Tennis ATP tournament in Eastbourne (England). Prize fund - €505 thousand. First round. Jeremy Chardy (France) - Ivo Karlovic (Croatia, 5) 6:4, 6:4. Gilles Simon (France, 6)--Chris Guccione (Australia) 7:6 (7:2), 6:4. Bernard Tomic (Australia) - Andrey Golubev (Kazakhstan) 6:4, 6:4. Edouard Roger-Vasselin (France)-- Andrey Kuznetsov (Russia) 6:3, 6:4. Jarkko Nieminen (Finland) - Santiago Giraldo (Spain, 7) 6:3, 6:7 (5:7), 6:3. ATP tournament in 's-Hertogenbosch (Holland).

In just a few months of the geopolitically turbulent 2014, China has become almost the main strategic direction for Russia. However, this country has not become any clearer due to excess attention. There are still a lot of myths, there are still few specialists. The chairman of the board of partners of the S&K Vertical law firm, Lyubov Duiko, who has been working with China as a lawyer since 1999, offers her view on relations with representatives of the Celestial Empire.

The Investigation Department of Troitsk (Chelyabinsk Region) opened a criminal case against the head of the capital construction department of the administration of Troitsk (Chelyabinsk Region) Anna Chistyakova. According to investigators, the official committed official forgery by entering deliberately false information into documents about the completion and cost of work to complete the construction of an apartment building, carried out by the Avangard construction company.

The opposition refuses to fight for the posts of governors of the Urals Federal District “A Just Russia” intends to abandon the fight for the posts of governors of the Kurgan and Chelyabinsk regions. As State Duma deputy Alexander Burkov, who oversees the party’s election campaigns in the regions, explained, this decision was made due to the lack of real chances of victory.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that representatives of the Islamic Republic and the “six” international mediators at the negotiations in Vienna began the practical development of a comprehensive agreement on the nuclear program. “Practical work on the agreement has almost begun. This does not mean that we have reached agreement on all points, which is why we say “almost,” but the work has begun,” RIA Novosti quotes the Iranian minister.

Traditional equestrian competitions in China, clashes between supporters of Pakistani politician Muhammad Tahirul Qadri and the police, a protest in Vancouver against the construction of a pipeline. The brightest photographs of the passing day are in the Kommersant photo gallery.

On June 17, the Canadian government approved the project of the Canadian company Enbridge Inc. for the construction of the Northern Gateway oil pipeline with a total cost of $7.22 billion. This was announced by the country's Minister of Natural Resources Greg Rickford. The company will have to comply with 209 recommendations from the National Energy Board before construction can begin. “They relate to the environmental, technical and social components of the project.

The lawyer demanded 6 million from his client, allegedly for detectives In Tatarstan, a court found guilty of attempted fraud the former lawyer of the republican bar association, Dmitry Troitsky, who defended one of the defendants in the high-profile criminal case about the crash of the Bulgaria. According to investigators, during the investigation of this case, he tried to obtain 6 million rubles from another of his clients, an alleged member of the Kazan organized crime group “Novotatarka”.

Adele and Radiohead videos will be removed from YouTube. Video hosting intends to block recordings of music companies that refuse to sign agreements on new conditions for video placement. However, experts are confident that the parties will find a compromise - for record companies, cooperation with YouTube is extremely profitable. Photo: Oleg Kharseev, Kommersant YouTube will remove recordings from independent music studios.

The IV St. Petersburg International Legal Forum will be held from June 18 to 21, 2014. Numerous guests will take part in business discussions organized in blocks of legal specializations, as well as in an extensive excursion program and cultural events, which, judging by the reviews of some participants, they remember almost more than the events of the main program.

They made a bomb for the terrorist attack using online instructions. The Moscow Regional Court has begun interrogating witnesses in the case of two natives of Central Asia accused of organizing an extremist community and preparing a terrorist attack in a supermarket of the Auchan retail chain in 2012, located in the Altufyevo district of Moscow.

Bolshoi Kamen becomes the main manufacturer of ships and marine equipment for major companies An agreement on the creation of a joint venture (JV) for the implementation of projects for the construction and design of ships, drilling platforms and marine equipment was signed by the largest Russian companies, this was reported yesterday by the Information Policy Department of OJSC NK Rosneft.

The Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) reported the death of former head of Roscosmos Vladimir Popovkin. “Vladimir Aleksandrovich Popovkin died at the age of 58 after an illness,” the agency told Kommersant. From 2011 to 2013, Vladimir Popovkin headed Roscosmos.

The State Duma Committee on Constitutional Legislation supported the initiative to introduce fines for illegal taxi drivers. The bill is expected to be passed before the end of the spring session. The fine will be 30 thousand rubles with the deprivation of illegal immigrants’ driver’s license for up to six months. The initiative of the deputies is controversial, says businessman Anton Khrekov.

In Pattaya, Russian citizen Andrei Atamas, who was hiding in Thailand from Russian justice, was detained on an Interpol warrant. “Atamas was detained by Thai police in the city of Pattaya, Chonburi province, at the request of the Russian national Interpol bureau. In Russia, he is charged with fraud, extortion and other crimes,” a source in Thai law enforcement agencies told RIA Novosti .