The tournament was left without non-European teams It had to be one of the best matches of the tournament. And sometimes it seemed like it was! Brazil attacked all the time, and Belgium scored: first there was an own goal from a corner, and then de Bruyne charged from behind the penalty area directly into the bottom corner. Paulinho missed the ball, Coutinho hit, but the ball flew into the defenders, Neymar fell - so he almost got a card for simulation.

A preliminary report by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has concluded that chlorine was used in the April 2018 attack in the Syrian city of Douma . “The results [of the analysis] showed no traces of nerve agents or their degradation products in environmental samples or blood plasma collected from the suspected victims,” the document says.

Tomorrow Russia is Croatia! The championship is back ... After two days of a break (two whole days without football!) Throw -finals began at the World Cup. In the first of them, Uruguay and France played: the French won with a score of 2-0 and first got into the semifinals. Tonight, another match that promises to be absolutely fiery: Brazil is Belgium.

Sergey Pyatakov / Sputnik / Scanpix / LETA A group of historians from Moscow State University came to the Tretyakov Gallery with their students. They were accused of leading an “illegal” tour, and told to leave. On June 15, Oleg Airapetov, Maxim Shevchenko, and Fyodor Gaida — all historians at Moscow State University — attended an exhibition of Vasily Vereschagin's works at the Tretyakov Gallery on Krymsky Val, bringing along several of their undergraduate and graduate students.

Vladimir Astapkovich / spanpix / leta "Tank ballet" performed by military personnel of the Kantemirovsky Tank Division, summer 2014 Oleg Leontyev ordered the soldier to overtake the faulty tank. The soldier died in the accident In November 2016, Ilya Gorbunov from Bryansk was called to the military unit 32010, which is part of the Kantemirovsky Tank Division.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. Spain rides home-oh. And Croatia? ⚽️ Special issue. Extra time After the Russian national team was published on the quarterfinals of the World Cup, it became clear that the special issue of our football podcast would not do without extra time. The guest in it was Sergey Smirnov, the editor -in -chief of Mediazones and an incredibly successful football forecast.

The French team was the first to reach the semi-finals of the World Cup. In the ¼ final match in Nizhny Novgorod, the French defeated the national team of Uruguay with a score of 2:0. Goals in the match were scored by Raphael Varane and Antoine Griezmann. In the semi-final, the French team will play against the winner of the match Brazil - Belgium on July 10 in St. Petersburg.

The Moscow City Hall prohibited trade unions from holding a rally and march against raising the retirement age in the city center on July 18. Instead, the organizers of the action were offered two alternative sites - Pererva Street in Lyublino and Sokolniki Park. The organizers rejected the proposed options.

Diamond mining group Alrosa has found a small diamond that “looks exactly like a soccer ball.” This is what the ball looks like, according to company employees: Published by ALROSA Friday, July 6, 2018 General Director of Alrosa Sergei Ivanov (son of Sergei Ivanov, the former head of the Russian Presidential Administration) stated that “this is a unique find”: “Nature creates various bizarre shapes, but this is the first time in our practice that we have encountered a diamond in the shape of a

Radio Liberty, recognized in Russia as a foreign agent by the media, has provided the necessary financial statements. This is reported by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation. The department said that other media recognized as foreign agents did not provide reporting, they will be "taken response measures," Interfax reports. The day before, the court fined the radio station 100,000 rubles for not submitting these documents on time.

The editor-in-chief of RIA Novosti-Ukraine, Kirill Vyshinsky, who was arrested on suspicion of treason, is suspected of illegal possession of weapons and ammunition. This was stated in the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine. The case is connected with a pistol and cartridges found, according to a representative of the department, in Vyshinsky's bank safe.

Leonhard Foeger / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta Protesters against an increase in the working day in the Austrian city of Linz, June 20, 2018 On July 5, the National Council of Austria voted for the law on a flexible organization of working hours. The maximum duration of the working day in the country is increased to 12 hours, and the working week can be 60 hours.

How Stanislav Cherchesov came to the best in history the result of the Russian national football team Cao Can / Chine Nouvelle / Sipa / Scanpix / Leta On July 7, the Russian team will play in the quarterfinals of the World Cup with Croatia. Even if the Russians will not be able to pass the Croats, they will still be heroes: the national team never reached the playoffs of the World Cup before.

In an interview with RIA Novosti, the chief geriatrician (a doctor who helps people over 60), the Ministry of Health Olga Tkacheva, said that raising the retirement age is an “inevitable process”, and working pensioners, according to research, are better than the quality of life and less often contacting doctors. Most Russians oppose the planned increase in retirement age. Photo in the announcement: Vladimir Smirnov / TASS / Scanpix / Leta

What lives Nikolskaya, the main street of this summer After the victory of the Russian national team over Spain, Yevgeny Berg went to Nikolskaya Street and spent the night with football fans. By the match with Croatia, we looked captured and made a video about the main street of this summer. Shooting and installation - Leonid Marantidi