In the Sea of Japan, the Star dry truck with the Russian crew on board suffers disaster. Of the 16 sailors, 8 are evacuated, the rest continue to fight for the salvation of the ship. Next to the "Old" there is a ship "Vasily Golovnin", and the Lazurit rescue vessel was directed from Vladivostok. According to the latest reports, the cause of the accident was the rupture of the Kingston pipe, which led to the flooding of the machine department.

In Buenos Aires, a new verdict was sentenced to two former leaders of the military junta, who ruled Argentina from 1976 to 1983, Jorge saw and Reynaldo Bignona, as well as several of their henchmen, former military and policeman. They are found guilty of abductions by dozens of children of women who were in prison for political reasons.

The authorities of Cyprus made an official request to Russia to allocate a loan with a size of 5 billion euros - to assist banks affected by a debt crisis. Messages about this were confirmed on Friday by the Minister of Finance of Russia Anton Siluanov. According to him, this request was submitted along with a similar request for help directed by Cyprus to its partners in the European Union, and has nothing to do with it. Last year, Russia has already allocated a boat of 2.5 billion euros.

Russian human rights activists intend to contact the European Parliament and the US Senate so that the authors of the new NPO law are added to the Magnitsky list In Moscow on Friday, July 6, single pickets were held near the State Duma building. Activists protested against the law on non -profit organizations.

In the UK, seven people were arrested on suspicion of terrorist activities, Scotland Yard said today. The detentions were made after the planned inspection of the road service on the M1 highway in South Yorkshire made on June 30. A firearm was discovered in one of the cars, after which the police searched for and detained the driver and passengers of this machine, as well as other suspects. Arrests were made within a week.

Tennis. Tournament of the Big Slam series. Wimbledon, Great Britain Men. 1/2 finals Roger Federer (Switzerland) - Novak Dzhokovic (Serbia) - 6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 4, 6: 3 Andy Murray (Great Britain)-Tsongu Jilfried (France) 6: 3, 6: 4, 3: 6, 7: 5

35 years after the murder in 1977 by members of the Ultrali Terrorist Group RAF (Red Army faction), the General Prosecutor General of Germany Siegfried Bubak and his two guards in Stuttgart sentenced the former terrorist Rafa Veren Beker to four years in prison for aiding in the crime. According to Radio Liberty, Yuri Veksler, Beker was already convicted earlier for the murder of a police officer, but after 12 years of imprisonment was ahead of schedule.

The Duma factions of the Communist Party, the LDPR and the Just Russia intend to vote against the deprivation of the inviolability of the deputy-communist Vladimir Bessonov. "United Russia" is "for".

London Mayor Boris Johnson and president of the London Olympiad Sebastian CoE Olympiad at the Tower Bridge, which houses the MOK emblem - five Olympic rings. London, June 27, 2012 Radio Liberty continues the project related to the Olympic Games in London , until the opening of which 3 weeks are left. We introduce readers and listeners of radio freedom to the history of modern Olympism.

Demonstration against Bashar Assad in the city of Idlib In Paris, the third meeting of "Friends of Syria" was opened, in which representatives of more than a hundred states participate. In the introductory word, French President Francois Hollande called the termination of the conflict in Syria "human and political necessity." It is expected that US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will be called to tighten international sanctions against the regime of Syrian President Bashar al -Assad.

The Portuguese Constitutional Court made a ban on the action of one of the measures of budgetary savings, which provides for the abolition of additional payments to employees of the public sector, which they received before summer vacations and on the occasion of Christmas holidays. The Portuguese government, faced with a debt crisis, agreed to introduce a strict savings in exchange for the receipt of loans of the European Union and the International Monetary Fund.

Joyce Sterkel on "Children's Ranch" (photo of the author) Pavel Astakhov, Commissioner for Children's Rights, returned from the United States, where he was not allowed to Ranch for Kids, where American parents send their children adopted in Russia. Upon his return, he said that the ranch needed to be closed. The picture of what is happening on the ranch, drawn by Pavel Astakhov, is really terrible.

In the resort city of Gelendzhik (Krasnodar Territory), the number of those who died during strong thunders and spill rains increased to eight. 5 people died from an electric shock - suggest that a ragged electrical wir fell into the water on a flooded street. The bodies of two women were found in private houses, another woman - under the rubble of a flooded house. The Ministry of Emergencies do not exclude that they drowned. About a thousand households are flooded.

In the village of Lenincent near Makhachkala, three alleged militants were killed today. According to the law enforcement agencies of Dagestan, during the day the police tried to stop a suspicious car to verify documents. People in the car opened fire and were killed in a shootout. Investigators work at the scene.

A few days ago, the head of the socio-political department of the presidential administration of Azerbaijan Ali Gasanov met with representatives of the country's civil society.