The persecution of the “opposition leaders” is already reminiscent of the power paranoia. First, searches for people who are weakly involved in the riots on May 6, now even criminal cases. There is an impression that this is just a failure of the system. They said from the high office to “figure out”, security officials and other officials “understand”. Almost "Gongadze's head" in Russian. The current persecution of opposition activists raises a lot of questions.

The Syrian fighter MiG-21 on Thursday sat on the Mafrak military base in Jordan, reports Al Arabiya with reference to the Opposition Syrian National Council. Oppositionist data indirectly confirms the message of the state television of Syria. It is noted that dispatchers have lost contact with one of the fighters. However, the fact that he landed in Jordan is officially not yet said.

The coordinator of the “Russia for all” movement, Maria Baronova, was charged in the case of riots on Bolotnaya Square on May 6, Interfax reports with reference to the Investigative Committee of Russia (TFR). The accusation of the activist was brought under the article “Calls for the active disobedience of the legal requirements of representatives of the authorities and to the mass disorder”.

The investigation opened a criminal case against the head of the Military Medical Department of the main command of the internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Yuri Sabanin, the RIA Novosti website reports. He was detained on suspicion of receiving a bribe of 2.5 million rubles. The case was opened under an article on attempted a bribe on an especially large scale.

Sergey Ushakin. Photo from the archive of the scientist One of the well -known representatives of the direction called "gender research" by the professor of anthropology and Slavicism, the director of the programs of Russian and Eurasian research of Princeton University, Sergei Ushakin, develops projects far beyond this direction.

The captain of the Russian national football team Andrei Arshavin apologized to the fans for the unsuccessful performance of his team. He stated this on the air of the 100 TV channel. Arshavin noted that the results of Russian matches at Euro 2012 upset the players of the national team and fans. Therefore, he, as the captain, asks for forgiveness on behalf of the team for "the result that we showed." Arshavin noted that he would not apologize anymore.

A bill has been submitted to the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, which “in order to protect the rights and freedoms of a citizen” prohibits the holding of any shares in the central squares of the city, the Kommersant newspaper writes on Thursday. The law was submitted to the city parliament on behalf of the deputies, but was written by Smolny officials. Formally, it is aimed at bringing local legislation to the federal.

The popular American artist Leroy Neiman, known primarily by the fact that he drew sketches for five Olympic games, died last Wednesday at the 92nd year of life, reports Associated Press . Leroy Neumann was a recognized master of sketches. He managed to convey not only the characteristic features of his heroes, but also to capture the energy of their movement, which manifested itself in the images of famous athletes created by him.

Russian President Vladimir Putin promised that all the initiatives that will collect 100 thousand authorized signatures on the Internet will be considered by the federal parliament, Interfax reports. The head of state reported this on June 21 at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (PMEF). He expressed the opinion that it is possible to build an economy only if there is a mature civil society in the country.

The US Minister of Justice Eric Holder was going to blame Congress for disrespecting that he refused to provide legislators with the internal documents of the Ministry of Justice for the Secret Operation Fast and Furius. The Committee of the House of Representatives for Supervision and Government Reform made the corresponding requirement, BBC reports on Thursday.

Governor of the Moscow region Sergei Shoigu instructed the regional government to check the information that appeared that his predecessor Boris Gromov, before leaving office, transferred 1 thousand 500 hectares of forest fund in the Odintsovo district to the lands of settlements, Interfax reports .

Speaking on December 22, 2011 with the annual presidential message to the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Medvedev proposed to implement a series of political reforms. One of the proposed transformations, in addition to the restoration of direct governor elections and reforms of the electoral system, was a significant relief of the conditions for registration of parties and their participation in the elections.

The Supreme Electoral Commission of Egypt postponed the announcement of the results of the presidential election for an indefinite period, BBC reports with reference to local media. The commission’s statement says that the results of the vote count will not be announced on Thursday, as previously expected. The reason for this is a check of complaints about violations committed during the election. At the same time, the body does not specify when the results are announced.

In Moscow, on the territory of the Pantan Partan, which belongs to the relatives of the State Duma deputy from Fair Russia, Gennady Gudkov, the police seized a batch of IPhone smuggled phones and iPad tablet computers, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Capital Ministry of Internal Affairs. When detaining a truck with smuggling, the police presented false documents for the import of Apple products to Russia. The smuggling belongs to the Moscow commercial company.

The Alfa-Capital Management Company, which is part of the Alfa-Group Consortium, and VTB Capital Investment Management (VTB Capital Wii) became the winners of the tender for the management of the multi-billion dollar fund of Skolkovo and the Massachusetts Technological Institute (MIT), the Alfa-Capital press service said.