International Messenger in Syria Kofi Annan The International Messenger in Syria Kofi Annan arrives today in Moscow on a two -day visit - to discuss the ways of exiting the Syrian crisis with the leadership of Russia. Tonight, Annan’s negotiations with the Russian Foreign Ministry, Sergei Lavrov, will be held, and tomorrow a meeting of the messenger with Russian President Vladimir Putin will be planned for tomorrow.

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One of the organizers of the opposition “Million Million” Sergey Davidis answered today the questions of investigators in the case of riots on Bolotnaya Square on May 6 in Moscow. A member of the political council of the Solidarity movement told Interfax that the Investigative Committee was interested in the role of Sergei Udaltsov, Alexei Navalny and Boris Nemtsov in those events.

In Astrakhan, the court refused to satisfy the lawsuit of the former candidate for mayor Oleg Shein to cancel the election results in the Kirov district. The complaint was considered by the court of this area, ”Shein said on Monday on his blog. In his opinion, during the week he will also refuse the Leninsky, Soviet and Trusovsky district courts, after which, according to the politician, he will begin to submit appeals to higher instances.

The Lithuanian Sejm voted today in the fall of the referendum on the construction of a new nuclear power plant. According to Radio Liberty, Irina Peters, at the upcoming referendum, citizens of Lithuania will have to decide whether they approve of the construction of a new nuclear power plant in the republic. According to surveys, most residents speak out against these plans.

The Center of Simon Wizenthal, engaged in the search for Nazi criminals, discovered traces of one of the last suspects of involvement in the murder of about 16 thousand Jews during the Second World War. According to the human rights activists of the center, data on the place where the 97-year-old Laszlo Xatari lives, transferred to the authorities of Hungary.

In Krymsk they mourn the dead Another appearance of Vladimir Putin in Krymsk, according to experts, indicates that local and regional authorities can not cope with the work to eliminate the consequences of floods . In automatic mode, without personal intervention of the head of state, it was impossible to restore urban infrastructure, establish the payment of compensation and dispel rumors about thousands of dead and possible involvement of the authorities themselves in the natural disaster.

At the autumn session of the State Duma of Russia, the issue of introducing the status of a “foreign agent” can be considered for the media funded from abroad. Ilya Kostunov and Vladimir Burmatov, deputies of the State Duma from United Russia and Vladimir Burmatov told about this newspaper Izvestia. At the same time, Burmatov noted that if foreign revenues exceed 50% of the media budget, this means that "foreign philanthropists" actually control the editorial policy.

Anna Kachkaeva: Today my guests are the head of the Institute of Modern Development Igor Jurgens and my colleague, journalist, deputy chief editor of Novaya Gazeta Andrei Kolesnikov. Andrei, I took advantage of the heading of your article “Putin 3.0” system today, it seemed quite appropriate to me. And especially after the Duma finished its work, and what is happening in the country. It is quite obvious that this system has developed somehow very quickly, publicly.

The African Union first elected a woman - Minister of Internal Affairs of South African Nkosazan Diamini -Zuma to the post of his leader. She replaced the chairman of the Union Jean Ping from Gabon as chairman of the Union. The 63-year-old Diamin-Zuma (former wife of the President of South Africa Jacob Zuma) is one of the most long-term members of the government in her country-earlier she held the posts of the Minister of Health, the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Fabio Capello Football. Italian specialist Fabio Capello will be appointed head coach of the Russian national football team. This was confirmed by the acting head of the RSF Nikita Simonyan, who said that the contract with Capello is expected to be signed on July 19 or 20.

Russians are gathering humanitarian aid for victims of floods in the Krasnodar Territory In the city of Krymsk, the most severely injured as a result of floods in the Krasnodar Territory on the night of July 6 to 7, life support systems are almost fully restored. The house resumed the supply of water, gas and electricity. This was reported by the Ministry of Emergencies. The head of the department, Vladimir Puchkov, said on July 16 that humanitarian aid in Krymsk was already enough.

Mikhail Epstein Alexander Genis: The trial of girls from the punk group “Pussy Ryot” caused international resonance-and acutely raised the issue of the situation of religion in modern society. We are discussing this topic with the philosopher Mikhail Eptehn in the New York Studio Radio Liberty. Michael, you are working on a new book that is connected with a very hot theme, the theme of post-atheism, which can be determined very simply.

In the north-east of India in the state of Assam, strong floods caused by seasonal showers led to the death of 109 people, 400 thousand were left without housing. Indian experts believe that such catastrophic consequences of floods are caused by the corruption of local officials responsible for engineering structures on the Brahmaputra River.