Violent clashes between ethnic Kyrgyz and Uzbek groups in southern Kyrgyzstan broke out in the city of Osh on June 11 and then spread to the neighboring Jalalabad region. The interim government introduced a state of emergency in a number of areas in the region.
The International Economic Forum, which began on June 17 in St. Petersburg, gained the attention of the international community. One of the main issues of the forum is the modernization of the Russian economy. Photo: Deputy Minister of Economic Development Andrei Slepnev, Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, CIS Executive Secretary Sergei Lebedev (from the left to right) during a roundtable Russia-CIS Business Dialogue at the St. Petersburg Economic Forum.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Russia’s economy has grown by 4% over the last five months, the budget gap would gradually decline and a range of financial laws would be adopted by the yearend.
On June 16, the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg upheld an application from 82-year-old Russian retiree Irina Antonova and banned Finland from deporting her to Moscow.
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