The Moscow City Court extended until August 8 the term of detention of the ex-head of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Evgeny Adamov. The court granted the corresponding petition of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation, which accuses Adamov of fraud and abuse of authority. The deadline for his preliminary detention expired on June 8 . Adamov’s lawyers asked the Prosecutor General to terminate the criminal case against their client.

The most likely reason for the fall of the A-320 Armenian Airlines under Sochi is an insufficient amount of fuel on board, Interfax reports with reference to a source close to the disaster investigation commission. Due to the fact that the fuel was extremely small, and the plane flew before planting with a large angle of attack, an air cork could form in the fuel line that blocked the supply of fuel to the engines.

On Monday, Pervomaisky District Court of Penza proceeded to consider the criminal case against four air traffic controllers "Air Navigation of the Central Volga". As the press secretary of the regional judicial department, Marina Shcheglova, the Samara and Penza Air Navigation of the Central Volga, is accused under Art. 271 of the Criminal Code ("Violation of the rules of international flights").

Alexander Lukashenko believes that creating a party in power from above in Belarus does not make sense.

Muslims thanked the mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov for opposing the "aggressive expansion" of sex minorities in the Russian capital. The head of the Council of Russia (SMR) Sheikh Ravil Gainutdin sent a special letter to the city hall with words of gratitude, reports "New Region" .

On Tuesday , the 59th Cannes Film Festival will be shown for a long time and with the impatiently expected film by the Mexican director Alejandro Injarita Babylon. Built on the basis of biblical material, the film tells of the modern world, where, with its visible unity, the decay of the most important ties between people occurred. Critics do not exclude that the new tape of the 43-year-old director will be able to take part in the struggle for the main prizes of the festival.

In the center of Moscow, unknown people shot a 49-year-old man and, allegedly, stole a large amount of money from him. As Interfax was reported on Tuesday in the press service of the metropolitan prosecutor's office, the body of the deceased with multiple gunshot wounds was discovered on Monday afternoon at the house of 14/16 on Zemlyanny Val Street. During the investigation, it was found that a man was shot from TT and PM pistols.

In Yegoryevsk near Moscow, a child was discovered who lived in complete isolation from the outside world. As Interfax was told on Tuesday in the press service of the prosecutor's office of the Moscow Region, some time ago the residents of one of the apartments of the house in Yegoryevsk, which were flooded with the neighbors from above, contacted the police. To stop the leak, the residents themselves had to go into the apartment of 32-year-old Irina Volchkova.

Several hundred supporters and members of the Georgian Opposition Party "Justice", headed by the ex-minister of state security Igor Giorgadze, hold an action near the building of the State Council in Tbilisi with a demand for the resignation of President Mikhail Saakashvili, the dissolution of parliament and the appointment of new elections.

Scientists analyzed the results of 4.5 thousand international matches, ranked teams in their strength in attack and defense and concluded that the Brazil team is the most likely winner of the World Cup, which starts on June 9 in Germany, writes The Guardian .

Two aircraft of the Italian Air Force collided in the air over the coast of the island of Sardinia between the cities of Muraver and San Vito. The pilots managed to catapult, they were not injured. The incident occurred on Monday evening. F-16 aircraft performed training flights as part of the international exercises Spring Flag 2006, which took place at the Military-air base of the dechimonn, when the connection with two combat vehicles was unexpectedly interrupted.

Iran Foreign Ministry sharply criticized the statements of the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Saudi Arabia Sheikh Naifa Ibn Abdel Aziza according to the Iranian nuclear program. The official representative of the Iranian Foreign Ministry of the Hamid Reza Asefi made a corresponding statement on Tuesday.

In the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, an investigation continues on two loud scandals related to the activities of the governor of the district of Alexei Barinov and the Senator in the field of Alexander Sabadash. The Governor of the NAO Alexei Barinov is sure that his business is fabricated by order of commercial structures. Note that on the eve of the newspaper Vedomosti recalled the conflict of Governor Barinov with Rosneft . But Barinov claims that he does not feel like a criminal or a fraudster.

Le Temps on Tuesday is trying to answer the question of what makes people compose poems, write paintings or sing. Most of those who indulge in these hobbies explain this by the fact that he likes to do this. Others talk about the pleasantness of the process or the obligation to show their talent. Thus, people tend to think that culture is a mirror of the soul, an expression of mind and creativity in man.

On the eve of the Arkhangelsk Regional Court, a verdict was sentenced to the case of the liquidation of the Public Organization of the Spiritual Renaissance of the Northerners, uniting the followers of the teachings of Sant Mat, Interfax reports.