On July 7, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee announced the inclusion of the old city of Hebron (a city in the West Bank of the Jordan) on the World Heritage and World Heritage in Danger lists. In the message , the monument where the so-called Cave of the Patriarchs (the biblical burial place of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Sarah, Rebekah and Leah) is located is listed as belonging to Palestine.

Moscow's Solntsevsky Court granted amnesty to Vnukovo airport snowplow driver Vladimir Martynenko and his boss Vladimir Ledenev, who were charged in the 2014 Falcon plane crash. Martynenko and Ledenev were sentenced to four and three years in prison, respectively.

The Disadman of the University of Belgorod defended his doctoral dissertation by Vladimir Medinsky. Report "Medusa" Igor Ermolenko The dissent of the Belgorod State University recognized the dissertation of the Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky who meets all the necessary requirements and recommended not to deprive him of the degree of Doctor of Historical Sciences. Of the 22 members 19 supported this decision, three more abstained.

On the evening of July 6, Pornhub introduced a mandatory test of age for Russian users - through VKontakte. In fact, this means that visiting the site from the territory of the Russian Federation may be accompanied by the collection of personal data of people who view porn. Porn Sit and VKontakte argue that they are not interested in anything but the age of users.

Medinsky remained at a degree. Historians explain what this means for Russian science Sergey Sevostyanov / TASS / Scanpix / Leta On July 7, the Dissertation Council of Belgorod State University refused to deprive the Minister of Culture of Russia Vladimir Medinsky degree of Doctor of Historical Sciences. He defended his dissertation in 2011, and since then professional researchers have constantly criticized this work ( read more about this here ).

US President Donald Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin for the first time on July 7. Of course, they said hello on camera. And it looked exactly like in the third season of the series “House of Cards,” when Viktor Petrov came to America to meet with US President Frank Underwood.

The Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow fined Aleksey Navalny’s Moscow headquarters volunteer Alexander Turovsky 500 rubles for disobeying the lawful demand of a police officer (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). According to the judge, there is no doubt that Turovsky committed an offense, Mediazona reports. Turovsky was detained on the night of July 6 at the Moscow headquarters of Alexei Navalny, where he was on duty. According to him, at the same time he was beaten.

The State Duma plans to completely ban petting zoos. Such provisions are enshrined in the draft law "On Responsible Treatment of Animals" that was revised for the second reading. After final approval and signing by the president, from June 1, 2018, it will no longer be possible to create zoos in Russia in which animals are kept solely for contact with visitors. Physical contact will only be possible if the animal is in a large enclosure or cage where it can hide in a shelter at any time.

The deputy mayor of Moscow on housing and communal services and improvement, Pyotr Biryukov, said that the capital’s authorities do not plan to complete the reconstruction program “My Street”. He noticed that this work will be "endless." The program "My street" started in 2014 and was originally designed for 4 years. Photo in the announcement: Vasily Kuzmichenok / TASS

"Medusa" talks about the most interesting of the new system In early June, Apple's Corporation announced iOS 11 - the next version of its mobile operating system. It has a lot of new ones, including fully changed App Store and control point. But iPad users will receive the most interesting - they will find a special version of the system.

Evan Vucci / AP / Scanpix / Leta Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump on July 7 on July 7 first met - this happened in Hamburg, where the G20 summit is underway. The negotiations also have the heads of foreign policy departments Sergey Lavrov and Rex Tillerson.

Two explosions occurred in the center of Luhansk, Interfax and RIA Novosti report . Around 3:30 pm, an improvised explosive device went off near the Government House. As a result of the explosion, the captain of the People's Militia of the LPR was killed, five people were injured. The device was planted in a trash can next to a grocery store and stuffed with cut rebar. News-Front LPR.

In Hamburg, at the G20 summit, the first meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump began. It is reported by Interfax. The meeting was attended by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Update. At 19:27 Moscow time, Interfax announced the end of the meeting between Putin and Trump. The negotiations lasted two hours and 15 minutes.

On July 7, opposition leader Alexei Navalny was released after being arrested. Two days earlier, searches had begun at his headquarters throughout Russia. Various pretexts are used for "investigative measures" - from complaints about slanderous materials to criminal cases of arbitrariness. But the result is always the same - propaganda products are taken from the headquarters. If the materials are sent by mail, they are intercepted by the delivery service.

The prosecutor's office asked to sentence the driver of the snowplow at Vnukovo airport Vladimir Martynenko and his boss Vladimir Ledenev to 4 years and 7 months in a penal colony in the case of the crash of the Falcon business jet. Martynenko had previously pleaded guilty. The case is being considered in a special regime, since the accused agreed to cooperate with the investigation. As it was established during the investigation, the driver of the snow blower was drunk.