Two quarter -final matches were played at the World Hockey Championship in Riga. Sweden - USA - 6: 0 Canada - Slovakia - 4: 1 On Thursday, in the matches of Russia - Czech Republic and Finland - Belarus will be determined by two other participants in the semi -finals.

On Wednesday, the transferred match of the 3rd round was played in the Russian football Premier League. Zenit in St. Petersburg could not beat Rostov-1: 1. The forward of Eric Hagen answered the striker of the guests of Iso Caanenda with an accurate blow. Zenit goes to a break in the championship in 9th place, and Rostov in the 12th. The leader of the leader - CSKA - 19 points.

Anna Kachkaeva: Three years ago, the hunting for the werewolves unfolded in the country from St. Petersburg to Sakhalin. Then the campaign affected not only law enforcement agencies. Among the detainees and convicted bribe takers were university teachers, municipal employees, former diplomats and even the head of the cemetery. The leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs then spoke of a hundred criminal cases instituted on the facts of corruption. What is with them now is not known.

The program is conducted by Kirill Kobrin. Radio Liberty and Elena Vorontsova take part. Kirill Kobrin: At the opening of the Cannes festival, the premiere of the film "Da Vinci Code", set along the bestseller of the same name, has already become scandalous. The version of the history of Jesus Christ, the Christian Church and some Catholic organizations is presented in the book and the film in such a way that the believing Christians (and not only them) remain, to put it mildly, in bewilderment.

The Moscow Government rejected the application for a gay parade on May 27. According to the Interfax agency, the capital’s authorities explained the decision to block the automobile traffic. Representatives of sexual minorities planned to go along Myasnitskaya Street from the General Pochtamt to Lubyanskaya Square. The organizers intend to hold a procession, despite the ban, as well as apply to the court with a complaint against the Moscow government.

The threat of a religious scandal in connection with the premiere of the film "Da Vinci Code." Guest - Mikhail Ardov, Archpriest of the Russian Foreign Church

The program is maintained by Andrei Shari. Radio Liberty Viktor Cheretsky and Natalya Golitsyna take part. Andrei Shary: The victory of the Barcelona team in the Champions League in football caused, as one would expect, especially a violent reaction in two European countries - in Spain and the UK, as Barcelona played with the Arsenal London team. The reaction in the European capitals is told by Radio Liberty correspondents in Madrid Viktor Cheretsky and in London Natalya Golitsyna.

Luis Lassala is so polemicizing with Dan Brown: “Although the“ Da Vinci Code ”and trying to undermine the authority of the Church, we still see certain benefits in its popularity. He pushes people to think about his faith " The organization of Hope Ireland was created in 2004 during the release of the film "Passion of Christ." Her activists did not suit protests and did not call for a boycott. The methods of this organization are completely different.

Marina Timasheva: May 20, on the day of the anniversary of Boris Akunin, his new book, a two -volume novel called F.M. will go on sale. It was shown to journalists at the Count Orlov club. Boris Akunin: The place was chosen by the Olma Publishing House. Specialists work there. I trust their choice. In general, it is beautiful here. Marina Timasheva: What landscape is located does not resemble something in the work “F.M.”? Boris Akunin: Reminds. I liked it too.

In the south of Kyrgyzstan, more than 500 supporters of the candidate for deputies of the Republican Parliament Sanjara Kadyraliev blocked the movement along the Bishkek-Osh highway. Participants in the action demand that the Central Election Commission of Kyrgyzstan recognize Kadyraliev’s victory in the parliamentary elections in the Kurshab Electoral District. The CEC intends to hold a second vote in this district.

The Ravenzori Mountain Array, located in East Africa on the border of Uganda and Congo, can completely free itself from glaciers in 20 years . This is stated in an article published in the International Scientific Journal of Geophysical Research Letters. For the first time, African glaciers were formed about a hundred years ago. Then their area was 6.5 square kilometers. Now, due to climate warming, glaciers retreat at a speed of several tens of meters a year.

In the Adygea mountains in the area of the Belaya River, rescuers discovered the parking of missing tourists from the Yaroslavl region. Tourists themselves were not found. Four groups of rescuers participate in the operation. Due to bad weather, you can not use a helicopter. On May 1, five people went on a campaign and did not get in touch at the agreed time. According to relatives, tourists had to return home by Monday.

In the south of Afghanistan, a Canadian soldier died in a battle with the Taliban. According to the representative of the command, this is the first Canadian woman an officer killed during the war after the end of World War II. In the clashes in the province of Kandahar, three Afghan soldiers were injured, a large number of Taliban were killed and captured. The Parliament of Canada today discusses the issue of extending the mandate for the stay of Canadian military in Afghanistan until 2009.

In the Chelyabinsk region, the court of the Magnitogorsk military garrison sentenced to three years in the colony of the Warrant Officer, who beat the soldier. The offended was deprived of the title. The victim filed a complaint against the court verdict, considering the verdict to his offender “excessively harsh”.