Europe is preparing for the elections to the European Parliament and to change the leaders of the union bodies: what to wait? Before the next meeting of the leaders of the EU countries in Romania. Photo: EPA In the Vienna Cafe Central, where Trotsky went to read fresh newspapers in the morning, dozens of newspaper bells are still hanging on special bronze hangers, and they are in demand. As, however, in other Vienna cafes.

The coalition in the Ukrainian parliament self -disclosed to prevent early elections Photo: sergii kharchenko / zuma / TASS The parliamentary morning of Friday was foggy. At least for the fraction of the Popular Front. Deputies of one of the political forces that are part of the ruling coalition gathered for the Council. The party leader, ex-Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, came to them to divide the fate.

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko signed a decree granting Ukrainian citizenship to former State Duma deputy Ilya Ponomarev. Ponomarev wrote about this on his Facebook. “I will use the new status to receive new foreign investments for the country, create new jobs, increase the state budget - all this to increase the welfare of Ukrainians,” Ponomarev said. According to him, Poroshenko made this decision “on the last working day of his term” in the interests of the state.

Lyubol Sobol told why it goes to the Moscow City Duma Love Sobol. Photo from the personal archive The fact that elections to the Moscow City Duma will be held in September, now primarily resembles a conflict in the Central Administrative District (Khamovniki, Arbat, Presnya).

Russia and the Netherlands announced the settlement of the conflict over the detained in 2013 the ship Arctic Sunrise with Greenpeace activists in the Barents Sea. This is stated on the websites of the Russian and Dutch Ministries of Foreign Affairs. According to the departments, the countries have reached a "full and final" settlement of the dispute. It is noted that the content of the agreement is confidential, but it does not prejudice the legal positions of the countries.

Rosoboronexport posted a competition on the government procurement website for the supply of dry rations to Venezuela. attention to this . drew RBC The total value of the contract is 14.3 million rubles, with the initial price of each ration of 873 rubles. In total, it is planned to deliver 16.5 thousand rations to the port city of Puerto Cabello near the capital.

The Lefortovo Court of Moscow extended until July 20 the arrest of 75-year-old scientist of the Central Research Institute of Mechanical Engineering (TsNIIMash) Viktor Kudryavtsev, who is accused of treason (Article 275 of the Criminal Code). This is reported by Interfax. Thus, by that time the scientist will have been in isolation for a year. The court session was held behind closed doors due to the secrecy of the case materials.

Why is the torture in Russia not recognized as an official crime Photo: RIA Novosti In April, the UN Committee against torture urged Russia to bring torture into a separate composition of the official crime - for the sixth time. Formally, today in the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation there is a general part 117 - “Torture”. However, the wording of this article is such that it involves equal civilian roles of the criminal and victims. Well, for example, a husband can torture-torture.

The fireman, who has become a disabled person in the service, is helped by his colleagues. The Ministry of Emergencies believes that such actions "discredit" it Photo: Alexandra Goryunov - especially for "New" In June 2012, a group of fire rescuers arrived in the burning publishing house Mir. Two fighters - Alexey Bogdanov and Artem Oblomov - trying to put out the fire, were under the rubble of the collapsed wall.

The police detained participants in the action in honor of the International Day against Homophobia on Lenin Square in St. Petersburg, reported Paper and photographer David Frenkel . According to Frenkel, at least seven people were detained. One of them, as noted by "Paper", did not participate in the action and was a simple passer-by.

The premiere of the song from the new album of the Group "Exit" Sergey "Silya" Selyunin Musician, Group "Exit" - Songs such as this one sang during the civil war, it can easily be represented in the films "Elusive Avengers" or "two comrades served." It is arranged by 12-string guitars stylized under balalaika. And in the text - there are no thoughts that there is no heroism without shit, great things are not done with clean hands.

Employees of the Federal Security Service conducted searches at the homes of Salafist supporters in two cities in the Kurgan region. This was reported by the press service of the department to Interfax. Searches were carried out in Dalmatov and Shadrinsk. According to the department, they were held in Dalmatov after an "illegal prayer room" was discovered in the city.

Interview with the director of the film "Dylda" about Leningrad after the blockade shown yesterday in Cannes Frame from the movie "Dylda" In the Cannes, the premiere of the film “Dylda” took place - about two girls crippled by the war. Larisa Malyukova talked with his author, director from Nalchik Kantemir Balagov, graduate of Sokurov's workshop. 1945. Leningrad. Time is between the war and the world. The place is between the blockade and the normal life.

On May 16, the Basmanny District Court of Moscow placed Alexander Kiryukhin, deputy head of the Federal Reserve Agency, under house arrest until June 20 in the case of embezzlement in the execution of a state contract for 3 billion rubles, a court representative told RIA Novosti . On May 17, the court also arrested Sergei Ulanin, director of the Research Institute for Storage Problems of the Federal Reserve Agency (NIPH), until June 20 in the case of embezzlement.

Investigators of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Moscow, as part of a criminal libel case (Article 128.1 of the Criminal Code), initiated at the request of businessman Alisher Usmanov, received access to the contents of the mail navalnyshop@bk.ru. It is reported by RBC with reference to the materials of the criminal case. The authenticity of the materials was confirmed by the correspondent of the Rosbalt agency Alexander Shvarev, who is a witness in the case.