The growth rate of consumer prices in Russia in July will significantly accelerate compared to the previous months - due to indexation of tariffs of natural monopolies. Will this allow the government to maintain inflation this year at the planned level?

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev during a working trip through the regions of the Russian Far East today arrived in the South Kuril Island of Kunashir. Speaking today in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Medvedev emphasized that he considers "the extremely important visit to the smoking members of the government." In November 2010, Medvedev visited the island of Kunashir as the President of Russia. This was the first trip of the head of the Russian state to these islands.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that Pakistan will open transport routes for the supply of goods by NATO forces in Afghanistan. Clinton stated that Washington regrets the death of 24 Pakistani soldiers who became victims of the NATO erroneous air strike in November last year, after which Islamabad banned the transit of NATO cargo through its territory.

The Communist Party is conducting pickets, rallies and processions in many cities of Russia today in protest against the attachment of the country to the World Trade Organization (WTO). The shares are organized, in particular, in Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk, Nizhny Novgorod. The most massive rally will take place in Moscow. The Communists believe that Russia's entry into the WTO will negatively affect the agrarian, industrial and other spheres, and, therefore, the economy of the country as a whole.

In Moscow, the magistrate court fined the activists of Vsevolod Chernozub and Oleg Kozlovsky for 15 and 12 thousand rubles, respectively, for conducting an unauthorized picket. On July 16, Chernozub and Kozlovsky held together a protest against the new law on rallies, tightening punishment for violations.

In Ukraine, the Verkhovna Rada finally approved the Law “On the Fundamentals of the State Language Policy”, which provides for increasing the status of the Russian language. Despite the statement on the eve of the chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Vladimir Litvin that this week deputies will not consider the language bill, the parliamentary majority voted for him in the second reading.

Georgian Prime Minister Vano Merabishvili today sent a list of new members of the government to parliament-for their approval. Most ministers have retained posts, although there are new persons, the Radio Liberty correspondent George Kobaladze notes. The former Minister of Defense Bachan Ahalai was appointed to the post of Minister of Internal Affairs (until recently, this position was held by the new Prime Minister Vano Merabishvili.

Alexander Lipnitsky. As a real rock and roll act, the promotion of the Faith No More co-founder of the group “Sounds Mu”, rock-journalist Alexander Lipnitsky. Support from the western public Alexander Lipnitsky (now he is participating in the musical project “Erying Mu” and last week, like Faith No More, was present at the rock festival in Perm) that he is able to influence even the development of the political situation in Russia.

Ukrainian special forces - the Berkut unit In the center of Kyiv, at the Ukrainian house on Tuesday evening, clashes occurred between opponents of the Law Policy law approved by the Verkhovna Rada and the police special forces. According to information agencies, about 500 people gathered in front of the Ukrainian house. They were going to stay there until the morning-until the planned press conference of the President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych.

Boris Pustintsev (archive photo) Viktor Rezunkov : Today, we are guest, the chairman of the human rights organization "Civil Control" Boris Desertsev. Boris Pustintsev, like several other human rights activists last week, left the ranks of the Council under the President of the Russian Federation on the development of civil society and human rights. This advice, it is also called for convenience - the Human Rights Council, is now on the verge of self -growing.

Oleg Orlov Compensation of half a million rubles and apologies from the human rights company "Memorial" is required by the lawyer Ramzan Kadyrov. Andrei Krasnenkov, over the past few years representing the interests of the President of the Chechen Republic, expects to receive this money from human rights activists for the information that he had shown to him, contained on the Memorial website. On July 3, the Tver court of Moscow plans to begin the relevant claim.

One of the Cyrian refugees camps in Turkey Over the past month, thousands of Syria citizens fled to neighboring Turkey in connection with an armed conflict between the Syrian opposition and the government of Bashar al -Assad. On the night of July 3, almost a hundred Syrian military personnel led by a brigadier general crossed the Border of Turkey. The desertion of the Syrian military acquires a massive character.

Human rights activists from Human Rights Watch are concerned about the use of torture in Syria in relation to the civilian population. The report of a human rights group, widespread on Tuesday, emphasizes that torture and cruelty to people became in Syria "state policy". Employees of Human Rights Watch argue that a whole network of torture centers operates throughout the country, which is controlled by special services.

Dmitry Medvedev while visiting Kunashir The Prime Minister drove to the Kurils during a working trip to the Far East. Japan demanded an explanation. Southern Kurils are the subject of a long -term territorial dispute between Russia and Japan .

The Basmanny Court of Moscow extended until November 6 the arrest of Yaroslav Belousov, another accused in the case of riots in Bolotnaya Square. The day before, a similar decision was made against the 18-year-old activist Alexandra Dukhanina (she is under house arrest). In total, 13 people are held as accused in the case of riots in Bolotnaya.