The monument to Joseph Brodsky stood opposite the American embassy. In the USA, the poet lived for almost a quarter century In Moscow on Novinsky Boulevard, opposite the American Embassy, on May 31 a monument was opened by the Nobel Prize in Literature, poet Joseph Brodsky. Its authors are sculptor Georgy Frangulian and architect Sergei Skuratov. The sculptor Frangulian worked on the monument for seven years and made it at his own expense.

In Chechnya, in the house of his parents, Rustam Makhmudov was detained, whom the investigation considers the murder of Anna Politkovskaya . This information was reported to reporters by the lawyer of his brother Jabrail, Murad Musaev. The colleagues of the journalist believe that with the detention of the main suspect there was a chance to establish truth. The accused of the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya Rustam Makhmudov was taken from Chechnya to Moscow on May 31 in the evening.

The Libyan government announced the deaths of 718 civilians in the country of NATO air strikes in the country. The official representative of the government of Muamar Gaddafi - Moussa Ibrahim also said that more than four thousand Libyan citizens are considered the victims as a result of bombing. Referring to the data of the Ministry of Health, the official emphasized that the numbers he cited does not include losses among the military personnel of the Libyan army.

In Moscow, on Tuesday, about 70 participants in the unauthorized action in defense of the 31st article of the Constitution on freedom of assembly, were detained on Triomphal Square on the Triumphal Square. The law enforcement agencies of the city reported 26 by the police branches.

In Chechnya, three military personnel of the internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs suffered during an explosion during an intelligence operation. According to the law enforcement agencies of the republic today, this happened on Monday evening in the forest, not far from the village of Halzhi, in the Urus-Martan district. All wounded are hospitalized.

A recent study of the Levada Center showed that 41% of Russians relate to the practice of lifting entrance exams in universities and entering the basis of unified state examinations, and 36% are positive, and over time the number of opponents of the exam is increasing.

In Afghanistan, two Australian troops died yesterday. According to the Ministry of Defense of Australia, one of them was shot dead by the Afghan soldier during the patrol in the province of Uruzgan, the other died when the helicopter crash. The number of Australian military personnel who died in Afghanistan since 2001 reached 26. In this country, approximately 1550 military personnel from Australia serve as part of the forces of the international coalition.

Ex-president of Egypt The State Prosecutor of Egypt said that the state of health of the ex-president of the country Hosni Mubarak does not allow him to transfer him to prison from the hospital in Sharm Abshekh. According to the prosecutor, Mubarak periodically loses consciousness due to problems with blood circulation and low pressure. The statement emphasizes that the ex-president is now extremely weak and depressed.

Although the corruption scandal in the ranks of FIFA is more connected with the victory of Qatar in the competition for the right to hold the World Cup-2022, ordinary British are more annoyed by Russia's victory in the 2018 World Cup contest The scandal in FIFA - on the eve of the presidential election, has become a political topic. After all, we are talking not only about the huge money that modern sport is associated, in particular, football and the holding of world championships.

At the Japanese nuclear power plant Fukushima-Dayichi, which was seriously injured as a result of the earthquake and tsunami on March 11, an explosion occurred. According to the operator of the nuclear power plant, the TEPCO company, a gas tank exploded near the fourth reactor. There are no victims, new radiation emissions are not recorded. On Tuesday, an oil leak in the ocean was also discovered at the nuclear power plant. It is reported that it was able to eliminate it.

Yuri Ryzhov Mikhail Sokolov: Today, in the Moscow Studio of Radio Liberty - Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Yuri Ryzhov, one of the authors of the application with a request to remove the anti -constitutional ban on registering new political parties, and human rights activist, physicist, one of the participants in the demonstration of Red Square in 1968 Pavel Litvinov. We are talking about letters to the leaders whether they are able to change the situation in Russia.

AZS fiercely fight for a place under the sun The Russian government extended the action of increased-in fact, prohibitive-duties for export of gasoline, introduced since the beginning of May due to the occurrence of a shortage of petroleum products in some regions . It is reported that its rate will be almost $ 416 per ton against more than $ 408 in May.

Oleg Mironov The Doctor of Law and the former State Duma deputy Oleg Mironov held the position of authorized human rights in 2003, when Mikhail Khodorkovsky was arrested. He believes that the process over the head of the Yukos was political and welcomes the decision of the European Court of Human Rights. - Mikhail Khodorkovsky was arrested and filed his first complaint to the European Court at a time when you held the post of Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation.