From the military unit in Kamenka, located in the Vyborg district of St. Petersburg, seven recently called conscripts fled. According to Ella Polyakov, the chairman of the "soldier’s mothers of St. Petersburg" on Friday, the parents who came to the oath told about this. "Parents who came to the oath called on the hot line, and their children were not there. Seven people ran away in total," she said.

US President Barack Obama during an official visit to Moscow on July 6-8 will visit the Tretyakov Gallery. As it became known from diplomatic sources close to the American embassy in Moscow, the "Cultural Program, which is planned as part of a visit, provides for a visit by the US President of the Tretyakov Gallery." The largest and, perhaps, the most famous Russian art exhibition gallery in the world was chosen by the White House administration, ITAR-TASS reports.

In Iran, presidential elections launched - tenths in a row since the proclamation of the Islamic Republic. Four candidates apply for the post of President of IRI: Mahmad Ahmadi Nezhad, former Prime Minister Mir Khosein Musavi, ex-speaker of the Parliament Mehdi Karrubi and the former commander of the Islamic Revolution Corps, Mokhsen Rezai, who is a second term. Polling stations opened at 08:00 in Iranian time (07: 30 to Moscow).

The Constitutional Court (Constitutional Court) of Moldova on Friday confirmed the right of the current president of the Republic of Vladimir Voronin to dissolve the parliament, said the chairman of the Constitutional Court Dmitry Pulber. "The circumstances that led to the dissolution of the parliament set forth by Voronin in the view of the Constitutional Court are legitimate and objective," Pulber said.

The famous American actor David Carradine, whose body was discovered last week in the room of one of the Thai hotels, did not end the life of suicide. This is confident in an independent expert patologist Michael Baden, hired to investigate the incident by members of the Carradine family. "The results of the autopsy more than clearly indicate that the death of Mr. Carradine did not occur as a result of suicide," the text of Baden said.

July 3, a judge for family affairs of the French city of Taraskon, must decide on parental rights by Russians Irina Belenka on a three -year Lisa, Belenkaya said at the end of the court session on Friday. According to the lawyers of the Russian and French parties, this decision will be preliminary and act until the end of the divorce procedure, when the court again determines the place of residence and the issue of raising Lisa, RIA Novosti reports.

The President of South Ossetia Eduard Kokoita announced the reorganization of the government of the republic. The reason is discontent with the work of some officials, Interfax reports. “Instead of solving the issues of assistance to the victim, to help relieve social tension, many officials abuse their official position.

The father of the Australian tennis player Elena Dokich was sentenced by the Serbian court to 15 months of prison on charges of threats of reprisals against Australia Ambassador to Belgrade. Damir Dokich was found guilty of creating the security threat of ambassador in Belgrade and illegal possession of weapons, which was confiscated by the police during a search of his house. Lawyer of Dokich Bosilka Dzhukich said she would appeal to the court decision. “The punishment is too harsh,” she said.

In Makhachkala, two militants were destroyed during the special operation. According to the head of the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Dagestan, Mark Tolchinsky, the militants were blocked on Friday afternoon in house 36 on Mammedbekov Street, which was near Amet-Khan Sultan Avenue. “During the shootout, a fighter of the OMON of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was incompatible with life,” added a representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, ITAR -TASS reports.

The Ferrari team will not take part in the 2010 World Championship in Formula-1 Auto Raders, if its requirements regarding the change in the current Rules of the Rounds are not satisfied, the Ferrari Stables distributed on Friday on Friday. Earlier on Friday, the International Automobile Federation (FIA) distributed a list of participants in Formula 1 the next season.

According to Sportbild , the German magazine, the president of Real Madrid Florentino Peres, instead of buying 93.6 million euros Cristiano Ronaldo , could spend money in much more interesting ways, namely: - Buy 78 484 210 half -liter cans of beer. - throughout the year, pay for electricity for 205,000 apartments with an area of ​​90 sq.m. - To purchase three Mario Gomezov (Verder's footballer, who moved to Bavaria). - Four times to eliminate Michael Jackson's debts. - 11 times fly to the moon.

The Supreme Court of the South African state Malawi finally allowed the American singer Madonna to adopt the second baby from local children on Friday. It is reported by ITAR-TASS. Earlier, in April of this year, the lower court refused the pop star in the right to adopt the young Chifundo James. The refusal was motivated by the fact that this is required so that the adoptive parents constantly live in Malawi from 18 to 24 months.

In the United States, another attempt to get the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Russia Alexei Kudrin has failed in the case of the former owner of the oil company Yukom Mikhail Khodorkovsky. The Washington court canceled the decision to call the Russian Minister of Finance for interrogation in the Yukos case. Representatives of the US State Department said that Alexei Kudrin protects the diplomatic immunity from giving testimony due to the status of a government member.

The Central Election Commission of Iran extended for two hours the presidential elections in the country in connection with the increased explicit of voters for two hours. The head of the Iranian CEC Kamran Daneshju said at a press conference that the presidential elections would be extended two hours until eight in the evening in local time (19:30 Moscow time).

This month, the European Union and the USA are going to file a joint complaint against China to the World Trade Organization (WTO) with a proposal to prohibit the Asian giant in uncontrolled volumes to accumulate the main minerals. Thus, a precedent can be created for imposing similar restrictions on the export policy of other large manufacturers of raw materials, including Russia, The Wall Street Journal writes on Friday.