(Natalia Zvyagina, Vitaly Zhikharev)

Dmitry Medvedev hopes that soon the sun will warm both the world economy and the streets of St. Petersburg The second day of work of the International Economic Forum was opened by the performance of the President of Russia. Dmitry Medvedev spoke about the crisis, his first lessons and the future of the country. The current performance of Dmitry Medvedev turned out to be much less ambitious and emotionally charged than last year's speech on the same forum.

Naftogaz of Ukraine stated that he had fully calculated with Gazprom for the Russian gas set in May, Radio Liberty correspondent Vladimir Ivakhnenko said. As Valentin Zemlyansky, Valentin Zemlyansky, said to the Naftogaz press, confirmed that about five hundred million dollars were transferred to his accounts. Thus, Ukraine has fulfilled its contract obligations over the past month. The Russian authorities called the extreme payment for the Ukrainian side on June 9.

(Elena Kiseleva)

Shots from the film by Andrzej Waida "Katyn". As the film critics noted, many Russian fans of the director were offended by the master - they did not arrange such a view of history. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation developed this resentment In recent days, two historical topics that are directly related to Poland are actively discussed in the Russian press.

In St. Petersburg, letters to the president were tried to hand personally Police officers detained entrepreneurs who tried to transfer letters to the participants of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum , as well as President Dmitry Medvedev. Several hundred entrepreneurs in the morning gathered at the LenExpo building, where the International Economic Forum takes place.

(Dmitry Medvedev, Valentina Matvienko, Igor Bunin, Igor Sechin)

The program is conducted by Evgenia Nazaret. The Radio Liberty correspondent Marina Timasheva takes part. Evgenia Nazarets : "The Studio of Theater Arts" continues to work on literature, which did not know stage incarnations. Following the "River Potundan" based on the story of Andrei Platonov, Sergey Zhenovach staged a performance on Chekhov’s novel "Three years".

In Dresden today, negotiations between US President Barack Obama and Chancellor of Germany, Angels Merkel. At a joint press conference at the end of the meeting, both politicians said that a wide range of international problems was discussed. Barack Obama again expressed his readiness for dialogue with Iran - with the participation of other leading world powers, including Germany.

The program is maintained by Andrei Sharogradsky. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Moscow Maxim Yaroshevsky takes part. Andrei Sharogradsky: the international human rights organization Human Rights First announced the collection of signatures in defense of art critic Andrei Erofeev and human rights activist Yuri Samodurov. The trial for holding the art exhibition "Forbidden Art-2006" is in their respect. Erofeev and Samodurov are accused of inciting religious enmity.

Many Islamic leaders welcomed the speech of the American President Barack Obama, who called for an improvement in relations between the United States and the Islamic world. Obama’s performance was positively appreciated by the leaders of Afghanistan, Iraq, Turkey, Palestinian autonomy, the League of the Arab states. Representatives of the Palestinian group Hamas said, however, that Obama’s words should be backed up by action.

(Elena Sannikova, Mikhail Crieger)

(Vladimir Vasiliev, Dmitry Bertman, Boris Pokrovsky)

(Leonid Krutakov, Ivan Bolshakov, Eduard Limonov, Dmitry Novikov)

The program is conducted by Evgenia Nazaret. The Radio Liberty correspondent Melanie Bachin takes part. Evgenia Nazareta : In Tomsk, one of the founders of the opposition weekly "Tomsk Week" was detained for the sale of drugs. The day before, the release of this publication was suspended due to financial problems. At the same time, leaflets appeared in the city that compromise the editor -in -chief of the Tomsk Week Alexander Deev.