Today, June 15, the Seimas of Lithuania introduced changes to the criminal code, which introduced penalties for approving the Soviet or Nazi occupation of Lithuania and denying the crimes of these regimes. These crimes are punishable by a fine, restriction of freedom or imprisonment for up to 2 years, but only if the denial or belittlement of these crimes was committed in a threatening or offensive manner, or contributed to the disruption of public order.

In Ussuriysk, the gang that attacked the Primorye police was put to rest In the Primorsky Territory, a gang whose members are accused of a series of attacks on police officers has been neutralized. Of the six suspects, four were detained, two decided not to surrender and shot themselves.

The Celtics are closing in on their 18th championship. NBA Yesterday, the Boston Celtics took the lead for the first time in the final series of the NBA championship playoffs against the Los Angeles Lakers - 3:2. To take the lead, Doc Rivers' team needed two wins in a row at home, in which the Bostonians played as brilliantly as they did in the championship season two years ago.

06/15/2010 Some numbers: for the period from January 1 to May 31, 5,900 people came to our website from VKontakte (and viewed 29,826 pages) and only 28 (!!!) people came from Facebook and viewed 59 pages. Why? It's simple. We have a group and activity on VKontakte, but nothing on Facebook. And I am 100% convinced that the integration of Facebook tools will give an influx. I will be happy to report directly on the numbers a month after implementation, how many visits there will be from Facebook.

Context 618 1 min. ... OJSC Central Telegraph provides fixed-line communication services (over 40 thousand subscribers), channel rental and Internet access in Moscow and the Moscow region (over 110 thousand subscribers). The largest shareholders are Svyazinvest (51%), Rosimushchestvo (29.0046%), North-West Financial Company LLC (8.44%). Capitalization on the RTS Friday - $100.4 million. OJSC Bashinformsvyaz is the largest telecom operator in Bashkiria.

The Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the OSCE, Anvar Azimov, said on June 15 that there are no conditions for the use of Russian forces in Kyrgyzstan, since “this is an internal conflict,” but he promised humanitarian support and assistance in evacuating the wounded. Let us recall that earlier the interim government of Kyrgyzstan turned to Russia for peacekeeping assistance to resolve the situation in the south of the country.

Today, June 15, the international rating agency Fitch downgraded the long-term issuer default rating and the senior unsecured debt rating of the British oil company British Petroleum due to the situation with the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico by six steps - to "BBB" from "AA". Fitch also downgraded BP's short-term issuer default rating to F3 from F1+, the agency said. These ratings are on the Rating Watch list, the status of which has been changed to “developing” from “negative”. RIA News

Their sensational election victory in Belgium puts its EU presidency at risk The results of Sunday's parliamentary elections in Belgium became a headache for the whole of Europe. The victory of Flemish nationalists, who advocate dividing the country along linguistic lines, complicates the process of forming a ruling coalition - it may turn out to be even more difficult than three years ago, when the country lived without a government for about 200 days.

This year France is the guest of honor at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. In addition, this year is a cross year between Russia and France. The French see the goal of such a year as changing the image of a country exporting gastronomy culture to an innovative power. This makes it similar to Russia, which is trying to change its role in the world: from an oil and gas power to turn into an exporter of knowledge economy products.

The visa-free dialogue between Kyiv and Brussels has entered a new stage Today a meeting of the Council on Cooperation between Ukraine and the European Union will take place in Luxembourg. At this event, Brussels will remind Kyiv of its problems, including the need to respect democratic freedoms. The progress of the visa-free dialogue between Ukraine and the EU will also be discussed. Kommersant has obtained the EU “questionnaire,” a document regulating negotiations in this area.

143 1 min. ... Over the past week, the international security index iSi fell to 2856 points. The internal conflict in Kyrgyzstan is becoming a threat to regional security. Interethnic clashes between Kyrgyz and Uzbeks in the south of the country led to dozens of casualties. Uzbekistan is forced to accept tens of thousands of refugees. The participation of other countries is so far limited to providing assistance and holding consultations within the CSTO and in other formats.

Today, June 15, at approximately 06:00 Chinese time, an explosion occurred at a chemical plant in the city of Leping in the eastern province of Jiangxi. As local media reported, citing a statement from a city government representative, the explosion caused a powerful fire. As of 09.00 local time, firefighters were able to enter the burning workshop of the plant, where they so far found two wounded. It is unknown how many workers were in the exploded workshop at the time of the accident.

The Mardan Palace Hotel, owned by entrepreneur Telman Ismailov, won first place in the “Most Successful Five-Star Hotels” category in the annual competition “Turkey's Most Successful Investment Projects 2010”. The competition was held by the Turkish fund Eurobank Tekfen, as well as the Economist and Capital magazines. The prestigious award was presented to the General Manager of the Mardan Palace Hotel, Cumhur Ozen.

Today, June 15, Mexican Finance Minister Ernesto Cordero announced at a press conference that the Ministry of Finance announced the introduction of restrictions on the exchange of cash dollars in the country. “This decision is due to the need to combat drug trafficking and money laundering, as well as to establish a monitoring and control system where we could clearly trace the origin of financial funds,” the minister said.

On June 12, residents of Berezovsky’s satellite city of Yekaterinburg spoke out against the “Greater Yekaterinburg” project initiated by the government of the Sverdlovsk region. Let us remind you that last week the city authorities of Berezovsky, Verkhnyaya Pyshma, Sredneuralsk and Aramil received proposals from the regional government to develop a project of unification with Yekaterinburg. Last Saturday, about three thousand people came to the central Berezovsky Square.