In Switzerland, banking assets of a number of members of the leadership of Syria are blocked - in the amount of about 32 million dollars. This information was confirmed by the Swiss State Department for Economic Affairs. In May, Switzerland imposed financial sanctions against Syria President Bashar al-Assad and another 22 high-ranking Syrian officials. Earlier, the Swiss authorities took similar measures against the regime of the Libyan leader of Muamar Gaddafi and President Egypt Hosni Mubarak.

Veronika Bode: Today our topic is the idea of wealth and poverty in Russia. What is wealth and poverty, from the point of view of the majority? What is the attitude in society to rich people? How does a Russian differ in this sense from an American? How can one characterize the material status of most Russian citizens? Natalya Bondarenko, an employee of the revenue and consumption of the analytical center Yuri Levada, Natalya is near me in the Radio Liberty studio, participate in the program.

The authorities of Afghanistan detained eight people as part of an investigation in the case of the scandal around Kabulbank. Among the detainees, three citizens of India, who were released in a few hours. According to Rakhmatulla Nazari, Deputy Prosecutor General of Afghanistan, the detainees are suspected of involvement in the collapse of the largest private Kabulbank in the country. The other day, the former chairman and executive director of the bank were arrested on a waste charges.

In Surgut Today is the day of mourning for the dead during the explosion of gas on the GRES-1. In total, five people became victims of the tragedy. According to the latest data, 8 people remain in the burn department of the hospital, one of whom is in extremely serious condition, Interfax reports. The explosion and fire occurred on June 28 at the gas distribution station of the State Enterprise, where there was repairs. The reasons are clarified, a criminal case has been instituted.

In the north of Afghanistan, 17 children were injured when the militant threw a grenade to the gates of the school. According to the Ministry of the Interior, all victims are hospitalized, two of them in serious condition. The attack occurred in the city of Maiman - the capital of the Faryab province. The militant is arrested. Earlier on Sunday, three policemen were injured in Kabul during an explosion of a home -made bomb near the parliament building.

In Novosibirsk, the A-300 Airbus made an emergency landing after colliding with the bird. None of the 152 passengers and eight crew members were injured. The aircraft followed the route of Vladivostok-Novosibirsk-Krasnodar. Two minutes after taking off from the Novosibirsk airfield, Tolmachevo, the Airbus collided with the kite, as a result of which the vibration of the left engine began, and the captain of the aircraft decided to return.

Julia Gillard also stands for changes in the Australian army The Australian army may be the first in the world to establish complete equality between women and men. According to the Associated Press, in the coming weeks the Australian government will consider proposals to eliminate all restrictions on women who want to serve in the army for the next year. It is not only about administrative and auxiliary units, but also about combat units.

On July 3, employees of the State Road Safety Inspectorate (traffic police) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia celebrate their professional holiday . Officially, the date of education of the State Automobile Inspectorate is considered July 3, 1936. On this day, the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR with a special resolution approved the Regulation on the State Automobile Inspectorate of the Main Directorate of the Workers' and Peasants Police of the NKVD of the USSR.

In Belarus on Sunday, July 3rd celebrated Independence Day. Activists of the Internet community have appointed another protest of a silent protest for this day in Minsk. The silent protest lies in the fact that its participants do not chant slogans and calls, but simply gather together and from time to time applauding, thus expressing their disagreement with the policy of the country's leadership.

Representatives of four international intermediaries in resolving in the Middle East - the EU, Russia, the UN and the USA - will meet on July 11 in Washington. This was reported by a small group of journalists - on the terms of anonymity - an official representative of the American administration.

DS:- Some of you are habitually waiting that it is on July 4, on the Independence Day of the United States, Satchmo, pops, he will sound at our frequencies. Will sound! But only in the form of an advance, since since his metric was found, jazzfans and ordinary mortals know that he was born not on the Independence Day of 1900, but on August 4, 1901. Satchmo added a year and one month, for it is still beautiful - to be born on Independence Day at the dawn of the twentieth century.

Former Prime Minister Thailand Taxin Chinavat According to exit charts, the opposition party “for Thailand”, which is headed by Yinglak Chinavat, is won in the general elections in Thailand, the sister of the former prime minister of Taxin Chinavat, overthrown as a result of a military coup in 2006. The election commission, as expected, is today the official results of the elections will be published.

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Half a century ago, on July 2, 1961, a writer committed suicide, whom a whole generation of Soviet people considered the main, or rather, a beloved American. In his books, domestic readers found ideals that formed the worldview of the whole generation and the style of the sixties. However, they were not interested in the content of dialogs, but their form, not the essence of conflicts, but an author’s attitude to them.

70% of Russians, according to the analytical center of Yuri Levada, are sure that it is impossible to make a lot of money honestly with honest difficulty. 60% of respondents are sure that income inequality is permissible only if the gap between the rich and the poor is not too large. And another 23% argue that all inequality of income is harmful and we must strive to ensure that it is not at all. Apparently, Soviet ideas about social justice affects here.