On such days, it is forbidden to sell drinks in glass containers More than five thousand solemn events are scheduled for the time of the celebration of the City Day in Moscow. The program contests, concerts, marathons, imposed restrictions on alcohol and drinking in glass containers. Of course, there are difficulties with traveling by car along many highways of the Russian capital, especially in the center where mass festivities of citizens and guests of Moscow are planned.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin does not expect to cool relations with the West due to events in the Caucasus. As Putin said in an interview with Russia, foreign partners simply “cannot exist” without Russian deliveries. As an example, he cited not only oil, gas, chemical fertilizers, metals, forest, but also such “scarce”, according to him, services as launching spacecraft.

Ukrainian literature. Ukrainian writers in Moscow. Ukraine is an honorary guest of the Moscow International Book Fair. What is the difference between Ukrainian and Russian literature? How do politics and literature affect each other? Can the power to engage the Ukrainian writer? Ukrainian literature: European and post -Soviet. Writers Andrei Kurkov and Maria Matios, publisher Alexander Ivanov, translator Elena Marinicheva

The Israeli media report that the police recommended that the prosecutor’s office be put forward against Prime Minister Ehud Olmert Corruption. The police representative did not confirm and did not deny this information. In recent months, an investigation has been investigated against Olmert on suspicion of bypassing the law of tens of thousands of dollars from an American businessman.

Today, on the City Day in the west of Moscow, the 176th metro station opens-it is called "Slavic Boulevard". Metro trains will also begin to walk on the section of the Mitinsko-Stroginskaya line from the Victory Park to Strogino station. The new line is expected to greatly facilitate urban transport links between the center and sleeping areas.

In Chechnya, a bridge across the Agrun River hit the Caucasus highway. There are no victims. According to the Interfax agency, structures more than 50 meters long collapsed. The republican road service believes that the bridge could not withstand the loads from the systematic driveways of military columns with heavy equipment.

The election of the President of Iran was scheduled for June 12, 2009. This was reported to the Iranian radio by a senior representative of the Ministry of the Interior. According to him, the voting date was approved by the Council of Guardians - a conservative judicial authority conducting election monitoring. These will be the tenth elections of the President of Iran after the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The current President Mahmoud Ahmadinjad has been holding his post since August 2005.

The program is conducted by Marina Dubovik. The correspondent of Radio Freedom Lily Palveliev takes part. Marina Dubovik : "Bomeri." What the word Radio Liberty liked, we learn from the heading “keyword” prepared by Lily Palveveleva. Lilya Palveveva: The keyword of this week is “Boaming”. The other day, I talked with the director of the long -suffering Museum of the Kino Museum Naum Kleiman. For many years, the museum has been wandering around the corners.

The number of victims of yesterday's attack in the Pakistani city of Peshavar reached 35. The bodies of several dead were extracted from the wreckage of destroyed buildings. Dozens of people were injured. The suicide bomber on a mined truck crashed into a police checkpoint. The newly elected President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari said he would strengthen the fight against militants.

In the village of Radishchev, in the north of the Irkutsk region, one thousand 400 people are left without power supply. The authorities promise to eliminate the consequences of the accident at the local substation no earlier than Monday.

In the Smolensk region today a helicopter crashed, two people were killed, another was hospitalized in serious condition. According to Interfax in the regional center of the Russian Emergencies Ministry, the four-seater helicopter of the R-44 brand fell in the area of the village of Kuzmino. The causes of the disaster are being clarified.

In Beijing, the 13th Paralympic Games opened - the largest international sports for people with disabilities. More than 4 thousand athletes from 148 countries will fight for 472 medals.

The leader of local extremists, Ilgar Malachiev, was killed in Dagestan, the authorities of the republic said. According to them, Malachiev was blocked in the Magaramkent district of the republic, exerted armed resistance and was killed during a special operation. Together with him, it was reported that another or two militants died.

In the east of Afghanistan, in the province of host, Afghan troops, with the support of international forces, destroyed at least 10 militants. According to the command of the coalition forces, three more rebels were captured during the operation on the basis of militants from the Galaluddin Hakkani group. This field commander, known since the war against the Soviet troops in the 80s, is considered one of the employees of the leader of the Taliban Mullah Omar.