A group of young people was convicted in Moscow for the murder of a citizen of Kyrgyzstan. According to the city prosecutor’s office, six people - residents of Moscow and the Moscow Region - received a term of four to 12 years. They are found guilty of murder, robbery and inciting national hatred.

In Primorye, a search was carried out in the house of the Governor of the Territory Sergay Darkin - as part of the investigation of the case of illegal privatization of city property. According to law enforcement agencies, a safe with documents was removed during the search. Darkin himself was hospitalized with a heart attack. On Wednesday, the governor testified to the prosecutor's office in the criminal case against the former senior official, who is accused of property fraud.

The head of a large transport company was arrested in Petropavlovsk -Kamchatka on charges of smuggling oil products. Vladimir Rebikov was detained on May 13, after the border service stopped the court belonging to his company on the border. According to the investigation, about 160 tons of diesel fuel were transported in tankers, although the documents were issued for the transportation of water.

US President George Bush spoke today in the Israeli parliament - Knesset - with a welcoming speech on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the formation of the Jewish state. Bush assured those gathered in the strength of allied relations between the United States and Israel. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, in turn, noted that his country is working to achieve a peace agreement with the Palestinians.

The protest, in which about ten human rights activists and several hundred Samaras took part, took place in the center of Samara - on Leningradskaya Street. The action is dedicated to the international day of the refuser from military service. During the Second World War, the German authorities passed 25 thousand death sentences to soldiers who refused to participate in military operations.

The program is conducted by Evgenia Nazaret. The Radio Liberty correspondent in St. Petersburg Viktor Rezunkov takes part. Evgenia Nazareta: The Russian Football Champion "Zenit" from St. Petersburg won its first European cup trophy. In the final match of the UEFA Cup in Manchester, he defeated the Scottish club "Glasgow Rangers" 2: 0. According to representatives of the Zenit football club, Manchester should have at least 11 thousand Russian fans, mainly from St. Petersburg.

A claim for the prosecutor of Ingushetia on the closure of the Ingushetia.ru Internet site is considered today in the Kuntsevsky court of Moscow - at the place of residence of the owner of the site Magomed Yevloev. The Ingush Prosecutor's Office claims that the opposition to the President of the Republic "Ingushetia.ru" publishes extremist materials.

One of the leaders of the Belarusian opposition, Alexander Kozulin, said that he was promised to release him from prison in exchange for consent to emigrate. A letter published by the Kozulin family says that he abandoned this proposal of the authorities. Kozulin was arrested during the protest against the regime of Alexander Lukashenko after the 2006 presidential election. The opposition was accused of organizing the riots and sentenced to five and a half years in prison.

The number of victims of a catastrophic earthquake in the Chinese province of Sichuan may exceed 50 thousand people, the China authorities said. So far, the death of almost 20 thousand people is confirmed. About 27 thousand are under the rubble or are considered missing. Thousands of military personnel and additional rescue helicopters are transferred to the disaster area. About 10 million people suffered from the earthquake in one way or another.

Law enforcement agencies and rights A person of Chechnya does not have information about the abduction in Grozny Chechen writer and public figure Nikolai Paizulaev. Law enforcement agencies claim that none of Relatives of the writer did not declare his abduction. The writer's son said in an interview with Radio Liberty that on Wednesday afternoon Paisulaev called and reported that there was information about his A seven -year -old daughter stolen last month.

Fujitaka announced that more than half a million cigarette machines in Japan will be equipped with digital cameras and a recognition system, which will determine the age of the buyer. In Japan, you can buy cigarettes only after reaching 20 years. The system requires that before buying a person to look into the eyepiece of the video camera. By wrinkles near the eyes and rainbow shell, the system determines the age.

The second International Film Festival named after Andrei Tarkovsky “Mirror” will be held in the city of Ivanovo from May 26 to June 1. During the festival, prizes are played for the best phenomenon, for directing, for operator skills, for the best scenario and for music. Game paintings, documentaries and animation will be presented. A special prize “For an outstanding contribution to progressive cinema” and a prize of spectator sympathy are also outlined.

At least 100 people died in Nigeria as a result of the fire that arose after the breakthrough of the oil pipeline. This is reported by representatives of the Red Cross. About 20 people were injured. The pipeline in the suburbs of the capital of the country Lagos was broken out as a result of the careless actions of road builders. The fire covered the houses and school nearby.

Kinootaur 2008. "Hamlet" in the Saratov Theater. "Spring" by Alexei Papernaya. Daniel Zandra exhibition in St. Petersburg. The book of Alexandra Chekalova "At the origins of Byzantine statehood"