focus of the earthquake lay at a depth of 46.8 kilometers. Possible victims are not reported. For coastal areas of Alaska, a warning was announced about the threat of tsunami.

Portrait of Valentina Matvienko in the snow. Photo: sergey-chernov.livejournal.com President Dmitry Medvedev supported the proposal of a number of governors about the nomination of the governor of St. Petersburg Valentina Matvienko to the speakers of the Federation Council. It is reported by RIA "Novosti". One of the first to the idea of ​​appointing Matvienko, the head of the Federation Council was nominated by the head of Bashkiria Rustem Hamitov.

Strasbourg Court of Human Rights The bill on the blocking of Russia's decisions of the European Court of Human Rights will be adopted in an accelerated manner. According to Vedomosti , this was announced by the deputy chairman of the State Construction Committee Alexander Moskalet. According to him, the document can be adopted in all three readings on July 6.

Muamar Gaddafi. Photo from the site www.dni.ru Muamar Gaddafi will leave Libya in a maximum of two to three weeks. This was announced in an interview with the Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera by the ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs Libya, the former constant representative of Tripoli at the UN, who passed to the side of the opposition, Abdurahman Mohammed Shalsh.

Laser pointer. Photo from the site www.modnews.ru In Rostov-on-Don, unknown people blinded the crews of two passenger aircraft setting up for landing with rays. As Interfax reports, this was reported in law enforcement agencies of the region. According to the source, the first incident was recorded at 22.10, an hour later unknown made a second attempt. In both cases, the crews planted planes safely. The police are searching for persons involved in incidents.

Graduates. Photo from the site bebelevo.narod.ru On the Moscow-River, the barge crashed into a ship with graduates of one of the capital's schools marking the graduation score, RIA Novosti reports. "The barge crashed into a ship at about 02.00. A giant dent formed on the ship, a toilet struck, and children were in the next toilet," the agency’s source said. According to him, 17 children and about 20 adults were on board the ship. The source emphasized that, fortunately, no one was injured.

Alexey Gaskarov and Maxim Solopov. Photo from the site www.antifa.ru The Khimkinsky city court acquitted Alexei Gaskarov, accused of attacking the Khimki administration, and sentenced to two years in prison the second person involved in the case - Maxim Solopov.

Valentina Matvienko on a tennis court. Photo saint-petersburg.ru Valentina Matvienko can be elected by the speaker of the Federation Council already in the spring session. According to RIA Novosti, this was stated by the Chairman of the Commission of the Council on the Development of Civil Society Institutes Boris Spiegel.

Roberto Carlos. Frame Yutyub Samara "Wings of the Soviets" will pay a fine of 300 thousand rubles for the incident in the match of the 15th round of the Russian Championship against Anji. According to RIA Novosti, the head of the Disciplinary Committee of the Russian Football Union Vladimir Katkov told reporters on Friday.