Classes in the camp "Seliger". This year, for the first time, the financing of the organization and holding of the youth educational forum "Seliger " took over the state budget. The needs of Seliger amounted to 280 million rubles. In previous years, part of the expenses covered the contributions of sponsors, including Mercedes-Benz, Consultant Plus, Panasonic and other companies.

He has been cooperating with RS since 1991. The editor and host of the Road to Freedom Program Vitaly Portnikov on Facebook , Twitter Portnikovv@rferl.org

The total number of unemployed in Russia, calculated according to the methodology of the International Labor Organization, increased by 1.2% in June to 4 million 144 thousand people, and the unemployment rate has not changed, remaining at the level of 5.4% of the economically active population, the Federal Statistics Service said. For comparison, the number of registered unemployed in Russia over the past month, on the contrary, decreased by 4.9%, amounting to 1 million 127 thousand people.

In the west of Afghanistan, NATO military aircraft crashed today. Two military personnel were injured. The leadership of NATO forces in Afghanistan is investigating the causes of the disaster in this relatively calm region of the country. Today, the leadership of international forces reported the death of NATO soldier in the south of the country. A soldier, whose citizenship has not yet been disclosed, was killed during the attack of the rebels.

Krymsk: The consequences of floods Alexey Bakhirev through Facebook asks for help. His parents, victims of the Crimean flood of 2002, still cannot get housing. Back in 2002, the flood deprived Mikhail Bahirev and his wife’s wife. Then, to help the affected families, the administration allocated money from the budget and offered a choice: either with the help of the administration, restore the house, or receive monetary compensation.

Victory Nuland The State Department of the United States expressed concern in connection with reports on the deterioration of the health of the Iranian Kurdish activist Mohammed Seddik Kabudwand and human rights activist Nargiz Mohammadi. The representative of the State Department Victoria Nuland on Wednesday made a statement in which she called on the Iranian authorities to immediately release all political prisoners.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Iran of organizing a bus explosion at the airport of the Bulgarian city of Burgas. Netanyahu warned that Israel would give a “power answer” to Tehran’s actions. According to the Bulgarian authorities, today at least three Israeli tourists were killed in the explosion in Burgas, two dozen bus passengers were injured. Burgas International Airport is closed, flights are sent to Varna.

Internal investments in the Russian economy, that is, investments in fixed assets, increased in June by 4.7% to the level of the same month of 2011 after an increase of 7.7% in May, the materials of the Federal Statistics Service said. In general, for the first half of the year, the volume of such investments in the country increased in annual calculus by 10.2%.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria reported that, according to the latest data, the number of people who died in the explosion of the bus with Israeli tourists increased to six. 32 people were injured. The explosion occurred on Wednesday in the Black Sea city of Burgas, about four hundred kilometers east of the capital of the country of Sofia.

Irina Lagunina: At the end of June, the British Research Institute of Chatham House published a study entitled “Long Farewell”, which states that the influence of Russia in the countries of the South Caucasus and Central Asia is reduced. Central Asia - the study says - a more integral region than the South Caucasus.

One of the killed in the explosion in Damascus is General Daud Rajha, Minister of Defense of Syria In Syria, the armed opposition - the “Free Syrian Army” - and the little -known group of the “Brigade of Islam” took responsibility for today's attack on the building of the national security service in Damascus. The suicide bomber blew up a mined car near the building during a meeting of the leadership of law enforcement agencies.

The Moscow authorities agreed on a rally of the opposition movement “Committee on May 6”, scheduled for July 26 in the Novopushkinsky Square. According to Interfax, Vasily Oleinik, deputy head of the metropolitan department of regional security, the declared number of participants in the action is 1.5 thousand. Earlier, the authorities refused to coordinate the procession outlined on the same day by city boulevards, the opposition agreed with this decision.

Vyacheslav Lebedev On Wednesday, July 18, the Federation Council reassigned to the post of chairman of the Supreme Court of Russia Vyacheslav Lebedev. The decision was made in secret voting mode. Lebedev has been holding this post since 1989.

Residents of the village of Koashva in the Murmansk region threaten mass riots if the authorities in the near future do not refuse to hire migrant workers, whom they consider guilty in a number of crimes. The first clashes of the inhabitants of the one and a half thousandth village with migrant workers began on July 15. Locals suspect workers of hooliganism, violation of public order and even rape Here is what Radio Liberty said one of the local residents: “Drugs. Why is it silent?

A bill is introduced to the State Duma, obliging Russian media to indicate that they receive funding from abroad. As the author of the amendments told the agencies today, a member of the United Russia faction Yevgeny Fedorov , this document, in his opinion, is a “logical continuation” of the bill approved today by the Federation Council on the status of a “foreign agent” for non -profit organizations receiving foreign grants and participating in the political life of Russia.