On June 29, a bill was submitted to the State Duma proposing a ban on smoking at a distance of less than ten meters from the entrances of apartment buildings. The initiative was sponsored by six members of the Federation Council.

Commenting on recent scandals involving Joseph Stalin, Russian Orthodox archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin wrote on Facebook this Wednesday that the infamous Soviet leader was actually a divine servant sent to punish the men responsible for the Bolshevik Revolution and the Red Terror.

The German national football team became the second finalist of the Confederations Cup, beating the team of Mexico with a score of 4:1. The match took place in Sochi on the evening of June 29. The first two goals were scored by German midfielder Leon Goretzka at the very beginning of the match, in the 6th and 8th minutes. The third goal against the Mexicans was scored by Timo Werner in the second half of the meeting. On the 89th, Marco Fabian scored the only return goal.

What students and faculty are saying about the new wall art at Kutafin Moscow State Law University Maria Nechaeva On June 26, law professor Henry Reznik announced that he was resigning from his position at Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MGYuA) as a sign of protest against the school’s decision to restore a memorial plaque dedicated to Joseph Stalin, who once spoke in the university’s building in 1924.

The Investigative Committee announced the arrest of an underage girl from the Kamchatka Territory, who was the administrator of a "suicidal group." She is suspected under the article "Attempted murder committed by a group of persons." According to investigators, the girl corresponded with "potential victims" using accounts under fictitious names.

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet at the G20 summit in Hamburg on July 7-8. This was stated by Trump's national security adviser, General Herbert McMaster. The meeting will be one of several that Trump will host at the summit, he said. On the possible content of the conversation, McMaster said that it would be about both "irritants" and areas in which the Russian Federation and the United States are cooperating.

The main prize of the 39th Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF) was awarded to the film by Chinese director Liang Qiao "Crested Ibis". Rustam Khamdamov's film "A Bag Without a Bottom" received a special jury prize. The best director was the author of the film "Yellow Heat", Turkish director Fikret Reyhan.

Update. TASS, citing a source , reports that the building collapsed not because of the explosion, but because of the rain. “As a result of the rain that was falling in Donetsk today, the structure of the building was washed away, which caused a partial collapse of the building,” the agency’s source said. In Donetsk, an explosion occurred on the territory of the Donetsk National University of Economics and Trade, Interfax reports citing its correspondent.

The XX English group released a clip for the song "I Dare You" from the January album "I See You". The creative director of Calvin Klein took part in the creation of the clip, which the group called the “Los Angeles” “Los Angeles”. In particular, the daughter of Michael Jackson Paris and 13-year-old Millie Bobby Brown, who played the role of eleven in the series “Very Strange Things”, starred in the video.

The “FOBOS” weather center is putting Moscow on alert for a tropical storm this Friday evening. Meteorologists warn that the downpour could break a 50-year-old record, subjecting the city to thunderstorms, hail, and winds that could reach 45 miles per hour (20 meters a second). The heavy rain is expected to begin around 3 p.m.

Christian Veron / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta Oscar Perez, March 1, 2015 For several months, Venezuela has been continuing protests against the president of the country Nicholas Maduro. Venezuens protest due to high inflation, lack of drugs and other essential goods. Maduro refuses to resign. The other day, against the backdrop of protests, the police officer took a helicopter, flew up to the building of the Supreme Court and threw several grenades on it.

Vladimir Astapkovich / Sputnik / Scanpix / Leta The captain of the Portuguese national team and one of the best football players in the world Cristiano Ronaldo officially confirmed that he became the father of the twins. Who their mother is unknown - Ronaldo does not disclose her name. According to tabloids, we are talking about surrogate motherhood.

Officials from Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) have reportedly warned opposition politician Alexey Navalny that his suspended sentences in two felony convictions could be converted to full imprisonment, says Navalny’s press secretary, Kira Yarmysh. Navalny is currently serving out a 25-day jail sentence for organizing an unsanctioned protest in Moscow on June 12.

Novaya Gazeta published an appeal from the mother of Viktor Ageev, Russian citizen Viktor Ageev, Svetlana Ageeva, who was detained by the Ukrainian military, in which she asks to assist in the release of her son. The appeal was sent to the chairman of the Altai branch of Yabloko Alexander Goncharenko; he sent it to the head of the Yabloko faction in the St.

The accused of the murder of Boris Nemtsov was found guilty. Report "Medusa" Denis Tyrin / AP / Scanpix / Leta Tamerlan Eskerkhanov (the first on the left in the Aquarium) and other accused of the murder of Boris Nemtsov in the hall of the Moscow District Military Court On June 29, in the Moscow District Military Court, the jury issued a verdict in the case of the murder of politician Boris Nemtsov.