The program is conducted by Mark Krutov. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Gelendzhik Yana Sakharov takes part. Mark Krutov: In the Krasnodar Territory, a trial began in defense of the Vrations reserve. The lawsuit was filed by the environmental shift in the North Caucasus, which disputes the legality of the construction of the road and the allocation of land in the reserve "Big Utrish". Yana Sakharova: A lawsuit in the Krasnodar Regional Court filed an ecological shift in the North Caucasus.

In the east of Bosnia, a mass burial was found, presumably, victims of the massacre in the city of Srebrenitsa. According to the authorities, the remains of at least 9 people are extracted from the grave near the city of the Vlassenitsa. Work on the exhumation of the bodies continues. In 1995, the forces of the Bosnian Serbs, capturing the silver, killed several thousand Muslims.

The California Supreme Court today imposed a ban on same -sex marriages allowed by him last year. The court decision is due to the fact that in November 2008, at the referendum, the voters of California by a majority of 4.5 percent of the vote approved the amendment to the state legislation, which defines the marriage exclusively as an alliance between a man and a woman. The court, however, recognized about 18 thousand same -sex marriages concluded on the state until today.

The director of the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences Ruslan Greenberg was invited to the program "Time of Guests" on Tuesday on May 26. Leading Vladimir Baburin. Ask a question to the program participants.

In the south of Afghanistan, a battle occurred in Uruzgan province. According to international security forces, 8 Taliban were killed, three police officers and two coalition troops were injured. The battle began when the Taliban attacked the patrol.

Maria Galina Andrei Shary : The English translator Amanda Love Darrah became the main laureate of the Rossica Translation Priza Prize, established in 2005 by the Russian-British cultural organization Academia Rossica and the Foundation of the First President Boris Yeltsin. Darrah was awarded a reward for the work on the translation of the novel by Maria Galina "Givi and Shenderovich." Amanda Love Darrah tells about the award and translation of the novel.

The France Press Agency, citing Latvian media, reported the death of the last native speaker of the Liva language in Latvia. I will understand the listener who will ask: "Sorry, what language?" I repeat: Livsky. He is from a family of Finno-Ugric languages. The last carrier of Livsky was called Victor Bertolds. He was 88 years old. The media reported about his death and with him the death of the Liva language with a four -month delay.

US President Barack Obama appointed Sonya Sotomayor a member of the Supreme Court, Radio Liberty correspondent Vladimir Morozov reports. She is 54 years old. Her parents came from Puerto Rico. If the Senate approves the presidential candidacy, then Sotomayor will become the second woman in today's composition of the Supreme Court and the third woman holding such a post in the history of the country.

Interview with General Petreus. The cultural revolution in Venezuela. The Black Sea coast of Sochi on the eve of the holiday season. Divorce in Russian.

Mikhail Zlatkovsky. "Cathedral Thinking" The news about the transfer of the Russian Orthodox Church in Kaliningrad made an impression on the artist.

Uzbekistan today closed two checkpoints on the border with Kyrgyzstan, the Kyrgyz border service reports. The official reason for the decision of the Uzbek authorities is not known. According to ITAR-TASS, a representative of the Khanabad district of the Andijan region of Uzbekistan, an explosion occurred at the Hanabad customs post last night. Residents of nearby villages say there are victims. All roads leading to the border with Kyrgyzstan are blocked by Uzbek military and armored vehicles.

The political commission of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) voted for the return of Belarus to the status of a specially invited. The Belarusian disgrace calls this decision a violation of the principles of the Council of Europe. According to the correspondent of Radio Liberty Vitaly Tsygankov, in the Parisian office of the Council of Europe, the political commission discussed the report of Italian Andrea Rigoni about the situation in Belarus.

The Investigative Committee at the Russian Prosecutor's Office opened a criminal case on the fact of the murder Deputy Mufti Dagestan Ahmed Tagaev. According to local law enforcement agencies, the murder occurred on Monday evening. According to preliminary data, the clergyman returned from the service when they shot him several times. Tagaev died on the spot.