Update. The airport resumed operations shortly before midnight. Zhuliany International Airport in Kyiv was closed after the plane skidded off the runway, the press service of the airport reported. The incident occurred at 20:40 Moscow time: a Bravo Airways plane, which arrived from Antalya, turned around while braking on a wet runway. There were 169 passengers and crew members on board, none of them were injured. The opening of the airport is expected at one in the morning on June 15.

Dee Jay Fontana, best known as the drummer in Elvis Presley's band, has died in Nashville. Fontana was 87 years old and died at home in his sleep. His wife said that the musician was experiencing complications after breaking his hip in 2016. Milos 02 Elvis band with DJ Fontana on drums playing Blue suede shoes, 1956 Fontana played with Presley from October 1954 for 14 years. He participated in the recording of several hundred Elvis compositions, including all of his most famous hits.

The Basmanny Court of Moscow arrested the head of the Serpukhov district of the Moscow region, Alexander Shestun, who is accused of abuse of power. Shestun was arrested for a period of two months. He himself, commenting on his case before the court session, called what was happening "a complete order for lawlessness." The defendant's side told TASS about its intention to appeal against the decision to place Shestun in custody.

We answer alarming questions Vladimir Astapkovich / Sputnik / Scanpix / Leta On June 14, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev announced that the rate of value added tax (VAT) will grow from 18 to 20%. Thus, the government plans to receive about two trillion rubles for six years. "Medusa" answers alarming (and not only) questions about this. VAT is, excuse me, what is it in general? Imagine that we have a plant that produces stools.

The leader of the Metal Corrosion group, Sergei Troitsky, known as the Spider, submitted documents to the Moscow City Electoral Committee for nomination as a candidate for mayor of Moscow. Commission member Dmitry Reut told the TASS news agency that Troitsky intends to go to the polls as a self-nominated candidate.

The Russian national football team in the starting match of the World Cup beat Saudi Arabia 5: 0. And now the team, which before the start of the tournament scolded, everyone loves again! This fully applies to the chief coach Stanislav Cherchesov. Firstly, the table after the first game day looks like this: Secondly, the Russian national team did not play the world championships since the same match with Cameroon in 1994, which ended 6: 1.

Victor Caivano / AP / Scanpix / Leta Coach of the Russian national team Stanislav Cherchesov is honoring the attacker of Artyom Dziuba after he scored the third ball into the gate of the Saudi Arabian national team. The match ended with a score of 5: 0 in favor of Russia.

Even if you’re one of those healthy people without food allergies or gluten intolerance, you should be aware of the food you’re shoveling into your mouth, to ensure that your status remains tippity top. Now, we’re not saying you need to stand there in the grocery store isles reading every last word of the fine print on every label on your food. In fact, there are just a few things you should watch out for. Free sugar.

June 14. Raising the retirement age and the first victory at the World Cup The main thing (and this is not the World Cup!) The Russian government proposed increasing the retirement age . According to the plan of the cabinet, the increase will take place in stages during the transition period starting in 2019. The transition period provides for a step -by -step increase in the retirement age for women to 63 years by 2034, and for men - up to 65 years by 2028.

The shortest (and emotional) retelling for those who have not watched The Russians were better from the very first minute: both in movement, and in pressing, and in terms of the number of mistakes (wow, we didn’t expect it either!). In the 12th minute, Yuri Gazinsky scored a goal after a corner kick (this is his first goal for the national team!), And in the 43rd minute Denis Cheryshev beat two defenders with one touch, and then shot past the goalkeeper (beauty!).

The Russian national team beat the team of Saudi Arabia in the first match of the World Cup. The meeting, held at Luzhniki, ended with a score of 5:0. The Russian national team scored the first goal already in the 12th minute: this was done by Yuri Gazinsky. At the very end of the first half, Denis Cheryshev, who replaced the injured Alan Dzagoev, increased the advantage of the Russians.

New York State Attorney Barbara Underwood has filed a lawsuit against the Donald Trump Foundation for "persistent illegal activities," including illegal participation in campaign finance and transactions for Trump. Underwood is seeking court-supervised dissolution of the fund and $2.8 million in damages. She also insists that Trump be banned from leading NGOs in the state for ten years.

Russian citizenship in hand, mixed martial artist Jeff Monson is running for city council outside Moscow Mikhail Pochuev / TASS / Scanpix / LETA Mixed martial artist Jeff Monson is the proud winner of United Russia’s primaries in Krasnogorsk, and now he can run for a seat on the city council. Monson even has the governor’s endorsement. It’s quite a feat for a man who only last month acquired Russian citizenship (and renounced his U.S. citizenship).

Update. The station "Vorobyovy Gory" began to work as usual. In the buildings of Moscow State University on the Sparrow Hills, the evacuation began on the evening of June 14, RBC reports, citing sources. It was announced against the backdrop of the first match of the World Cup, which began in Moscow. The Telegram channel "Initiative Group of Moscow State University" reports that the corps began to evacuate before the start of the match.

US President Donald Trump at the G7 summit said that Crimea is Russian, as everyone living on the peninsula speaks Russian, Buzzfeed reports, citing a diplomatic source. According to the interlocutor of the publication, the President of the United States made such a statement during a dinner with other leaders of the countries included in the G7.