Participants in the international festival of Vargan music “Khomus in the cultural space” in Yakutsk fell into the Guinness Book of Records. They played at the same time on 1344 homus vargans, reports on Friday, June 24, Gazeta.ru . At the festival of Ysyakh, the record will be repeated in the form of a demonstration performance. More than 200 participants out of 35 districts of Yakutia and from all over the world came to the festival, which began on Thursday morning.

The Khimkinsky city court justified Alexei Gaskarov, accused of attacking the Khimki administration, and sentenced to two years in prison the second person involved in this case - Maxim Solopov. On the court decision on Friday, June 24, Rapsei reports. The court took into account a number of mitigating circumstances, including the lack of criminal record, and found it possible to correct Solopov without isolation from society.

The Perm Zoo did not accept visitors before lunch on Friday in connection with the death of the Johnny elephant on the eve. The body of the elephant was taken out of the zoo, reports on Friday, June 24, the press service of the institution. The causes of the death of the animal will be found out by the independent commission based on the results of the opening of the elephant. The autopsy has already begun. Further, the body will be destroyed.

President Medvedev introduced a bill to reduce seven to five percent of the minimum threshold for passing parties to the State Duma. On Friday, June 24, reports Echo of Moscow . The day before, Dmitry Medvedev said that the existing seven percent threshold for parties is “this is already really a lot.” At the same time, the president noted that the next elections to the Duma will be held according to the old law. In the future, he did not exclude a decrease in the threshold to three percent.

The first Perm book fair started in Perm. In an improvised book town in the square in front of the Gorky Regional Library, the best Russian publishers presented their books. Inside the library, meetings were held with the headlines of the fair - writers Viktor Erofeev and Zakhar Prilepin . In addition, meetings were held with the colorful character of St. Petersburg philosophy Alexander Sekatsky and Left sociologist Boris Kagarlitsky, illustrator Tatyana Cormer and others.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev replaced the commander of the Black Sea Fleet. On Friday, June 24, reports Radio Liberty . Instead of Vice Admiral Vladimir Korolev, Rear Admiral Alexander Fedotenkov was appointed, who had previously served the commander of the Leningrad naval base. Korolev will now command the Northern Fleet.

The arrival of the musician Edrian Touses (better known under the pseudonym Triki) in Perm put the whole city on his ears. Permyaki waited for the Trip Hore concert as something exceptional. Despite the fact that the performance of Triki took place in the midst of “white nights” - a festival with a very dense program. And Triki did not deceive his expectations. Going down from the ramp of the plane, the musician threw the beautiful vocalist Francesca Belmont to the organizers of the festival.

At the Perm Book Fair, journalist Oleg Kashin met with readers in the library. Gorky and answered their questions. The questions were, of course, all about politics: Putin, Budanov, the Popular Front, Antiseliger. Photo: Ivan Kozlov / Salt - There were publications that Antiseliger was organized not by Evgeny Chirikov, is that true? - Chirikova, indeed, is not the organizer of the forum, she herself talked about it. The organizer is Oleg Melnikov.

The chief editor of the "salt" continues to invitely fidget on Twitter from the Perm Book Fair . The second day is even better than the first. Today, there are even more people at the Perm Book Fair than yesterday. Everyone is in prison. TO. Sorokina will not be today, the old man did not reach us. Therefore, go to the lecture of Alexander Ivanov about hatred for Russian literature. 16.00. Or to the lecture of Andrei Avostsaturov at 18.00.

President Medvedev does not mind appointing Valentin Matvienko as a speaker of the Federation Council. On Friday, June 24, reports the Air Force . “I like this idea,” Dmitry Medvedev quotes the publication to the proposal to appoint the current governor of St. Petersburg Valentin Matvienko to the post of the Speaker of the Council of the Federation. “Valentina Ivanovna is a man with great state experience, an absolutely successful governor,” the president said.