Two paintings by Russian artists of the 19th century Konstantin Makovsky and Vasily Polenova worth 7 million rubles were stolen from the Moscow Gallery, Interfax reports with reference to a source in law enforcement agencies. The canvases were stolen the day before, but the employees of the private gallery located at the Mariott Grand Hotel hotel (26 Tverskaya St.) found the loss only in the morning on Friday.

Oil is getting more expensive on Friday against the backdrop of the escalation of the conflict in Iraq, which threatened the supply of energy from this country, Bloomberg reports. July Brent oil futures on the ICE Futures London Exchange by 9:08 Moscow time increased in price by 0.23 dollars (0.2%) to $ 113.25 per barrel. To close the market on Thursday, the cost of these contracts increased by $ 3.07 (2.79%) and amounted to $ 113.02 per barrel.

Russian strategic bombers were again seen near the US coastline. According to the US military, this week aircraft from the Russian Federation invaded the US Air Defense Air Defense and left, but left it without violating the American airspace. According to The Washington Times with reference to the official representative of the Pacific Air Force Fleet Jeff Davis, on Monday the radars recorded four Tu-95 near the Aleutian Islands and two Il-78 refueling aircraft.

One of the Russian students arrested in the British city of Newkasl is suspected of terrorism, the second is of illegal actions with explosives. This was announced by a representative of the anti-terrorist unit of the police department of North-East England, conducting the investigation of the incident at the University of Newkal, in connection with which students were arrested.

Dmitry Kiselev, CEO of the Russian Propaganda MIA Today, visited Armenia at a meeting of the Armenian-Russian Parliamentary Club, during which he called for promoting Russian and Russian culture in Armenia in the interests of security. These statements caused indignation among a number of Armenian parliamentarians - one of the opposition deputies even called to declare a scandalous journalist by Persona Non Grata, reports REGNUM .

President of South Korea Pak Kyn Hye held a permutation in the government, replacing seven ministers. The Renhap Agency connects them with the consequences of the collapse of the Sevol ferry and the death of almost 300 people. According to the agency, in this way Park Kyn Hy is trying to regain confidence in the work of the government, which was undermined after the tragedy on April 16.

The anti -doping commission of the All -Russian Athletics Federation (WFLA) disqualified the Russian runner of the 2013 world champion in the 4x400 meters relay of Ksenia Ryzhov for 9 months for violation of anti -doping rules, according to the official website of the WFLA. Ryzhova’s doping test, taken from the athlete on March 7, 2014 at the World Cup in Polish Sopot, gave a positive result for trimetazidin. This drug was prohibited for use in the competitive period from January 1, 2014.

As part of the ongoing investigation in the case of the Japanese citizens stolen by the DPRK, the police of the rising sun gathered genetic samples from relatives of 614 missing, RIA Novosti reports, citing a NHK television company. Tokyo believes that since the 1970s, the DPRK’s special services abducted at least 17 Japanese citizens. In addition to them, according to the police, 860 more could be stolen.

The Brazilian team defeated the Croatian team in the match of the first round of the group stage of the World Cup. The meeting that took place in San Paulo at the Arena Corinthians stadium ended with a score of 3: 1. Already after the draw of the group stage of the 2014 World Cup, which took place in December 2013, it was clear that the starting match of the world championship in Brazil would be favorably different from the game that opened the World Cup four years ago in South Africa.

The Supreme Commander -in -Chief of the Korean People’s Army Kim Jong -un instructed the military unit on the island of the Reus, located in the Sea of ​​Japan. The DPRK leader with satisfaction noted that he was turned "into an impregnable fortress, which is not terrible of the enemy sudden attacks," the North Korean agency KCNA quotes the ITAR-TASS.

The lawn of the stadium in the Brazilian Manaus, at which on June 15 the match of the World Cup between the national teams of England and Italy will be unusable for games. This statement was made by the leadership of the International Federation of Associations of Professional Football players (FIFPRO), which quotes ITAR-TASS with reference to the British media.

The Hollywood star Harrison Ford suffered on the set of the seventh episode of the Space Wars space saga. A fragment of the scenery - the hydraulic door of the spaceship fell on his leg and broke the ankle. Filming took place in Britain, in the famous Pinewood Studios near London. The actor was taken to the nearest hospital where he received help.

“Yeltsin died, and many more people and ideas have died since then. After the annexation of Crimea, it became clear that not only Albania and Turkey, but even Ukraine would rather join the EU than Russia. It didn’t work out together with the country. This means you have to join separately. In a few days I'm moving to Berlin. All my life I have dodged emigration, even though it tempted and teased me.

The American actress and human rights activist, the nominee for the Oscar Award and the holder of Emmy Ruby Di died at the age of 91 at home in the city of New Roshel (New York), Reuters reports. Ruby Di was born in Cleveland (Ohio) on October 27, 1922. Her acting debut took place in 1943 in the Broadway musical "South Pacific" (South Pacific), Itar-Tass recalls. Dee starred in more than 100 films and series and throughout her career continued to play on stage.

The Thai military, who declared at the end of May the military coup , abolished the commandant hour introduced by them on May 22. "Due to the fact that a calm situation remains throughout the country, a decision was made to completely abolish the commandant hour," the new authorities said in a statement quoted by Reuters.