Former editor -in -chief of Bolshoi City magazine Philip Dzyadko The editor -in -chief of the magazine "Big City" Philip Dzyadko leaves his post. This decision was preceded by a number of weekly numbers of a weekly, the main plots in which were devoted to events in Moscow on May 6 and moods reflecting everything that happened after them.

Kofi Annan The International Messenger in Syria Kofi Annan expressed the hope that Iran would participate in the decision to resolve the Syrian conflict. According to him, Iran is an important country in the region. He stated this at a meeting of the UN Security Council, which discussed issues related to the creation of a new international contact group in Syria. According to Syrian activists, at least 41 people were killed throughout Syria, including 23 civilians.

On June 9 , the seventh Moscow International Book Festival will open in the central house of the artist on the Crimean Val. Radio Liberty clarifies several of its curators as the festival is associated with socio-political changes in the country, and how it differs from previous summer book forums. The founder of the festival, director of the Institute of Book, Alexander Gavrilov , curator of the scientific and educational program, answers the questions of the RS correspondent.

The Syrian authorities deny their involvement in the new mass murder in the country - this time in the province of Hama. In a statement by the Government of Syria, released today early in the morning, the “lie” of the murder of 86 inhabitants of the village of Al-Kubeir is called the “lie”. The authorities say that the bodies of nine people killed by the “terrorist group” were found there.

The Council of Europe criticized Romania - in connection with the relocation of hundreds of gypsies to the territory of the former chemical enterprise, where part of the immigrants received poisoning. The Supreme Representative of the European Council for Human Rights, Neil Muzhniex, said on Thursday that the resettlement of people in the city of Bai-Mar in the north-west of the country is a violation of human rights, and called on Romania to investigate this incident.

KGB chief was afraid of repression? Why did Yuri Andropov increase the presence of the KGB in all areas of life of the country - from the press and literature to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs? What was his attitude to political repression? We repeat the program in which the author of the book “Andropov” Leonid Mlechin and the veteran of foreign intelligence Mikhail Lyubimov argued about the personality of one of the chairmen of the KGB of the USSR.

In the south of Yemen, in the outskirts of the city of Jaar on Thursday, at least 20 militants were killed in clashes with the Yemeni military. Five representatives of local tribes who fought on the side of government troops were also killed. This was reported by local residents. Military helicopters participated in the battles, which bombed several positions of militants.

Journalist Sergei Parkhomenko The authorities of Moscow allowed the organizers of the Millions Millions on June 12 to hold a procession along Bolshaya Yakimanka Street and a rally on Bolotnaya Square. As one of the organizers of the action said on the Facebook social network, journalist Sergei Parkhomenko, an oral agreement was reached today, the authorities will issue an official document on Friday.

The checker “Little Tragedies” of the director V. Ryzhakov on the stage of the Satyrikon Theater Marina Timasheva: At the Satyrikon Theater, Viktor Ryzhakov put Pushkin's “little tragedies”. A few roles in the play are played by Konstantin Raikin, all the rest - young actors and his students.

Fragment of the Great Chinese Wall The Chinese news agency Sinhua reported with reference to the research data conducted under the leadership of the State Administration for the Cultural Heritage Affairs of the PRC that the length of the Great Chinese wall was not 8 thousand 900 kilometers, as still thought, but more than 20 thousand.

Pure capital outflow from Russia , according to preliminary data, in the first five months of the year amounted to $ 46.5 billion, the chairman of the Central Bank Sergey Ignatiev said during the annual banking Congress during the opening on Wednesday in St. Petersburg. For comparison, in 2011 as a whole, the outflow of capital from Russia exceeded its influx by $ 80.5 billion.

Burning residential quarters - everyday life of Syrian cities The United States, their European allies, Turkey and Arab countries are ready to prepare a plan for political settlement in Syria and hopes that Russia will join these efforts. At the same time on June 6, at the Washington meeting of the Working Group of Syrian Friends, the US Minister of Finance announced the need to impose more stringent sanctions against the Syrian regime.

In Tuva, the bodies of all eight firefighters-paratroopers who died yesterday during extinguishing a forest fire were found. According to the government of the republic, their personalities are established. 14 paratroopers participated in the fight against fire, the six of them managed to escape. The fire suddenly swept the tops of the trees, and the firefighters actually ended up in West. A criminal case has been opened.

Russian football fan at the Belarusian station before sending to the European Championship. June 2012 On June 8, the European Football Championship will start in Poland and Ukraine. On the eve of this event , the Public Opinion Foundation asked the Russians several questions about their attitude to this sport. How carefully do Russian citizens follow national championships in European countries? What teams are their favorites?