Former speaker of the State Duma Gennady Seleznev has died. The politician was 67 years old. According to Seleznev's son-in-law Andrey Andreev, he has recently been seriously ill. “The doctors did everything possible, but tonight Gennady Nikolayevich’s heart stopped,” Andreev added. TASS Gennady Seleznev served as chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the second and third convocations.

The youth team of Russia (U-19) lost in the final of the European Football Championship to the Spaniards. The decisive match ended 0-2, goals were scored by Borja Mayoral and Matias Nahuel. One of the best players in the Russian national team was goalkeeper Anton Mitryushkin, who saved the team from conceded goals several times. The Russian team under the age of 19 at the European Championships managed to get out of the "group of death".

The Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia, Ella Pamfilova, promised to convene a meeting of the competition commission for the allocation of presidential grants in order to review the results of the competition, the winner of which was Maria Gaidar's Social Request Foundation. Pamfilova believes that the fund should be deprived of the grant in connection with Gaidar's decision to take the post of deputy governor of the Odessa region.

The head of the terrorist organization "Islamic state" Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi banned militants from publishing detailed videos of massacres of hostages. His order states that the murder scenes, filmed in great detail, may seem repulsive and frightening to some Muslims, and especially to children. In particular, al-Baghdadi forbade demonstrating the entire process of beheading.

Mitsubishi was the first of the major Japanese companies to ask for forgiveness for the use of slave labor of prisoners of war during the Second World War. The ceremony will take place on July 19 at the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles. One of the leaders of the corporation will turn to former prisoners and personally to 94-year-old American James Murphy, who was captured in 1942 in the Philippines.

On the beaches of Ust-Kamenogorsk in the east of Kazakhstan, death with a scythe, in a black cloak and mask, sailed. She ran along the shore on a rubber boat, to the side of which a poster was attached with the inscription "I'm waiting for you, offender!" Thus, the rescue service decided to remind vacationers of the need to comply with the safety rules on the water. informburo.kz "Death" sailed to the beaches of Ust-Kamenogorsk “It worked for someone, no one.

French President Francois Hollande proposed the creation of a eurozone government. He wrote about this in an article published in Le Journal du Dimanche. In the article, Hollande acknowledges the merits of Jacques Delors, the former President of the European Commission, one of the main organizers of the transition of the EU countries to a single currency. Delors will turn 90 on July 20.

The OSCE mission and representatives of the joint center for monitoring the observance of the truce in Donbass confirmed the start of the withdrawal of heavy equipment in the DPR from the line of contact with the Ukrainian army. The observers recorded the arrival of a tank platoon at the place of deployment. OSCE staff describe the numbers of military vehicles and identification marks.

Former AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd has been arrested again in New Zealand, 10 days after he was convicted of threatening murder and possession of drugs. The reason for the detention remains unknown. It is reported that prostitutes were with him at the time of the arrest in the musician's house. At the last meeting, the judge warned the musician that he would go to jail if he violated the conditions of house arrest (English).

The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation handed over to Armenia a criminal case on the murder of seven people in Gyumri, in which Russian serviceman Valery Permyakov is accused. Armenian investigators received nine volumes. News.am reports that the desertion case, also initiated against Permyakov, remains under the jurisdiction of the Russian side. The transfer of the case was preceded by joint consultations with Russian investigators in Yerevan and Gyumri.

Harper Lee released the second novel in 55 years Photo: AP / Scanpix In the USA and Great Britain on July 14, the most long-awaited novel of 2015 appeared on the shelves of bookstores: “Go Set a Watchman” by 89-year-old writer Harper Lee. No matter how trite it sounds, but the book really produced the effect of an exploding bomb and seriously upset many readers.

A court in the United States released on bail of $ 10 million one of the defendants in the case of corruption in FIFA, the former vice-president of the federation, Jeffrey Webb. The suspect was banned from leaving New York, his movements will be tracked using an electronic bracelet. Webb is suspected of extortion and taking bribes. At the court hearing, he declared his innocence. U.S.

An essay about the world chess champion Garry Kasparov was removed from the deluxe edition prepared for the 80th anniversary of the Spartak sports society. This was told by the author of the essay Evgeny Gik. According to him, the author-compiler of the book could not say who exactly made such a decision. “Someone from the top leadership tried,” the compiler noted.