The Thai court presented the famous pianist and conductor, the head of the Russian National Orchestra Mikhail Pletnev, an accusation of the molestation of a 14-year-old teenager, reports Associated Press . If the court pleads guilty, Pletnev can face up to 20 years in prison and 40 thousand baht of a fine ($ 1200).

Polit.ru represents the next program “Neutral territory. Position 201 ” with Sergey Markov. The conversation is led by Leonid Kostyukov . Moscow, Cafe "Neutral Territory" K.: Good afternoon. Today, the writer Sergei Markov is visiting us. We will talk about his still unwritten book, but first he will say a few words about those books that already exist. Good afternoon, Seryozha. M.: Hello.

Currently, the selection of new candidates for astronauts in detachments of the Center for Training of Cosmonauts named after Yu.A. Gagarin (CPC) and rocket and space corporation "Energia" named after S.P. Queen (RKK "Energy"). The selection began from April and will continue until August 1, Irina Rogova, spokesman for the CPC, told Interfax .

President Dmitry Medvedev signed an order on the formation of a working group to create an international financial center in Russia under the Presidential Council for the Development of the Financial Market. This was announced today by the Kremlin press service. Alexander Voloshin was appointed head of the working group. This was reported by the Kremlin press service.

The chairman of the Central Russian Bank of Sberbank of the Russian Federation Andrei Uspensky died in an accident, news agencies report. The accident occurred today. From the injuries as a result of the accident, Uspensky died on the spot. Sberbank promises to provide official information before the end of the day. The operational-investigation group is working at the scene. The circumstances of the incident are clarified.

In Dagestan on the Agachaul highway in a suburb of Makhachkala last night, law enforcement officers found a burned VAZ-2109 car, in the cabin of which there were two charred corpses. This is with reference to a source in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic is reported by RIA "Dagestan" . According to the source, the investigators postponed the inspection of the scene before the morning. Currently, investigators of the Investigative Committee are working on the spot.

Former Governor of the Rostov Region Vladimir Chub abandoned life payments of 9.2 million rubles a year from the regional budget, Vedomosti writes. Chub sent a refusal to the Legislative Assembly of the region. As it became known to the newspaper, Chub issued a state pension for length of service and will not receive other payments. The size of the pension of the ex-governor is 75% of the monthly content of the current head of the region.

The NTV television company on Wednesday on Wednesday came with a search due to a criminal case of tax fraud, Life News reports. Investigators of the Main Investigation Department of the Main Directorate of Moscow and the Operations of the Department of Economic Security of the Ministry of Internal Affairs arrived with the audit of the channel. They are interested in financial documents and the television channel agreements.

The Ministry of Emergencies of Russia published a list of victims and killed during relaxation in the Azov children's camp in the Krasnodar Territory, news agencies reported. The dead: Daria Terskaya - 12 years Egor Zajobyenko - 10 years Lidia Anufrieva - 12 years George Bai - 10 years Svetlana Dyumbova - 15 years old Vitaly Morozov - 27 years old In the hospital, according to the Ministry of Emergencies, there are nine -year -old Yaroslav Ignatiev and Sergey Averkin (15 years old).

The share of Yandex in the Runet search market for the first time in four years exceeded 60%, while the shares of Rambler, Mail.ru continues to decline, and Google's share remains approximately at the same level. This follows from LiveInternet statistics for June 2010 among Russian users. According to the results of June, the share of "Yandex" amounted to 64.6%, the share of Google - 22%, Mail.ru - 7.3%, Rambler - 2.5%.

At the customs point in the city of Solntsevo near Moscow, about 90 trucks with Moldavian wine are idle. This was stated in Chisinau to journalists in Chisinau, Chairman of the Union of Enologists Moldova George Arpentin, RBC reports. As Arpentin noted, the Russian side also forbade the supply of wines to four tanks of wine. In total, according to him, about 15 winery companies of Moldova were injured, which were engaged in the supply of wine to the Russian market.

Continuing the series of video conversations “Adults” with classics - scientists, cultural figures, public figures who have become national treasures - we talked with the head of the department of sociocultural research at the Levada Center, the famous sociologist Alexei Georgievich Levinson . Interviewed by Lyubov Borusyak .

Small and short -term savings in the budget do not take into account the new expenses that the budget will incur in the event of a decision on raising the retirement age, the head of the State Duma Committee on Labor and Social Policy Andrei Isaev (the United Russia faction.

Representatives of the federal prosecutors of the United States plan to appeal the decision of a judge who decided to let go on bail one of the 11 arrested spying in Russia, Voice of America reports. Recall that last week the judge decided that the journalist Vika Pelaz born in Peru could be exempted on bail of $ 250 thousand, and be under house arrest, provided that a special electronic bracelet that allows to track its whereabouts.

The Center for Emergency Psychological Assistance of the Ministry of Emergencies of Russia opened a hotline telephone due to an accident on the Yeisk Spit of the Krasnodar Territory, Vesti.ru reports. By phone 8-495-626-3707, relatives of the dead and injured children can receive information and psychological support. The hotline phones are also open in Yeysk (8-8612-21378), as well as in Krasnodar (8-8612-268-64-40).