Russia will free the icebreaker "Greenpeace" "Arctic Sanraise". The fact that the arrest will be removed by the organization reports on its microblog on Twitter, referring to the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. The ship was detained on September 19, 2013, along with 30 ecologists who were on board after a peaceful protest on the Gazprom platform in the Barents Sea - against oil production in the Arctic.

In Russia, they offer to ban the sale of strong alcohol on Saturdays and Sundays. Such an initiative was made by a government group of experts, writes Independent Gazeta. On Sundays, it is proposed not to sell drinks with ethanol content of more than 15 percent; On Saturdays, this measure will be valid after 16 hours. Limiting the sale of alcohol should reduce mortality and help overcome the demographic crisis, experts say.

The agreed picket in support of the "Prisoners of Bolotnaya" was held in Moscow On May 6, 2012, the opposition procession of the “Million Marsh” ended with a clash of demonstrators with the police on Bolotnaya Square in Moscow. The authorities qualify these events as "mass riots." Civil activists and human rights activists consider the “swamp business” politically motivated and believe that the clashes of demonstrators with the police were provoked by the authorities.

Marie Harf The United States confirmed that an American citizen was detained in North Korea. This was reported by the press secretary of the State Department of Marie Harf. According to her, this is the third American, held by the DPRK authorities. Under the laws existing in the United States, the authorities cannot publish the name of this person to protect the right to private life. Harf stated that Washington is producing to achieve the liberation of all three detainees.

Alexander Pushkin In Russia and the world today, the 215th anniversary of the birth of Alexander Pushkin is celebrated. By decision of the UN, the sixth of June has become an international day of the Russian language. In Moscow on Pushkinskaya Square, where a monument to the poet is erected, the opening ceremony of the Pushkin day will be held. Among the invited are the great -great -granddaughter of the writer Tatyana Lukash.

In Slavyansk, Donetsk region, the separatists opened mortar fire on the checkpoints of the units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, which are part of the forces of the anti -terrorism center. According to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Sergei Yarovoy, one law enforcement officer died, two more were seriously injured. The minister also said that fire is conducted from the territory of one of the local churches.

On the Manezhnaya Square of Moscow, several participants in the unauthorized action were detained in defense of the accused in the “swamp case”. The coordinator of the “Left Front” Sergei Udaltsov said in the microblog on Twitter that five were detained - “citizens in t -shirts with portraits of political prisoners”.

The Syrian crisis has been going on for the fourth year American experts make a sharp criticism of Washington’s position on the situation in Syria American experts are sharply criticized by Washington’s position on the situation in Syria.

To the inauguration of Petro Poroshenko. How will he be the president? Visiting Pavel Kanygin and Alexei Guarant. Presenter Elena Rykovtseva.

Former fighters of the police special forces "Golden Eagle" The Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Arsen Avakov reported on his Facebook page about the dismissal of eight former Berkut employees from the Chernihiv region for refusing to participate in the anti -terrorist operation in the east of the country. “He didn’t even discuss ..

The US President welcomes the veteran of the landing in Normandy US President Barack Obama uttered thanks in honor of veterans of the landing of the largest sea landing in military history, whose seventy years were celebrated on Friday in Normandy. “We are embarrassed by your presence,” said the noticeably worried Obama, turning to the elderly, many of whom were sitting in wheelchairs and tried to get to their feet when the words of the US president caused a standing ovation.

The director of the Institute of Regional Press in St. Petersburg, Anna Sharogradskaya, intends to appeal the actions of customs officers in court, who detained her the day before at the Pulkovo airport and seized a computer from her and flash drives. This was reported to the BaptinFO agency by the head of the Freedom Freedom Freedom, a lawyer of Sharogradskaya Ivan Pavlov. In the evening on Thursday, the Presidential Council for Human Rights asked the prosecutor of St.

Sergey Udaltsov The Moscow City Court extended until September 10 the term of house arrest Sergei Udaltsov and the term of detention Leonid Razvozzhaev, who accused of organizing riots in Bolotnaya Square in Moscow on May 6, 2012. According to lawyer Dmitry Agranovsky RAPSI, a petition for the extension of a preventive measure in court was stated by a representative of the prosecutor's office.

The Moscow City Court recognized the extension of the term of arrest to three accused in the case of riots on Bolotnaya Square on May 6, 2012 - Alexei Gaskarov, Ilya Gushchin and Alexander Margolin. This was reported by RAPSI with reference to the press service of the court. “The defense of the accused asked to recognize the decision of the Zamoskvoretsky court of Moscow of April 14 on the extension of the defendants with a preventive measure in the form of detention for six months.