“There is a fantastic commotion in giant Tokyo today - after about a month of bickering and continuous scandals, the powerful governor of the Japanese capital resigned in disgrace, accused of financial and, most importantly, ethical sins. No, there was no talk of bribes, cuts and kickbacks.

The indexation of pensions in Russia can be reduced in 2017, the newspaper Vedomosti writes. On Wednesday, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev will hold a meeting on the main approaches to planning the budget of 2017-2019, two participants in the meeting told the publication and confirmed the press secretary of the head of government Natalya Timakova. The day before, the parameters of the three-year-old were discussed by the first deputy prime minister Igor Shuvalov.

Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov expressed regret that in the official letter of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, Russian President Vladimir Putin, on the occasion of the Day of Russia, had no substantial points. "This is a protocol message. Traditionally, such messages on the occasion of national days take place. This is a protocol and usual practice in international relations.

The French Lill police banned Russian fans to walk around the city with the national flags of the Russian Federation on the eve of the next match of the group stage of the European Football Championship against the Slovakia team, which will begin on Wednesday at 16:00 Moscow time. "The police asked to remove the paraphernalia and flags, they said that France could not protect us.

The AvtoVAZ company pledged equipment worth 2.4 billion rubles to Rosbank. Interfax reports this with reference to the corresponding entry in the Unified Federal Register of information on the facts of the activities of legal entities. It states that the agreement between the automaker and the bank was concluded on May 31. In mid-May, it was reported that AvtoVAZ had pledged cars worth 1.33 billion rubles to Rosbank.

The US National Infantry Association (NRA), after a tragedy in Orlando, where 49 people at the Pulse club were shot dead, criticized the President of Barack Obama and once again called on the American authorities to ban the sale of weapons to those who are in the list of potential terrorists. This is stated in the official statement of the Executive Director of the Institute of Legislative Initiatives of the NRA Chris Koks. "The NRA position has not changed on this issue.

Counterfeit products, which are sold via the Internet, often already exceeds original quality products and costs much cheaper. According to Kommersant , the founder of the largest alibaba online retailer Jack Ma at a meeting of investors, responding to criticism of his company, which makes profit, including from the sale of "imitations," said. At the same time, the Chinese billionaire assured that no one in the world is able to fight counterfeit better than Alibaba.

The curious incident occurred in Perm: there, from the test landfill, in the literal sense of the word, the robot fled, which the testers left alone. As a result, the robot ended up on a rather busy street and stopped in the middle of the roadway, creating certain interference to the movement of transport.

China made an idea to the United States in connection with the upcoming meeting of US President Barack Obama with Dalai Lama. This was announced on Wednesday by the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China Lu Kan. Earlier, the White House reported that Obama on Wednesday will meet with the leader of the Buddhists of Tibet. The meeting will have a character closed to the press and will be held at 17:15 Moscow time.

The composition of the Russian national team for the match of the second round of the group stage of the European Football Championship against the Slovakia team, which will begin at the Pierre-Morua stadium in French Lille at 16:00 Moscow time, did not undergo changes compared to the starting game against the British ( 1: 1 ).

In the Queen near Moscow, an attack was made on a member of the Solidarity movement Igor Ivanov. The young man was beaten near the house where his wife’s apartment is located. According to Ivanov, during the beating, the attackers shouted that they were taking revenge on his position on the verdict of Nadezhda Savchenko and the accession of Crimea, the Rain television channel reports.

The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation released the Saratov driver from liability for the accident he committed. The man was able to convince the court that in this way he avoided another accident. According to the case materials, a driver named Terebenin, moving in the left lane along Saratov Avenue, abruptly began changing lanes.

The national teams of Romania and Switzerland tied in the match of the second round of the group tournament in the 2016 European football championship. The meeting of representatives of group A in Paris, which was served by the arbitrators, led by Russian Sergei Karasev, ended with a score of 1: 1.

GOA police in India arrested a citizen of Russia suspected of attacking three people and a stabbing. The crime was committed on Tuesday morning near the Baga beach, 20 kilometers from Paranadi in the northern part of Goa. Criminal punishment threatens 35-year-old Eduard Petrovich Goryachev, reports The Times of India . It is assumed that at the time of the attack on the victims, the Russian was drunk or was under the influence of drugs.

Archpriest Nikolai Balashov, Deputy Chairman of the Department of External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, said on Wednesday that the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) does not intend to revise its decision not to participate in the Location Cathedral and insists on transferring the dates of the forum, despite the decision of the Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church, to direct the delegation to the cathedral.