The organizer of the murder of the head of the Khasavyurt district of Dagestan was sentenced to 15 years in a maximum security colony, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the official representative of the Investigative Committee of Vladimir Markin. According to Markin, the court in Moscow handed the corresponding verdict to Khabiba Umakhanov, found guilty of the murder of a senior official Alimsoltan Alkhamatov.

The former Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi apologized to court for his recent statements, RIA Novosti reports. On July 1, the representative of the supervisory court Milan Beatrice Croce called the ex-Prime Minister to the Palace of Justice and demanded from him explanations about some statements that he did on June 19 in Naples during the hearing. Berlusconi then acted as a witness in the case of fraud in Panama with the participation of the famous businessman Walter Lavitola.

Russian border guards arrange firing positions, including using armored vehicles, near the Russian-Ukrainian border, presumably near the Donetsk region. This was reported by UNIAN with reference to the state border service of Ukraine. “On the territory of Russia, in the immediate vicinity of the border with Ukraine, Russian security forces arrange fire positions, including using armored vehicles.

Egyptologist from Leiden University, Professor Olaf Kaper), said that he revealed the mystery of the Persian king Cambis, the son of Kira the Great, who had disappeared in 524 BC. Cambis captured Egypt in 525 BC. I must say, he behaved imprudently there. After the victory, he ordered to pull the body of the pharaoh Amasis II out of the tomb, who died shortly before, to beat him with scourges and burn him at the stake.

The Moscow City Court recognized the refusal of Alexei Navalny, a municipal deputy of the Moscow district Zyuzino Konstantin Yankauskas, a candidate for elections to the Moscow City Duma. It is reported by ITAR-TASS with reference to the lawyer of Yankauskas Ivan Zhdanov. Earlier, the election commander refused to accept the documents of Yankauskas on nomination to the City Duma in the district No. 31.

The American film company Warner Bros invited Russian director Fedor Bondarchuk to make a film based on the poems of Homer Odyssey, Deadline.com reports. Jeremy Doner will become the author of the script, and the main producer of the picture will be Gianni Nunnari, who previously worked with the ribbons of “300 Spartans”, “Alexander”, “apostates”.

The speaker of the parliament of Novorossia Oleg Tsarev was put on the interstate wanted list. This was reported by UNIAN agency with reference to a source in the Foreign Ministry of Ukraine. In relation to the ex-deputy from the Party of the regions of Oleg Tsarev, several criminal proceedings have been opened. He is accused of calling for separatism. On June 3, the Verkhovna Rada agreed to prosecute Tsarev to criminal liability and his arrest.

In Hong Kong, local police detained 511 participants in a peaceful demonstration for democratic rights over the past night. It is reported by ITAR-TASS . A day earlier in Hong Kong, there was a thousands of thousands, at the end of which part of the activists continued to rally on the Chate Road Chate, on which the offices of the largest financial organizations are located. Another part of the activists went with posters to the government complex and did not leave from there until the morning.

The speaker of the parliament of Novorosyi Oleg Tsarev is not on the international wanted list either through the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, or along the interpol line. This was reported by UNN with reference to a source in the department. “The People’s Deputy Oleg Tsarev was not put on the international wanted list. Neither in open search, nor in accounting for the internal use of Interpol Oleg Tsarev is indicated, ”the police said.

The Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation failed to agree with the EU authorities a delay in the introduction of new air safety rules for the transportation of goods and mail to the EU, but this did not lead to the termination of cargo flows in this direction, Kommersant reports. From July 1, airlines can unload goods to the EU, which received the status of a carrier from third countries.

The leadership of the self -proclaimed Lugansk People’s Republic promised to release detained Ukrainian journalists after the appeal of the leaders of the main Russian channels, Interfax reports. “We, of course, will release them. We don't need them. But they will have to leave home, because on the territory of the LPR these journalists worked without accreditation, ”said LPR Prime Minister Vasily Nikitin. He added that the same requirements are imposed on all correspondents working in the LPR.

Unknown people fired at a civilian bus in Slavyansk, two people died on the spot, three were injured, RIA Novosti was told in the city executive committee controlled by militias. “The bus was shot near the bridge across the Kazyna Toret river. They are shot by everyone who is trying to enter or leave Slavyansk, ”the agency’s interlocutor said.

The number of victims of the attack in Kabul has grown to eight people, reports Reuters . According to the police of Afghanistan, among the dead - at least five officers of local Air Force. Earlier it was reported that the suicide bomber acted an explosive device next to the bus, in which the Afghan Air Force officers were located.

Investigation of an attack on a member of the Presidential Council of Human Rights, an expert in the Moscow Helsinki group Andrei Yurov will be engaged in the operatives of the Center for Combating Extremism of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. It is reported by ITAR-TASS with reference to the head of the HRC Mikhail Fedotov.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev called Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko responsible for the escalation of the conflict in the Donbass. “Having interrupted the truce, President Poroshenko made a dramatic mistake. She will make new victims. And he is now responsible for them personally, ”wrote the head of the Russian government on his Facebook page.