The Wales team beat Belgium 3-1 in the quarter-finals of Euro 2016 and advanced to the semi-finals of the tournament, where they will meet with Portugal. The Belgians opened the score in the match - a long-range shot was a success for Raja Naingollan. The Welsh bounced back in the first half - team captain Ashley Williams scored. In the second half, Belgium had a territorial advantage, but only the Welsh scored - first by Hal Robson-Kanu, and at the end of the match by Sam Vokes.

The Commissioner for Children's Rights in the Russian Federation Pavel Astakhov confirmed that he had submitted his resignation. It is reported by RBC. “Yesterday, after a very serious conversation, I filed an application, but the decision will be made by the president,” he said on the RBC TV channel. On June 30, RBC, citing sources in the presidential administration, reported that Pavel Astakhov had resigned from the post of commissioner for children's rights.

The sheep, which grazed in the field with her herd, was stuck in a piece of fence. Passers -by, seeing an absurd scene, caused help. All this happened on June 30 in Hartfordshire (Great Britain). Photo: RSPCA / REX / VIDA Press “She is not the smartest sheep in the herd,” said her savior Kate Wright, “there is almost no fence along the field, but she found a small piece in which you can get stuck. But it was necessary to just go past the fence.

Hockey player Alexander Radulov, who spent the last few seasons at CSKA Moscow, moved to the Montreal Canadiens NHL club. In addition to Radulov, two more Russians play in it - defenders Andrei Markov and Alexei Emelin. Radulov signed a one-year contract with Montreal that will receive him $5.75 million. Earlier it was reported that several NHL clubs claim the Russian, but the parties could not agree on the amount of the contract. For Radulov, next season will be his third in the NHL.

Russia’s Ministry of Culture has ordered an investigation into “Derussificating technology” and similar means of facilitating “Russophobia,” as well as a study on the proper government response to the use of such technologies. The ministry has earmarked 1.9 million rubles (almost $30,000) for the research, and the deadline to submit an offer for the procurement contract is July 25. The government's announcement describes the research as important to national security.

What is happening in Karelia after the death of children on Syamozer. Report "Medusa" Photo: Igor Podgorny / TASS / Scanpix / Leta On the evening of June 18, 14 children drowned at Siamozer in Karelia who held the holidays in a local camp. This camp is now closed, checks are underway; The director and her deputy were arrested. At the request of Medusa, journalist Daniil Alexandrov went to Syamozero to talk with local residents and officials.

Two Russians were involved in the terrorist attack at the Istanbul airport, the Turkish newspaper Hurriyet writes. According to her, their names were Rakim Bulgarov and Vadim Osmanov. The identity of the third terrorist killed has not yet been established. Earlier, Turkish media wrote that citizens of Russia, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan were killed at the Istanbul airport. Among them was the name of an alleged native of Chechnya, Osman Vadinov.

Officials in Russia's Culture Ministry want to install video cameras aimed into hotel rooms, as part of a new effort to ensure greater public safety. The ministry is also proposing new searches of hotel guests' luggage, and metal detectors in hotel lobbies, according to the newspaper Izvestia . State officials say the privacy afforded to hotel guests is partly to blame for terrorist attacks that have occurred throughout the world in recent years.

MIT made a test for moral dilemmas that self -governing cars will encounter The moral of artificial intelligence is one of the most discussed issues related to the onset of the era of robots. The Massachusetts Technological Institute (MIT) has developed a special test that helps to better understand what moral dilemmas developers are faced with, and at the same time to deal with their moral landmarks. The test is very simple.

On July 1, 2016, the denomination of the national currency was carried out in Belarus . Old banknotes are exchanged for new ones at a ratio of 10,000 to one. Some Belarusian media and Internet users reacted to what was happening with humor. Before the reform, the inhabitants of the country were literally millionaires, but now they had to say goodbye to this status.

The Ministry of Justice recognized the non-profit organization Svobodnoe Slovo, which publishes the newspaper Pskov Gubernia, as a "foreign agent".

Participants of the Moscow Waiting Order movement, who decided to go on a hunger strike near the United Russia reception party in Moscow, were issued administrative protocols under the article on violation of the procedure for holding a rally. This was announced by the founder of the movement Luiza Martyanova. The detained protesters were released from the police department. The participants of the hunger strike intend to return to the United Russia office and continue the action.

Sergei Fedotov, the general director of the Russian Authors' Society (RAO), was arrested in Moscow earlier this week on charges of fraud. Meduza explains what the RAO is, why nobody likes it, and why exactly Fedotov now finds himself behind bars. And, just to keep things interesting, we'll do it with GIFs. GIFs with pirates. The Russian Authors' Society emerged in its present form in 1993.

The Board of Memorial Plaques under the government of St. Petersburg stated that the plaque to Carl Gustav Mannerheim was installed illegally. The decision of the council is advisory in nature, but the district administration can pay attention to it and get rid of the board. According to the Code of Administrative Offenses of St. Petersburg Installation of a memorial plaque in the absence of permission for this is punishable by a fine of up to 100 thousand rubles (for legal entities).

The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation opened a criminal case against officials of the administration of Rostov-on-Don in connection with the flooding of buildings and streets due to heavy rain that took place in the city on June 30. The case was opened under the article of negligence. The names of his defendants in the message of the Investigative Committee are not indicated. During a rainstorm in Rostov-on-Don, a 14-year-old girl died, eight more people were injured.