We discuss the history of the holiday of Russia and time transformation with the former chairman of the Supreme Council of the RSFSR Ruslan Khasbulatov and philosopher Igor Chubais.

Yuri Vasiliev The liberation of the author of the "monstrium" Artyom Loskutov from the guard and the coming of Vladimir Putin to Ilya Glazunov are the main topics discussed last week on the domestic Internet. The case of Artem Loskutov, a young man from Novosibirsk, who was recently known only to a narrow circle of admirers of performances and other forms of street art - last week became one of the most discussed on the network.

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Richard Dalton, former British Ambassador to Iran The political situation in Iran is commented by the former ambassador of Great Britain in Iran, and now the expert of the Royal Institute of International Relations, Sir Richard Dalton. At the institute, he heads the research project "Understanding Iran and Iranian problems." Richard Dalton was a British ambassador to Iran from 2002 to 2006. - Sir Richard, you witnessed the previous presidential elections in Iran, at which Mahmud Ahmadinejad won.

Irina Lagunina: The Publishing House of Terra, without waiting for the decision of the cassation instance, appealed to the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation in connection with claims for violations of copyrights for the so -called "mining" literature. This happened after the Court of Appeal upheld the decision of the court of first instance on satisfying the claim of the AST publishing house to the Publishing House of Terra-Blood Club.

Hurricane passed through several regions of Russia, including in the Tver region In Russia, as a result of the June thunderstorms and storms, five regions were injured: Oryol, Smolensk, Tver, Vladimir and Moscow. According to the Center for the Russian Emergencies Ministry, two people died. In Russia, as a result of the June thunderstorms and storms, five regions were injured: Oryol, Smolensk, Tverskaya and Moscow. The most from the bad weather went to residents of the Vladimir region.

Orphanages - no, foster families - yes: the new policy of the social services of Lithuania The Ministry of Social Protection of Lithuania declared its strategic task a gradual reduction in orphanages and replacing them with the principle of "foster families". Despite the financial problems in the country, the authorities say that they intend to increase the amount of payments to guardians who take orphans in their families.

A special envoy of the United States in the Middle East George Mitchell makes a visit to Lebanon. He became the first American official representative to visit the country after the victory in the Sunday elections pro -Western ruling coalition. She prevailed over the opposition block, which is headed by the radical group "Hezbollah". Later today, Mitchell will go to Syria.

In the Vladimir region, more than 60 trains were detained due to interruptions in power supply. Violations in the supply of energy occurred in the Vladimir and Yaroslavl regions due to hurricane winds and heavy rains. Recovery work is underway.

Ruslan Khasbulatov Vladimir Kara-Murza: Our country today celebrates the main state holiday-the Day of Russia. It was established 17 years ago in honor of the declaration of state sovereignty adopted on June 12, 1990. The holiday has gained state status in 94, after another 8 years he changed the name from the day of independence on Russia Day.

Fedor Lukyanov Due to a number of objective factors, the resignation of the Russian ambassador in Ukraine Viktor Chernomyrdin looks logical. So believes the editor -in -chief of the journal "Russia in Global Policy" Fedor Lukyanov. Viktor Stepanovich Chernomyrdin served as an ambassador for a very long time. He blocked all the established standards for ambassadors, having served, in fact, two usual terms.

In Nazran (Ingushetia) on Friday, the house of an employee of the city department of internal affairs was fired on Friday. According to Interfax at the headquarters of a temporary group of troops, no one was injured. The shooting of the shooters is underway.

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Presidential candidate Anatoly Gritsenko in Simferopol, 2009 Vitaliy Portnikov: While my colleagues in Moscow are resting and celebrating Russia Day, we are working and talking in Kiev and talking with the chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security and Defense Anatoly Gritsenko. Anatoly Stepanovich, in fact, see, today is such a Russian holiday, amazing, from which Ukrainian sovereignty has begun.

The program is conducted by Leila Giniatulina. The editor -in -chief of the journal "Russia in Global Policy" Fedor Lukyanov takes part. Leila Giniatululina : Due to a number of objective factor, the resignation of the Russian ambassador in Ukraine Viktor Chernomyrdina looks logical, says Fyodor Lukyanov, editor -in -chief of Russia in the Global Policy magazine. Fedor Lukyanov : Viktor Stepanovich Chernomyrdin serves as an ambassador for a very long time.