Most likely, the US President will stay in Moscow at Ritz-Carlton Hotel. He can also choose from the luxury residence for guests in the Kremlin or Marriott Grand Hotel. If Obama chooses Ritz, he will be accommodated in a five-room Kremlin view luxury suite with huge panoramic windows. The bathroom in the suit is tiled with marble. The previous US presidents - Bill Clinton and George W. Bush - preferred to stay at Marriott Grand Hotel during their visits to Moscow

Belarus celebrates Independence Day on July 3. Soviet troops liberated Belarusian capital, Minsk, from Nazi invaders 65 years ago. The country showed no massive resistance to Nazis. There were many partisan groups in Belarus, but the majority of Belarusians were not joining those groups in the beginning of the war.

Ludmila Zykina, the People’s Artist of the USSR, died at age 80 of cardiac arrest in Moscow on July 1. Zykina was one of the few of the Soviet artists, who was allowed to tour in other countries of the world. Zykina became known abroad as the "Queen of Russian folk music" and the "Russian Edith Piaf."

China’s announcement overnight that it will allow companies to settle international trade claims in yuan shows how serious the Chinese authorities are about building a local currency market.

Samsung Corporation unveiled the state-of-the-art prototype of the electronic passport outfitted with two-inch QVGA definition flexible AMOLED display. The display will be used in the passport instead of the static photograph of a passport holder

Deputies of the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly addressed to Governor Valentina Matviyenko with a request to sue US pop star Madonna for using a Russian dirty word in a radio jingle to advertise the singer’s forthcoming show in the city. The word, which Madonna used, is an expression of joy, happiness and many other positive emotions

The following month, using the power of the government-developed internet, the world’s first online Citizen’s Grand Jury was launched by American patriot Bob Campbell of AZ, and the AmericanGrandJury.Org was born. The first group of 25 vetted and sworn jurors studied the evidence online for a week, and on 29 April they voted a ‘True Bill’ of Presentments of Fraud (eligibility) and Treason against the defendant: presumed president of the United States, Barry Soetoro, aka Barack Hussein Obama.