Valentina Uzunova In St. Petersburg , the court sentenced one of the leaders of the nationalist underground of Alexei Voevodin to the life imprisonment . According to the investigation, in 2003 the defendant, as well as another prominent ultra -right activist Dmitry Borovikov, who later killed during the detention, created an extremist group. In May, the jury found them guilty of a series of murders, including citizens of Senegal, Uzbekistan and the DPRK, as well as scientist Nikolai Girenko.

Ex-president of Tunisia Ben Ali In Tunisia on June 20, the court will begin in absentia against the former president of this country, Zina El Abidin Ben Ali, in January of this year as a result of the popular unrest of Arabia, who had fled to Saudi. As the Prime Minister of Tunisia Bedzhi Caid-Essabsi said, the Saudi Arabia authorities did not respond to the request for the issuance of Ben Ali.

The German concern Volkswagen, the largest car manufacturer in Europe, signed an agreement on the assembly of Volkswagen and Skoda car assembly at its factory in Nizhny Novgorod since mid -2012. According to plans, these will be three models, production capacity can be 110 thousand cars per year.

Oleg Orlov (right) with his lawyer Henry Reznik in the courtroom Vladimir Kara-Murza: The justice of the Section No. 363 of the Khamovnichesky district of Moscow Karina Morozova made a decision on the lawsuit of the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov to the head of the Human Rights Society "Memorial" Oleg Orlov. The court recognized the head of the "memorial" by Oleg Orlov innocent in the slander of the Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov.

Football. European Championship among youth teams. Denmark Group a Denmark - Belarusia 2: 1 Switzerland - Iceland 2: 0 After the 2nd round: Switzerland 6 points Denmark 3 Belarus 3 Iceland 0

I will continue the theme of last week - about Buddhist architectural -correctional structures - stupas. All Buddhist peoples have the custom to build stupas. But in different countries, stupas differ in shape. According to the canon of the stupa, it has a three -part structure: a step base, a massive main volume, the top in the form of a multi -tiered umbrella.

The former colonel of the Russian army, Yuri Budanov, was killed from a gas pistol converted for firing combat cartridges. This was reported to "Interfax" a source in law enforcement agencies. He also added that the owner of the car was installed, on which those who fired at Budanov disappeared. Investigators continue to study the notes from video surveillance cameras installed in the courtyard of the house, where the former colonel was killed.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev made personnel in the Ministry of the Interior. According to the Kremlin press service today, in particular, Major General Viktor Nilov, General of the Russian State traffic inspectorate, became his decree. Earlier, he was the deputy head of this department. The former head of the State traffic inspectorate Viktor Kiryanov was appointed deputy head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in January.

Tennis. WTA tournament. Istbourne. The first circle Vera Zvonareva (Russia) - cunning Watson (Great Britain) - 6: 3, 6: 3 Boyana Jovanovski (Serbia) - Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Russia) - 7: 6, 6: 4 Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) - Miryana Luchich (Croatia) - 6: 1, 3: 6, 6: 4 ATR. Istbourne. The first circle Kei Nishikori (Japan) - Evgeny Kirillov (Russia) - 7: 5, 6: 1 ATR. Hertogenbosh. The second circle Teimuraz Gabashvili (Russia) - Javier Marty (Spain) - 7: 6, 6: 3 WTA tournament. Hertogenbosh.

President of the Institute of Robert Kokha Rainhard Burger The incidence caused by infection with the bacterium E.coli fell sharply. According to the Institute of Robert Koch, the Federal Sanitary and Epidemiological body of Germany, 3,235 patients were registered on Tuesday in the country-this is only seven people more than the day before. The Minister of Health of Germany warned that despite a decrease in incidence, new fatal outcome are still possible.

Lithuanian "death car" Lithuania celebrates the 70th anniversary of the mass deportation of residents of the republic-in June 1941, thousands of people were exiled to Siberia and other remote regions of the USSR. Most of them died. The day of mourning and hopes is so called in Lithuania on June 14, recalling the tragic period of history, when in 1941 people who made up the color of the nation were exiled from the country: doctors, teachers, engineers, priests.

Christine Lagard, one of the candidates for the post of head of the IMF The International Monetary Fund (IMF) officially announced that two candidates claimed the post of its director, the French Minister Christine Lagard and the head of the Central Bank of Mexico Agustin Karstens. The IMF statement says that the leadership of the fund, which includes 24 people, will conduct interviews with both applicants. The new head of the IMF must be elected no later than June 30.

Mikhail Sokolov: In the Moscow Studio of Radio Liberty - Professor of the Academy of National Economy and Civil Service Ivan Starikov and an independent economic observer, author of Novaya Gazeta Nikolai Vardul. We will talk about the situation in agriculture in connection with the embargo for the import of vegetables from Europe and on other economic topics.

The Constitutional Court of Russia considers a complaint about the termination of the investigation in the case of an accident on Leninsky Prospekt in Moscow in February 2010. The victims of a car accident with the participation of the official “Mercedes” of the Vice President of Lukoil Anatoly Barkov became two people-the doctor Olga Alexandrina, who was driving the “Citroen”, and Vera Sidelnikova traveling with her. The culprit of the accident was recognized as the deceased Olga Alexandrina.

Cracking the vessel with illegal immigrants off the coast of Italy About two -thirds of illegal immigrants crossing the borders of the European Union in the first three months of this year arrived at the islands belonging to Italy in the Mediterranean Sea, mainly to the island of Lampeza. These are the data of the Frontex border agency. It is reported that the Italian authorities recorded the arrival of more than 22 thousand illegal immigrants - from a total of 33 thousand.