Alexey Balabanov. Photo: alekseybalabanov.ru Under St. Petersburg, at the 55th year of his life, director Alexei Balabanov died. Balabanov was born on February 21, 1959 in Sverdlovsk. In 1983-1987 he worked as an assistant to the director at the Sverdlovsk film studio. In 1990 he graduated from the highest courses of scriptwriters and directors. Since that time, he lived and worked in St. Petersburg.

Alexander Litvinenko in the hospital. Photo by Wikipedia Coroner Sir Robert Owen, conducting an inquiry in the murder case of Alexander Litvinenko, partially satisfied the petition of the Great Britain Government to classify materials in the case. According to the Russian BBC Russian service, the OEN classified all the materials indicating the involvement of the Russian authorities in the murder, as well as materials on the question of whether the British intelligence services could prevent it.

Vyshinsky reads the verdict in Shakhtinsky 85 years ago, on May 18, 1928, the process began on charges of a large group of leaders and specialists of the coal industry of the Shakhty district of Donetsk region in wrecking and sabotage. The defendants were not only charged with wrecking, but also the creation of an underground organization, the establishment of a conspiratorial connection with Moscow pests and with foreign anti -Soviet centers.

Alexander Skobov. Courtesy Photo About the statement of Boris Vishnevsky Boris Vishnevsky can accuse me of tolerance of a frank abomination, which is the statement of Ms. Skiibeda. He can even accuse me of popularizing this abomination. And yet I will start by translating this statement into a normal Russian language.

Million-3 march. Photo by E. Mikheeva/Grani.ru The Coordinating Council of the opposition decided to support the initiative to hold a protest "march against the executioners" on June 12 in the center of Moscow. This was reported on Twitter of the coordinator of the Left Front Sergey Udaltsov. The main goal of the action on June 12 is to support the "swamp prisoners" before the trial.

Photo: Forbes.com France President Francois Hollande signed the law on same-sex marriages, the BBC reports . The first article of the law states that "marriage is concluded between two people of different or one sex." France, thus, became the 14th country of the world, which legitimized same-sex marriages. On Friday, the Constitutional Council of France rejected the lawsuit filed by the party of former president Nicolas Sarkozy "The Union of Popular Movement".

Elena Mizulina. Photo: spravedlivo.ru The State Duma Committee on Family, Women and Children wants to prohibit the transfer of Russian orphans to French same -sex couples. This was announced to Interfax by the head of the committee Elena Mizulina. On Saturday, the law on same -sex marriages entered into force in France.

Acceleration of the gay parade on May 27, 2012 Frame Grani-TV The authorities of Kostroma banned the holding of a gay parade in the city in support of tolerant relations and compliance with the rights and freedoms of persons of homosexual orientation in Russia, according to the Gayrussia website. Two rallies are also prohibited against the local law on the prohibition of propaganda of homosexuality among minors.

The action near the building of the Investigative Committee in support of Alexei Gaskarov. Photo by avonom.org Seven left activists on Friday in the evening of solidarity with a political prisoner Anti -Fascist Alexei Gaskarov near the building of the Investigative Committee. According to the website of the "Autonomous Office", they deployed a banner with the text "Freedom to Alexei Gaskarov" and for several minutes they blocked traffic on Baumanskaya Street.

Irina Krivich. Photo: Aviaramont.ru The general director of the Oboronservice subsidiary OJSC Aviaremont, Irina Krivich, was dismissed by decision of an extraordinary meeting of the Board of Directors, Kommersant reports . Although she filed a dismissal of dismissal of her own free will, in any case she would not be able to restrain the post, the publication notes.

"Sailor silence." Frame of Channel One The former prisoner of "sailor silence" Nikolai Kozlov, convicted of fraud, died the day after the release from the insulator. According to Anna Karenikova, a member of the Moscow Public Supervisory Commission, 48-year-old Kozlov suffered from severe blood circulation disorders and other serious diseases. In the pre -trial detention center, his condition was rapidly deteriorating, but Kozlov did not provide the necessary medical care.

Rocket on the parade in Pyongyang. Photo: AP Photo/David Guttenfelder The DPRK tested three short -range missiles. The launch of missiles was carried out from the east coast of the Korean Peninsula to the Japanese Sea. This was reported by Yonhap with reference to the Ministry of Defense of South Korea. In the statement of the South Korean military department, it is noted that the country's armed forces "closely monitor the situation" among neighbors and retain the regime of increased readiness.