Mikhail Sokolov: Today, my interlocutor is the professor of Francishek Janouh, the famous Czech political and public figure, physicist and writer, who created the Hartia -77 Foundation in Emigration in Sweden in 70.

After the publication of an interview with Marina Salier , who compromises Vladimir Putin, the current Prime Minister of Russia, Radio Liberty has repeatedly tried to receive a comment by the Presidential Administration (AP). The fact is that the investigation in this case in the early 90s was conducted by the AP control department, now it is just AP. It was there that Radio Freedom recommended that the former head of the department Yuri Boldyrev recommended.

Demonstration with the demand for the resignation of Bashar al -Assad in Damascus. July 1, 2011 In the Syrian city of Ham, the military arrested 250 people on Monday. This was announced by Reuters by the President of the Syrian human rights organization Ramid Abelrachman. According to eyewitnesses, about 30 buses with soldiers arrived in Hama on Monday morning. They burst into the houses, arranged searches, lingered people and opened fire several times.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev today will meet in Sochi with the participants in the meeting of the Russia -NATO Council and will hold negotiations with the NATO Secretary General Anders Fogg Rasmussen. This was reported by the newspaper "Kommersant". According to her, the meeting will consider the problems related to negotiations on the creation of a joint missile defense system (pro) in Europe.

Castro and Chavez Former Kubinsky leader Fidel Castro expressed confidence that Venezuela President Hugo Chavez will be able to defeat a serious cancer. Castro wrote about this in his next notes published on the website of the Cuba Government. The Venezuelan president has been in Cuba for several weeks, where the course of treatment is underway. Recently, rumors and doubts about the prospects of its possible return to the leadership of the state have spread.

The authorities of Great Britain confirmed the fact of the disappearance of the British soldier in the south of Afghanistan, in the province of Hilmain. The details are not reported. Earlier, the NATO command reported that an intensive search for the missing person was underway. The disappearance of the soldier was discovered this morning.

In Pakistan, near the Afghan border, a new military operation began against militants - this time in the Kurram Valley. According to the military, the main task is to eliminate the shelters of the militants of the operating group "Technric-E-Taliban Pakistan". The growth of a wave of violence in the Kurram Valley forced thousands of local families to leave their homes.

Alexander Genis: At the end of this “American hour '', which is largely dedicated to the Independence Day celebrating today, I want to share my memories of the first July 4, which I was lucky to spend in deaf rural America. The parade in the Vermont city of Warren was the direct opposite of that sovereign bacchanalia, the memory of which I was still quite fresh.

Sergey Magnitsky Russian human rights activists support the decision of the Netherlands parliament - to impose sanctions against officials involved in the case of Sergey Magnitsky. The Parliament of the Netherlands unanimously voted for the resolution, which provides for the ban on the entry and freeze of assets in the country of Russian civil servants involved in the Moscow pre -trial detention center of the Hermitage Capital Foundation Sergei Magnitsky.

Francishek Janouh Mikhail Sokolov: Today, my interlocutor is the professor of Francishek Janouh, the famous Czech political and public figure, physicist and writer, who created the Hartia -77 Foundation in Emigration in Sweden in 70.

Yinglak Chinavat In Thailand, the opposition forces won in the election of the majority of places in parliament - 265 out of 500. The election commission announced this today. In all likelihood, the new Prime Minister will be Yinglak Chinavat, the sister of the former Prime Minister of Taxin Chinavat, overthrown in 2006 as a result of a military coup and in exile. The Democratic Party of the outgoing Prime Minister Abkhisita, who had already recognized the defeat, won 159 parliamentary places.

The official website of the Russian Football Union announced the creation of the second team of Russia. It will fall into the composition of players who, by age, have grown up the youth team, but so far do not go to the national team. This team will be headed by the former head coach of the Lokomotiv football club (Moscow) Yuri Krasnozhan. The list of possible rivals and the dates of matches on the RFU website are not indicated.