On Saturday in Moscow, a five -day Libertan Forum began, declared as an alternative to the St. Petersburg Summit “Big Eight”. The forum is organized and conducted by the so -called network against the "big eight" - an informal union of anarchist, environmental, social initiatives. The organizers keep the venue of the forum secret, fearing provocations from the authorities, skinheads and Nazis. At the end of the forum, its participants will go to St.

The program is conducted by Polina Oldenburg. The Radio Liberty correspondent Oleg Kusov takes part. Polina Oldenburg: Non-governmental organization Open Russia announced the closure of its website. In the organization’s statement, it emphasizes that the site is closing for an indefinite time, since since the March of this year it has entered the personal expense of employees. Oleg Kusov: The non -governmental organization intends to close its site on July 10.

The program is conducted by Alexander GOSTOV. Oleg Kusov, Danila Halperovich and military expert Alexander Golts, take part in Moscow, take part in Moscow. Alexander GOSTEV: There were just reports that the FSB of Russia announced the destruction in Ingushetia on Monday night as a result of a special operation of the leader of Chechen separatists Shamil Basayev.

The program is conducted by Dmitry Morozov. Anna Kolchina, a Radio Liberty correspondent. Dmitry Morozov: Today is the day of mourning in Russia. On the night of Saturday to Sunday, a plane crash occurred at the Irkutsk airport. Anna Kolchina: According to the preliminary version, the causes of the disaster were technical in nature. It is possible that when landing at the plane, a chassis or on -board equipment caught fire.

The program is conducted by Victor Nechez. Correspondents of Radio Liberty Mumin Shakirov and Yuri Bagrov take part. Victor Nechez: Yesterday in Irkutsk, the aircraft of the Siberian Aviru Power crashed, on board of which there were 203 people. The airbus has already landed, but, for reasons that were still unknown, could not slow down, crashed into outbuildings, a fire began in the cabin. At the moment, it is known that 124 people were killed, the fate of four more remains unknown.

Today, Jose Ramush-Ort, the Laureate of the Nobel Prize of the World of 1996, officially enters the post of Prime Minister of Eastern Timor. Ramush-Orta will replace the head of the government of Marie Alkatiri, who retired in connection with the riots that continued for several months. The unrest began after half of the army announced a strike - in protest against hard discipline. At least 20 people became victims of riots, 150 thousand left their homes.

20 delegates of the conference "Other Russia" were detained by the police or beaten

For the first time in a few decades, a fashion show was held in Afghanistan. The show was arranged by the Italian and Afghan designers Gabriella Gidoni and Zulaikha Sherzad, who, after overthrowing the Taliban regime, opened several boutiques and workshops in Kabul for teaching women to design clothing and jewelry.

US Secretary of Defense Donald Ramsfeld is on a visit to Tajikistan. Ramsfeld met with Tajik President Emomali Rakhmonov and other leaders of the country. The issues of bilateral cooperation in the field of security and the fight against terrorism were discussed. The head of the Pentagon noted, in particular, that the activity of the Taliban and militants of Al-Qaeda in neighboring Afghanistan has recently increased noticeably.

A complex high -rise operation was carried out in the center of St. Petersburg. Sculptures were removed from the top of the St. Isaac's Cathedral, which had been in disrepair for a long time. Restoration is not postponed even because of the summit: sculptures pose a real danger to passers-by. The works of the sculptor Ivan Vitali were installed in 1856 and were not restored over the past 150 years.

The State Duma of Russia instructed the Committee on Energy, Transport and Communications to request information in the Federal Antimonopoly Service on the validity of raising gas tariffs in the domestic market. The order of the chamber states that, according to Russian gas companies, for alignment with world gas prices, tariffs within the country should grow one and a half times faster than inflation.

Lawyers of 39 activists of the National-Bolshevik party convicted of capturing the reception of the President of Russia in December 2004 filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights. The defense believes that the trial was carried out "unfairly and biased." In addition, according to lawyer Dmitry Agranovsky, the defense was not given the opportunity to meet daily with the clients in the investigative insulator.

In the center of Moscow on Monday evening, a shootout occurred between police officers and car agents. According to information agencies with reference to law enforcement agencies, the incident occurred on Malaya Dmitrovka Street. The police outfit tried to prevent the criminals from hijacking the Volvo car. One of the hijackers opened fire from a pistol through the police. One policeman was wounded. The criminal was killed with return fire, the second managed to hide, he was wanted.

The film "The Pirates of the Caribbean: The Dead Street" headed the cash rating of the North American rental for the last weekend. Record fees amounted to 132 million dollars, although the producers suggested that the adventure picture with Johnny Depp would gather no more than a hundred million rental in the first three days. The previous record of the first weekend-115 million dollars-set the painting "Spider-Man" in 2002.