Seven days a week at exactly 12 o’clock - about what happened today and what else should happen. The day is in full swing, we follow the events.

The program is conducted by Mark Krutov. The economic observer of Radio Freedom Ivan Trefilov takes part. Mark Krutov: Russian Gazprom today at a general meeting of shareholders will consider the results of their work in 2008. At the same time, official information on the payment of bonuses to its top managers can already be an indirect assessment of the concern - as the chief accountant of Gazprom said, 125 million rubles will be spent on these purposes.

In the "Native Language" section, the St. Petersburg poetess, professor of the American College Polina Barskova reflects on the features of the Russian and English languages "My Favorite Blindings": journalist Valentin Baryshnikov recalls Moscow youth and music, which sounded in the late eighties "Marriage Ties" of a socio-psychological portrait of people who often change partners for the marriage of Venice Venice: Acoustic portrait of the city

It is very difficult to identify cases of violence in Russian prisons Today is an international day in support of the victims of torture, proclaimed the UN General Assembly in 1997. In a number of Russian cities, pickets will be held in this regard. According to the Interregional Committee against torture, over the past five years, the organization received more than a thousand statements from people who have been beaten and torture by law enforcement officials.

The program is maintained by Andrei Shari. The Radio Liberty correspondent in New York, Jan Runov, takes part. Andrei Shary: Today it became known that the archive of the previously unrelated songs by Michael Jackson will soon be published. These are more than a hundred compositions recorded by the singer for his children by Prince Michael Jr., who is 12 years old, 11-year-old Paris Michael Katherine and 7-year-old Prince Michael Second.

Director of the International Mathematical Institute. Euler Ludwig Faddeev Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said that in the context of the global financial crisis it is necessary to "optimize science and education costs." At a meeting with representatives of the Ministry of Science and Education , Vladimir Putin called the amounts allocated from the federal budget this year.

The program is conducted by Mikhail Salenkov. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Poltava Valery Balayan takes part. Mikhail Salenkov: In Russia and Ukraine, the 300th anniversary of the Battle of Poltava is celebrated - the largest battle of the Northern War. Disputes around this battle in Ukraine are still not subside and public passions on the eve of the anniversary are heated. From Poltava is transmitted by a special correspondent of freedom Valery Balayan.

Russia and Angola have wide opportunities for the development of energy cooperation. This was stated by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev during a visit to Angola. He held negotiations with the president of this country Jose Eduard Dush Santush. Angola is one of the largest oil producers in Africa. A visit to this country is the last point of the African trip of the Russian president. Earlier, Medvedev visited Egypt, Nigeria and Namibia.

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The program is maintained by Andrei Shari. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Moscow Maxim Yaroshevsky takes part. Andrei Shary: The former head of the Yukos Mikhail Khodorkovsky meets his 46th anniversary in prison. He is serving an eight -year term for imprisonment on charges of economic crimes. Now he is again judged, accusing him of theft of oil and laundering money. Khodorkovsky supporters believe that the processes against him are politically motivated.

(Oles Donia)

Michael Jackson Michael Jackson King died. A 50-year-old American singer died as a result of a heart attack, said the representative of the Los Angeles Hospital. The news of Jackson’s death, recorded on the night of June 26 (on the afternoon of June 25 by local time), appeared on the website TMZ.com and instantly flew around the media space. By this morning, the date of his death has already appeared on Wikipedia.