The German media learned that Russian President Vladimir Putin in recent months sent several personal letters to the former Chancellor of Germany Helmut Kolya. They were talking about the situation in the southeast of Ukraine. This was announced on Friday by the German publication Spiegel with reference to its own anonymous sources. At the same time, Kolya’s office is not confirmed, but they do not refute information about the letters of the head of the Russian state.

The International Federation of Football Associations will hold an extraordinary meeting of the Executive Committee on July 20. The FIFA press service reports that the executive committee will discuss the date of extraordinary elections of the President of the Federation. Also, the reform of the organizational structure of FIFA (including changes in the charter) is on the agenda of the meeting of the executive committee.

In the fourth match of the final series of the playoffs of the National Basketball Association, Golden State Warriors defeated Cleveland Cavaliers. "Warriors" captured the advantage at the very beginning of the meeting. The owners of the parquet only in the third quarter managed to slightly reduce the lag, but nevertheless, the ending was for Golden State - 103: 82 (31:24, 23:18, 22:28, 27:12).

Early morning on Friday, June 12, it became known that the Iraqi authorities found the body of the former Deputy Prime Minister and the head of the Foreign Ministry of Iraq Tarik Aziz, who disappeared the day before at the Baghdad airport during the transportation to Jordan for the funeral. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the ITV television channel. The latter refers to the lawyer of the family of the deceased.

The building of the Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Kharkov as a result of the attack caused significant damage, Moscow requires Kiev to conduct an investigation and punish the participants in the provocation. This was stated on Friday at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

The Samara missile and space center (RCC) "Progress" has developed a universal transport and launch container for launching nanosatellites into orbit. Its tests should be held during the first launch campaign from the Vostochny cosmodrome in December, the press service of the Government of the Samara Region said. “Work on the project began in May 2014.

The unknown armed group captured the Tunisian consulate in Tripoli and holds 10 employees there, BBC reports. The representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tunisia confirmed the fact of the seizure of the diplomatic unity and expressed the condemnation of the attack, but refused further comments. It is not yet known that the group attacked the consulate and whether it was a question of the capture of hostages, abduction or a kind of protest of militias who often take place in Libya.

The leaders of the municipalities of Crimean coastal cities will be given a week to clean the beaches from garbage, otherwise personnel conclusions will follow, the first deputy prime minister of the Crimean government Mikhail Sheremet said. The holiday season in Crimea started on May 1. The forecast indicator of the number of vacationers for 2015 is 4.3 million tourists - by 15% more than in 2014.

In Chile, the American football Cup started - the largest tournament for the countries of South and Central America. In the first match, the hosts of the competition won over the national team of Ecuador with a score of 2: 0. Both goals were scored in the second half. In the 65th minute, Arturo Vidal realized the eleven-meter blow, which himself earned. And in the 84th minute, striker Eduardo Vargas struck an accurate blow to the gates of Ecuador.

Moldova Prime Minister Kirill Gaburich resigned. He stated this during the press conference in Chisinau. “My gesture is not a retreat, but a step forward. I hope that it will make it possible to form a new ruling majority in parliament. I hope that the initiatives of the government will continue, there should be a fight against corruption. Thank you for the trust of those who supported me,” Gaburich quoted TASS. He emphasized that he headed the cabinet to work.

The shipowner repaid the salary debt in the amount of more than 16 thousand dollars in front of the crew of the Pattana vessel (Beliza flag) after the ship was detained at the port of Vladivostok at the request of the sailors and the crew to the transport prosecutor’s office, TASS reports with reference to the Russian trade union.

The court in Lille in the north of France on Friday, June 12, justified the former head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) of Dominic Struss-Kana in a high-profile case of pimination , reports France 24 . The court decision was made after the prosecutor’s statement, who refused the charges due to the lack of evidence. In total, in the case of the organization of sex liveings with the involvement of prostitutes, 14 people are held.

The court of the Vidzemsky suburbs of Riga on the arrest of Russian citizens Andrei Popko and Alexander Kurkin, who were detained on June 10 at the Latvian military base in Adja, reports Reuters. During the detention of Popko and Kurkin, who managed to hang out a flag in the colors of the St. George tape on the military base, leaflets in English were discovered, the Delfi portal reports. The activities of NATO were criticized in the leaflets.

Western media continue to closely monitor the development of the Russian military-industrial complex. This time, their attention was drawn to the new domestic T-14 Armata tank, officially presented at the parade in honor of the 70th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War. Journalists are confident that in the coming years, Armata may turn into a “ridge” of the Russian army and a symbol of its power, writes Yahoo News with reference to AP.

In New York, on June 11, at the 86th year of his life, the American saxophonist Ornett Coleman died. One of Jazz's greatest innovators, Coleman created the Free Jazz style - "Free Jazz". The term itself came into use after the release of the Coleman revolutionary album "Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation" in 1961.