14.06.2007, 15:02:52 version Print | PDA/PDA Still from the movie "Resident Mistake" Roscosmos confirmed the detention of its employee in Austria Topics Russian spy in Austria 06/14/2007 Roscosmos employee is suspected of espionage against Germany and may be extradited to this country The Federal Space Agency of the Russian Federation has confirmed that the Russian detained in Austria on suspicion of espionage is indeed its employee, RIA Novosti reports , citing agency press secretary Igor

The case of former adviser to US Vice President Lewis Libby , sentenced to two and a half years for perjury and obstruction of justice, is back in court. Libby plans to ask a federal judge on Thursday to delay detention while he appeals the conviction, the AP reported. The agency notes that the judge is unlikely to grant the ex-adviser’s request, since he has previously spoken negatively on this issue.

A court in the Canadian city of Peterborough banned 24-year-old Steven Cranley from entering into intimate relationships with girls for three years, The Peterborough Examiner reports . In this way, the judge hopes to protect others from the emotionally disturbed young man until he receives the necessary medical help. Stephen Cranley is on trial for assaulting his ex-girlfriend shortly after she broke up with him.

The Moscow City Duma proposed amendments to federal legislation that would provide for criminal liability for the illegal organization of gambling and participation in it. newspaper writes about this The Kommersant . If the amendments are adopted by the State Duma, betting organizers will face four-year prison sentences, and players will face a fine of four thousand rubles.

On June 13, the trial of the former mayor of Volgograd, Evgeny Ishchenko, ended . He was found guilty of illegal business and illegal possession of ammunition, but was acquitted of abuse of power. The former mayor was sentenced to a year in prison, but due to the fact that he had already spent more than a year in a pre-trial detention center, he was released right in the courtroom. In addition, the court banned the former mayor from holding municipal positions for four years.

From September 1, 2007, the scholarship for Russian students will be increased to 900 rubles per month, REGNUM reports . In another year, from September 1, 2008, it will be 1,100 rubles. The government introduced a corresponding amendment to the draft budget for 2008-2010, which will be considered by the State Duma in the second reading on June 29, 2007.

approval rating George W. Bush's as US President has reached another historic low, Reuters reports. According to the results of a sociological survey conducted by NBC News and The Wall Street Journal published on Wednesday, only 29 percent of respondents said they were satisfied with the work of the current US president. Compared to a similar survey conducted in April 2007, Bush's approval rating decreased by 6 percent, which was the lowest result in the history of such surveys.

Users of YouTube services will have the opportunity to take part in debates between US presidential candidates. According to The NY Times, Google and CNN are ready to provide such a unique opportunity, organizing the broadcast of the debates of eight Democratic Party candidates. The candidates, who will gather July 23 in Charleston, South Carolina, will respond to video messages posted by users on YouTube. There are no restrictions on the design of the video sequence.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has ordered security forces to arrest Hamas members in the West Bank. The operation began on the night of Thursday, June 14, in Ramallah. The list of people subject to detention includes one and a half thousand people, Ynetnews reports. Fatah is taking countermeasures against Hamas after the Islamist group rejected a truce proposal made by Mahmoud Abbas.

A criminal case has been sent to the Supreme Court of Karachay-Cherkessia against five members of a gang detained by law enforcement agencies. Aslan Gochiyaev, Safar Laypanov, Aliya Borlakov, Aznaur Temirliev and Azret Temirzhanov are accused of committing terrorist attacks, banditry, illegal weapons trafficking, attacks on law enforcement officers and other crimes, according to an official statement from the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation .

It has been written repeatedly that US presidential candidates from both major parties are actively using the opportunities provided by the Internet in their campaigns. Appeals to voters on YouTube, blogging, communication with the electorate on official pages - and other delights of network influence. But now their audience will have the opportunity to strike back, which could radically change the way they view the election campaign. The point is this.

NASA astronauts Steve Swanson and Patrick Forrester did not complete the entire planned amount of work during their second spacewalk, RIA Novosti reports , citing an official representative of the US National Aerospace Agency. According to him, Swanson and Forrester did not have time to remove the last locking device from the SARJ system, which allows the solar panels to rotate at the desired angle to the sun. Also, the solar panels from the P6 farm segment were not completely removed.

At an extraordinary meeting, the Lvov City Council extended the moratorium on the broadcast and performance of Russian-language songs in the premises of public catering and retail outlets, announced back in 2000. As Ura-Inform reports, this decision was made during the discussion of the bill “On the protection of the city’s sound environment.” According to this document, in the premises of public catering and retail outlets, the maximum sound reproduction level should not exceed 70 decibels.

Prime Minister of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych has still not made public the income declaration, which, according to the anti-corruption law, senior government officials must submit and publish in the media by April 1. As the Delo newspaper wrote on Thursday, the information service of the Cabinet of Ministers could not explain the reasons why the head of government has still not fulfilled the requirement of the law.

US President George W. Bush blamed the explosion in Beirut, which killed Lebanese politician Walid Eido, on the Syrian authorities, AFP reports . Let us recall that Lebanese parliament member Ido, who took an anti-Syrian position, and 9 other people were killed in an explosion in Beirut on Wednesday evening. Lebanese politicians immediately after the death of the deputy became known, they said that an assassination attempt was committed on Ido, organized by Syria.