-Experts believe that the killer of five members of the same family in Tula has mental abnormalities. As the head of the regional department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Andrei Mishagin said on Tuesday, the murder was probably committed on the night of July 25. The bodies of the victims - three children, their mothers and grandmother - were discovered on August 1 in the apartment of a residential building.

The workers of the two defense shops of the MOUSTERY Plant "Molot" in the Vyatka Polyany of the Kirov region announced the suspension of work. The reason is a delay of several months of paying salaries. As the correspondent of Radio Freedom Ekaterina Lushnikova reports, Now the debt of the plant to employees is approximately 30 million rubles. The delays began due to the lack of large defense orders from the state.

Vadim Zhuk Radio Liberty continues the discussion about why it is not customary to devote works of art in Russia to actual events. Director Alexander Mindadze , playwright Mikhail Ugarov , artist Mikhail Zlatkovsky , directors Yuri Mamin and Pavel Bardin , actor Evgeny Mironov , director Alexei German Jr. , musician Alexei Kortnev , have already taken part in it. Today, the poet and actor Vadim Zhuk argue about the relationship of art and history.

Mikhail Sokolov Do I need to urgently expand Moscow? And is it not better to engage in the arrangement of Russia? These and other issues on the direct video of Radio Liberty were discussed by the academician of architecture Yuri Bocharov, a member of the Public Chamber of Russia Professor Vyacheslav Glazychev and the architectural observer of Kommersant Grigory Revzin. Fragment of direct ether: Follow messages about the next direct video broadcasts on the Radio Liberty website.

In the Sverdlovsk region, two more suspects in the attack on residents of the village of Sagra were detained. According to the Investigative Committee of Russia, in the near future they will be charged and a preventive measure is chosen. In total, 19 people are held in the case, two of them are wanted. On July 1, as a result of a clash in Sagre, one person was killed between local residents and visitors from Yekaterinburg. Presumably, the cause of the conflict was personal hostility.

Ex-president of Egypt Hosni Mubarak In Cairo today, the trial in the case of ex-president of Egypt Hosni Mubarak should begin. He is accused of corruption and involvement in the death of hundreds of demonstrators in February this year. Then, as a result of mass protests, Mubarak was forced to resign. It is assumed that Mubarak will be delivered by helicopter to Cairo from the resort city of Sharm-Ash-Sheikh, where the 83-year-old ex-president is under treatment.

Are taxi services available in your city? The first All -Russian Congress of Taxists will be held in Moscow under the auspices of the All -Russian Popular Front (ONF) on August 3. The discussion on this subject will continue on the morning air of Radio Liberty on Wednesday, August 3 from 8 to 10 hours (Moscow time). You can take part in the conversation by calling 8-800-200-22-12 (a call from Russia is free). Pager 8-495-660-1046 SMS +7-903-743-2801

The President of Germany signed a law providing for a full refusal of the country from nuclear energy since 2023 and the closure of all nuclear power plants operating in the country over the next 11 years. In total, 17 nuclear reactors were installed in Germany at 12 nuclear power plants. In March of this year, immediately after the accident at the Japanese Fukushima NPP, 8 of them were suspended, including 7 of the oldest that it was decided no longer to use.

In Italy, the parliamentary commission on constitutional issues on Tuesday approved a bill prohibiting women to wear Paransge in public places. According to the bill, people who force women appear in public places in clothes covering their face will be subject to a fine of 30 thousand euros, and they may threaten a imprisonment for up to one year. The document will be submitted to the parliament.

In Komsomolsk-on-Amur, a homemade explosive device worked in kindergarten today, a girl was injured. According to the regional department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the girl raised a box tied with a gift tape from the floor, after which an explosion occurred. The child is hospitalized with the thermal burn of the eye. The investigation is conducted.

The story of the promotion of Valentina Matvienko in the speakers of the Federation Council looks shameful even against a general dull background of Russian election practice, because, apparently, a very petty fraud is used. Is it like a bright politician of the federal level - if the will of the state throws him from one work to another (which is also not quite legitimate according to democratic procedures) - is not able to honestly win the elections even in a modest municipality?

Vladimir Kara-Murza: In Syria, over the past three days in clashes of supporters with security forces, the number of dead civilians increased to 137 people. Especially fierce battles go in the city of Hama. The Syrian authorities reported the death of 8 police officers in the city. The UN Security Council will continue the discussion of the situation in Syria on the eve.

In Syria on Tuesday, government troops opened fire on protest shares held after evening prayer in several cities of the country. According to the opposition activists, three people were killed in the city of Hama. Italy, in protest against the repressions of the Syrian authorities regarding the opponents of the regime, withdrew its ambassador to Damascus and called on other European Union countries to do the same.

Tanks of the Syrian Army in the center of the city of Hama An emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, convened on Monday at the request of Germany, formally ended with nothing. But the tightening of attacks on the opposition, according to experts, may force the security council for actions.