Russian striker Evgeny Malkin The Russian national hockey team became the world champion, having beaten the national team of Slovakia with a score of 6: 2. The Czech Republic won bronze medals of the championship earlier on Sunday. The previous time Russia won the world hockey championship three years ago.

The quarters of East Jerusalem In Israel today celebrates the Day of Jerusalem - in honor of the capture of the eastern part of the city during the six -day war of 1967. The government of the country gathered for a solemn meeting. During the day, commemorative events, ceremonies and processions are held in Jerusalem. The city introduced enhanced security measures. Israel calls Jerusalem its “unified” capital, and the events of 1967 - “reunion”.

In Sudan, four foreigners detained last month near the border with South Sudan were released today. The former president of the South African Republic of Tabi MBEKI, who acted as an intermediary in negotiations on the liberation of foreigners, thanked Hartum for his decision. British, Norway, citizens of South Africa and South Sudan have been released.

According to the estimates of the employees of the Levada Center, the readiness for social protests in Russia has recently been slightly reduced, but the assessments of the probability of both social and political protests, on the contrary, grew. Now 29% of citizens say that social protests are possible in the country. Sociologists note: if the Moscow opposition is concerned today mainly by political problems, then social problems are much more important for the Russian outback.

Players of the Russian national team idle victory in the final of the World Cup. Helsinki, May 20, 2012 The Russian team won the World Hockey Championship. In the final of the tournament in Helsinki, Russian hockey players defeated rivals from Slovakia - 6: 2. The third place was taken by the Czech Republic, who won Finland with a score of 3: 2.

Boris Tadich (left) and Tomislav Nikolich during television tanks on May 16 The second round of the presidential election is held in Serbia today. Two weeks ago, none of the candidates overcame the barrier of 50 percent of the vote, and Boris Tadich, who held the post of President of Serbia, and the leader of the Serbian progressive party, Tomislav Nikolich, went on the second round.

In Orel today, a protest was held related to the installation of the monument to the Hero of the Patriotic War of 1812 to General Ermolov on the same area. The regional administration decided to establish it without the consent of the city authorities. In response to this, local residents went on a protest walk, Radio Liberty correspondent Vadim Medovshchikov reports.

In Chicago, the NATO summit is held, the main topic of which this time is related to the withdrawal of international troops from Afghanistan. The purpose of the participants in the discussion is to develop a single position on issues related to the completion of the transfer of responsibility for security in Afghanistan from foreign military to local government forces.

Cycling. Multi -day race "Jiro d'Italia" 15th stage. Boosto-Arsitzio-Pian Deinelli 1. Matteo Worker (Italy) 2. Khoakim Rodriguez (Spain) 3. Alberto Losada (Spain) In the overall standings leads Joachki Rodriguez (Spain)

Destroyed building of the factory on the names of ceramic products In the Italian region of Emilia Romania this afternoon, after a night earthquake, there were repeated tremors of a magnitude of about 5. At about an hour of the day, tremors were felt by residents of settlements near the city of Ferrara. As a result, several more buildings were destroyed, established, but damaged by the night earthquake. The magnitude of the main earthquake was about 6.

May 18-19-a large eight summit: a global financial crisis, the fate of Euro, Arabic spring, climate change, assistance to Africa. May 20-21-NATO summit: the fate of the operation in Afghanistan, the European missile system, relations with partners. What will world leaders talk about in the absence of the Russian president. Radio Freedom of Radio.

Activist camp on Arbat In Moscow, activists who continue the shares in the framework of the “Fair Elections” campaign left the Arbat and moved their camp to the barricade metro. This was reported on Twitter by the participants in the action. The State Duma deputy from the Fair Russia party Dmitry Gudkov writes that Barricandna has already gathered a lot of people. The coordinator of the White Auto -Zak movement Vadim Dergachev notes that everything is calm in a new place so far.

Polling station in one of the villages 50 kilometers from Belgrade In Serbia, during the second round of the presidential election, an extremely low turnout is noted today. By 5 hours of local time, only 33 percent of voters voted - this is 11 percent lower than the turnout during the first round on May 6, when parliamentary elections were also held.

In Moscow today there will be a bike racket in support of the development of urban bicycle infrastructure. More than five thousand people plan to take part in the action. People will pass from the Luzhniki along the embankments of the Moscow River along the Kremlin and Red Square to the Bolshoi Ustinsky Bridge, and then come back. The event was organized by the project for the development of cycling in Russia Let's Bike It! and the public organization "Young Capital".

At the Summit "Big Eight" in the Camp David, USA. 18 May 2012 In the Camp David, the suburban residence of the American presidents near Washington, on May 19, the two-year-old Summit "Big Eight" ended. At the meeting, Russia was represented by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Unlike his predecessor, George Bush, who often invited foreign guests to Camp David, Barack Obama still did not meet with foreign leaders in the country's suburban residence of the American presidents.