The program is maintained by Andrei Sharogradsky. The Radio Liberty correspondent Igor Karney takes part. Andrei Sharogradsky : A meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of States - Participants of the Commonwealth of Independent States began in Minsk. To participate in it, the delegation of Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine and Turkmenistan arrived in Belarus.

Mikhail Kasyanov (left) and Boris Nemtsov Representatives of the Russian opposition camp are as if trying to push Dmitry Medvedev to liberal changes in politics The program is maintained by Andrei Shari. The leader of the Russian People's Democratic Union Mikhail Kasyanov takes part. Andrei Shary : Representatives of the Russian Opposition Camp are as if trying to push Dmitry Medvedev to liberal changes in politics.

In Switzerland, the European Championship among girls ended (the age of football players is up to 17 years old). In the final match, the German national team confidently won the France team with a score of 3-0. Bronze medals were won by girls from Denmark, who won the match for 3rd place at the England team - 4: 1.

Gennady Seleznev: "The anniversary meeting is a good reason for thought" Russia is interested in maintaining its presence on the island of Spitsbergen by the new rector of St. Petersburg State University Nikolai Kropachev.

The leader of the Russian People's Democratic Union Mikhail Kasyanov called on Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to release political prisoners, stop limiting freedom of speech and not impede the creation of new parties. Kasyanov said this in Chelyabinsk at a meeting with his supporters. Kasyanov’s visit is accompanied by protests of the activists of the Prochrevsky movement “Young Guard”.

In Kyiv, an energy summit is taking place today. It will discuss the proposal to complete the Odessa-Broda pipeline to Plotsk bypassing Russian territory. The President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko the day before stated that this would solve the problem of providing the Caspian oil countries of the European Union.

The military authorities of Myanmar agreed to open access to the country for all humanitarian workers, said UN Secretary General Pan Gi Moon. He met on Friday with the leader of the military junta General Than Shve. Myanmar authorities limited foreign assistance for people who suffered three weeks ago from a destructive hurricane. As a result of a natural disaster, more than 130 thousand people died or went missing. Another 2 and a half million need help.

The Russian national football team held the first control match on the eve of the final tournament of the European Championship. In Moscow, she defeated the team of Kazakhstan - 6: 0. The goals scored: Pavel Pogrebnyak (26th minute, with a penalty), Vladimir Bystrov (45), Konstantin Zyryanov (59), Dinius Bilyaletdinov (85, with a penalty), Dmitry Torbinsky (89) and Dmitry Sychev (90).

The US special envoy Christopher Hill will discuss the problem of North Korea’s nuclear program with senior representatives of China and Russia. According to the US State Department, Hill will visit Beijing and Moscow at the beginning of next week. New negotiations with DPRK diplomats are not yet planned, noted in the State Department.

Dean Yurfak Nikolay Kropachev (in the center) with Dmitry Medvedev at a freshman festival The dean of the Faculty of Law Nikolai Kropachev was elected the new rector of St. Petersburg State University, for which 83% of the participants in the election conference voted. The new head of the university at one time was a teacher Dmitry Medvedev. The place of the rector of St.

In Moscow, the auction house Sotbis holds a pre -sale exhibition. For three days, works of Russian art of the late 19th - early 20th centuries will be shown in the Museum of Architecture named after Schusev. According to the General Director Sotbis in Russia and the CIS of Mikhail Kamensky, trading will be held in June in London. At the exhibition, along with the paintings of Russian masters, three works of French artists Degas, Bonar and Gauguen are presented.

The Central Election Commission of Georgia processed 100 percent of the ballots fed in the parliamentary elections on May 21. As the press secretary of the Zurab Kachkachishvili said at a briefing, the ruling party “Unified National Movement” won, which received a little more than 59 percent of the vote. The united opposition has over 17 and a half percent. The five percent barrier was overcome by the Labor Party and the Christian Democratic Movement.

According to the Western standards of the bankrupt, it is impossible to deprive elementary life comfort In Russia, the draft law “On Bankruptcy of Individuals” is being prepared. According to plans, he will enter into force on January 1, 2009, and the bankruptcy mechanism proposed in the project largely repeats the provisions of legislation on private bankruptcies in force in Europe and the USA.

In Turkey, a mass protest of women against violence in families was held. Hundreds of women took to the streets of Diyarbakyr in the south-east of Turkey, many of whom were with children? - reports Radio correspondent Freedom Elena Solntseva. With posters "Down with the despot male", "family is state affairs", "for the gender equality" women demanded to adopt a special law against violence in the family and tighten the sentences for it.