Paper plays an important role in the USE system Is the school exam a personal business or state concern? The additional period of passing the USE ended, a few days remained until the end of the receipt of documents universities, when it becomes clear how the decreased, compared to last year, the USE points influenced the educational trajectories of Russian applicants.

A group of victims in the case of the crash of the Bulgaria ship filed a complaint about the verdict of the Moscow District Court of Kazan, considering it "too soft." This was reported to ITAR-TASS by one of the victims of Gennady Ignarin. He claims that there would be much more complaints if the court took the appeal in electronic form. "Many victims were nonresident, they simply do not have the opportunity to come on weekdays. Therefore, there are four of us so far," Ignarin said.

In Moscow, they said goodbye to Valeria Novodvorskaya (July 16, 2014) In Moscow, about 10 thousand people came to Wednesday to the Sakharov Center to say goodbye to a public figure, journalist, opposition politician Valery Novodvorskaya, who died on July 12. The urn with the ashes of the deceased was buried in the Donskoy cemetery. Valeria Novodvorskaya from his youth was an active participant in the Soviet dissident movement.

The draft document “Fundamentals of State Cultural Policy” is aimed at reforming the cultural space of Russia, including through the system of education and education of children. Did the authors of the concept succeeded? This is reflected in the electronic newspaper "Vesti Education" is reflected in the candidate of pedagogical sciences, an employee of the laboratory of strategies for the formation of reader literacy of the Moscow State Pedagogical University, Ekaterina Asova.

In Moscow, they said goodbye to Valeria Novodvorskaya. According to various estimates, up to 10 thousand people came to a mourning memorial service in the Sakharov center. Among them are colleagues of Valeria Novodvorskaya, figures of human rights movement, politics, journalists, as well as people who did not know her personally.

Levon Ayrapetyan and US President Barack Obama Armenian businessman Levon Ayrapetyan was detained at the Moscow Domodedovo Airport on suspicion of ties with the Russian criminal group. This was reported by the Armenian edition of our radio station. The Rosbalt news agency also informed that Ayrapetyan was detained on July 15 when he was returning from Monaco.

The leaders of the countries of the European Union today are expected to adopt new sanctions against Russia and dividing groups in eastern Ukraine. First of all, we are talking about restrictions on the movement and freezing of bank accounts. Diplomatic sources in the EU report that other sanctions are being considered and details are not reported.

The Russian anti -doping agency began a preliminary investigation of the reasons for the frequent cases of the use of prohibited drugs by Russian walkers, the official’s official report said. The President of the All -Russian Athletics Federation Valentin Balakhnichev, speaking on the eve of journalists, recognized the problems in this type of athletics in Russia and even expressed his readiness to leave his post if the Minister of Sports Vitaly Mutko would make such a decision.

Andrey Zvyagintsev about the film "Leviathan" Since most professional spectators have no opinion, and it appears gradually as a result of the absorption of the opinions of strangers, I am in distrust of the first responses to the premiere of the Cannes Film Festival. Often, hasty reviewers distort the outlines of what they saw beyond recognition. This happened with the film by Andrei Zvyagintsev "Leviathan".

I grew up in a typical intelligent family, so we had two table books at home. One - Mikoyanovskaya - “about delicious and healthy food”, the other - samizdat - “how to behave during interrogation”. I still remember the advice from the Albrecht brochure: “To the investigator’s question“ Where did you get the gospel? ” Answer the truth: “Fate from Matthew”, however, ordered that I left the USSR, never met the employees of the department, who inspired us with Hitchcock's horror.

Konstantin Yankauskas The Presnensky court of Moscow will consider today the issue of extending house arrest to Konstantin Yankauskas. The opposition is accused of fraud in the framework of the case of violations of financing the election campaign of Alexei Navalny in 2013. According to investigators, Yankauskas and other closest associates of Navalny - Nikolai Lyaskin and Vladimir Ashurkov appropriated part of voluntary donations. They deny it.

An accident in the Moscow metro In Moscow, today is the day of mourning for those who died as a result of the metro disaster that occurred the night before. According to the latest data from the Ministry of Emergencies of Russia, 22 people became its victims. At least 150 victims are in hospitals, a third of them are in serious and extremely serious condition. Among the dead are six foreigners - citizens of China, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Moldova.

Founder Wikileaks Julian Essange The court in Stockholm upheld the arrest warrant of Australia, Julian Essange. As Radio Liberty correspondent Sergei Dzhanyan said, the Stockholm District Court upheld the International WikiLeaks founder of Julian Essange, who was suspected of sexual violence against two Superies. Since June 2012, the 43-year-old Essange has been hiding at the Ecuador Embassy in London , and the Swedish authorities seek its issuance from the UK.

Israel agreed to a "humanitarian truce" with Palestinian militants. On Thursday, from 10 to 15 hours in local time, fire will be stopped by the gas sector - for humanitarian reasons. According to agencies, the Israeli military reported this after consultations with representatives of the UN. On Wednesday evening, the number of Palestinians who died from Israeli strokes increased to 220.

In Washington, US President Barack Obama met with Secretary of State John Kerry to discuss a plan for further actions in negotiations on the Iranian nuclear program in Vienna.