In this issue: -How much is in Rostov-on-Don it is worth paying off from the Chechen war? - Samara guys do not want to be cannon fodder; - Tyumen's trade unions against a single social tax; - The authorities of the Komi Republic do not want to lose power; - From a fight on dancing to mass pogroms in Anapa - one step; - Who will help the elderly from Komsomolsk-on Amur? - Why don't the Kostroma police captain do not like it when the television camera is directed at him?

English doctors from the Plymut medical school came to the conclusion that burning nettles relieves pain in arthritis. In patients who, during the week, the nettle leaves were applied daily on the inflamed joints, the pain has noticeably weakened and the overall well -being improved. French Andrologists have found an explanation of previously published statistical data, according to which professional drivers often suffer from male infertility.

Moscow said goodbye to actor and director Oleg Efremov. The body was set for farewell to the Chekhov Moscow Art Theater. Then, a funeral service took place in the church of the Novodevichy Monastery. Efremov was buried in the Novodevichy cemetery next to Konstantin Stanislavsky. The 11th Open Russian Film Festival "Kinotavr" opened in Sochi. In the competition program - 20 films. The jury is headed by director Igor Maslennikov.

Oleg Kusov, North Caucasus: The international conference "Democracy, the rule of law and human rights" gathered in Vladikavkaz under the auspices of the Council of Europe and the Russian Foreign Ministry of influential European politicians, human rights activists, and representatives of law enforcement agencies. The agenda of the conference included a wide range of human rights issues, but the main topic was the problem of violation of human rights in Chechnya.

Russian aviation continues to apply missile and bombing on the alleged positions of Chechen formations in the south of Chechnya - in the Argun and Vedeno gorges. According to Radio Liberty correspondent, a large Russian landing was landed northeast of the village of Vedeno. According to the Chechen side, the purpose of the landing is an operation against the detachments of Khattab and Basayev in the Vedensky and Nozha -Yurt districts of the republic.

The rules for entering higher educational institutions this year have not changed - the Minister of Education of Russia assured schools. State universities do not have the right to cancel the due benefits for medalists, although two years later, only those graduates who were excellent students will not be passed to universities in universities. Everyone else will take one profile exam.

The Radio Liberty correspondent in London Natalya Golitsyna is talking with the employee of the British Center for Defense Studies "Jane's Defense" Paul Biver. Natalya Golitsyna: As far as, in your opinion, the concern of European countries is justified by the possible creation of a USA Separate National Pro. And will this leave Western Europe without a missile defense? Paul Beaver: I do not think that European countries have a real need for a missile shield.

Vladimir Putin again confused the Americans. From Berlin, the initial situation of the Russian-American summit is commented by the director of the Moscow Bureau of Radio Liberty Savik Shuster. Savik Shuster: Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested that the United States conscientiously develop and expand the missile defense system. With this proposal, he confused the American side for the second time in a short time.

The program is conducted by Elena Kolomiychenko. It participates in it: from Moscow, Yuri Davydov, the head of the European Center of the Institute of the United States and Canada; from Berlin - journalist Ashot Amirjanyan; Radio Liberty correspondent in Paris Semyon Mirsky; Radio Liberty correspondent in New York Yuri Zhigalkin, who interviewed a professor at the US military college Stephen Blanca.

The program is hosted by Elena Kolomiychenko. Participants in it: from Moscow, Yuri Davydov - head of the European Center of the Institute of the USA and Canada; from Berlin - journalist Ashot Amirjanyan; Radio Liberty correspondent in Paris Semyon Mirsky; Radio Liberty correspondent in New York Yuri Zhigalkin, who interviewed Steven Blank, a professor at the US Army War College.

Yuri Bagrov, North Caucasus: refugees from Chechnya, trying to escape from the war, left not only in the territory of the republics of Russia adjacent to Chechnya. Many of them found a refuge in the Akhmetovsky district of Georgia. Today, about 12 thousand Chechens live in the Pankisi Gorge. From the bottom of more than 7 thousand - residents of Chechnya. Such a powerful stream of refugees provoked conversations about the declaration of Chechen autonomy in the Akhmetovsky district of Georgia.

Hasin Raduev, North Caucasus: Russian aircraft today inflicted a series of missile and bomb strokes on the mountain-Lesistoy massif between Vedena and Argun gorges. In the morning, combat helicopters with special groups on board conduct air intelligence of this area. In the area of the town of Eysenduk, northeast of Vedeno, a large landing of Russian units was landed.

Lev Roitman: By his decree of May 19, President Putin liquidated the State Committee of the Russian Federation for Environmental Protection, that is, the only all-Russian environmental department. The Federal Forestry Service was also abolished by the same decree. From now on, their functions should be performed by the Ministry of Natural Resources. It is precisely the institution that operates these resources.

Hasin Raduev, North Caucasus: A special operation in the southeast of Chechnya is directed against the detachments of field commanders Shamil Basayev and Hattaba. The Russian military claims that about 600 Chechen fighters are blocked in Nozhai-Yurt and Vedensk regions of artillery and aviation blows are applied to them.