Russia never found its place in the world Never in post-Soviet times, Russia has not been as obvious “non-west” as it is now. This course has tactical advantages for the Putin regime and strategic disadvantages for Russia, threatening it with the final loss of the third world.

Kabul will not enter into negotiations with representatives of the Taliban movement until this process is led by the Afghans themselves, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said today. "Until the peace process is Afghan-led, the High Peace Council (a body created for national reconciliation - IF) will not participate in the negotiations in Qatar," Interfax quoted Karzai as saying .

“I can officially say that Vladimir Yakunin did not resign from the post of president of Russian Railways,” Alexander Pirkov, a spokesman for the president of Russian Railways, told Interfax. “Apparently, we are dealing with an action of hackers who were sent out on behalf of the press service of the government announcement of Yakunin's resignation.

Today and about. Minister of Culture of the Perm Territory, Igor Gladnev, announced the decision to terminate the fixed-term employment contract with the director of the KSAU "Museum of Contemporary Art" (PERMM Museum) Marat Gelman. Gelman himself learned of his dismissal from media reports.

Today, an Italian court sentenced designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana to a year and eight months in prison, Gazeta.ru reports with reference to Reuters. Fashion designers are accused of tax evasion for hundreds of millions of euros. Both fashion designers do not plead guilty, they denied all charges in the courtroom. According to the international news agency, they may not go to prison, given the complexity and length of the appeal process.

Left Front coordinator Sergei Udaltsov was charged with organizing mass riots on May 6, 2012 on Bolotnaya Square in Moscow. This is reported by supporters of Udaltsov, leading his Twitter account, since the oppositionist himself is under house arrest, and he is forbidden to use the Internet. Art.

Aman Tuleev, the governor of the Kemerovo region, introduced the "Emergency Situation" regime in the Guryev and Belovsky districts of the region, as well as in the city of Belovo. It was these areas and the city that were particularly hard hit by a series of tremors on June 19, Wednesday. It is reported that according to the Geological Survey of America, the magnitude of the earthquake was more than 5 points.

On June 13, Greenpeace Russia received a letter from the Federal Agency for Subsoil Use, which informs about the suspension until 2015 of the license for the right to develop the Kholodninskoye deposit in the north of Lake Baikal.

The press service of the local Department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations reports that the identity of the deceased during unplanned explosions at a training ground in the Samara region has been established. During the emergency, a 30-year-old citizen of the Republic of Kazakhstan, who worked in the local company Gazmontazh, died.

Around 1,500 people came yesterday to the luxurious Châtelet theater in Paris to show solidarity with the Greeks and demand a real reversal of the decision of the Greek Prime Minister, who abruptly interrupted ERT public radio and television broadcasts last week. Several tens of thousands more people watched what was happening on the Internet and on one of the Greek channels. This evening was organized by the respected online publication Mediapart and Reporters Without Borders.

The opening of the photo exhibition took place in one of the quiet evening cafes "Izya - Grill" on Novoslobodskaya Street. The topic that neither is summer is football. The photographs were hung right on the brick walls of the cafe. The author of the exhibition himself, photographer Artemy Levchenko, also came to the opening to personally answer each guest on all his questions.

Two deputies of the mayor of Makhachkala, who worked in the administration of the arrested Said Amirov, applied for leave with subsequent dismissal of their own free will. It is reported today by ITAR-TASS . According to the news agency, Bagand Magomedov, who was involved in consumer markets and trade, as well as Olga Portnyagina, who previously oversaw education, are leaving.

The Afghan authorities are suspending negotiations on a bilateral security agreement with the United States due to inconsistent statements and actions. The reason for the suspension of negotiations was the name taken by the Taliban for their office in Doha. The name of the office used the name "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan", which was the name of the self-proclaimed state during the Taliban period from 1996 to 2001.

600 USE papers in biology in Dagestan were declared invalid, Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Russia Igor Remorenko said on his Twitter. In total, according to him, 2,200 graduates took the exam in biology in Dagestan.