The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill headed the celebrations in the Sunday of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, dedicated to the celebration of the Holy Trinity Day. In the Assumption Cathedral of the Lavra, decorated, by tradition, birch branches and flowers, he performed the liturgy, and then the Great Vespers with reading kneelled prayers for the bestowal of the Holy Spirit, ITAR-TASS reports. Thousands of pilgrims prayed for the solemn service, glorifying the triune god.

On Monday, the Legislative Assembly of the Irkutsk Region endowed Dmitry Mezentsev with the powers of the governor. All 50 deputies who were present at the meeting unanimously supported his candidacy. The candidate of the Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Dmitry Mezentsev to give the authority of the governor of the Irkutsk region the president of the country introduced to the regional legislative assembly on May 28, ITAR-TASS reports.

Until January of next year, NATO will reduce the number of military personnel in Kosovo by a third - from the current 15 thousand to 10 thousand. This decision was made on Monday by the leadership of the North Atlantic Alliance, reports the Serbian television radio channel of the RTS with reference to the unnamed representative of NATO. According to the channel, this decision is explained by the improvement of the situation in the region.

The volume of foreign investment in the Russian economy in the first quarter of 2009 amounted to $ 12 billion, which is 30.3% less than a year ago, the Finmarket agency, citing a statement by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. "In the first quarter of 2009, the volume of foreign investment in the Russian economy has somewhat decreased due to the international financial and economic crisis. This is understandable.

The vocalist and leader of the British team Depeche Mode Dave Gaan sold his New York apartments in the West Village area for $ 4 million, writes Prian.ru . Special apartments with an area of ​​178 square meters include three bedrooms, three bathrooms, a living room and a kitchen. There are also a fireplace and a jacuzzi. The requested value of the object was $ 4.3 million.

The information coming from China is in doubt that Beijing manages to maintain high growth rates. In the past 10 years of stormy economic rise, the growth of the added value of industrial enterprises in China has increased in proportion to the increase in the amount of energy consumed. But now this relationship has been torn, which Bfm.ru pays attention to.

The British National Party (British National Party, BNP) first received places in the European parliament. BNP occupies ultra -right positions and advocates the restoration of the "White Person of the British population." Its representatives believe that immigrants, primarily professing Islam, pose the main threat to society. The success of BNP, which Britain’s main political forces consider Racist, has become to a certain extent predicted.

The metropolitan detectives charged a man who is suspected of killing his 14-year-old niece. He is suspected of reprisal against three boys of 4 years ago. The detained resident of Moscow by the name of Kruglov is charged with the murder of three minors committed in 2005. Earlier, he was arrested on suspicion of killing his 14-year-old niece Anna Murenkova, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the representative of the Department of the SCP of the Russian Federation in the Moscow Region.

The state of the state Bangladesh arrested one of the improvised leader of the Islamic radicals and Indian mafia clans of Davud Ibrahim. The assistant to the mafia Don Davud Ibrahim is named Arif Hussein, arrested last Sunday, and also has a nickname of Chachch, the newspaper The Hindustan Times writes. A native of India fell on the network of law enforcement agencies during a special operation deployed in the capital of the country and its environs.

In the Kyrgyz capital, four unknown people attacked one of the leaders of the opposition newspaper Achik Sayasat. The beaten journalist was hospitalized with a concussion. In Bishkek, the victim of the attack was the deputy editor -in -chief of the opposition newspaper Achyk Sayasat, popular in Kyrgyzstan (Open Politics), Abdavahab Moniev. The victim was sent to the hospital with a concussion, reports Akipress .

A new loud scandal in the metropolitan police affected the employees of the Presnensky department of the internal affairs (ATS). There, subordinates demanded the resignation of their boss, accusing a high -ranking officer of forgery and drug trafficking. The indignation of the policemen of one of the largest departments of the capital has reached the limit, reports Life.ru.

The motorized procession of the cultural and historical places of Ukraine, dedicated to the 300th anniversary of the Battle of Poltava, will be held in early July. In the event, which received another name - "Action of historical reconciliation", bikers from Ukraine, from Russia and Belarus will take part. This portal "Interfax-religion" was reported today by the organizers of the procession. The procession will pass from Kyiv through Poltava, Zaporozhye to Sevastopol.

The leader of North Korea Kim Jong Ir became the first viewer of the opera Evgeny Onegin, which is put by teachers and students of the Pyongyan Conservatory named after Kim Vaughn. Having visited the production, the "dear leader" praised the artists and gave them valuable instructions, ITAR-TASS reports. When Kim Jong Il visited the opera, it is not reported: perhaps he listened to Eugene Onegin on Pushkin’s 210th birthday.

The Russian women's basketball team with victory began its performance at the European Championship that started in Latvia. In the first round of the first group stage, our basketball players confidently outplayed the Turkish team with a score of 74:61.

The structure of the Moscow City Hall paid in vain for the company "Demos", erecting the Moscow Hotel near Red Square, a debt of $ 87.5 million. She did not receive control over the developer, they write Vedomosti . The Investigative Committee (SK) under the Ministry of Internal Affairs launched a criminal case on the fact of illegal assignment of $ 87.5 million, which belonged to the 100%structure of the OEK-Finance City Hall, A source in the UK told about this newspaper.