Valentina Matvienko on a tennis court. Photo saint-petersburg.ru The leader of the St. Petersburg branch of another Russia Andrei Dmitriev will compete with the governor Valentina Matvienko in the municipal elections. As the Runami.ru told the press service of another Russia, he stated this during a press conference. According to Dmitriev, "Matvienko is not worthy of the title of Senator of St. Petersburg." “What is happening with these municipal elections is offensive to Petersburgers.

Opposition leaders on options for an active boycott of the Duma elections. June-July 2011. Photographed by Dmitry Zykov. Strategies to choose from: boycott opinions

Russia-NATO Russia may withdraw from the START Treaty if NATO does not agree to the creation of a joint project in Europe during the year. According to Kommersant, the corresponding ultimatum on Monday can be nominated at a meeting with NATO Secretary General Dmitry Medvedev. “For us, the main thing is that the CPE created in Europe does not undermine our nuclear deterrence forces.

Dmitry Medvedev and Vladimir Putin. Photo from the site kremlin.ru 27 percent of Russians would like to see Vladimir Putin as a presidential candidate in the 2012 election, the current president Dmitry Medvedev - only 15 percent of citizens. According to Kommersant, 19 percent of the respondents want both politicians to put up their candidates, and 23 percent of Russians do not want to see any of them in the elections. The last figure is 5 percent higher than in December 2010.

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Ratko Mladich in the courtroom. Frame of video recorded on the air of BBC Former Army Commander of the Bosnian Serbs, General Ratko Mladic, accused by the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia of war crimes and crimes against humanity, refused to participate in the hearings before the appointment of new lawyers. According to RIA Novosti, the court did not allow Russian lawyer Alexander Mezyaev to act as a defender of Mladic.

State Duma. Frame NTV A bill on the chemical castration of pedophiles has been submitted to the State Duma, the Echo of Moscow reports. "According to the proposed changes to the Criminal Code, chemical castration will become one of the measures of a forced medical nature, which will apply to persons who have committed sexual crimes against children and preparing to be released after serving a sentence for this crime, - said the author of the document, a deputy from" Fair Russia "Anton Belyakov.

Member of the opposition action in Minsk. Photo: George Danilov/Russian Look In Minsk, the next silent protest of the Belarusian opposition is dispersed. According to Radio Liberty, Sunday detentions have become the most cruel lately. Despite the powerful opposition from the power structures, the activists of the protest campaign tried to hold a traditional action. At 20.00 Moscow time, a fee was appointed on the station square.

Dmitry Medvedev with a camera. Photo of the Kremlin press service Famous bloggers Dmitry Ternovsky, Ilya Varlamov, Rustem Adagamov, Sergey Dolya and Anton Nosik turned to Dmitry Medvedev with an open letter in which they ask the president to protect the freedom of photography. Last week, the letter was transferred to the head of the Ministry of Communications Igor Schegolev, who promised to personally transfer it to Medvedev.

Robinson helicopter. Photo from the Robinson website The court fined the Robinson R44 helicopter pilot, which landed on the territory of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra. As RIA Novosti reports, this was reported in Gosavianadzor. "The reason for the indicated violation was a violation of the aircraft by the ban on the prohibition of flights over settlements and landings in them without the permission of the relevant local self -government body.

Valentina Matvienko and Sergey Mironov. Photo from the website of the Baltinfo Agency "Fair Russia" will support the transition of the governor of St. Petersburg Valentina Matvienko to the Federation Council to "get rid of it the Northern capital." According to RIA Novosti, this was stated by the head of the Just Russia faction in the State Duma, the former speaker of the Federation Council Sergey Mironov. “Paradoxically, with all the dislike of Mrs.

Laser pointer. Photo from the site www.dimonvideo.ru The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, ordered to remove laser decisions from the sale at all retail outlets of the republic. According to Interfax , he stated this at a meeting in the village of Naurskaya, discussing the detention of a bully who blinded the pilot at Grozny Airport. “I officially warn that the demand will be the most stringent. No excuses that the parents did not know what the son was doing, will not take into account.

Bomzh and businessman. Photo by D. BORKO/Brani.ru The number of poor citizens of Russia increased by 4.8 million people, or 26.5 percent, compared to the end of last year. As the New News write, such data are contained in the next report of Rosstat. In May 2011, real cash income in May 2011 decreased by 5 percent compared to the same month of last year. At the same time, inflation in the annual calculus has already come close to 10 percent.

The project of the center in Skolkovo. Photo from the site www.popnano.ru The most probable candidates for the expansion of Moscow are Skolkovo, Rublevo-Arkhangelskoye and Domodedovo. According to Vedomosti, this was reported by a member of the working group, the executing order of President Dmitry Medvedev, to prepare proposals for the expansion of Moscow, the governor of the Moscow Region Boris Gromov.

Bribe. Photo from the site Press.try.md In Moscow, two employees of the Basmann Interdistrict Prosecutor's Office, who extorted a bribe from a businessman. According to RBC, this was announced by the official representative of the Gerina Gridneva. According to her, the manager of one of the capital's restaurants with a statement on extortion turned to the prosecutor’s office.