Updated . A spokesman for the US Central Command said the Iranian plane was escorted by an American F-15 fighter jet, which was conducting a routine visual inspection in accordance with international standards. In the skies over Syria, an Israeli fighter jet dangerously approached a passenger plane of the Iranian airline Mahan Air, flying from Tehran to Beirut. This is reported by the Iranian agency IRIB.

Yuri Trutnev’s press service / TASS / Scanpix / LETA Yuri Trutnev in Khabarovsk, July 13, 2020 According to a new investigation from Alexey Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Trutnev is the owner of a large house located in Moscow’s Serebryany Bor Park. Trutnev, who is also the presidential envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District, is known for his difficult relationship with the Khabarovsk Territory’s recently dismissed governor, Sergey Furgal.

The National Football League's Washington Redskins , which has decided to drop its previous name, which was considered offensive to Indians, will be known as simply Washington Football Club for the new season. The team's management emphasized that this was a temporary name for only one season - the NFL games start in less than two months, and the decision could not be delayed any longer.

Russia’s Sverdlovsk Region is among those hardest hit by the coronavirus. Regional authorities are blaming local residents. Alexey Malgavko / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA Handing out masks during a religious procession in Yekaterinburg June 17, 2020. Strange statistics Russia’s Sverdlovsk Region registered its first case of the coronavirus in mid-March. By June 1, the region was recording 250–290 new cases per day.

Microbiologist Denis Logunov explains his headstart on a coronavirus vaccine and why a two-vector approach promises better immunity Semyon Katz for Meduza Denis Logunov, a deputy research director at the Gamaleya Center , leads the group developing Russia’s first coronavirus vaccine. In an experiment he now refuses to discuss publicly (saying he “doesn’t like the hype”), Logunov actually tested the treatment on himself.

The Solntsevsky Court of Moscow sentenced dispatchers Alexander Kruglov and Nadezhda Arkhipova to real terms in the colony-settlement, as well as the head of flights of the Vnukovo air traffic control center Roman Dunaev in the case of the plane crash of the head of the Total company in Vnukovo. Dunaev received six years in a penal colony, Kruglov and Arkhipova - 5.5 and five years, respectively.

Databases with personal data of about 600 thousand users of the Avito and Yula websites have appeared in free access on the Internet, Kommersant writes. Six files, each containing approximately 100,000 lines, have been posted on a hacker forum since late June. They contain information about the user's region, phone number, address, time zone, and category of goods for sale. Avito said that they do not see a problem with what happened and that there is no talk of a data leak.

Presidents of Russia and the United States Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump held telephone conversations. During the conversation, according to the Kremlin, the issues of strategic stability and arms control were "examined in detail" - the presidents agreed to continue consultations on these issues.

The Ukrainian studio GSC Game World introduced the first trailer for the Stalker 2 game. In the video demonstrated during the online presentation of the Xbox Games Showcase, they showed several locations from the game, as well as anomalies and NPCs sitting around the fire (just like in the first Stalker). Xbox Stalker 2 - Official Trailer #1 Stalker 2 will be released on the new Xbox Series X and PC and will be immediately available for free Xbox Game Pass to the Subscribers.

Corning introduced its new protective glass for Gorilla Glass Victus mobile electronics, reports The Verge. Corning claims that glass is able to withstand the fall to a hard surface from a height of two meters. Corning® Gorilla® GLASS CORNING® Gorilla® GLASS VICTUS ™ Also, according to the company’s statement, Victus is twice as stable to scratches than Gorilla Glass 6.

The US Space Command has accused Russia of testing anti-satellite weapons in Earth orbit. According to the United States, the tests took place on July 15 - then a certain object separated from the Cosmos-2543 satellite. The Space Command statement does not specify what the object was or what was the essence of what was happening, but emphasizes that the United States has evidence that these were weapons tests.

Lego has announced a mini-Royal-and yes, you can really play on it! The set consists of 3662 parts. The piano has 25 keys, each with its own hammer. In addition, there is a special stand for notes and a small chair with adjustable height. Brick Fanatics To play on the piano yourself, it needs to be connected to the phone and a special LEGO application. In this mode, five works are available: when you press any key, the necessary note of the selected composition sounds.

A poll about voting within a few days appeared on the twitter of the Central Election Commission. At the time of publication of the note, more than 85% of those who voted answered “no”. The survey will be conducted over two days. Updated . The head of the Central Election Commission, Ella Pamfilova, said that she herself asked to return the poll. According to her, the previous post was mistakenly deleted by an “inexperienced girl” who deleted obscene comments.

The first big interview with the creator of the Russian covid vaccine. In St. Petersburg, a tenfold increase in the number of community-acquired pneumonia. 15 million people worldwide are sick Good evening, This is Meduza's mailing list about the coronavirus during the pandemic. It comes out on weekdays instead of Evening Medusa. If this letter was sent to you by someone you know and you have not yet subscribed to the mailing list, subscribe here .

Gallery Mauritshes / Wikimedia Commons Professor Donald Olson, physicist and astronomer from Texas State University, together with Professor Russell Dosher and students Charles Kondos and Michael Sanchez, determined the exact time of the day in the famous painting of Yana Vermaur "Type of Dodedt." The Olsen group proved that Vermeur depicted the scene that he observed on September 3, 1659 (or a year earlier), about 8 a.m. local time. This study of astronomers took about a year.