Russian President Dmitry Medvedev held a meeting on court issues in the Kremlin. Among other Kremlin officials, the chairmen of the constitutional, supreme and senior arbitration courts Valery Zorkin, Vyacheslav Lebedev and Anton Ivanov took part in it. According to Gazeta.ru , Medvedev drew the attention of judges to fulfill the law that had already entered into force on the restriction of arrests in the commission of economic crimes.

In Kabul, the militants attacked the venue of Loya Jirg - the traditional meeting of elders dedicated to the search for ways to national reconciliation in the country. Near the building, where more than one and a half thousand political and public figures gathered, as well as the leaders of the tribes, the rocket exploded and the shooting began, with reference to eyewitnesses to the Reuters agency.

The Italian photorepector Antonello Dzazpadu, who last year became famous for piquant pictures from a party in the pool on the personal villa of the Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi, asked for a political asylum in Spain, writes the Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiger . The photographs published in the Spanish newspaper El Pais and the cause of the scandal depicts semi-naked prostitutes, as well as the former Czech Prime Minister Mirek Toporayk.

The large-scale investment project of the integrated development of the territory is planned to be implemented on another island in St. Petersburg. The New Admiralty Island with an area of ​​the new Holland will be given to the residential and social and business development, writes RBC Daily . On May 27, the St.

In the Ryazan region, two members of the gang of neo-Nazis were sentenced to conditional terms for the beating of a black foreign student. The Railway Court of Ryazan sentenced to 20-year-old Anton K. in the form of three years in prison with a probation with a test period of 2 years. His 17-year-old accomplice Yaroslav K. received 2 years of conditional imprisonment with a trial period of 1.5 years, Life News reports citing the press service of the court.

The new Russian-American agreement on measures to reduce and limit strategic offensive weapons (START) may be ratified by the US Senate until the end of September, the US Secretary of State Roose Gitemuller in an interview with the Echo of Moscow radio station said on Wednesday. The diplomat expressed the hope that the ratification will take place before the elections to the Congress scheduled for early November.

Türkiye is ready to normalize relations with Israel if the gas sector is removed. This is reported by ITAR-TASS, on Wednesday, the Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu stated on the return from New York. "Human rights in Palestine and the embargo of Gaza is a crime against humanity. First of all, Israel should take steps to create a strong world in the Middle East. Turkey will continue to monitor the development of the situation and participate in peaceful initiatives," the minister said.

The shopping house Christie's puts on the audience in New York a necklace with a unique amethyst belonging to the Russian emperor Alexander III. It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to a trading house. The modern design necklace was exhibited by Prince Demetrius of Yugoslavsky and will be sold at New York bidding on June 15.

The British police discovered the corpse of 52-year-old Derrick Burd, who made a real hunt for people in several settlements of Cambria county. Having shot more than three dozen people, of which 12 have already died, the criminal committed suicide, Skynews reports the British television channel. The body of the taxi driver Derrick Burd was found in a wooded area near the settlement of But in the county of Cambria, writes The Daily Mail newspaper. According to preliminary data, he shot himself.

Zaigraevsky Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the SCP of Buryatia opened a criminal case against the deputy of the rural settlement "Ilkinskoye", suspected of arson of forest. According to the press service of the Investigative Committee of the SCP of Buryatia, according to the deputy, he, on his own initiative, wanted to destroy the branches remaining from the chopping of trees in the forest, Interfax reports.

At the Christie's Auction in London, three lots were sold to the famous Russian writer Vladimir Nabokov for 83.2 thousand dollars on Wednesday. So, a meeting of 58 sketches of chess tasks created by the writer from the beginning of the 1930s to April 30, 1974 and signed by Vladimir Nabokov, V.

The number of Russians dissatisfied with the abolition of entrance exams in universities and the introduction of a single state exam (USE) over the past two years has grown. Facilitates of the USE include 43% of respondents (versus 36% in 2007), 34% (40%) positively, the Levada Center showed the All -Russian survey. , spent on May 21-25. More often than others, Russians are supported by Russians 18-24 years old, as well as persons with high consumer status.

President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych talked about what reforms will be carried out in the next few years so that in 10 years the country is among the 20 most developed countries. "Ukraine for ten years should be included in the twenty of the most developed countries of the world. The standard of living of citizens should meet European standards ... We will reduce the budget deficit and stabilize public debt. We will facilitate the tax goods and expand the tax base.

The Kirov Trading House "Stroybat" decided to increase its sales at the expense of the president, using his image in his advertisement and making him "the main on the instrument." A person, surprisingly reminiscent of the president, now flaunts on Kirov’s billboards with a chainsaw in his hands, calls for customers to come to a trading house from TV screens and from radio receivers.

Over the next three years, investors are still ready to consider central and eastern Europe as a priority region for direct investments: 59%of investors put it in investment attractiveness in third place immediately after China (66%) and India (61%).