The upcoming Ahmad Tea Fest in the Hermitage Garden promises to be an interesting event and, by Moscow standards, truly rare. It’s not every day (or even every year) that Muscovites get to watch three British bands at once, each of which, on the one hand, claims to be a landmark group, and on the other hand, remains relevant, in other words, does not qualify as having played its part. and few people need it. The program is concise and win-win.

In the Perm region, a high-profile trial in the case of the largest group in the region, which involved about 200 women in prostitution, has ended. Of the 60 accused, 9 received real sentences, the rest got off with fines and suspended sentences. At the same time, the alleged organizer of the crimes, Eduard Davydov, received a year in prison and was released in the courtroom, having served this term in a pre-trial detention center. His “deputies” also got off with a relatively minor punishment.

She did not let them into the building of the Petrovskaya district administration Yesterday, law enforcement officers did not allow deputies of the Petrovsky district assembly into the district administration. The regional police department explains that the reason for the cordon was the statement. head of the Petrovsky district administration Svetlana Batyaykina, in which she says that she fears for her safety, and also asks to ensure the uninterrupted operation of the administration.

Demonstrators clash with police on Syntagma Square in front of the Greek Parliament building. Police use tear gas against protesters who are trying to break into the parliament building. The police brought hundreds of reinforcements to the square. Police in gas masks are pushing back protesters, and a cloud of tear gas hangs over the square. At these moments, parliament is preparing to vote on a 28 billion program of cuts until 2015.

Today, June 29, in France, more than 100 Air France flights were canceled due to a strike by flight crews. Flights on domestic routes and flights to a number of European countries have been suspended. In a communiqué, the airline said the strikers were demanding higher wages. Air France also reported that a number of flights at Paris Roissy-Charles de Gaulle and Orly airports were delayed this morning due to a computer system failure.

Political criticism no longer applies to him Criticism of politicians and officials cannot be equated with extremism, nor can criticism of religions or any social group expressed in scientific discussion or political debate. This is what the plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation decided yesterday, adopting a resolution in which it summarized the practice of judicial proceedings on crimes of an extremist nature.

Today, June 29, the Ministry of Finance announced the payment of $15.965 million of income on Eurobonds issued in June 2007 in the amount of $500 million. Income was paid at the rate of 6.385% per annum. The maturity date of these securities is June 26, 2012. The face value of one bond is $100 thousand (or more in an amount that is a multiple of $1 thousand). In June 2007, Ukraine sold five-year Eurobonds worth $500 million to foreign investors.

This is perhaps the best performance of the current festival. In any case, the most attractive one. After all, the author of this “Cinderella” (a full-length three-act set to the music of Prokofiev’s ballet, slightly, however, transformed by modern technologies) is the same Matthew Bourne who carried out a radical revision of “Swan Lake”, settling the heroes of the classical ballet in London of the twentieth century and turning the flocking in Hyde Park swans into beautiful young men.

The Volga Resources investment fund plans to buy a stake in the Russian Sea company. Until now, the fund has specialized in the oil and gas sector. Investments in the fishing industry in Russia are quite promising, analysts agree. Gennady Timchenko's investment fund Volga Resources, specializing in oil and gas, is going to buy a stake in the Russian Sea fish processing company.

Deputies of the Samara Gubernia Duma approved the first members of the commission Samara deputies yesterday approved seven members of the new regional election commission. One of these days the governor should do the same, after which at the first meeting the commission will elect a chairman, his deputy and a secretary.

Today, June 29, the international rating agency Standard & Poor's announced that it has upgraded Kyiv's rating from CCC+ to B-. “Standard & Poor's credit rating service has upgraded the long-term credit rating of Kyiv from CCC+ to B-. The forecast for changes in ratings is “stable,” S&P said in a statement. The ratings were pulled from the CreditWatch list, where they were placed with an evolving outlook on June 14, 2011.

The Russian women's team beat the Latvian team in the quarterfinal match of the European Championship with a score of 83:72. The Russians will compete with the winner of the Czech Republic – Croatia meeting to reach the final. The match took place in Lodz, Poland. From the first minutes, Russian basketball players took the initiative into their own hands. After five minutes of the opening quarter, the Russians led with a 9-point advantage (17:8).

The lack of a USB port on the device will soon cease to be a strong drawback: it can be filled with the i-FlashDrive device from PhotoFast. The cost of the device is $100-200 depending on the volume. There is a free application for the gadget for iPad, iPod or iPhone, said Alexander Levy. Some people are willing to put up with the lack of a USB port on the iPad, some consider it a feature, some consider it a disadvantage.

Yesterday believes that potash prices on global spot markets will reach $600 per ton by the end of the year due to growing demand. At the end of May, trader BPC announced that it was increasing spot prices for Brazil by $30 from July, to $550 per ton for large importers. Mr. Baumgertner also said that the purchase of OJSC Belaruskali in the near future is unlikely.

The Russian capital has submitted an application to host a match for the world title Project For the first time since 1985, Moscow can become the host of the main chess event.