Russian tennis player Vera Zvonareva, 25, from Moscow, gets to Wimbledon semifinal first time in her career after having defeated famous Belgian Kim Klijsters in the quarterfinal in three sets 3:6 6:4 6:2.

Yelena Baturina, the business lady and the wife of Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov, is ranked the 3d richest woman in the world with an estimated wealth of $2.9 billion.

Poet Andrey Voznesensky has died today, June, 1st, after a serious long illness, aged 77.