Kuban, women who have lost loved ones on flood, July 8, 2012 In the State Duma, the Fair Russia faction demanded the resignation of the Governor of the Krasnodar Territory Alexander Tkachev - in connection with the catastrophic consequences of the flood. Party leader Sergei Mironov invited the deputies to send the appropriate appeal to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Mironov said that Tkachev was not able to effectively lead the region.

Irina Lagunina: According to WWF, the forestry company "Leskport" began cutting down key places of the Amur tiger in the north of the Primorsky Territory. Defenders of nature claim that deforestation is carried out illegally. The company refutes this information. Says Lyubov Chizhova.

In Norway, after the government’s intervention, the termination of the 16-day strike of the oil and gas sector workers was announced. In connection with the protest campaign, oil production on the Norwegian shelf could be suspended today. The authorities decided to use their extraordinary powers to “protect the country's vital interests,” said Norway Minister Hannane Buerstrem. About six and a half thousand workers participated in a strike supported by three leading Norwegian trade unions.

Irina Lagunina: We continue the cycle "Ethnic map of Russia". Today - about one of the divided peoples, part of which lives in Russia, and part in China. About Nanais. An employee of the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor Sergey Harutyunov and a linguist, a specialist in the languages of small peoples of the North, Alexei Burykin, participate in the conversation. The conversation is conducting - Igor Yakovenko.

Irina Lagunina: The 200th anniversary of the Patriotic War program “Time and Peace” celebrates the new historical cycle of Vladimir Abarinov “1812”. Its first chapter is called the "revolutionary nightmare." Vladimir Abarinov: For Russia, the war of 1812 is an exceptional event, which, along with the Poltava Victoria and the Great Patriotic War, the ideological basis of national statehood, and Napoleon occupies a place between Charles XII and Hitler in the gallery.

It looked like on Tuesday the main page of the Russian "Wikipedia" The State Duma of Russia today will consider in the second reading amendments to several laws, providing for the creation of a register of sites containing information prohibited for distribution . In protest against the amendments under consideration, the Russian version of Wikipedia announced the daily strike the day before. On July 6, they were already adopted in the first reading.

Linoleum festival poster In Moscow , the VII International Festival of Animation and Media Arts Linoleum was opened. The theme of this year is "antisocial networks". The festival offers to abandon the meaningless every minute pastime in chats and, in return, plunge into the network of art, which delay no less than social Linoleum has earned the reputation of the festival, where they show high -quality and experimental work. Here you will not meet either primitive or frankly commercial tapes.

The Executive Committee of the Olympic Committee of Russia and the College of the Ministry of Sports of the Russian Federation approved the composition of the Russian Olympic team for games in London. The Olympic team included 436 athletes - 208 men and 228 women from 59 Russian regions. The representative office of the Russian national team at the Olympics in London will be less than in previous summer games in the 2008 Beijing.

Protective structures in anticipation of a flood in Prague, 2006 After two catastrophic floods: in Moravia in 1997 and in the Czech Republic in 2002, when several areas of Prague were under water, a subsidized program was created to prepare for future floods. The necessary funds are allocated from the budget annually.

Mohammed Mursi Last month, the Egyptian parliament of Egypt gathered on Tuesday for the meeting - contrary to the prohibition of the Constitutional Court. The decree on the restoration of the powers of the parliament was signed on Sunday by the newly elected president Mohammed Mursi. He was put forward by the Muslim Brothers, which owns the largest faction in parliament.

In France, the police detained a man who seized hostages on Tuesday at school in a suburb of Paris. The last man remained hostage - the father of one of the students - was released. During the operation, no one was injured. The armed man took hostages of four children and three adults. Soon all the hostages - except for one - were released. Nothing is known about the motives of the crime.

Does the Russian Internet face the introduction of control on the Chinese model? We are talking about this with the Internet Prava specialist Ilya Rasolov, as well as Runet figures Anton Nosik and Vladimir Prelilovsky. Page of the program

Governor Alexander Tkachev The leader of the Fair Russia party, Sergei Mironov, at a meeting of the State Duma on July 10, addressed the head of state and demanded the resignation of the Governor of the Krasnodar Territory Alexander Tkachev. The members of the faction also called for a thorough parliamentary investigation of the circumstances of the catastrophic flood in the Kuban , the victims of which, according to the latest data, were more than 170 people.