Russian Igor Andreev reached the quarterfinals of the London tennis tournament Stella Artois Championships, whose prize fund is 800 thousand dollars. During his ascent on the tournament grid, the Russian left out of the work of the formidable American Andre Agassi, and today in the match of the third circle he outplayed two sets of the young Frenchman Olivier Patien with a score of 6: 4, 7: 5.

The only concert of the opera singer from Great Britain Kiri, those ditches will be held in Moscow on June 10. As Interfax was told in the press service of the Moscow International House of Music (MMDM), Kiri comes to Russia for the first time and therefore it is still not known to the broad Russian public. “The more shock awaits our music lovers,” said the press manager of the concert Veronika Kamaeva.

The official representative of the Russian Orthodox Church accused the group of Russian human rights activists and artists of using "double standards". "When it comes to the promotion of fascism that insults people by a national basis, they act with protests.

The Catholic community of Azerbaijan, together with the mayor of Baku, began to create a project of the Catholic Church, which is planned to be recreated in the capital of the republic. This was announced by the Ambassador of the Vatican to Georgia and Azerbaijan Claudio Gudzherotti. "At present, we are starting to create a working project of the Church," K. Gudzherotti said.

The Moscow District Military Court will announce on Thursday a verdict in the case of the murder of journalist Dmitry Kholodov, the court said. Kholodov died as a result of the explosion on October 17, 1994 as amended by the newspaper Moskovsky Komsomolets.

The spiritual leadership of Muslims of India calls for protests against the actions of the United States in Iraq. With such an initiative, according to local media reports, the National Council of Ulema-I-Hind, uniting representatives of the clergy of the Sunni and Shiite communities, made on Wednesday.

The DPRK called on the authorities of South Korea to "make a bold decision" and cancel the law on national security that limits contacts with the North. This is stated in the TST agency that is widespread today by the statement of the Republican Committee on National Reconciliation. The document is also sharply criticized by the actions of the South Korean police, who arrested four activists of the student movement for unification with the DPRK in May.

The military echelon was blown up on the Ishchereskaya-Alpatovo Parting in the Naursky district of Chechnya, the agency was told on Thursday in the duty unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Chechen Republic. The explosion under one of the wagons of the armored train thundered at about 16:20 Moscow time. According to preliminary data, one soldier was injured, Interfax reports. Separ and operational-investigation group work at the scene. Links on the topic

In the North-East Chinese city of Panjin, the province of Liaonin on Thursday collapsed a 500-meter bridge over the Lyanhe River. The tragedy occurred at about 7:00 local time, RIA Novosti reports. Witnesses claim that they saw how cars fell from the collapsed bridge into the river. There have been no reports of victims and victims. The bridge connected the settlements of Panjin and Incou in the industrial zone located about 500 kilometers north-east of Beijing.

In Moscow, the information about the arrival of the Chechen terrorists Ahmed Zakayev and his meetings with representatives of the Norwegian political establishment was perplexed with bewilderment in Norway. This is stated in the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation .

The Moscow District Military Court justified all six accused in the case of the murder of the correspondent of the Moscow Komsomolets newspaper Dmitry Kholodov, killed 10 years ago. The court recognized the accused by innocent in all articles incriminated by him. "The prosecutor’s accusations are unfounded and did not find their confirmation in court," the verdict says.

In St. Petersburg, located at northern latitude, the period of white nights began, which will end on July 2. At this time, daylight hours will be about 19 hours. The duration of the longest day - June 21-22 - will be 21 hours 35 minutes, reports Interfax.

The legendary basketball player Larry Bard, which is now the president of the Indian Pacisze club, spoke out for attracting white players to the NBA. Nevertheless, being “pale -faced” himself, he stated that professional basketball in North America is the game of blacks and it will always be like that. According to Larry, expressed in an interview with the owner of ESPN, Jim Gray, the greatest athletes are Afro -Americans.

In an abandoned mine in the city of Krupan in the west of Serbia, the police discovered the arrangement of marijuana. The variety grown by criminals has a much stronger effect in comparison with the usual drug entering. Marijuana was intended for sale in Europe. Following the instructions of the police of Belgium and the Netherlands, the Serbian law enforcement agencies detained several people who were breeding hemp, including citizens of Holland, Slovenia and Russia.

The parliamentary faction of the Opposition Right Party "New Time" on Thursday decided to file a request to resign the government of Latvia, which the Seimu will have to consider 17 Juna.