Palmyra. Photo: Wikipedia The militants of the Islamic State laid mines and homemade bombs in the construction of the late -ant city of Palmyra in Muhafaz Homs, Central Syria. This was reported by the Syrian Supervisory Board of Human Rights, working in London. Human rights activists do not know for what purpose the militants mined the city.

A promotion against overhaul tax. Photo: Ph.Livejournal.com In Moscow, an action was held against major repairs tax. This was reported in his blog by journalist Philip Kireev. The speeches were attended by members of the United Communist Party, the Union of Communist Youth, the Revolutionary Workers Party and the Left Front - up to 20 people, according to the journalist. The action took place late in the evening on Saturday on the desert embankment of Taras Shevchenko.

Beating Dmitry Taralov. Photo: @airly_ann In Magadan, two unknown people attacked the activist of the Party of Progress Dmitry Taralov. This was reported on Twitter by his colleague Anna Vellikok. The incident occurred in the city market at 15:37 local time (8:37 Moscow time). The attackers shouted "Vali in Moscow!" Taralov's teeth were broken. He filed a statement to the police. "Do not intimidate, bastards!" - He wrote on his Twitter. Activists discovered the car where the attackers arrived.

Pavel Zhebrivsky. Hard video from the YouTube channel "Don Oga" The head of the military-civil administration of the Donetsk region, Pavel Zhebrivsky, did not exclude the power operation to return the occupied territories of the region, if the pro-Russian militants continue to violate the Minsk agreements. The governor made such a statement on Saturday in an interview with France 24 and Le Figaro.

Alexis Tsipras and Vladimir Putin. Photo of the Kremlin press service The German authorities warned Greece that this country would be excluded from the eurozone and deprived of international financial assistance if until June 30 it does not pay off its creditors. It is reported by The Sunday Times. “The deadline is clear, and he cannot be shifted,” reports the publication of a certain interlocutor close to Chancellor Angela Merkel.

105 years ago, on June 21, 1910, Alexander Trifonovich Twardowski, Russian poet, editor -in -chief of the New World, Laureate of Leninsky, three Stalinist and State Prizes was born. In the 60s, the “New World” under Tvardovsky was the main tribune of the liberal current within the framework of communist ideology. But on the pages of the magazine, works that went against this ideology, such as Solzhenitsynsky, “One Day of Ivan Denisovich” were also published.

Sergey Ivanov. Photo: kremlin.ru For Russia, it will not be difficult to circumvent any embargo on the supply of equipment introduced by democratic countries. According to Interfax, the head of the presidential administration Sergei Ivanov stated in an interview with Financial Times. “Any equipment, believe me, by virtue of my main profession, can easily be bought through third countries,” the official explained for many years in intelligence.

Patriarch Cyril. Photo: Patriarchia.ru The Russian national idea consists in achieving holiness. According to RIA Novosti, this was stated by the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill, speaking with a sermon in the Voskresensky Cathedral of Brest on the eve of the anniversary of the German-Soviet military conflict. The phrase "Holy Rus'", Kirill noted, appeared precisely because holiness for the Russians has long been a national ideal.

110 years ago, June 21, 1905, a French philosopher, writer and publicist Jean-Paul Sartre was born. In 1964, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature “For the rich ideas, permeated by the spirit of freedom and the search for truth, creativity, which had a huge impact at our time,” but refused to accept the award, explaining this by unwillingness to be owed to any social institution and cast doubt on his independence.

Yak-52 plane. Photo by Alexei Martyshkin In Ishim, the Tyumen region, unknown people stole two sports aircraft from the airfield of the DOSAAF club-the Yak-52 and Gardan GY-80-160. This was reported on the website of the Ural Directorate of the Investigative Committee of Transport. The incident occurred at about 4:50 Sunday by local time (2:50 Moscow time). Both cars, the department notes, were removed from flights.