In the north-west of Pakistan, the Taliban publicly executed two Afghans accused of espionage in favor of the United States. One of them was chopped off the head, the second - they were shot before the eyes of several thousand people. After that, shooting began in the crowd, as a result of which at least 2 people died. It is reported that the Afghans were stolen by the Taliban a few days ago.

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The first chairman of the Board of Directors of Gazprom was elected the First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Viktor Zubkov. Such a decision was made following the results of the general annual meeting of shareholders of the Russian oil and gas concern. Earlier, the board of directors of the company was headed by Dmitry Medvedev, who was elected to the President of Russia in March.

The program is conducted by Dmitry Volchek. The Radio Liberty correspondent Danila Halperovich takes part. Dmitry Volchek : In Khanty-Mansiysk, the Russia-Es summit ended today. The issues of energy security and the state of the global economy were discussed, an agreement was reached that negotiations on a new partner agreement between Russia and the European Union would begin in Brussels on July 4. The Summit was monitored by the Radio Liberty correspondent Danil Galperovich.

In Turkmenistan, the first opera performance took place - after a seven -year ban. The president of the country of Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov was present on Friday at the premiere of the opera Shasenem and Garib - based on the Turkmen epic. The former head of state Saparmurat Niyazov in 2001 banned the representations of the opera and ballet as "alien to Turkmen culture." The current president canceled this order.

The head of the UN Human Rights Department, Louise Arbur, called on Pakistan’s authorities to ensure the protection of the civilian population during the fight against terrorists and rebels in the north-west of the country. Arburn spoke on Friday in Islamabad after negotiations with the leadership of Pakistan. Earlier it was reported that in the field of Bajaur, near the Afghan border, Taliba was publicly ahead of two people, declaring them with American spies.

In the Moscow Publishing House of the Young Guard, in the series “Life of wonderful people”, the book of Natalia Budur “Hamsun: Mystery of Life” was published. This is the biography of the Norwegian writer, one of the founders of modern literature, the 1920 Nobel Prize laureate. His literary talent caused universal admiration, his socio-political views were sharply condemned. Glory came to Hamsun in the 90s of the XIX century, after the release of the novels “Hunger”, “Mysteries”, “Pan”.

In Moscow, on charges of bribery, the head of the Tagan department of the internal affairs and his deputy were detained, and the latter was detained directly upon receipt of a bribe. According to the investigation, high -ranking police officers demanded from the company 100 thousand rubles for stopping workers' checks at a construction site.

The second semifinal match of the European Football Championship was held in Vienna. The Spanish national team won the Russian team-3: 0 thanks to the goals of Chavi Ernandes (in the 50th minute), Daniel Guise (on the 73rd) and David Silva (on the 82nd). In the final on June 29, the Spaniards will also meet with Germany football players in Vienna.

Today's students begin to work long before graduation - most of the employers are interested in employees with "experience in their specialty" Russian universities began preparations for entrance exams. Most of yesterday's schoolchildren have already decided on the choice of a future profession. According to surveys of the analytical center, Yuri Levada, as before, among the most popular are the specialties of economists, lawyers, and managers.

The court in St. Petersburg postponed to September 3 the consideration of the case of the head of the local branch of the Yabloko party Maxim Reznik. Thus, the defense petition was satisfied, which asked to delay the process in order to get acquainted with the case file. Reznik is accused of insulting and beating police officers. According to investigators, March 3, Reznik, being drunk, publicly offended the policemen, and then hit one of them.

Swedish paleontologists, leading excavations in Latvia, discovered the fossil remains of the oldest four -legged animal. It existed 365 million years ago, 100 million years earlier than dinosaurs. Most of all, it looks like a small crocodile, but he had fins on his back. According to scientists , the discovered fossil is a dead end branch of evolution, and modern four -leggeds descended from other species of animals, which also left the ocean.

The organization on security and cooperation in Europe called on the authorities of Belarus not to adopt a bill on the media that even more restricting freedom of speech. The OSCE said that the law gives the state additional powers to control online publications. The representative of the OSCE on freedom of the press Milos Harast noted that the document creates new obstacles to the development of free media in Belarus.

About 30 children remained in the Central District Hospital of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, resting in the recreation camp "Shakhtar" under the city of Borodino. According to Interfax, over the past day, nine more children have entered the hospital. Preliminary diagnosis is “yersiniosis” (acute intestinal infectious disease). Earlier it was reported that the outbreak of this disease was registered in another camp of the Krasnoyarsk Territory - “Solnechny”. From here 70 people were hospitalized.