Alexander Kvasnevsky - about the fall of communism, respect for Ukraine and the sources of its income

The awards in the Kremlin recently were awarded modestly, without a pump and an announcement in the press, without disclosing the names of the heroes. They issued orders and medals to the propagandists, one might say, political instructions and commissars, for the correct coverage of the Crimean events. And, most importantly, for creating the right image of thoughts among the population of Russia.

Abdel Fattah al-Sisi In the presidential election in Egypt, the former head of the country's military department Abdel Fattah al-Sisi wins. According to the election commission, widespread this morning, after calculating almost all ballots, AS-Sisi received more than 92 percent of the vote. More than 23 million citizens of Egypt voted for him, while for his only rival - the levocentric Hamdin Sabahi about 735 thousand. A little more than a million ballots are invalid.

In the USA, in the city of Memphis, Tennessee, two former Ground troops found themselves guilty of receiving bribes for $ 250 thousand during service in Afghanistan. Former sergeants Jimmy Dennis and James Pittman said during the court hearings that they received money in exchange for ordering orders to Afghan contractors. They face up to 20 years in prison. They informed federal judges that the funds were sent to the United States to “wash” them through the city landscaping service.

The State Department of the United States announced a reward of one million dollars for information that will help to undermine the activities of the criminal group of Kamchybek Kolbaev operating in the countries of Central Asia. Kolbaev’s criminal network is involved in the illegal trafficking of drugs, weapons, people, extortion and other crimes.

The presidents of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan Vladimir Putin, Alexander Lukashenko and Nursultan Nazarbayev signed an agreement in Astana on the creation of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), which enters into force on January 1, 2015. The population of all three EAEU countries is more than 170 million. Participants in the new agreement expect that by the end of this year Kyrgyzstan and Armenia will join them.

Alexander Zhukov Alexander Zhukov was re -elected to the presidency of the Russian Olympic Committee. The elections took place during the reporting and election meeting of the OKR on May 29 in Moscow. 232 people voted for Zhukov’s candidacy, one against it. The current President of the IOC was the only candidate nominated to the post of head of the OKR.

Winner of the presidential election in Ukraine Petro Poroshenko The Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Alexander Turchinov congratulated Petro Poroshenko on the victory in the early elections of the president of the country on May 25. Speaking today to the people's deputies, Turchinov said that the Central Election Commission of Ukraine completed the vote count, having processed all 100 percent of the electronic protocols. “For” Poroshenko voted 54.7 percent of Ukrainian voters.

Riots in Abkhazia, May 27, 2014 The opposition of the self -proclaimed Republic of Abkhazia advocated a new agreement with Russia. The statement adopted by the Coordinating Council of Political Parties and Public Organizations states that the new contract should bring the strategic partnership of Abkhazia and Russia to a qualitatively new level, RIA Novosti reports.

Russia - Alena Zavarzina and Vic Wild of Russia Kiss after the Snowboard Parallel Giant Slalom Races at Rosa Khutor Park at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games, 19th February 2014 The development company Khimki Group, owned by businessman Alisher Usmanov, presented to the two -time Olympic champion Viktor Wilde and his wife Alena Zavarzina in New Moscow. This was reported on the organization’s website.

NTV closes the program "School of Compliance". This is due to economic problems, Interfax was told on Thursday in the channel’s press service. Earlier, the host of Facebook was announced about the closure of the program on her Facebook page - writer Tatyana Tolstaya. “Dear readers, spectators of Shz and friends, here are still interesting news.“ The school of slander was closed, ”said Tolstaya.

Historian and priest, leading Radio Freedom Radio "Between Vera and Belief" ykrotov@yahoo.com

Russian neo -Nazis Hearing in the case of the organization of Russian nationalists, who took responsibility for the murder of Markelov and Baburova, begins The Moscow Regional Court on Thursday, May 29, will hold preliminary hearings in the case against four activists of the "combat organization of Russian nationalists" (BORN). They are accused of committing several murders for ideological reasons.

Under Slavyansk, according to updated data, 10 Ukrainian military died when the militias shot down a military helicopter. Such figures were cited by the press secretary of the headquarters of the military operation of Ukrainian security forces against separatists in the east of the country Vladislav Seleznev. According to him, the helicopter belonged to the National Guard of Ukraine. Information about the wounded is specified.

The Constitutional Court of Turkey on Thursday recognized the violation of the rights and freedoms of citizens introduced in the country the ban on YouTube video hosting and ordered the authorities to restore access to the site. The ban is valid since March 27. Prior to this, the site posted the alleged records of conversations of high -ranking government officials, military and special services who discussed the possibility of a military operation in Syria, covered by internal conflict.