In Mosul, where fighting between Islamic State militants and the international anti-terrorist coalition has been going on since October 2016, a cathedral mosque built in the 12th century has been destroyed. Iraqi military officials said the mosque was blown up by ISIS militants , and its "historic leaning minaret" was also destroyed, Reuters reported . The terrorist-controlled media, in turn, blamed the American air force for the destruction of the mosque.

At Bishop Airport in the US state of Michigan, a man stabbed a police officer in the neck. The victim is in the hospital. Initial reports said he was in critical condition, but later he got better and is in a stable condition. The perpetrator is in custody. Under what circumstances the attack took place is not known. The FBI is investigating eyewitness reports that the perpetrator shouted "Allah Akbar" at the time of the attack, the Associated Press reports, citing a law enforcement source.

The director of St. Isaac's Cathedral, Yuri Mudrov, appointed on June 15, spoke out against holding a referendum on the transfer of the temple to the use of the Russian Orthodox Church. According to Mudrov, "the referendum will not reflect public opinion in full." “In general, this is not a question of a referendum. Streets and rallies will not solve this issue, because if a referendum is held on any occasion, I believe that this is an unproductive path of development.

In the middle of a live YouTube broadcast on Wednesday, police interrupted a presentation by Leonid Volkov, Alexey Navalny’s campaign manager, to deliver a subpoena. Likely for his role organizing an unsanctioned political protest on June 12 in Moscow, Volkov is being charged with violating Russia’s laws on public assemblies. According to the paperwork delivered on Wednesday, Volkov is required to appear in court on Thursday, where he could be fined or arrested for up to 10 days, if convicted.

In the Moscow City Court, a jury convicted five defendants in the case of the murder of 15 people in 2014-2015. This was reported by the press secretary of the court Ulyana Solopova. We are talking about Pavel Voitov, Elena Lobacheva, Vladislav Karataev, Artur Narcissov and Maxim Pavlov, who, according to investigators, from July 2014 to February 2015 killed 15 people in Moscow, the Moscow region and the Yaroslavl region. Meduza wrote extensively about this case .

Alexander Chumichev and Alexander Shogin / TASS Viktor Tsoi, lead singer of the legendary Soviet rock band Kino “I Want Changes!” ( Khochu peremen! ) is one of the most famous songs by the band Kino . During Perestroika, the tune took on a distinct political message, and ever since it’s been associated with protests, ringing out at rallies and demonstrations by groups of every stripe. Even diametrically opposed political movements use the song.

The police handed the head of the Federal Staff of Alexei Navalny Leonid Volkov a summons in the case of violation of the procedure for holding a rally. This happened during the air of Volkov on the Channel "Navalny Live"; When the door was knocked on the door, he asked the policeman to go inside, and the operator not to clean the camera.

The Russian national football team lost to the Portuguese team in the Confederations Cup. The match ended with the score 0:1. Cristiano Ronaldo scored the only goal. After a canopy from the left flank, he struck the head on goal. Russia had several opportunities to score at the end of the second half. But all the shots went wide of the goal. In the group Russia is now in second place with three points. Portugal in first; she has four points.

Kirill Kuhamar / TASS / Vida Press Information about the early resignation of the Governor of the Kemerovo region Aman Tuleyev, who has been heading the region for 20 years, appeared in the media simultaneously with the news about his serious illness. There were even rumors about his death - caused by the fact that the governor had not appeared in public for a long time. The 73-year-old Tuleyev officially went on vacation on May 22, since then he has not gone to work.

Russia's permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna, Vladimir Voronkov, has been appointed head of the new UN Office for Combating Terrorism in the status of Deputy Secretary General. It is reported by Interfax with reference to the message of the organization. UN Secretary-General António Guterres, who has headed the organization since 2017, proposed the creation of a counter-terrorism office at the UN in February.

HBO has released the second trailer for the seventh season of Game of Thrones. The video is dedicated to the landing of Daenerys Targaryen on Dragonstone and the battle with the White Walkers in the north. Jon Snow calls on the clans of Westeros to unite against a common enemy. At the end of the video, Sansa Stark says behind the scenes: “When it snows and the white wind sings, the lone wolf dies, but the pack lives on.” The new season of Game of Thrones premieres on July 16.

For the second time in a day, NATO fighter jets escorted a plane carrying Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. This is reported by Interfax and RIA Novosti with reference to their correspondents. This also happened over the neutral waters of the Baltic Sea - when Sergei Shoigu was returning from Kaliningrad from an off-site meeting of the collegium of the Ministry of Defense. This time, the fighters did not attempt to approach the aircraft.

The former director of Gogol-Center Alexei Malobrodsky was sent under arrest. Report "Medusa" from the courtroom Evgenia Novozhenina / SCANPIX / Leta On June 21, the Presnensky court of Moscow arrested the former director of Gogol-Center Alexei Malobrodsky-he is accused under the fourth part of Article 159 (“Fraud on an especially large scale”) of the embezzlement of budget funds allocated for the production of the Seventh Studio .

The Kremlin stands by Putin’s fake war video, but also pins it on Defense Minister Shoigu; Russia and NATO duel in airspace outside a Defense Ministry jet; and Kadyrov gets some tough questions Throwing Shoigu under the bus? “I can confirm that these materials did come from our Defense Ministry. It was part of a report submitted to the president.

Community " ThefivePoints " in VKontakte A six -year -old boy who died under the wheels of a car in Zheleznodorozhny near Moscow was very drunk. Such a conclusion of forensic experts formed the basis of a criminal case of negligence, but a few days later the Investigative Committee announced that a high content of alcohol was really found in the child’s blood. Medusa tells how the story develops with inexplicable test results after an accident in the suburbs.