Today, in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, the celebration of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II will take place, who on this day celebrates the 12th anniversary of his intronization, Interfax reports. According to tradition, in the morning the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church headed in the main church of Russia a solemn service, in which members of the Holy Synod, representatives of other local Orthodox churches from around the world took part.

During the Sunday pogrom in the center of the capital, several journalists were injured. In particular, according to RIA Novosti, photojournalist of the newspaper Vechernyaya Moscow and Kommersant, as well as the EPA agency, suffered. Youngers tried to break the camera. Football fans defeated the car and the camera of the Echo TV company. This was announced by ntvru.com by the editor -in -chief of the television company Andrei Norkin.

On Monday, the Moscow City Court was again unable to proceed with the criminal case of the retired KGB General Oleg Kalugin, accused by the main military prosecutor of treason (Article 275 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). During the court hearing, the lawyer of the accused Yevgeny Bar filed a motion to suspend the case. He believes that the process cannot begin without the presence of the accused.

In Primorye, preliminary results of repeated elections to the Legislative Assembly were summed up. The elections were recognized as held in 21 districts of 23. In two districts, voters voted against all candidates. This was announced by the chairman of the regional election commission Sergey Knyazev, Interfax reports. The missiles were attended by 17.9% of voters. The final results of the elections will be summed up in a few days.

The US Secret Service, which protects the American president and all visiting foreign leaders, has recently encountered a number of problems, including personnel fluidity and moral problems. During a special investigation by the US News and World Report, written certificates of current and former presidential security officers were received, as well as other materials and documents confirming the availability of many problems in this elite American intelligence service.

Eduard Shevardnadze promises to take all measures to combat religious extremism in the republic, RIA Novosti reports. This promise is contained in a letter from the President of Georgia to senators and the US congressmen, a member of the Congress on Security and Cooperation in Europe. The full text of the message of Shevardnadze on Monday is published in the Georgian official press.

The opening of the meeting of the Afghan Loya Jirgi in Kabul was postponed for one day. This was reported on Monday by the state television of Pakistan, RIA Novosti reports.

The name of the Elvis Presley pop-legend may again be on the top line of the hit parade. According to Mirror , this significant event will quite become the result of launching a new version of the A Little Less Conversation track. This song of Presley was used in the new Nike Cage video with the participation of 24 stars of the Eric Cantona World Cup performed by DJ Tom Holkenborg. This soundtrack, according to experts, will put the king of rock and roll per step above the legendary The Beatles.

On Monday, the Altai Regional Court sentenced 17-year-old Alexei Belkin to 10 years in prison for the murder committed in January 2002, RIA Novosti reports. The victim of a minor criminal was the teacher of the Altai State Polytechnic University Elena Grigoryeva, who returned home late in the evening with a package in her hands. It was the package that attracted the attention of the killer.

Today, representatives of the US Armed Forces reported that at the moment, investigators are checking if any of the American military personnel who were on this base have suffered. On the eve of the American base in Uzbekistan , traces of neuro-paralytic substances and mustard gas were discovered . According to Colonel Roger Killo, not a single American soldier was injured.

Since the beginning of this year, about a hundred people have already died in the Altai Territory, while trying to steal electric wires, ITAR-TASS reports. The last case of the death of the thief occurred last Sunday five kilometers from the village of Akimovo, Krasnoshchekovsky district, the press service of the regional police department said on Monday. From a blow by electric shock, a young man, a resident of the Shipunovsky district, tried to abduct the wires from the power line.

Two suspects delivered to Sakhalin in an attempt on the border guard General Vitaly Gamov and his family began to testify. This was reported on Monday at the Prosecutor's Office of the Sakhalin Region, RIA Novosti reports. The investigation group in a loud criminal case works around the clock, noted in the prosecutor's office. However, the sources refused to give more information, referring to the secret of the investigation.

The Moscow government does not see serious reasons for the abolition of festive events on June 12 - on the day of Russia. This was announced on the air by the vice-mayor of Moscow Valery Shantsev, commenting on the mass riots in Moscow last Sunday. He noted that the festive events, namely the parade of the peoples of Russia on Tverskaya and the festivities, are held by the presidential administration with the participation of the city authorities.

According to Interfax with reference to the election commission of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, Olga Khristolyubova (resident of Krasnoyarsk) and Nina Kiseleva (a resident of the city of Emelyanovo, Krasnoyarsk Territory) notified his desire to participate in the elections to the elections. According to Kiseleva, she went to the polls because she dreams of finding a job, and the governor is “enviable”.

The point in the anti -doping scandal associated with the names of Russian skiers Larisa Lazutina and Olga Danilova can only be made by the sports arbitration court in Lausanne - this circumstance was emphasized in an interview with ITAR -TASSS, the President of the Russian Ski Racing Federation Anatoly Aventiev, who had just returned from the Congress of the Federation of Sports (FIS) in Slovenia. As for the terms of the court session, Ansentiev is not yet known.