Deputy of the State Duma Ilya Ponomarev, who visited the interrogation in the Investigative Committee, said that he remained a witness in the criminal case related to the Skolkovo Foundation. The senior vice-president of the Foundation Alexei Beltyukov is accused of illegally transferred Ponomarev $ 750 thousand, concluding with him lectures in different cities of Russia and the implementation of research work.

US President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Redger Erdogan at a joint press conference in Washington US President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan expressed their readiness to continue to increase pressure on the regime of Syria President Bashar al-Assad. The Syrian conflict has become the central topic of negotiations between the leaders of the two countries on Thursday in Washington.

Sergey Magnitsky Vladimir Kara-Murza: the Moscow City Court upheld the acquittal against the former deputy head of the Butyrka pre-trial detention center Dmitry Kratov. This sentence tried to challenge the mother of Sergei Magnitsky, but the verdict entered into force on May 16. The defendant of the Magnitsky List Dmitry Komnov even received a promotion.

In Afghanistan, a suicide bomber in a mined car attacked today a column of international coalition forces in Kabul. As a result of the explosion, six civilians were killed, at least 35 people were injured, the country's Ministry of Health said. The head of the Kabul police, Mohammad Ayub Salangi, said that several buildings were seriously damaged. The responsibility for the attack was taken by the Islamist group "Hezb-e Islam".

Alexey Navalny in court The Leninsky District Court of Kirov, where the process in the case against the opposition activist Alexei Navalny takes place, will continue the hearing on May 20. The judge rejected the application of Navalny, who asked him to let him go on this day at a meeting of the members of the Aeroflot directors. At the same time, the opposition was promised to give a certificate about the reason for his absence at the meeting.

Kyiv publisher Vitaly Kapranov - about Russian books in Ukraine

In Kostroma, the lawsuit continues in the case of a local non -profit organization recognized by the authorities by a foreign agent Representatives of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation again intend to interrogate the deputy of the State Duma Ilya Ponomarev Residents of the village of Druzhny Gorka in the Leningrad Region protest against the polluting air of the oil refinery In Yekaterinburg, law enforcement agencies continue operational measures against the city without drugs

The existing Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Vladislav Surkov Vladislav Surkov, who recently resigned from the post of Deputy Prime Minister of Russia -the head of the government apparatus, will leave other government posts. According to Prime Minister Natalya Timakova, as Deputy Prime Minister, he headed several government commissions and was part of various advisory bodies under the president and premiere.

In the USA, in New Orleans, the elder brother of Eiken Scott, who opened shooting at the participants of the parade on the day of May 12 , was arrested. Then 19 people were injured, three of them remain in hospitals, one in critical condition. The police said that, like his 19-year-old brother, 24-year-old Sean Scott was detained in connection with the attack. According to preliminary data, the brothers will be charged with attempted murder.

In Japan, six people died today as a result of a fire on the Taigan ship with a Russian-Ukrainian crew at the Vaccanay port. The bodies of the dead were found by rescuers, ITAR-TASS reported in the local branch of the Japanese security department at sea. The fire on the ship lasted 11 hours. The investigation intends to interrogate the captain of the vessel Vitaly Saltaganov. The Taigan, who went under the flag of Cambodia, followed with the load of crabs from the port of Corsakov on Sakhalin.

Dmitry Zimin

Radio programs Print Your comment Share on the social network x Tweet Surf Multimedia Sound The campaign "Save the Khibina from the mines." listen Add to the list Font size - + Chizhova love Published 04/24/2012 22:00 Irina Lagunina: Creation in Khibins - a large mountain range on the Kola Peninsula of the National Park - under threat. According to ecologists, in the northern part of the mountains in 2014 the development of the Apatitonephalin ore Partucorr field will begin.

At the end of the program, I’ll talk about hockey today - in a situation where Moscow is teeming with CIA spies, the disappearance of the form and skates of the best player of the Russian national team Alexander Ovechkin - when a flight from Washington to Helsinki - cannot be considered otherwise than the next anti -Russian provocation of foreign special services. This provocation, of course, has far -reaching goals: to disrupt the preparation of the Olympic Games in Sochi.

Russians have the right to vote in the final for the singer from Belarus Alena Lanskaya The last finalists of the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 will be determined according to the results of the second semi-finals, which will be held on the stage of the Malmo Arena complex tonight. In the city festive, at every step you can see the symbols of the festival - multi -colored butterflies, even city monuments are covered. In the second semi-final, contestants representing 17 participating countries.

The administration of the city of Khimki near Moscow did not allow the LGBT community to hold a procession and a rally on May 25. As the organizer Nikolai Alekseev told Interfax, the Khimki authorities believe that such events may violate the lives of citizens and do not reflect the moral needs of the population - despite the fact that earlier the Khimki court made a decision on the illegality of the ban on such shares. Interfax does not have an official confirmation of this information.