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June 25. Russia lost to Uruguay at the World Cup

The Russian national team lost the last match of the group tournament at the World Cup to Uruguay - our players conceded three unanswered goals from the South Americans . Two goals were conceded at the very beginning of the match - and fans on the Internet began to joke that after incredible meetings with Egypt and Saudi Arabia, the team’s playhad again become the way we are used to seeing it .

The opponent of the Russian national team in the 1/8 finals will be determined late today - it will be Spain or Portugal. Or (this is almost unbelievable) Iran. The game itself will take place on Saturday. And we invite you to check how well you remember the composition of the Russian national team over the three games of the group stage.

Other news

Navalny's probation in the Kirovles case was extended. The Federal Penitentiary Service requested this - the department indicated that Navalny is regularly involved in administrative offenses. The decision to extend the deadline was published on the official website of the Moscow City Court almost an hour before the judge read it out at the hearing.

Yabloko canceled the nomination of Mitrokhin for mayor of Moscow. Mitrokhin, who lost the internal party primaries, became a candidate the day before yesterday following a meeting of the Moscow branch of Yabloko. Today, the federal leadership of the party (Mitrokhin has a long-standing conflict with them) announced that the meeting the day before yesterday was held with violations. It is still unclear whether Yabloko will nominate another candidate.

In Pskov, monuments were erected on the graves of the paratroopers who died in the summer of 2014. Then, immediately after the funeral of the servicemen, the local publication Pskov Province wrote that they died in battles in the East of Ukraine. The Ministry of Defense categorically denied this information, and plaques with names and dates of death were removed from the graves.

"Active Citizen" outside Moscow

Since 2014, the Active Citizen electronic service, created by the mayor’s office, has been operating in Moscow. It is assumed that with its help city residents can solve a variety of issues, from cleaning the yard and choosing the names of new metro lines to demolishing the house in which they live. Now the service is beginning to expand into the regions. Meduza special correspondent Ivan Golunov found out who pays for this and how officials make money from Active Citizen .

Erdogan is president again

Early presidential elections took place in Turkey: with an incredibly high turnout (87%), Recep Erdogan won the first round. At the same time, due to the recent constitutional reform, the previous term of the president’s rule was “reset to zero” - and now he has the right to remain in power for two more five-year periods. On the eve of the elections, the opposition gathered more than a million people for rallies. There were no protests after the vote, but it is possible that more is to come .

And

• To prepare for the “Moscow Graduation,” the territory of Gorky Park was fenced off. To warn foreigners about the closure of the park, notices were posted on it in English - and Gorky Park was translated as “park bitter” .
• Donald Trump in 1992 starred in a cameo role in the film “Home Alone 2” - there he explains to the lost Macaulay Culkin how to get to the hotel lobby. Suddenly, in 2018, against the backdrop of Trump's policies towards migrant children, this scene became relevant again .

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