Vladimir Bukovsky On June 19, it became known about the death of the widow of Academician Andrei Sakharov Elena Bonner . She died on June 18 in Boston. Elena Georgievna Bonner was 88 years old. According to the will of Elena Georgivna, the urn with her ashes will be buried at the Vostryakovsky cemetery in Moscow next to the graves of her husband, mother and father.

Volleyball. World League. Men. Group tournament. Surgut, Russia Russia - Japan 3: 0 The Russian team prematurely secured a place in the final tournament of the world league

Joe Biden, Barack Obama and John Bayner in Congress US President Barack Obama and his political opponent - the speaker of the House of Representatives, Republican John Bayner - won a golf party on Saturday by Vice President Joe Biden and Governor of the state of Ohio Joe Kaisik. The party was held at the Andrews air base in Maryland. As a prize for the victory of Obama and Beiner received two dollars each.

The Taliban took responsibility for the explosion in the north of Afghanistan today, as a result of which three civilians died. It is reported by Associated Press with reference to the representative of the Taliban Zabiulla Mujahid. Another 11 people were injured. The goal of the explosion was a motorcade with German military. The explosion was made by a suicide bomber, who, being in a car, led an explosive device on the outskirts of the city of Kunduz.

Basketball. Women. European Championship. Poland Group a Lithuania - Russia 76:64 Slovakia - Türkiye 60:76 Group c Israel - Belarusian 41:68 Great Britain - Czech Republic 45:60 Group s Montenegro - Spain 66:57 Germany - Poland 60:75 Group D Croatia - Greece 65:63 Latvia - France 59:56 (in overtime)

Oleg Kashin during treatment in the hospital after an attack on him The Khamovnican Court of Moscow today will consider the lawsuit of the head of the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs Vasily Yakemenko to the journalist of the publication "Kommersant" Oleg Kashin. In November last year, Kashin was brutally beaten by unknown. Later in his blog, and then in the publication in the newspaper New Izvestia, he did not rule out Yakemenko's involvement in an attack on him.

In the north of Afghanistan today, as a result of the explosion, the purpose of which was the car in which the German military were located, two civilians who were nearby died. Four more - wounded. The explosion was carried out by a suicide bomber near the city of Kunduz. This was reported by DPA with reference to the local authorities. Yesterday, eight NATO troops died in Afghanistan.

DS:- Hesus Dionicio Waldes, the stage name Chucho Valdes, the Cuban pianist Laureate of the five Grammy awards, including this year’s prize for the best Si-di Latin jazz, was subjected to the Downbeat magazine to the blind test during last year's festival in Barcelona. The June issue of the magazine traditionally prints this, invented by Leonard Fezer, Blindfold Test. But before you hear Valdes himself, let me introduce yourself: The microphone in Paris Dmitry Savitsky.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu On Sunday, Jerusalem was a meeting of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with a special messenger of the Middle Eastern Quartet, intermediaries Tony Blair and the supreme representative of the European Union on foreign policy Katherine Ashton.

Freedom in a literary cafe in Tbilisi on Bambis Rigi. The myth of Tbilisi: a genius of place. What is the Tbilisi spirit? Tbilisi as a multinational and mono -ethnic city. Architecture: classic and pop. What did the Shiite mosque add to Georgian architecture? Tbilisi city performance and scenery: painting or performance? Methekhs, Sololaki, Avlabar. The Presidential Palace and the glass bridge. Would Mikhail Saakashvili become the chief architect of Georgia?

Russia - Key Word Logo 25dec2007 White Recently, the Internet portal "Grado.ru" announced a competition for the best video dedicated to phraseological units, in other words-idiomatic expressions. And the question is the chief editor of "Diplos" to Vladimir Pakhomov : - There are a lot of idiomatic expressions in the Russian language. There are even special dictionaries. How did you choose words for a competitive list? He is not so long.

Amy Winehaus The British singer, the winner of the prestigious Grammy Award Amy Winehouse canceled part of her tour of Europe - after the scandalous failure of her concert in Belgrade. According to media reports, the Saturday performance of Winhaus in the capital of Serbia began late, the singer behaved inadequately, staggered and left the stage several times. The audience booed the performer.

The ashes of a human rights activist and public figure, the widow of academician Andrei Sakharov, Elena Bonner, will be buried at the Vostryakovsky cemetery in Moscow. Her husband, mother and father are also buried there. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the daughter of Bonner Tatyana Yankelevich. Farewell to the deceased will take place in the United States. Elena Bonnar died on Saturday after a serious illness in Boston. She was 88 years old.