Japan found itself at the center of a serious scandal after European and American newspapers studied in detail what would seem to be the most innocent of documents - Japan's application for inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage List of a number of industrial sites that the country's government called monuments of the Meiji Industrial Revolution.

On Saturday, June 27, in the Oktyabrsky district of the Rostov region, near a quarry in the village of Kadamovsky, a reconstruction of a combat operation carried out during the war in Afghanistan took place. The organizers of the event, which is taking place for the eighth time, were members of the regional branch of the Union of Afghanistan Veterans.

Voice Kirill Petrenko, who was last week chosen as the new chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Photo: VICTORIA BONN-MEUSER / EPA / TASS I hug the orchestra!

Forecasters from the Hydrometeorological Center have lowered the weather danger level in Moscow and the Moscow region to “yellow,” symbolizing potentially dangerous weather. We are talking about strong winds, precipitation and thunderstorms. “The ‘yellow’ level is average on the scale adopted to indicate weather hazards,” the Hydrometeorological Center explained to TASS .

Spain demands that it be held not in November, but in May Processes Photo: Reuters The Spanish Professional Football League (LFP) has filed a claim with the International Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against the International Football Federation (FIFA). The LFP is demanding that the 2022 World Cup, which will be hosted by Qatar, be postponed from November-December to May-June, arguing that otherwise it will suffer significant financial losses.

According to the head of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Hilarion, a meeting between Pope Francis and the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, may take place in the near future. “The meeting is quite likely. Another thing is that it is too early to talk about the time and place of this meeting. I think Pope Francis has a desire to meet with Patriarch Kirill.

The verdict in the case of the former mayor of Novokuznetsk Sergei Martin has entered into legal force. As reported by the Kemerovo Region Prosecutor's Office, neither the convicts nor the state prosecution began to appeal the verdict passed by the Central District Court of Prokopyevsk on June 8. The appeal period expired last week.

Materials prepared by Denis Tibelius 590 1 min. ... Anthropology Photo: Getty Images Nose to the wind A person is able to use the nose as a full-fledged navigation system. These are the conclusions of scientists from the University of California at Berkeley (USA). During the experiment, 20 volunteers, temporarily deprived of sight and hearing, were locked in a large room. Their only reference points were the smells of birch, anise and cloves emanating from different corners.

How Yevgeny Primakov was seen off 69K 11 min. ... Today the country's political leadership said goodbye to Yevgeny Primakov. He was given unprecedented honors. Kommersant special correspondent ANDREY KOLESNIKOV can only compare this farewell to how they said goodbye to the leaders of the state, not Russian, but Soviet.

Guus Hiddink has left his post as head coach of the Netherlands national football team. This was reported by AFP with reference to the Royal Netherlands Football Association. Mr. Hiddink took over the leadership of the Dutch national team in March 2014, signing a contract before the 2016 European Championship. After six matches in the 2016 EURO qualifying tournament, the Dutch are third in Group A with 10 points. Previously, the coach admitted that he could change jobs.

The Russian government has submitted to the State Duma a bill aimed at improving legislation on specially protected natural areas. This is reported on the government website. The bill provides for a ban on the seizure of land and forest areas located within the boundaries of state natural reserves and national parks, as well as taking into account the interests of the local population when setting fees for visiting state natural reserves and national parks.

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On June 25, employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan and Russia detained a citizen of Kyrgyzstan, recruited by the international terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS), while attempting to travel to Syria, the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kyrgyzstan told Interfax. According to the 25-year-old detainee, she is a resident of one of the villages of the Chui region, does not work anywhere, is not married, but has two dependent children.

The Russia Small Business Index (RSBI) in the Primorsky Territory increased to 44.9 points from 42.9 in the second quarter of 2015, the Far Eastern branch of Promsvyazbank PJSC and the public organization Support of Russia announced on Friday at a press conference. The sales and profit indicator (47.3 points in the second quarter versus 42 points in the first) indicates a slowdown in the rate of decline in the financial results of small and medium-sized businesses.

Greece will not be able to make payments on its €1.6 billion loan on Tuesday. An unnamed Greek government official told Reuters. Previously, Greece introduced restrictions on withdrawals from bank accounts - they did not open on Monday and are likely to remain closed all week. The measure is forced; the outflow of funds from banks over the weekend exceeded €1.3 billion.