Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia Vladimir Lukin On May 22, in the State Duma of Russia, with a report for 2008, the Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia Vladimir Lukin made. He built his report differently than in past years.

The US President defends his security strategy In the United States, perhaps an unprecedented part-time clash of President Barack Obama and former vice president Dick Cheney, one of the main problems for the country, took place. Obama came up with a speech in which he condemned those who overshadowed fears among Americans regarding his security strategy.

US Vice President Joe Biden The inability to resist a frank replica-the weakness unusual for a politician began to blame Vice President Biden not only commentators, but also President Obama, at least, according to the new book of Richard Wolfe, "How the Presidents do." This is the first work of this volume dedicated to President Obama.

Professor Ben Hayden (Duke University Medical Center) came to the conclusion that these higher primates can record their own mistakes and study on them. In the experiment, the monkeys were proposed to choose on the screen one of 8 identical white squares located in a circle. After the monkey chose one of the squares, all the squares suddenly changed color. If the color of the square chosen by the monkey turned out to be green, then the animal received the highest reward - his favorite juice.

The volume of direct foreign investments received in the Russian economy in the first quarter decreased by 43% to the level of the same indicator of 2008 - to less than $ 3.2 billion, the materials of the Federal Statistics Service said. In general, the volume of foreign investment in Russia in January -March amounted to approximately $ 12 billion - this is 30.2% less than a year earlier.

Georgian opposition blocked traffic in the center of Tbilisi The Georgian opposition, holding mass protests demanding the resignation of President Mikhail Saakashvili, blocked the movement along the embankments of the Kura River in the center of Tbilisi.

In Novocherkassk, a rally was held in defense of the architectural ensemble of the Voznesensky Cathedral of the Voznesensky Cathedral. According to Radio Liberty correspondent Grigory Bochkarev, now on the historical square of Ermak, before the third in capacity of the Church of Russia - the military ascension of the Cathedral - there is a reconstruction.

The program is conducted by Leila Giniatulina. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Khabarovsk is attended by Alexei Minin. Leila Giniatulina: Today in Khabarovsk the second day of the Russia-Es summit.

Sri Lanka authorities unveiled data on the victims of the long-term civil war in the country. The Lanka Ministry of Defense has reported today that over the past three years of the 26-year conflict with the Tamil separatists, over 6,200 fighters of government forces have been killed, almost 30 thousand people were injured. In total, over the years of the war, at least 80 thousand inhabitants of Sri Lanka were killed, as expected.

Lyudmila Narusova entering the highest offices The voting of the Tuva Parliament for today on the extension of the senatorial powers of Lyudmila Narusova was postponed to today. According to Interfax, the preliminary date of the meeting is named on May 27. The situation in Tuva, Radio Liberty was commented on by the Moscow expert on regional politics Alexander Kynev .

From the flight to Khabarovsk, Europe can accumulate such fatigue that it will no longer be able to meet with Russia twice a year In Khabarovsk, the Es-Russia summit ended. He did not bring any impressive results, as expected. For radio, freedom is commented by the observer Efim Fishtein - Twice a year, EU-Russia summits are held. High -ranking politicians fly to Khabarovsk, to the ends of the world. They will never get there anymore and, for sure, they liked it there. Why is all this done?

The State Duma today has adopted in final reading the presidential bill, changing the procedure for the appointment of the heads of the Constitutional Court. The chairman of the court and his two deputy will be approved by the Federation Council on the proposal of the head of state for 6 years. Now the judges of the Constitutional Court themselves choose their leadership for a period of 3 years.

Yulia Tymoshenko did not convince Russia of the advantages of even a thin world In Ukraine, some politicians call the “blackmail of Europe” a statement by the Russian president at the EU Summit in Khabarovsk. Dmitry Medvedev said that Russia doubts the solvency of his neighbor and cannot give Europeans guarantees that in the future, due to the fault of Ukraine there will be no interruptions in gas supplies.

Ellison Gill is known about human rights violations Today in Khabarovsk the second day of the Russia -EU summit was held . On the eve of the Human Rights Human rights organization, she published a statement in which she called on the heads of the EU and the President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev to discuss urgent measures in the field of human rights to the Russia-Es summit.

In Moscow schools for more than 60 thousand students, the last call will nickname today. Solemn lines and festive events will be held in more than a thousand Moscow schools. After that, about 8 thousand schoolchildren will make a walk on the ship. At the end of May, eleventh graders will begin exams. At the time of the holiday in the city, increased security measures have been taken.