In Ukraine, they did not allow the entrance to the country to the deputy of the State Duma of Russia and the director of the Institute of the CIS countries Konstantin Zatulin. This was reported by Radio Liberty correspondent Vladimir Ivakhnenko. At the airport of Simferopol, Zatulin was not allowed to leave the plane on which he flew from St. Petersburg to participate in the Crimean festival "Great Russian Word".

US President Barack Obama, participating today in the celebrations dedicated to the 65th anniversary of the Allied operation in Normandy, arrived at the American military cemetery near Omaha Beach, where he would make a speech. Earlier today, Obama met with French President Nicolas Sarkozy. The British and Canadian prime ministers also participate in the celebrations.

Director of the Institute of CIS countries, deputy of the State Duma of Russia Konstantin Zatulin, today was not allowed to go to Ukraine again. As Interfax was told in the press service of the institute, Zatulin, who flew to Simferopol to participate in the Great Russian Word festival, is not released from the plane. He is forbidden to communicate with reporters. The Ukrainian authorities have not previously allowed Zatulin to enter the country.

In Tbilisi, a 68-year-old woman died during the collapse of a 4-story residential building. As the mayor of the city of Gigi Ungulava told reporters, rescuers found her body under the rubble. According to him, the continuation of cleaning work is impossible due to the threat of collapse of the rest of the house. It is planned to dismantle it.

In the city of Domodedovo, Moscow Region, deceived equity holders declared an indefinite hunger strike. As one of the participants in the action told Kasparov.ru, several thousand families have been waiting for 11 houses in the Druzhba microdistrict for 6 years. Ready-made houses do not populate due to the conflict between developers and local authorities. There was no gas in the houses, no electricity. The inaction of the authorities brought to despair 25 people declared a hunger strike.

On the air Izhevsk, Nadezhda Gladsh: Grigory Lenkov, authorized by the owners of the house number 70 on Lenin Street, with great difficulty succeeded in the court of first instance to carry out the overhaul of the roof and engineering communications in his Khrushchev. In the court decision, the deadlines for the completion of repair work were stipulated - September 1. Now, in early summer, repairs have not been started. The bailiff suspended enforcement proceedings.

People's Artist of the USSR Boris Pokrovsky will be buried on Monday at the Novodevichy cemetery in Moscow. Farewell to an outstanding director will be held at the Moscow Chamber Music Theater, which Pokrovsky founded in 1972. Boris Pokrovsky died on Friday at the 98th year of his life. He staged more than 180 performances. Since 1952, in total for more than 20 years, Pokrovsky was the chief director of the Bolshoi Theater.

In Russia, the 210th anniversary of the birth of Alexander Pushkin is celebrated. In many cities there are poetic readings, literary evenings. In Moscow, this week the first World Congress of the descendants of Pushkin opened, for which more than a hundred people gathered. Today, on the poet’s birthday, the poetry of Alexander Pushkin will read Boris Gryzlov and other representatives of the United Russia party on the radio and the public.

In St. Petersburg, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will perform at the World Grain Forum opening today. The President will also meet with representatives of the agricultural business, the banking community and the heads of transnational corporations. On the eve of his visit to St. Petersburg, Medvedev said that Russia intends to become one of the guarantors of world food security and expand the geography of grain supply. The World Grain Forum this year takes place immediately after the St.

On the air of Bryansk, Elena Vorobyova: A campaign in the Bryansk markets and shops with the sign "Semyon" showed - in the first glance, behind seeds, seedlings and other sowing material simply hype! But, according to sellers, the real sales for many have doubled, at best, they were preserved at the same level. Sellers complained - people now prefer to grow crops themselves, it is cheaper and more reliable. - There are cases that in general, instead of carrots, grass rushes.

On the coast in the north of France today there are solemn ceremonies dedicated to the 65th anniversary of the allied landing in Normandy. They are involved in the presidents of the United States and France Barack Obama and Nicolas Sarkozy, Prime Ministers of Great Britain and Canada Gordon Brown and Stephen Harper, British Crown Prince Charles. The British Queen Elizabeth, the second did not receive an invitation, which caused discontent in the UK.