"Today is our birthday - we are 50 years old." Such an inscription was inscribed at the poster of the Moscow Contemporary Theater, which today celebrates a half -century anniversary. However, instead of accepting gifts and congratulations, the popular troupe decided to make a gift to the audience itself - to play one of the best performances for free - “Cool Route” based on the book of Evgenia Ginzburg. The audience, which will fill the Hall of Contemporary today, literally will be "selected".

The father of the Russian biologist Andrei Zamyatnin, who previously detained in Sweden on suspicion of espionage and released last week, demands from the general prosecutor Sweden Thomas Lindstrand to publicly apologize, publish a refutation and publicize the names of witnesses, Interfax reports.

The leader of the youth movement "Our" Vasily Yakemenko was re -elected on Saturday for 2006 by the Federal Movement Commissar. According to Interfax, Yakemenko was elected at the first All -Russian Congress of our "Our" by a majority vote. Also, in addition to him, Nikita Borovikov, Alexei Filonov, Natalya Lebedeva became the federal commissars of the “ours” of the Youth Movement of our movements.

In the Catholic Church of St. Mary Magdalene in Riga on the eve of the "improved" altar. In his very center, instead of the traditional picturesque image of Christ, a large plasma screen is installed on which the digital photo of a man with a thorns crown on his head is projected. According to Izvestia, ITAR -TASS, the Izvestia newspaper, with the initiative to help the current parishioners look at Christ with the help of modern technology two Latvian artist - Sarmite Malina and Crysteps Kalna.

The Russian Public Chamber today continues its plenary meeting, the first part of which was held on Friday. The second day of work will be devoted to the topic "Human rights in the army and social aspects of military reform." The report on army issues contains a number of specific proposals aimed at eradicating the Armed Forces of the "Deda", increasing the status of military personnel and prestige of military service, ITAR-TASS reports.

Detained on suspicion of involvement in the murder of a Senegal student in St. Petersburg, was released from arrest, a source in the law enforcement agencies of the Northern capital told Interfax. "The suspect was released from arrest after the investigation of a number of examinations and research. Given that he was concluded under indirect evidence, on Friday evening it was decided to free him from custody," the source said.

Konchit Martinez (the only Spanish woman who won at Wimbledon) announced the departure from professional sports. The most striking moment of its brilliant career was the triumph on the courts of the All-English Club of Laun-Tennis and Croquet in 1994. Then in the final, Martinez stopped the very Martin Navatilov, who was not enough until the anniversary tenth victory at Wimbledon.

The question of increasing the draft age in the Russian army is currently not studied and not worth it. This was stated today by the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Nikolai Pankov following the discussion at the plenary meeting of the Public Chamber of the report on social aspects of military reform. “This topic simply does not exist,” Pankov emphasized.

The European Union will allocate one and a half million euros this year in the form of grants for projects in the field of human rights in Russia, said the head of the European Commission in Russia, Mark Franco. According to him, the system for providing grants to Russian non -governmental organizations (NGOs) is transparent and is carried out according to the results of open competitions, reports Radio "Freedom" .

Employees of law enforcement agencies and UFSB of the Russian Federation for Chechnya destroyed on Friday in the village of Kadi-Yurt Gudermes district a participant in illegal armed groups involved in the attack on the city of Budennovsk, Stavropol Territory in 1995.

The world boxing world in the first welterweight of Briton Ricky Hatton officially confirmed the decision adopted a few weeks ago about his abandonment of the IBF title. “I am very sorry that I have to abandon the IBF title in the first welterweight,” the IBF leadership said in a letter directed on behalf of Hatton. “The conquest of the IBF championship title has become, without a doubt, the greatest event in my life and I really hurt to refuse it without a fight ...

The Afghan authorities report that more than 40 military militants were killed during the battle with the government and coalition forces in the south-west of the country, the British Air Force reports on Saturday. The governor of the province of Kandar Assadullah Khalid also said that during a battle, six military soldiers were killed on Friday. According to him, the militants suffered the main losses during an air strike on their camp 40 kilometers from Kandahar.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, it seemed that the dissidents remained in the past and would disappear as a class. However, in the post -Soviet space, the phenomenon of persecution for beliefs and sexual orientation is being revived. The German Die Zeit writes about the fate of one of these dissidents who fled from Russia and living in Poland. Vladimir Suchin (Wladimir Suchzyn, the original name has been changed in the original. - Approx. Ed.) Lives in Poland for several years.

In the Tractorozavodsky district of Volgograd, the body of a police officer with gunshot wounds was found, Interfax told the Law enforcement agencies of the city on Saturday on Saturday. According to him, a local resident was detained on suspicion of murder. "According to the investigation, the policeman conducted investigative measures with a detained woman who was a drug addict," the agency’s interlocutor noted.

A blind skine, 34-year-old Kevin Alderton, established a new world achievement, going down the slope at a speed of more than 160 km/h. The coach "led" the blind athlete through the headphones in the helmet. Olderton, a retired British soldier, lives under the slogan "without vision and fear." This is a life philosophy and a call to everyone who needs to conquer their peak.