On June 12, in the Turkish province of Eskishekhir, the opening ceremony of the Transanatolian gas pipeline (Tanap) was held, designed to transport gas from Azerbaijan to Europe. Presidents of Turkey, Azerbaijan, Serbia, Ukraine, as well as the leader of the unrecognized Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, came to the event, RIA Novosti reports. Recep Tayyip Erdogan emphasized that the construction of the highway was completed ahead of schedule.

Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain congratulated the Russian leader and citizens of the country on the national holiday - Russia Day. This is stated in the microblog of the British Embassy in Moscow on Twitter. “I am pleased to send my best wishes to the Russian people on the occasion of the celebration of the national holiday - Russia Day. Queen Elizabeth,” the message says. The letter indicates that the message was sent to the President of the Russian Federation.

The former deputy of the St. Petersburg Parliament, and now Polish citizen Olga Litvinenko is threatened by the initiation of criminal cases by Russian law enforcement agencies. Earlier, Litvinenko accused her father - billionaire Vladimir Litvinenko, who was the supervisor of Vladimir Putin, in the abduction of his granddaughter. On June 9, a representative of the city prosecutor's office of St.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) recovered more than 14 thousand euros from Russia in favor of US citizen Jennifer Gaspar . In fact, she was forbidden to live in the Russian Federation, where she remained a husband and a child, on the grounds that the Russian special services considered an American enemy of the state. The European court assessed the moral damage of Gaspar at 12.5 thousand euros.

The authorities of Ireland intend to hold a referendum in October on the exclusion from the constitution of the concept of blasphemy as a criminal act. On Tuesday, June 11, said the Irish Minister of Justice and equality of Charlie Flanagan. According to him, the referendum will be an important step from the point of view of the international reputation of Ireland, Reuters reports.

In Dagestan, police officers take from local residents who were previously convicted on extremist and terrorist articles, receipts about the no to leave the republic during the World Cup , the New Gazeta reports. According to the sources of the publication, such receipts are taken by district police officers from previously convicted under Art. 208 ("Organization of illegal armed formation or participation in it") and Art. 205 ("terrorist act") of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

The catamaran, who was in the evening of June 11 , collided with the barge and rolled over on the Volga in Volgograd, was ruled by the former head of the Kalachevsky district of the Volgograd region and ex-deputy of the Volgograd City Duma Dmitry Khakhalev, previously convicted under five articles of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. This was reported by Interfax and TASS with reference to their sources.

The largest domestic manufacturer of KAMAZ trucks presented a prototype of an unmanned passenger electric bus under the name "KAMAZ-1221 Sh.A.T.T.L." on June 12 in Kazan. (widely adaptive transport logistics). The test drive of this vehicle of a special class, developed together with FSUE by us, was held by the President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, RIA Novosti reports.

The Federal Penitentiary Service called the most popular professions in Russian prisons. According to the FSIN, masters of finishing construction work, welders, masons, concrete workers, milling workers, tractor drivers and electrician, are in greatest demand. Such professions as a seamstress, tailor, cutter, cook, hairdresser, livestock breeder, vegetable breeder, baker , manufacturer of art arts, a forest operator, a turner and others were also in demand.

In the Romanian city of Sibiu, a pocket thief pulled his wallet from the ambassador of the Russian Federation Valery Kuzmin, TASS was told in the diplomatic mission. The ambassador walked on June 9 in the evening with his wife in Sibiu, when he felt a “light touch to the chest area”, and then discovered that his wallet had disappeared from the shirt pocket, NEWS.ro reports.

The Supreme Court of Spain sentenced a member of the royal family, who was found guilty of fraud and tax crimes. By decision of Themis, the spouse of Infantina de Bourbon Inyaki Urdangarin , who is the son -in -law of King Philip VI, will spend five years and 10 months behind bars. In addition, the convict will pay a fine of 512 thousand euros, writes The Local . A relative of the monarch took place in the case of financial fraud.

Two days before the opening match of the World Cup against the Saudi Arabian team, the Russian national team players train in full force, TASS reports from the scene. On the field of the training center in Novogorsk near Moscow, all 23 football players who entered into an application for world championship were engaged in Tuesday. The Russian team began preparations for the home championship on May 19.

Employees of the Southern Investigation Department of Transport of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation detained the owner of the boat station, which did not interfere with the access to the Volga Volga. As a result, the ship collided with the barge, which led to the death of 11 people. According to investigators, the detained 47-year-old general director of LLC Persona did not take any action to prevent the exit of a small vessel into the Volga River.

The story with the children who were taken hostage on June 11 in the American city of Orlando (Florida) ended tragically: they were killed. 35-year-old Gary Wayne Lindsay, who held the children, was also found dead, Wesh reports the police statement. On Monday, June 11, the police arrived at the scene after a message about domestic violence. The woman called 911 and said that her boyfriend beat her. When the law enforcement officers tried to arrest him, the attacker opened fire.

President Donald Trump announced that the United States will stop conducting "provocative" and costly joint military exercises with South Korea. The US leader announced this at a press conference following historical negotiations with the head of the DPRK Kim Jong-un. “These exercises are very expensive, and we pay for most of them,” Trump quotes Reuters. “In the current circumstances, when we are negotiating ...