Sergey Magnitsky Irina Lagunina: On Monday, the 15th conference was opened in Prague in the framework of “Forum 2000”, the annual meeting of intellectuals, which was started at the end of the last century by the president of the Czech Republic Vaclav Gavel. The theme of this year is legality and democracy. In connection with this problem, the head of the Hermitage investment fund William Brauder participated in the discussion about Russia.

The Malta parliament on Monday evening ratified the bill on an increase in the European Fund for Financial Stabilization (EFS). Voting was postponed for a week-due to the opposition initiated by the clarification of legal nuances of the process. Thus, from 17 countries of the eurozone, only Slovakia has not yet ratified the agreement. Parties included in the ruling coalition cannot agree on this issue.

Fencing. World Cup. Skiing, Italy Women (rapier). The final of individual competitions 1. Valentina Vetsali (Italy) 2. Eliza di Franchisk (Italy) 3. Hun Hi to us (South Korea) and Lee Kififer (USA) Men (saber). The final of individual competitions 1. Aldo Montano (Italy) 2. Niclas Lumbach (Germany) 3. Luigi Tarantino (Italy) and Bon Gil Gu (South Korea)

In the center of Irkutsk, the residents of the village of Melnichnaya Pad began a series of pickets against deforestation near their village, for open access to the bay, and the purity of the Irkutsk water intake, the Radio Liberty correspondent Ekaterina Vertinskaya reports. The slogans of the action "officials, do not spit into a well.

The once -famous television journalist Alexander Zverekov works today as a conductor in the city trolleybus in Rybinsk. And from the objectionable to the authorities of the Alfa television studio there were only memories (see video). Meanwhile, in Moscow, the database "Russia: Conflicts in the media" is presented.

Ratko Mladich in the Hague Tribunal Ratko Mladich, a former military leader of the Bosnian Serbs, accused of genocide and other crimes, was hospitalized in the Hague, where he is in custody. Belgrade Lawyer Mladic previously stated that the former general was diagnosed with pneumonia. The International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague confirmed the fact of the hospitalization of Mladic, but refused to inform him of what he was sick.

In Cairo they bury chryan who died in clashes on Sunday In Egypt, the Minister of Finance Hazem El Bublvi resigned in protest against the death of 17 demonstrators-koptes in clashes with Muslims and the military on Sunday. On Tuesday evening, about 20 thousand people gathered in the capital of Egypt Cairo in memory of the dead, who shouted slogans against military authorities. In total, 26 people became victims of Sunday clashes in Cairo.

Vladimir Kara-Murza: The Pechersk Court of Kiev sentenced ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to seven years in prison, finding her guilty of abuse of authority when concluding gas contracts with Russia in 2009. For three years, she will be forbidden to occupy government posts. The court also ordered Tymoshenko to pay Naftogaz compensation in the amount of $ 187 million.

Hockey. NHL. Regular championship "New Jersey"-"Carolina" 4: 2. Ilya Kovalchuk ("New Jersey") goal and 2 programs "Boston" - "Colorado" 0: 1 "New York Ilelanders"-"Minnesota" 2: 1 "St. Louis"-"Kalgary" 5: 2 "Dallas" - "Phoers" 2: 1 (in a series of shootouts) "Washington"-"Tampa Bay" 6: 5 (in a series of shootouts) "Columbus" - "Vancouver" 2: 3

The European Union and human rights activists from Amnesty International called the accusatory sentence to the ex-Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko "politically motivated." Moscow saw the "anti -Russian subtext" in it. The European Commission believes that Tymoshenko’s sentence can adversely affect the relations of the EU with Ukraine.

Radio Liberty continues the multimedia project "Find its butterfly". The purpose of the project is to help children suffering from a serious illness of bullous epidermolysis, the so -called "butterflies". We collected fairy tales about butterflies that actors of Russian theaters and cinema in our studios read in our studios. In addition to them, professional scriptwriters also decided to help children. The fairy tale "Good deed" was written by the filmmaker from St. Petersburg Ilya Tilkin.

The oil spill from the damaged tanker off the coast of New Zealand has become the worst disaster of this kind in the history of the country, ”Nick Smith said New Zealand Minister of Environmental Protection. According to him, up to 350 tons of oil flowed from the ship that cried on the reef in the last Wednesday. Due to the poor weather in pumping the fuel from the surface of the sea, it was necessary to suspend. 300 troops were sent to the beaches of the New Zealand Northern Island.

The European Union expressed a “deep regret” in connection with the accusatory sentence issued by the former Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko. The Supreme EU representative for foreign policy Katherine Ashton called on the Ukrainian authorities to ensure a fair consideration of Tymoshenko’s appeal - if it is submitted. The European Commission called the sentence politically motivated and stated that it could affect the development of relations between Ukraine and the EU.

In Kabardino-Balkaria, a police major was wounded on Tuesday evening. In the evening on Tuesday, he, along with the district police officer, checked information about the theft of a car in the village of Blagoveshchenka. Police officers saw suspicious persons and asked them to present documents. In response, unknown people opened fire, after which they disappeared. The search for criminals and the car on which they left is being conducted.