In its recent history, the Russian national team took part in the draw of five European Cups. Once I could not get into the final part, I could not leave the group three times and only once reached the semifinals. Thus, statistically in Poland, the usual, average, result is shown. About why we were waiting for more from the team, and we will talk in the program.

In Omsk in the mayor’s elections - according to preliminary data - the representative of United Russia is the leader, the speaker of the city council Vyacheslav Dvorakovsky. After the counting of 60% of the ballots, it gains about 49% of the vote. In second place - the representative of the Communist Party Viktor Zharkov - more than 29%. Behind him follows the candidate from "Fair Russia" Irina Overina - more than six percent. In the elections, a low voter turnout was recorded - about 17%.

A small boat with the 65th migrants on board was rescued off the coast of Malta today. The Maltese coastal guard noticed the ship south of the island. Among the passengers are Citizens of Syria, Bangladesh, Somalia and Eritrea. The boat sailed from Libya. Since the beginning of this year, more than 900 migrants have already arrived in Malta. The government of this small state has repeatedly turned to the European Union with a statement that it could not cope with the influx of refugees.

Chess. Memorial Mikhail Taly. Moscow, Russia 8 tour Alexander Morozhevich - Luke Makshin 1: 0 Teimur Rajabov - Levon Aronyan draw Fabiano Karuana - Vladimir Kramnik 1: 0 Magnus Karlsen - Evgeny Tomashevsky draw Alexander Grishchuk - Hikaru Nakamura 1: 0 After 8 round 1. Karuana - 5 points 2-3. Karlsen, Rajabov - 4.5 4-7. Makshin, Kramnik, Morozhevich, Grishchuk - 4 8-9. Aronyan, Nakamura - 3.5 10. Tomashevsky - 3

In the unregistered opposition party, another Russia today stated that another activist - Alexander Dolmatov - could be arrested in the case of riots in Moscow on May 6. According to Radio Liberty, a representative of another Russia Alexander Averin, on the eve of the apartment near Moscow, where Dolmatov was registered, a search was held. Near his house, police officers were on duty, who informed the activist’s parents that he would be detained.

Fragment of the match Italy - Spain on Euro 2012 June 18-24. Tennis. ATR. Hertogenbosh June 18-24. Tennis. ATR. Istborn June 18-24. Tennis. WTA tournament. Hertogenbosh June 18-24. Tennis. WTA tournament. Istborn June 18 - July 1. Football. European Championship. Poland, Ukraine June 18-20. Fencing. European Championship. Lenyano, Italy June 22-26 . Vollabo. World League. The third round. Kaliningrad, Russia June 18 Basketball. NBA championship. Playoffs. Final.

Dick Lawyer - no longer coach of the Russian football team The Russian team dropped out of the fight of the European Football Championship. In the last match of the group tournament, the Russians lost to the Greeks 0: 1 and could not leave the group. This is the main topic that attracts the attention of Russian bloggers writing about sports. The observer of the newspaper "Sport-Express" Elena Vaitskhovskaya shares his thoughts about the departure from the Euro-2012 national team of Russia.

In the UK, low -paying workers participating in strikes are deprived of the right to additional benefits from the state. According to the current rules, employees with an annual income of not higher than 13 thousand pounds in the case of strikes have the right to receive a tax deduction, supplementing their national income to the normal level. Starting next year - within the framework of the new system of payment of social benefits - participants in strikes lose this right.

In the north of Iraq, 5 people died and 25 were injured as a result of three attacks. In the city of Mosul, 4 soldiers were killed and two were injured in an explosion of a bomb laid in the path of the army patrol. In the eastern part of the same city, unknown people shot a man. In the city of Tikrite, a mined car exploded at the gas station, 22 people were injured. In total, more than a hundred people have already become victims of explosions in Iraq.

7 people became victims of explosions and attacks on churches in northern Nigeria, including four children, several more people were injured. Buildings of churches are damaged. All three acts of violence occurred in Kaduna, in the city of Zaria. Two explosions occurred with a difference of several minutes - in the first case, the suicide bomber in a mined car crashed into the church building. Then the militants threw another Christian temple with bombs.

Veronika Bode: Today we are discussing the new studies of the Levada Center, dedicated to the protest movement in Russia and how the residents of the country perceive it. With me in the studio is the head of the department of socio -political research of the Center Boris Dubin and associate professor of the Higher School of Economics, sociologist Lyubov Borusyak.

Fencing. European Championship. Lenyano, Italy Women. Sword. Team tournament 1. Russia (Tatyana Logunova, Anna Sivkova, Violetta Kolobova, Lyubov Shutova) 2. Romania 3. Estonia Men. Saber. Team tournament 1. Russia (Alexey Yakimenko, Veniamin Reshetnikov, Nikolai Kovalev, Pavel Bykov) 2. Romania 3. Germany

Grigory Yavlinsky The congress of the Yabloko party , which completed work on Sunday in the suburbs, adopted a new edition of software documents - "Democratic Manifesto" and the declaration "Russia requires change!" According to ITAR-TASS, among the new tasks of Yabloko, the struggle for the abolition of recent amendments to the legislation on rallies, the introduction of a real election of governors, and the improvement of the judicial system are named.

State Duma deputy Alexander Babakov Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed Alexander Babakov as his special representative for interaction with compatriots abroad organizations. This was reported today by the Kremlin press service. Babakov is part of the All -Russian Popular Front created by Putin, is a member of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs from the United Russia faction. In the State Duma of the previous convocation, he represented the Fair Russia party.