Flags of Albania and the EU. Photo: ec.europa.eu The EU Council on General Affairs based on the European Commission's report decided to provide Albania with the status of a candidate for joining the European Union. This was reported on the website of the European Commissioner for the expansion and policy of the neighborhood of Stefan Fules. The decision should be approved by the EU Council at the level of heads of state and governments, which will take place on Friday in Brussels.

Alexander Khinshtein. Photo: Novayagazeta.ru According to the results of the audit, the Investigative Committee requires the deputy of the State Duma from "United Russia" by Alexander Khinshtein immunity and bring him to administrative responsibility for a drunken scandal in an airplane. This was reported on the website of the Investigative Department.

Evgeny Fedorov. Photo from the site efedorov.ru The State Duma deputy from United Russia, Evgeny Fedorov, sends a request to the Prosecutor General’s Office to verify the Twitter microblogging service for compliance with Russian legislation. It is reported by ITAR-TASS with reference to the statement of the unicorn itself.

Frame TV channel "TV-Center" The National Council for Television and Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine appealed to the Kyiv district court with a demand to ban the broadcast of the Russian channel TV Center-International in the country. This was reported on the Council website.

The layout of the starting complex for the Soyuz-2 launch vehicle at the Vostochny cosmodrome. Photo: Wikipedia At the construction of the Vostochny cosmodrome, it is planned to use 20 student detachments. Students will begin work on July 1, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the head of the coordination center for the construction of the Cosmodrome Cosmodrome Konstantin Chmarov. In total, about 500 students from 14 Russian regions will be involved.

A rally concert against anti-pirate law. Photo by Dmitry Zykova/Grani.ru The Ministry of Economic Development proposed to narrow the scope of the anti -pirate law so that it extends only to the full texts of literary works, Izvestia reports . However, the Ministry of Council and the Ministry of Culture did not support the proposal.

Vladimir Putin on military exercises. Photo of the Kremlin press service President Vladimir Putin submitted to the Federation Council a proposal to cancel the resolution of March 1 on the use of the Russian army in Ukraine. This was reported by the Kremlin press service.

Vladimir Putin. Photo of the Kremlin press service Vladimir Putin said that a seven -day ceasefire is not enough to resolve the situation in eastern Ukraine. “It’s not enough to announce a truce - you need to start substantive negotiations, as the diplomats say, is essentially a problem,” RIA Novosti reports Putin’s replica at a joint press conference in Vienna with Austrian President Hinnets Fisher.

Leo Rubinstein. Photo by A. Karpyuk/Grani.ru Well, a police state in the person of its many punitive institutions tried with all his might to exterminate not only the rights and freedoms of citizens, but even the desire for them is just understandable.

Vladislav Surkov performs at the London School of Economics. Photo: pustovek.livejournal.com Presidential Assistant Vladislav Surkov evaluates the idea of ​​a referendum on the accession of South Ossetia to the Russian Federation as "unprofitable and not agreed with Russia." This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to a certain source surrounded by an official.

Vladimir Abarinov In recent days, Russian public thought has been enriched with new versions of what is happening in Ukraine. Elena Ponomareva, professor of MGIMO, made the exposures of the intrigues of the world's backstage. "They often say that certain forces are behind the events in Ukraine. Who are they?" - asks her correspondent of the newspaper "Culture".

Vladimir Putin. Photo: Er.ru President Vladimir Putin introduced a bill on additions to a number of laws on countering corruption to the State Duma. The text of the document is published on the website of the lower house. Amendments to the law on civil service expand the ban on having accounts in foreign banks on officials participating in the preparation of decisions on sovereignty and national security.

Konstantin Tsybko. Photo: Er.ru The Committee of the Council of the Federation Constitutional Legislation and the regulation committee spoke out for the deprivation of the inviolability of the Senator from the Chelyabinsk region Konstantin Tsybko, Interfax reports . This issue is re -entered at the meeting of the SF, which will be held on the near future. The Prosecutor General’s Office and the Investigative Committee are incriminating a bribe in the amount of 28 million rubles.

Terrorists in the Donetsk head of the SBU. Photo: ostro.org Donetsk and Lugansk "People’s Republics" united in the Confederation of the "Union of People's Republics". Such information was published on the official Twitter of the Donetsk Republic. As specified, the corresponding decision was made at the session of the "Supreme Council of the DPR". Whether the Lugansk Republic made a similar decision is unknown.

Drawers. Photo by D. BORKO/Brani.ru Russian draftees will be able to choose a call service or contract. The relevant law was signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin. The text of the document is published on the Kremlin website.