In the Kirovsky District Court of Kazan, a preliminary hearing in the case of the former press secretary of the President of Tatarstan Irek Murtazin is being held today, Radio Liberty correspondent Oleg Pavlov reports. Murtazin is accused of illegally collecting information about the private life of the President of Tatarstan, slander at Mintimer Shaimiev and inciting us on the grounds of social inequality.

The Moscow City Court upheld the verdict to the investigator Alexander Maz, who, being drunk at the wheel, shot down a woman to death. Thus, without a change, a complaint of the prosecutor's office was left against the verdict of the Nikulinsky court, which imposed a punishment in the form of two years in prison. The prosecutor's office appealed this decision, considering it too soft.

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In the north of Iraq in the city of Mosul, at least 5 people were killed as a result of attacks. According to the authorities, the goal of the attacks was police. A peaceful resident also died. Earlier, three people, including two policemen, were killed in an explosion of a mined car in the city of Ramadi in the west of Iraq.

The Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei again accused foreign states of interfering of the internal affairs of his country and inciting the crisis related to the results of the presidential election. Earlier on Monday, ex-president of Iran Mohammad Hatam called for a referendum on the legality of the current government. After the presidential election on June 12, the opposition systematically holds mass protests, claiming that the voting results have been tank.

The number of victims of a car accident in the Novosibirsk region increased to nine, 37 people were injured. The passenger bus, which was along the Tomsk - Yarovoye route, overturned it tonight on the Novosibirsk -Pavlodar highway. According to preliminary data from the traffic police, the driver fell asleep at the wheel. The bus included 47 passengers and two drivers. A criminal case has been opened. The driver gives evidence.

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The presidents who visited the Dmitry Medvedev Cup did not know what discussion caused security measures around the competition Security measures taken in Moscow on the day of races on the President of Russia were the topic for discussion among Russian and foreign bloggers. Last Saturday, Dmitry Medvedev visited the Moscow Hippodrome, where traditional jumps on the prize of the President of Russia were held.

The court in Peru sentenced the former president of this country Alberto Fuhimory to 7 and a half years in prison on charges of bribery. It was found that Fuhimori, being the president, ordered to pay from the budget $ 15 million to the head of his intelligence department. The ex-president does not consider his actions illegal. Previously, Fuhimory, who served as President Peru from 1990 to 2000, was sentenced to 25 years in prison on charges of violations of human rights.

The program is conducted by Evgenia Nazaret. The Radio Liberty correspondent Olga Vakhonicheva takes part. Evgenia Nazarets : The Department of Transport and Communications of Moscow recommended that the carrier companies stop attracting migrants to work by public transport drivers, mainly route taxis.

US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates on Monday announced a temporary increase in the number of the country's armed forces by 22 thousand people. It is assumed that the measure will be valid for three years. The number of US military personnel will be brought to 569 thousand. According to Gates, the temporary increase in the number of the army is associated with the protracted missions of American troops in Afghanistan and Iraq.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, on a visit to India, should today sign an important agreement that will reveal to Washington the opportunity to deliver modern weapons. This will happen at the official negotiations of the Secretary of State with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the Minister of Foreign Affairs Somanahal Krishna.

In the east of Afghanistan, 4 military personnel of the International Coalition forces were killed by the bombing of the bombed. The NATO statement is not reported about the citizenship of the dead, but the Associated Press Agency quotes the American representative that these were US military.

The visit of US Vice President Joe Bayden to Ukraine began with a meeting with American diplomats working in Kyiv. According to Radio Liberty from Kyiv, official Ukrainian-American negotiations will be held on Tuesday. On the same day, Viktor Yushchenko and Joe Biden put flowers to the memorial to the memory of the victims of the Holodomor.

The United States celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first flight of a person to the moon. On July 20, 1969, the American astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first person to step on the surface of the moon. On Monday, the crew members of the Apollo-11 spacecraft, who took a flight to the Earth’s satellite 40 years ago, will accept US President Barack Obama in the White House.