Goert Wilders The court in Amsterdam today must make a verdict in the case of the Dutch politician Geerte Wilders, accused of inciting hatred of Muslims. In his film "Fitan" and in a number of interviews Wilders, the leader of the populist party of freedom, compared Islam with fascism, and the Qur'an with Hitler's book Mein Kampf. Wilders is expected to be justified, since both the defense and the accusation came to the conclusion about the legitimacy of just such a decision.

Barack Obama about the reasons that prompted him to begin the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan. Why in Serbia they are unhappy that the Russian Foreign Ministry ranked their country to the risk zone. Young sociologists about the legacy of Yuri Levada. Family economics, or how to use the economy in marriage.

The United States imposed sanctions against the largest Iranian airline Iran Air and the company managing seven ports in Iran. According to the US Department of Finance, American citizens and organizations are prohibited from entering into business relations with these companies. In addition, their assets in the United States will be frozen. It is claimed that these companies take part in the Tehran program to develop weapons of mass destruction.

In the Astrakhan region on Thursday, the MiG-29 fighter crashed. Two pilots died, the Russian Ministry of Defense said. According to agencies, the aircraft passed tests at the Chkalov State Flight and test center. It crashed 43 kilometers from the city of Akhtubinsk. To investigate the reasons for the MiG-29 plane crash, a special commission was created. Flights of similar fighters in Russia are temporarily suspended.

The reduction in the number of American troops in Afghanistan, the beginning of which was announced the day before by US President Barack Obama, will be faster than originally planned. As the head of the United Committee of the Street of Staff of the Armed Forces of the United States, Admiral Mike Mallen, said at a hearing in Congress, he himself offered the president a more cautious plan for the withdrawal of troops.

Promotion "Revolution through a social network" in Minsk, June 22, 2011 Vladimir Kara-Murza: Minsk courts continue to consider the cases of detainees on the eve of the participants in an unauthorized action in the Belarusian capital. More than 20 people have already been convicted. The hearings are in four courts, the Vesna human rights center reports. All convicts were found guilty of petty hooliganism and sentenced to fines up to $ 210.

In Brussels in the evening on Thursday, a two -day summit of the European Union opened. The main issue of the agenda is the financial crisis in Greece.

In Irkutsk, students and teachers of the East Siberian State Academy of Education protest, Radio Liberty correspondent Ekaterina Vertinskaya reports. About a hundred people went to the city center with posters: “Stability in universities - stability in the region!”, “The rector is our choice!”, “The reprisal with the oldest university in Siberia!”, “You will follow our university!”, “There are no teaching gardens, no schools, no Skolkovo!”.

France President Nicolas Sarkozi France President Nicolas Sarkozy announced the phased withdrawal of French troops from Afghanistan. It is reported that the reduction of the French four -thousandth military contingent in Afghanistan will take place according to the same scheme according to which US troops will be withdrawn from this country. President Barack Obama President Barack Obama said about the plan of the withdrawal of American troops.

At the site of the Tu-134 fall near Petrozavodsk The cause of the plane crash near Petrozavodsk was most likely a crew error. This was stated by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. However, colleagues of the dead pilots are least inclined to blame the crew. In their opinion, the cause of the accident was the inappropriate state of the airfield. The Radio Liberty correspondent managed to contact representatives of the Karelian air detachment.

Prokurdian politician Hatip DJle In Turkey, deputies from the Party of World and Democracy, expressing the interests of the Turkish Kurds, intend to boycott the country's parliament after the Prourdish politician Hatip Didzhle was deprived of the deputy mandate. Yesterday, the Supreme Electoral Council of Turkey decided to deprive DJs of deputy powers due to the fact that he was convicted of charges of terror actions.

The Committee of the Banking Supervision of the European Union announced the inclusion of almost 90 leading European banks in the requirements for the currently stress tests, which are generally 2/3 of the EU, assessments of their stability in the event of a sharp exacerbation of the long-term crisis in some European countries-primarily Greece. The debt crisis in Europe has been going on for a year and a half, but such risks have not yet taken into account the stress tests of banks.

The number of victims of three explosions that occurred on Thursday in the market in the southern district of Baghdad is growing. According to the latest official figures, 23 people were killed, more than a hundred were injured. According to some reports, the number of victims can be large - up to 35. Explosions occurred almost simultaneously when there were many people on the market.