Ekaterina Genieva, head of the All-Russian State Library for Foreign Literature since 1993, died in Israel at the age of 70. Writer Lyudmila Ulitskaya told Meduza about this. Genieva had cancer, she was treated in Israel. Ekaterina Genieva has worked at Inostranka since 1972. In 1989, she took the place of first deputy director, and in 1993 - general director. Since 1997, she has headed the Russian Soros Foundation.

Photo: Sergey Karpov / "Love, you are a transformer" On the border between Egypt and Sudan, there is a noe territory of Bir-Taville -a piece of desert the size of Moscow, which has not belongs to any state since the beginning of the 20th century. But in recent years, this territory immediately had two “kings” - one of the USA, the other from Russia. The publication "Batenka, yes you are a transformer" about the history of their confrontation.

The Ministry for Crimean Affairs will be liquidated. As RIA Novosti reports , citing its sources, the decree on the liquidation of the agency is already "pending signature by the president." Vedomosti sources confirmed this information. According to RIA Novosti, the head of the ministry, Oleg Savelyev, will move to the government apparatus. Vedomosti notes that he may take the position of deputy head of the apparatus.

NASA has selected astronauts to prepare for the first flights on SpaceX and Boeing spacecraft. The agency named Robert Behnken , Eric Bowe , Douglas Hurley and Sunita Williams . All of them are experienced astronauts who have been in space more than once. Bow and Hurley are pilots. Hurley flew the shuttle on the last flight of this program in 2011. The astronauts will train with full-time pilots from private companies. The first manned flight of a private spacecraft is scheduled for 2017.

The authorities of Ufa have advised the residents of the city to go on vacation during the BRICS and SCO summits, which are taking place in the city. “Let's just say that they offered those who have the opportunity to spend this time on some of their own affairs. They didn’t oblige, it’s very important to understand, but they suggested it, ”Lenara Ivanova, Minister of Labor and Social Protection of Bashkiria, told RSN.

The international human rights organization Amnesty International has declared Moscow’s “Patriotic Stoplist” to mark the end of free expression and civil society in Russia.

Facebook allowed users to choose themselves, whose posts they want to see in their tape in the first place. The social network promised that this option will be available on July 9 after the new version of the application for iOS. On Android and on the web, sorting posts will appear in the coming weeks.

In the town of Pereslavl, outside Yaroslavl, someone has granted a request by the Russian Orthodox Church and covered up a sign leading sightseers to the so-called Blue Stone (an ancient pagan sacred stone that turns dark blue when wet). According to local reports, the representatives of a nearby monastery complained to police that it was inappropriate to include information about a pagan spectacle with directions to Russian Orthodox holy places.

Maria Sharapova lost in straight sets to Serena Williams in the Wimbledon semi-finals. The match ended with the score 6:2, 6:4. Meduza conducted a text online broadcast of the match. In the final, Williams will play Spaniard Garbine Muguruza, who beat Agnieszka Radwańska in three sets 6:2, 3:6, 6:3. Serena Williams is a five-time Wimbledon champion. Maria Sharapova won this tournament once - in 2004, and in the final she defeated Serena Williams.

Shot: WFTV Toys in the form of minions that are sold in the children's set of Happy Mil in McDonaldʼ, pronounce a phrase that is very similar to obscene vocabulary. If you slam the minion, it shouts three inarticulate syllables that can be mistaken for the phrase “What the Fuck” (“What the garbage”). Adults who bought Happy Mil for his three -year -old son drew attention to the “swearing” toy. As soon as her mother heard what Mignon was saying, she took the toy from the child.

The Finnish Border Guard has accused Russia of violating air borders. Based on the results of the investigation, the service concluded that on June 26, a Russian Il-76 military transport aircraft intruded into its airspace and stayed in it for 53 seconds. At the same time, the aircraft penetrated deep into Finnish territory for almost two kilometers. To intercept the Russian Il-76, a Finnish Air Force F / A-18 Hornet fighter was lifted into the air.

In Pereslavl, a pointer to the Blue Stone , a pagan symbol, was sealed. At the same time, the pointer to the Nikitsky Monastery, located on the same plate, remained. As the local press writes, representatives of this monastery recently complained to the traffic police and asked to remove the sign "to the pagan monument." In their opinion, it "does not fit with Pereslavl Orthodox places." “What is created by nature and the Lord is beyond the control of earthly people.

The international human rights organization Amnesty International called the "patriotic stop list" a nail in the coffin of freedom of expression and civil society in Russia.

How Vladimir Putin renewed Russian aesthetics Photo: Evgeny Feldman / Novaya Gazeta In a new project for the newspaper Novaya Gazeta , photographer Evgeny Feldman studies the emergence of a new kind of glamor in Russia. According to the newspaper's chief editor, Dmitry Muratov, a whole aesthetic collapsed in 2008, apparently ending Russia’s craze for anglicizing words, skinny jeans from Dolce & Gabbana, and much more.

The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation called groundless the claim for the protection of investments lost during the annexation of Crimea to Russia, which the Ukrainian PrivatBank filed with international arbitration in The Hague. Russia does not recognize the jurisdiction of international arbitration to consider this dispute, the Justice Ministry said.