Who attempted Valentina Matvienko? This issue became relevant after the FSB and the Ministry of Internal Affairs were reported on Friday evening about the prevention of attempt on the governor of St. Petersburg. Neither the motives of the attackers, nor their personality are unknown. This news is extremely unexpected even for criminal Russia. Only the preparation (real or imaginary - still incomprehensible) attempt on the Kemerovo governor Aman Tuleyev comes to mind.

In Turkey, mass manifestations of supporters of secular power continue. A thousands of a rally are taking place today in the city of Samsun in the north of the country. The manifestations are organized on the eve of the parliamentary elections in Turkey, appointed on July 22. Two opposition parties recently announced a merger - in order to prevent victory in the Islamist election.

Former US President Jimmy Carter sharply criticized the foreign policy of the current American administration. He also called the "disgusting" support of the military operation in Iraq, the Prime Minister of Great Britain Tony Blair. Blair retired yesterday visited Iraq. In Baghdad, he held negotiations with the Iraqi leadership. In Basra, Blair met with British military personnel deployed in the south of Iraq, and thanked them for their service.

This issue is completely dedicated to football. Geography - Russia, Ukraine, Georgia. The subject is a game, politics, economics, organization.

At least 40 people were killed on Sunday in the north of Lebanon during the battles between government troops and Islamic militants. These are the most bloody clashes since the Civil War in Lebanon in 1990. Among the dead are 22 soldiers of government forces and 17 militants. The clashes began after the security forces in the city of Tripoli - during the audit of the houses - arrested the militant of the Fath al -Islam group - on suspicion of robbing the bank.

In the capital of Venezuela, Karakas on Saturday, there was a thousands of protest against the closure of a private opposition television channel. Venezuela President Hugo Chavez ordered not to renew the license of the television channel, which has existed for 20 years. The authorities plan to give this frequency to state television for the propaganda of the president’s policy.

At least 8 people were killed and 12 were injured on Sunday as a result of the Israeli airstrike at the house of one of the leaders of the Hamas group in the city of Gaza. Halil al-Khala's house was fired at the moment when he himself was not there. The Israeli government approved new operations against Palestinian militants involved in the missile shelling of Israeli territory. As a result of the attacks of Israeli aviation, 23 Palestinians died in gas sector for five days.

Two people were killed in the American city of Moscow (Aydaho) - as a result of an attack by an armed person. Two policemen and one civilian were also injured in a shootout with the police. Two killed, one of whom himself attacked, were found in the church building where the criminal settled. The police said that the tragedy occurred on the night of Saturday to Sunday. The shooter fired from automatic weapons.

The number of victims of the attack in the east of Afghanistan reached 14, more than 30 people were injured. The suicide bomber blew up a bomb in the crowded market in the city of Gardez a few minutes after the American military car carpet proceeded by. The authorities believe that the suicide bomber is a native of Pakistan or Chechnya.

Victor Shenderovich: My today's guests are Maya Krasnopolskaya and Ilya Eppelbaum, the Family Theater "Shadow". Hello, Maya. Maya Krasnopolskaya: Hello. Victor Shenderovich: Hello, Ilya. Ilya Eppelbaum: Hello. Victor Shenderovich: These are my amazing guests visiting today. The Family Theater "Shadow" is a six -time winner of the Golden Mask, and almost no one saw the performances. And I saw and tell you why no one saw: because six spectators for the performance.

At the airport of Blagoveshchensk, the Tu-214 plane of the company "Domodedovo Airlines" when landing got off the strip. On board the airliner, which followed from Moscow, there were 130 passengers. No one was injured. The plane rolled out of the strip about 100 meters. He managed to drag him back only after three hours. Liner has no external damage. An investigation of the incident is undergoing. The crew is suspended from flights.

Mumin Shakirov: Memory of Kirill Lavrov. I managed to meet with a wonderful person and an outstanding artist in November 2004 during the filming of the documentary “In the skin of the leader”. It was about artists who played Ilyich in different years. Kirill Lavrov more than once tried on the image of Lenin, both in the cinema and on the theater stage.

Participants in the multi -day cylical race “Jiro d'Italy” during the eighth stage overcame 200 km from Barberino di Mujello to Fiorano Modenesis. In the course of the distance, they met two small lifts, but the final part was plain, so that again everything was decided in the sprint finish, in which riders from a large group who went away from the Peloton participated. The winner of the stage was the Norwegian Kurt Asle Arves from the Si-Es-Si team.

Belgian archaeologists discovered the burial of the nobleman near the Egyptian capital, who lived 4000 years ago. The expedition made the find during excavations of later burials south of Cairo. Archaeologists discovered a mummy wrapped in flax and lying in a spacious wooden coffin placed in a sarcophagus. Experts note that the tomb was preserved in "very good condition."

En Yates in Russian went into the translations of Grigory Kuzhkov and Andrei Sergeyev, in the late 90s-early 2000s there were three extensive publications of Jets in Russia. They continue to translate it. More recently, in Odessa (which is curious, with the support of patrons from Porto-Franco Bank), a bilingual edition of Yates verses was published: about eighty verses from thirteen books, many translations were made for the first time.