German Chancellor Angela Merkel has proposed considering inviting Russian President Vladimir Putin to a summit with EU leaders, an initiative supported by French President Emmanuel Macron, sources told the Financial Times. The publication notes that Putin has not been invited to EU summits since Crimea's annexation by Russia in 2014. According to the Financial Times, Germany and France have called on the EU to develop a strategy for closer cooperation with Russia.

Moscow’s Kunetsevsky District Court has sentenced Pussy Riot activist Maria Alyokhina to 15 days in jail after finding her guilty of disobeying a police officer, lawyer Olga Karlova told Interfax on Wednesday, June 23. Earlier, Karlova reported that Alyokhina had been detained “for allegedly planning to carry out a protest action” on the anniversary of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War and for violating the terms of her house arrest. Alyokhina maintains that she isn’t guilty.

The creator of the first commercial McAfee antivirus, 75-year-old John McAfee, was found dead in a Barcelona prison, Reuters reports, citing the Catalan justice department. According to preliminary data, McAfee committed suicide, the Spanish publications El Diario and El Pais write , citing sources. McAfee has been under arrest in Spain since October 2020.

The Soviet and Russian television and radio host Viktor Balashov died at the age of 96. This was written by RBC with reference to the message of the channel "Russia 24". Evgeny Stukalin / TASS Balashov participated in the Great Patriotic War and received several injuries. After returning from the front, he began to work on the All -Union Radio and Central Television, and he also conducted the program “Time” and “Blue Light”.

Russia reports firing ‘warning shots’ at British destroyer near Crimea. The UK denies it. Sergey Smolentsev / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA HMS Defender in the port of Odesa, Ukraine, on June 18, 2021 On June 23, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that it fired “warning shots” and dropped bombs to deter a British Royal Navy destroyer, accusing the warship of violating Russia’s state border in the Black Sea.

Matthias Hangst / Getty Images before the start of the German match-Hungary at Euro 2020 on the stadium field in Munich ran out an activist with a rainbow flag. He raised it in front of the players during the performance of the Hungarian anthem. A week ago, the Hungarian parliament adopted a law that prohibits the distribution of materials about homosexuality and transgender in schools. Many EU countries opposed this law.

The first dose of the coronavirus vaccine has been given to 20.7 million Russians, of whom 16.7 million have also been vaccinated with the second dose, said Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova, who heads the federal task force to combat the coronavirus. As of today, 20.7 million people have been vaccinated with the first component, of which 16.7 million have received both components.

The Ukrainian national team reached the 1/8 finals of Euro 2020, according to Sports.ru. The Ukrainians advanced to the playoffs following the results of two matches in Group E, where the Swedish team defeated the Polish team (3:2), and the Spaniards defeated the Slovaks (5:0). The Ukrainian national team for the first time in its history got into the playoffs of the European Championship. In 2012 and 2016, the Ukrainians did not leave the group for the Euro, writes RBC.

Moscow's Kuntsevo Court has sentenced Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina to 15 days of arrest. She was found guilty of disobeying a police officer's order, lawyer Olga Karlova told Interfax. She had previously said that Alyokhina had been detained "for allegedly planning and carrying out an action" to mark the anniversary of the start of the Great Patriotic War and for violating the terms of her house arrest . Alyokhina denied any wrongdoing.

The flight director of S7 Airlines and the airline's leading instructor pilot were detained in the Moscow region in a case of commercial bribery on an especially large scale. Interfax was informed about this by the department of the Investigative Committee for the Moscow Region. The flight director of S7 was caught red-handed on June 21 while receiving one and a half million rubles for assistance in finding employment for one of the airline’s employees.

Massimiliano Migliorato / IPA MilestoneMedia / Pa Images / Scanpix / Leta on June 23 to the audience of the Pope Francis came in a man of Spider-Man. This is a 28-year-old Italian Matteo Villardita, who has been dressed in a superhero for several years to entertain children in hospitals for free. Villardita asked the pontiff to pray for sick children and their parents. And he gave him a mask of Spider-Man-according to Williardite, to show that he sees the suffering of sick children daily.

Citing the recently adopted “anti-FBK law,” a district election commission in Moscow has rejected a former Team Navalny staffer’s application to open an electoral account for collecting signatures for nomination to the State Duma.

More than 600 thousand people demanded to justify the accused Jeff Pachoud / AFP / Scanpix / Leta Valerie Bako (in a yellow scarf and mask) in the courtroom In the French city of Shalon-Sur-Son, the trial of 40-year-old Valerie Bako began , who is accused of the murder of Daniel Polett-a man who was her stepfather, and then became a husband and pimp. A petition with a demand to withdraw accusations from Bako was signed by more than 660 thousand people.

The British replied that there were no bombs Sergey Smolentsev / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta destroyer "Defender" in the port of Odessa, June 18, 2021 The Russian Ministry of Defense said that the British destroyer Defender violated the Russian border in the Black Sea . The incident occurred on June 23 at Cape Fiolent in Crimea. According to the department, the ship entered the Russian coastal waters at 11:52.

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