Oleg Sentsov. Photo from a personal page in VKontakte President of the International Moscow Film Festival Nikita Mikhalkov asked Vladimir Putin with a request to release Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov, arrested in Crimea in a fabricated case and accused of preparing terrorist attacks.

100 years ago, on June 28, 1914, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, was assassinated in Sarajevo. He was shot by student Gavrilo Princip, a member of the Mlada Bosna terrorist organization. Together with the Archduke, his wife, Countess Sofia Chotek, also died. Shortly after the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, leading to World War I.

95 years ago, on June 28, 1919, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, a peace treaty was signed in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles between Germany and the powers that defeated it in World War I: Great Britain, France, the USA, Italy and Japan . The terms of the treaty were extremely difficult for Germany, which was one of the factors that facilitated the rise to power of Hitler and ultimately contributed to the outbreak of World War II.

Poster to the film "Present" Nikita Mikhalkov The law on the ban on non -normative vocabulary in the cinema, entering into force on July 1, needs correction, and obscene expressions in some works of art look organic. According to RIA Novosti, this was stated by the President of the Moscow International Film Festival Nikita Mikhalkov at a press briefing dedicated to the closure of the MMKF. "The law is for people, not people for the law.

Alexander Dugin and Vladimir Dobrenkov. Photo: evrazia.org At Moscow State University, they refuted the dismissal of the head of the Department of Sociology of International Relations of Alexander Dugin. This was reported to the Interfax in the press service of the university. Earlier, Dugin himself announced the dismissal from the university, calling it a “personal fee for Novorossia”, that is, for his sharp statements on Ukrainian topics. "Currently, the term of the employment contract Mr.

Evgenia Vasiliev. Frame of the Rain TV channel In the case of Oboronservice, the indictment verdict will most likely be issued, and the main person involved in this high -profile case - the ex -official of the Ministry of Defense Yevgeny Vasiliev - will receive a real term, a source familiar with the situation told Interfax. "During the preliminary investigation, convincing evidence of the fault of all defendants is collected.

The concert of Marlin Manson is ripped off. Photo: @marilynmanson The Moscow concert of the American performer Marlin Manson, who was supposed to go on Friday at VDNH, was canceled due to the bomb call. The singer himself reports on Twitter about this. "The bomb caused the abolition of our performance in Moscow. Just when we were about to go on stage," Manson wrote. He published a photograph of a police cordon and a crowd of spectators who did not sleep at a concert.

State Department of the United States. Summer "Vesti". The official representative of the US State Department Marie Harf expressed doubt about the reliability of the UN data about the number of Ukrainian refugees in Russia, reports Russia Today. According to the Office of the Supreme Commissioner of the UN for refugees, during the conflict in Ukraine 110 thousand Ukrainian citizens arrived in Russia. “We do not think that these figures are reliable,” Harf emphasized.

The layout of the Angara launch vehicle. Photo: khrunichev.ru The first test launch of the latest Russian Angara launch vehicle from the Plesetsk cosmodrome, planned on Saturday, will not take place again, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the statement of the Khrunichev Center. "The launch vehicle will be removed from the starting complex, transferred to a technical position where a comprehensive analysis will be carried out.

Moody's logo The Moody's International rating agency left the long -term rating of Russian debt obligations at the BAA1 level and changed the forecast for it to negative, reports Lenta.ru. The agency expects a slowdown in Russian economy to 1.7 percent per year for the period from 2014 to 2018.

Dovlatov in America. Photo from the site sergeidovlatov.com The City Council of New York approved a bill, assigning one of the streets of the city the name of the Russian writer and publicist Sergei Dovlatov. This was reported on the website Change.org, where the collection of signatures was organized in support of this idea. In memory of the writer, one of the streets in the Kuins area will be named, where Dovlatov lived more than 10 years after immigration to the USA from the USSR.

Hall of meetings PA OSCE. Photo from the site usinfo.state.gov The draft resolution "The obvious, rude and incorporate violation of the Helsinki principles by the Russian Federation" is included in the agenda of the plenary meeting of the 23rd session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assamace. According to Interfax, the document was made by the head of the American delegation Benjamin Cardin for consideration by the OSCE.

Petro Poroshenko. Photo from the website of the President of Ukraine It is impossible to resolve the crisis in eastern Ukraine by military means. According to RIA Novosti, in an interview with the French publication Le Figaro, the country's president Petro Poroshenko stated. Poroshenko gave an interview to five Western publications in Brussels. In this speech, he explained his strategy aimed at stabilizing the situation in the eastern regions.