Pskov-Pechersky Monastery in Pechora. Photo: Towns.ru An agreement has entered into force between the governments of Russia and Latvia on visa -free trips of citizens living in the border territories. This was reported on the website of the Foreign Ministry. The agreement was concluded in Moscow on December 20, 2010. In 2012, he was ratified by the State Duma and signed by the President of Russia.

Taxim, June 11. Photo by Alexander Ivanov for the Gori.ru Special forces of the Turkish police on Tuesday night were supplanted protesters from Taxim Square in Istanbul, where protests do not stop for the second week, BBC reports . Police used tear gas, waterlets and rubber bullets. The protests retreated to the Gezi Park, in which the tent camp was defeated ( VIDEO ). In the morning, the police drove construction equipment for the analysis of barricades.

Valeria Novodvorskaya. Photos of faces Nowadays, arithmetic has definitely become furious, a continuous algebra is obtained. The minority and the majority have always been in bad relationships, but usually the majority secretly or clearly presses (or controls, or neutralize) a minority if it steps on heels. In Russia, everything is simple in Russia, according to a task for elementary school: the minority is stupidly replaced or even repressed.

Marina Litvinenko. Photo from Daily Telegraph Marina Litvinenko, the widow of the ex-officer of the FSB Alexander Litvinenko, refused to participate in the inquiry until the British government began an open investigation into the death of her husband. According to the BBC, she made such a statement at preliminary hearings in the case. After that, the process at the request of her lawyer was postponed before the government made a decision.

Nikolai Mitrokhin. Photo from the personal archive A letter from the Academicians of the Russian Academy of Sciences demanding to close the department of theology in MEFI, sensationally, not just the number of signing (although it is difficult to find another example when 91 member of the Russian Academy of Sciences expressed his opinion on any particular occasion). It translates the conflict between Russian society and the Russian Orthodox Church into a new plane. Got it!

The State Duma on Tuesday will consider the homophobic law in the second reading. Most likely on the same day, the law will be adopted in the third reading. The term "homosexuality" has disappeared from the bill, and sanctions are provided for "propaganda of non -traditional sexual relations", especially on the Internet. The final vote will take place after 17 hours.

Caricature of Andrei Biljo. Source: Petrovich.ru Yaroslavl CPE discovered extremism in the drawings of Andrei Biljo, which illustrated the program of the party of Mikhail Prokhorov "Civil Platform". This was reported by the local portal "Home City" with reference to the head of the regional executive committee of the party Mikhail Pisaryz. On June 7, police officers detained two civilian platform activists in Yaroslavl who distributed a party program.

Emblem FAS The Moscow Department of the FAS opened dozens of affairs against the authorities in all administrative districts of Moscow, including the newly connected Troitsky and Novomoskovsky, on suspicion of violating the competitive procedure for the selection of organizations for managing apartment buildings, RIA Novosti reports with reference to a source in the Moscow FAS department.

Suren Gazaryan on a single picket in Tallinn in defense of the Skarpatya rivers. Photo from a personal page on Facebook The Krasnodar Ecologist Suren Gazaryan, who fled from Russia in mid -December last year, received political asylum in Estonia. “They give me a residence permit in Estonia for three years. Thanks to everyone for their help and support,” the political emigrant wrote on his Facebook page. Gazaryan is a candidate of biological sciences.

Somalisika pirates and Russian security forces. Grani.ru collage Over the year, Russia sank in the world of peace Global Peace Index into three points-from 153rd to 155th place, Vedomosti reports. The rating has been compiled by the Institute of Economics and the World since 2007 and assesses the situation in 162 countries. In last year's rating, Russia took 153rd place.

Putins announce a divorce. Frame "Vesti" The religious side of the case in the divorce of Vladimir Putin from Lyudmila Putin does not exist, since there was no wedding. According to RIA Novosti, the president himself made such a statement while visiting the new studio complex of the Russia Today.

Sergey Guriev. Photo from a personal page on Facebook Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich intends to meet with Sergey Guriev, a former rector of the Russian Economic School, who left Russia. The official told RIA Novosti about this, specifying that he plans to be on Wednesday in Paris, where Guriev is currently living. "I have been familiar with Sergey for a long time, we are comrades, I studied with his wife Ekaterina Zhuravskaya.

Maria Alekhina in the office of the head of IK-28 in Berezniki. Photo: PRPC.ru The convicted Pussy Riot participant Maria Alekhina was transferred to a detachment from a medical unit of the N28 colony in the city of Berezniki Perm Territory, Civil activist Petr Verzilov reports on Twitter. She was hospitalized during a hunger strike. “Hurray. Masha Alekhina just called from IK -28: she was transferred from the hospital to a detachment, feels Okay, eats festive cakes with women,” writes Verzilov.

Alexey Dmitriev. Photo from a personal page on Facebook In Georgievsky Lane, a lawyer of movement in defense of the Khimkinsky forest Alexei Dmitriev is beaten near the State Duma building, Activist of Alla Chernysheva’s movement. He was attacked by a group of young people who shouted that he was a Satanist and a whiteword. Dmitriev came from the action against the homophobic law with the State Duma. The attackers beat Dmitriev on the head.

The Ministry of the Interior. Photo: azerros.ru The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case against the operatives of the Center for Combating Extremism of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Central Federal District of Mikhail Kirichenko and Sergey Martyanov. As reported on the website of the department, 33-year-old Kirichenko and 39-year-old Martyanova are charged with part 3 of Article 30, part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code (attempted fraud on an especially large scale).