Former Chief of Staff of the Republika Srpska Armed Forces Ratko Mladic, appearing for the first time before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, declared his innocence of the crimes charged against him. AFP reports this. “I defended my people and my country, and not at all myself. I did not kill Croats because of their nationality, I simply defended my homeland,” the former general said.

Natasha Koroleva “in a drunken shop” told Ukrainian journalists how her first husband, Igor Nikolaev, beat her. The singer was filming on Kiev television, where she was offered a drink - for the mood. She drank... And she began to tear away the veils from her bitter life with Igor Nikolaev. Allegedly, she even got it in her face: either she didn’t praise the master’s new song, or she twirled her butt in front of the men at a party...

Rescuers managed to localize the fire at 14:30. Il-76 aircraft, helicopters, and three firefighting trains were involved in extinguishing the fire. The fire at the ammunition depot occurred on June 2 at 11:10 p.m. Residents evacuated from the nearby village of Pugachevo began to return to their homes. Previously, the Ministry of Defense assured that fragments from exploding ammunition do not fly beyond the perimeter of the arsenal. What caused the fire in the warehouse is still unknown.

Rescuers from the regional center of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, working at the scene of an explosion at an ammunition depot in Izhevsk, discovered the first bodies of those killed as a result of this incident, RIA Novosti reports. Two people were reported to have died from heart attacks. The total number of victims increased to 42 people, of whom 19 were hospitalized, the rest were treated on the spot.

The leader of the group “Flowers”, cult musician and great friend of Andrei Makarevich Stas Namin is terribly offended by Makar. He ignored several events that Stas organized and where the “machinist” was supposed to be a guest star in order, for example, to promote the new Namin restaurant. People who worked with Makarevich at different times assure that they have long noticed that the artist stopped communicating with almost all the friends of his youth. Is it really that much of a star?

Young rural residents may be able to take out mortgage loans on improved terms. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said this at a meeting with residents of the village of Nenashevo, Tula Region. Medvedev noted that standard mortgage programs are not applicable to rural areas. “Nobody can handle such conditions here,” he emphasized. According to him, financing the construction of housing for rural residents should be carried out with the participation of regional authorities.

A fire at one of the ammunition depots in Udmurtia, which started last night, could have occurred as a result of non-compliance with fire safety rules. The fire at one of the warehouses of the 102nd artillery ammunition arsenal in Udmurtia, which began last night, could have occurred as a result of non-compliance with fire safety rules, Interfax reports. The main version is a fire caused by a thrown cigarette butt.

The tax service began to understand the miracles demonstrated by Bilan and his team, in which, with a declared income of 2 million rubles, the singer bought apartments in Moscow and the region for close relatives and spent a million euros on his own mansion. If Dima’s hour-long performance costs 50 thousand euros, does this mean that the guy gave only one concert in 12 months, and all the houses are someone’s gifts? Evgeni Plushenko got so fed up with his colleagues, the St.

Information about the prospect of issuing 5-year Schengen visas has excited the minds of tourists. We hasten to “calm down” - ordinary people who travel to the EU zone a couple of times a year will not be affected by the innovation. As Mikhail Ivanov, head of the travel agency Caravella-Pskov, told Sobesednik.ru, these innovations will only affect certain groups - business, children's, youth and research programs, military, civil servants, scientists, journalists.

The authors of the color version of the cult Soviet film “Only Old Men Go to Battle”, a large film company from Ukraine, lost the trial. The daughter of the director of the film, Leonid Bykov, Maryana, sued them. She insisted that the film should only be in black and white, the way her father shot it. “The claim was not about the filmmakers paying financial compensation for copyright infringement,” Bykova’s lawyer, Ivan Kartavy, told us.

The head of Rospotrebnadzor Gennady Onishchenko said that Russia can lift the ban on the import of fresh vegetables from the European Union, which was introduced due to an outbreak of intestinal infection, but only if the Europeans fulfill a number of conditions, Interfax reports. The first is to establish the pathogen and the cause that caused the outbreak. The second is to identify the route of transmission of the disease. Third, establishing the place of origin of contaminated products.

The head of Gazprom, Alexey Miller, denied rumors about his desire to go into politics following the example of entrepreneur Mikhail Prokhorov. According to him, he intends to continue leading the oil and gas giant, Interfax reports. “May 30 marks ten years since I have held the post of Chairman of the Board of Gazprom. The state extended the contract for another five years, so I will spend the next five years doing what I started,” Miller said.

Today, neither films nor TV series can do without explicit scenes, as ZhG has written more than once. Even young viewers have already gotten used to it and don’t ask their parents uncomfortable questions... Did you know that the first official Russian real “movie for adults” was filmed in 1998 and was called “Features of the National Bath”? The leading male actor, People's Artist of Russia Alexander Pyatkov, agreed to tell us about the unforgettable filming. They paid $100 for the main role.

A few hours before the start of the Muz-TV 2011 awards ceremony, its headliners spoke with journalists. Craig David, the Tokio Hotel group and Zemfira were brought to the press in turn. Mr. Craig David talked mainly about the singer Slava, whom he supposedly came to support: her song “Loneliness” was nominated for best song of the year. The glory that went to Slava was indescribable: listening to Craig, one got the feeling that the world revolved around this girl.

Young but already well-known artist Elena Lichis, who works with freshly brewed coffee, captured some extravagant celebrities in her “coffee painting.” Lena called the exhibition, which the famous producer Alexander Izotov helped organize: “People who surprised.” And “ZhG”, having visited the opening day, tried to find out from the guests of the party why the stars themselves were surprised. Men swell when they see Shilova “My mother surprised me,” admitted writer Yulia Shilova.