Fitch international rating agency has lowered the credit rating of 18 Spanish banks today. On Monday, the rating of the two largest banks in Spain was reduced - BVVA and Santander. The agency explained its solution to liquidity in the Banking System of Spain - despite the fact that last week Madrid agreed with the European Union the conditions for financial assistance to support Spanish banks. On European stock exchanges, a decrease in quotations has resumed today.

Demonstrations of solidarity with Russian civil activists have become a tradition in the UK. The Russians living in London hold a share of solidarity on June 12 with the "Million march" in Moscow . Participants in the protest in the British capital require democratic changes and freedom to political prisoners. On June 12, two shares are held in London, in which representatives of the Russian diaspora participate.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton The United States will refrain from financial sanctions for trading with Iran in relation to seven countries - due to the fact that they significantly reduced the procurement of Iranian oil. According to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, South Korea, Turkey, Malaysia, South Africa, Sri Lanka and Taiwan will be released from sanctions. In March, the United States took the same step towards 11 states, including EU and Japan.

In the Orenburg region, two residents of a military town were found alive, not far from which a warehouse with ammunition is on fire. Earlier, mother and son were listed as missing. They were delivered to the temporary accommodation point, the press secretary of the command of the Central Military District told Interfax. According to him, the diagnosis of Contusion, previously made by one of the military personnel, was not confirmed - the soldier is simply in a stressful state.

The action in support of the civil movement in Russia in Prague near the building of the Russian embassy in the Czech Republic/ The manifestations of opposition and civilian activists in Moscow found support outside Russia . In many countries of the world, shares of solidarity with the actions of Russian civil society have been organized. A group of public figures made a call to the Russian -speaking diaspora abroad - as the circulation said, "...

Boxing. Three -time Olympic heavyweight champion, Cuban, Theophylo Stevenson died on the night of June 12 at the age of 60. The cause of death, according to AR, was a heart attack. Stevenson was one of the most titled amateur boxers in history. He won three golden Olympic medals - at games in Munich (1972), Montreal (1976) and Moscow (1980).

Russian -lga Bella-Gertman, Blogger, ABOUT New Book, Undated Mikhail Novikov. The nature of sensations: stories / preface by Leonid Kostyukov. - M.: New Literary Review, 2012. - 312 p. - (Russian lessons). Mikhail Novikov (1957-2000), who died almost 43-year-old, certainly should be attributed to unreasonable authors, although twelve years have passed since his death. And this despite the fact that he cannot be called unnoticed.

On June 12, two protests were held in St. Petersburg - a procession from the Grand Concert Hall "Oktyabrsky" and a rally on Konyushenny Square, the Radio Liberty correspondent Tatyana Voltskaya reports. The procession "Day of Russia without Putin" gathered about 8 thousand people who went, shouting "Russia without Putin", "Russia will be free" and other slogans.

Revolution is when Putin's abyss is behind Putin It must have begun in Dresden in 1989, from the incident, which he and ten years later remembered reluctantly. The revolutionary crowd, which has just defeated the local department "Stasi", is approaching the mansion on Angelikashtrasse - the building of the KGB of the USSR. They are busy with business, the documents are burning, and this is the trouble: the rebels of the Germans can burst and intervene in the process.

Senator John McCain A bill has been introduced to the US Senate on Tuesday on the cancellation of the so -called correction of Jackson - Vanik and the normalization of trade relations with Russia. A group of senators, which has introduced a bill, proposes to grant Russia the status of a country with which the United States has “constant normal trade relations” (this is a legal wording). This will allow the United States to increase exports to Russia and create new jobs.

Over the past day, about 50 militants were killed in Afghanistan - during operations in several regions of the country. In the provinces of Baglan, Logar, Kandahar, Gazel and Zabul, military personnel of the Afghan army participated in operations with the support of international forces. About 30 Taliban were killed in battles. Another 20 militants died in the province of Hilmain, where the Taliban detachment attacked the police.

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The Mari celebrated a wasteful religious holiday agavirem Irina Lagunina: We continue the cycle "Ethnic map of Russia". Today we will talk about one of the Finno-Ugric peoples of Russia, about the inhabitants in the past of wide territories, about the Mari. An employee of the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor Sergey Arutyunov and ethnologist Elena Danilko participate in the conversation. The conversation is conducting - Igor Yakovenko.