From 2005 to 2011, about 3 thousand people suspected of witchcraft were executed in Tanzania. As noted in the information widespread by the Kenyan Center for the Protection of Human Rights, these are mainly elderly women. “On average, 500 people are executed every year in Tanzania, most of whom are older women with red eyes, as they are suspected of witchcraft,” the interfax -religion portal the text of the message of human rights activists.

The capital of Kazakhstan Astana for two days became the center of all the largest religions of the world. In the building with the symbolic name, the Palace of Peace and the Consent of May 30 opened a congress of world leaders and traditional religions. The forum is held here for the fourth time. According to the organizers, 85 delegations from 40 countries came here.

In Moscow, police detained a minor university student who is suspected of killing a young man. Under the investigation was a 17-year-old student of the Moscow Financial and Legal Academy (MFUA), Interfax reports with reference to a source in law enforcement agencies. He is already exposed in the murder of an 18-year-old young man. The victim was discovered on Monday near house number 12 on Kherson Street.

The State Department of the United States prepared its own so -called "Magnitsky List" , which included Russian civil servants involved, according to the American side, in the death of a lawyer. Now they will not be able to enter the territory of the United States, Interfax reports with reference to the representative of the US Foreign Ministry, Victoria Nuland.

In the United States, a scandal is gaining momentum, threatening to inflict severe damage to the already difficult relationship of this country with North Korea. The reason for this was the careless statements of the American brigade general - the head of the American special forces in South Korea Nile Tolly. The military leader publicly stated that Washington allegedly sent scouts to the DPRK to collect information about military infrastructure, writes Rossiyskaya Gazeta .

Sochi became the best for doing business to do the Russian city, the results of the Forbes study "30 of the best cities for business - 2012" testify. The list was first included in Moscow and St. Petersburg, but ended up in outsiders, in the 27th and 29th places. It is more difficult to engage in business in the Moscow Region and St. Petersburg than in other cities of Russia.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is going to discuss with Russian President Vladimir Putin the issue of settlement of the situation in Syria, in particular, will try to persuade him to strengthen international pressure on the official Damascus during his visit to Germany on June 1, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the official representative of the German government, Steffen Zaybert.

In the capital of the Kuban, the police conducts a pre-investigation verification on the fact of a mass fight with the participation of students of the architectural and construction college. According to preliminary data, the cause of the conflict was a girl from the first year. As a result, about two dozen students came together for her in the hand -to -hand.

The metropolitan police are looking for criminals who have committed a daring robbery of the office complex in the south-west of Moscow. The attackers entered the building through the window, tied four people and unhinderedly robbed offices for a long time. The object of the robber attack was a set of offices located at the address of Profsoyuznaya Street 114.

The Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Cyril, on a visit to Kazakhstan, spoke today at the opening of the IV Congress of World and Traditional Religions in Astana. He first participates in this forum and, in addition, became a member of the created council of world religious leaders. In his speech, he touched on the problems of extremism and human rights in the modern world.

The Moscow Arbitration Court, at the request of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation represented by the Moscow GTU of the Bank of Russia, recognized as insolvent the "International Investment Bank" ("Mi-Bank", Moscow). According to Interfax , the court opened bankruptcy proceedings against the bank for a period of one year and appointed the bankruptcy trustee for deposit manager.

Sergey Aleksashenko “You give privatization!” Dmitry Medvedev repeats at every possible opportunity. You give privatization, but not everywhere! – says Vladimir Putin. And... Nothing happens. Or rather, the opposite is happening - creeping nationalization... Another masterpiece of bureaucratic thought - renewal car production in Moscow, based on ZIL.

The US Armed Forces destroyed one of the leaders of the terrorists of the Sahra Aushifi terrorists in the Afghan province of Kunar, who was considered the second person in the Hierarchy of the Al-Qaeda group in Afghanistan. According to the official representative of the Pentagon George Little, the operation to liquidate was held on Sunday, May 27, with the support of military personnel of other countries from the international security forces in Afghanistan, ITAR-TASS reports.

The curator of the fifth Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, which will be held in the fall of 2013, was appointed by Katrin de Zeger, the invited curator of the New York Museum of Modern Art and the Tapiese Foundation in Barcelona, ​​RIA Novosti reports with reference to the press service of the project.

The head coach of the Russian national football team Dick, a lawyer who will leave this post after the European Championship, called the decision of the Russian football union a big mistake to break the contract with him and suggested that it was imposed by the RFU with a certain call from above. “I believe that this decision was not made by Fursenko. And certainly his role was not in this key,” the Dutchman said in an interview with the newspaper Sport -Express .