Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the appointment of Major General Anatoly Yakunin by the head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Moscow. According to the Kremlin press service today, earlier Yakunin served as head of the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Novgorod region. The former head of the Moscow police Vladimir Kolokoltsev in May was appointed Minister of the Interior.

Aun San Su Ji speaks in front of refugees on the outskirts of Bangkok on May 30, 2012 The leader of the democratic opposition of Myanmar Aun San Su Ji , who is on a visit to Thailand, today visited the refugee camp, where thousands of former Burmans (mainly representatives of the Karen people), who were forced to leave their homeland in connection with hunger and a protracted civil war.

In the UK, celebrations began on the occasion of the so -called "diamond anniversary" - the 60th anniversary of the reign of Queen Elizabeth II. The celebration will last 4 days. For this, Verem throughout the country will be about 9,500 solemn events - military ceremonies, street processions, concerts. Today, the queen is visiting the famous Epsa derby. On Sunday, she will take part in the river parade - about a thousand ships will swim along the Thames.

What is family mediation and can it minimize the consequences of a divorce? When does the mediator become a real alternative to the court in the divorce proceedings? In the studio of the RS, the President of the Center for Mediation and Law Tsisan Shamlikashvili and a lawyer, a specialist in the field of family legislation Anna Lukirskaya.

Burkhan Galium The head of the UN Human Rights Department, Navi Pill, announced today about the impossibility of amnesty for senior officials of the Syrian government and President Bashar al -Assad in connection with the seriously committed crimes. According to Pilla, the argument that the amnesty will make their voluntary rejection of power more likely does not work within the framework of international law.

Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed his position in relation to the ex-Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko, convicted on charges of exceeding official powers when signing gas contracts with Russia in 2009. Speaking at a press conference after negotiations with France President Francois Holland in Paris, the Russian leader said that the contracts signed by Russia and Kiev did not contradict the laws of Ukraine.

In the north of Moscow, a suspect in the attack on girls has been detained today. According to the official representative of the Investigative Committee of Russia Vladimir Markin, this is a 33-year-old Muscovite, a military man in the past. He is charged with a sexual crimes against minors. Five girls aged 9 to 13 years were injured from the actions of the pedophile. The investigation of the criminal case continues.

Hosni Mubarak during today's court session Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, whom the court in Cairo today sentenced his life imprisonment on charges of killing demonstrators during mass anti -government speeches in February last year, was transferred to the Torah prison near the Egyptian capital. The lawyers of the ex-president said they intend to appeal the verdict. In addition to Mubarak, there were 7 more of the former high -ranking officials in the case.

The book "Europe does not need euro" In Germany, the book of former Senator Berlin Tilo Sarraitsin "Europe does not need euro" has been published. The previous study of this author, dedicated to the immigrants living in Germany, "Germany - self -destruction" caused a scandal and received a resonance in German society.

Russian -lga Bella-Gertman, Blogger, ABOUT New Book, Undated VITA SOVITICA: Noncademic Dictionary-Inventory of Soviet Civilization / Edited by Andrei Lebedev. - M.: August, 2012. - 296 p. What happens to life if it suddenly turns out that it is once completely unlimited from everyday life, from air and light, from ourselves, it got off twenty years ago? With one phrase - unless, of course, to simplify - you will not answer immediately.

Sergey Udaltsov, Alexander Belov-Potkin and other opposition at the Sakharov Center. Photo by Alexander Sorkin On the Independence Day of Russia in Moscow, two opposition shares will be held . First, a rally is planned , dedicated to the idea of a referendum on trust in the Moscow authorities, and then its participants will join the "Million Marsh".

In Kabardino-Balkaria in the city of Baksan, a militant was killed on Sunday night. Interfax, referring to law enforcement agencies, reports that a car with a search for the wanted list was blocked by the police on the outskirts of the city. In the ensuing shootout, the driver of the car was killed, the man and the woman were injured with him.

Novocherkassk 50 years ago, on June 1 and 2, 1962, protest performances against a sharp increase in food prices were brutally suppressed in Novocherkassk. On June 2, activists of the Yabloko party honored the memory of the victims of the Novocherkassk execution. They laid flowers to the Solovetsky stone on Lubyanskaya Square in Moscow. The unrest in Novocherkassk was out of the ordinary event in the country accustomed to humility.

Violence in Syria does not stop. May 31, 2012 Russia, China and Cuba became the object of universal negative attention, turning out only to three countries that voted on June 1 against the resolution with condemning the Syrian authorities for the massacre, as a result of which more than a hundred civilians died. The resolution was adopted by the UN Council for Human Rights.