Vladimir Kara-Murza: the strategy of the state anti-drug policy of the Russian Federation until 2020 was approved by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. He himself stated this at the Afghan drug production - challenge to the world community that opened in Moscow. To overcome the world evil, according to its participants, can only be by common efforts. Dmitry Medvedev stated that Afghanistan is the main supplier of opiates today. "This threat has long crossed all possible boundaries.

In Moscow, the opposition detained during a rally on the Triumphal Square on December 31, 2009 declared a dry hunger strike. Sergei Makhnatkin is accused of applying violence against a police officer. Today the court session will be held, at which, as expected, the sentence will be announced. In case of guilt, he faces up to five years in prison.

In Washington, US President Barack Obama will conduct negotiations with the head of the Palestinian autonomy Mahmoud Abbas today. It is expected that politicians will discuss the incident off the coast of the gas sector. On May 31, in a clash with Israeli military on board one of the ships trying to break through the blockade of Gaza, 9 missing activists were killed.

Irina Lagunina: The region is worried about the Rostov region these days - for the first time in 19 years - a change of power. 19 years old Rostov-on-Don was ruled by Vladimir Chub. He was replaced by Vladimir Golubev. In what qualitative condition did the former governor leave the economy of the region, its society, the structure of power?

In the Orakzai area in the north-west of Pakistan, a major clash of government forces with militants occurred. According to the Pakistani command, reflecting the attack on the army checkpoint, 6 troops were killed. Losses of militants are estimated at 30 people. The Orakzai district was recently proclaimed by the command "cleansed" from extremists.

In the South of Afghanistan province, four NATO troops were killed during the helicopter crash. It is reported that the helicopter was shot down by fire from the ground. Over the past week, more than 20 NATO soldiers died in Afghanistan. US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, speaking in London, said that the forces of the international coalition must achieve decisive success in Afghanistan by the end of this year.

Rostekhnadzor extended for an indefinite period an investigation of the causes of the accident at the Razdadskaya mine. As reported on Wednesday in the South Siberian Directorate of Rostekhnadzor, this was done before the completion of water pumping work in order to ensure safety in underground workings of the mine for members of the commission and experts participating in the investigation.

In Pakistan, at the attack of militants on cars with cargo for NATO forces in Afghanistan, at least 7 people were killed. About 10 people attacked a cargo terminal and set fire to dozens of cars. Most of the dead are truck drivers. The attackers managed to hide. Observers note that for the first time such an attack was committed in the vicinity of the capital of the country - Islamabad.

On Wednesday, at the request of the prosecutor, the court chose a preventive measure in the form of a detention in the form of suspects, Radio Liberty correspondent Alexander Valiev reports. On the evening of June 2, the investigating authorities became aware that in the correctional colony 2, located in the territory of the metallurgical district of Chelyabinsk, a corpse of a 40-year-old convicted person was found.

A criminal case has been opened in Dagestan in connection with the murder of a policeman in the city of Khasavyurt. According to the Office of the Investigative Committee on Dagestan, on Wednesday evening, unknown people fired at the car of the operative officer of the police department Lychi Matsikov. The policeman died from the wounds. The search for the attackers will be.

Irina Lagunina: Last week, a conference on the future of the Western Balkans was held in the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo. She was called the Balkan summit - the European Union, although in fact the level of representation was by no means high -altitude. The summit was attended by 48 delegations from the EU countries and the region, representatives of international organizations, the Council of Europe, NATO, the USA, Russia and Turkey.