The US State Department called on Russia to free people in prisons, whom human rights activists identify as political prisoners and prisoners for religious motives. This is stated in the official statement of the department published on his website on June 18.

The State Duma adopted in the third, final reading the law, according to which the state duty for registering a passport of a new model rises from 3.5 thousand to five thousand rubles. We are talking about a document with an electronic medium. In addition, the fee for issuing Russians under 14 years old will rise in price from 1.5 thousand to 2.5 thousand rubles, according to the website of the lower house of parliament.

The leader of the French national football team and Atlético Madrid, Antoine Griezmann, has extended his contract with the Spanish team until 2023. According to the club's press service , the signing of the new agreement took place in Istra, near Moscow, where the French set up camp during their participation in the World Cup. Last week, Griezmann, who had previously held talks with Spanish Barcelona, ​​announced his intention to continue his career at Atlético Madrid.

The Japanese Princess Hisako Takamado was seen in Saransk, where, as previously reported , she will root for the national team of her country during the match on Tuesday, June 19, with the Colombian team. The witness that the agency Reuters said the witness that saw her in the city. This information was confirmed by RBC at the Japanese embassy in Moscow. “Yes, the princess is now in Saransk,” the press service of the diplomatic mission said.

The Bank of Russia will rarely use the mechanism for reorganizing credit institutions; it will be used only for systemically important banks. As reported by Interfax , the head of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, Elvira Nabiullina, announced this while speaking in the State Duma on Tuesday. “I want to say for the future that we will rarely use reorganization, only for those banks that are large and have systemic importance for the federal and regional markets,” Nabiullina said.

Vladimir Milov “One of the common nonsense about raising the retirement age is the reasoning in the spirit of“ Well, the Russians and this will swallow it, then you can do anything with them, ”writes a politician and economist on his Facebook page. “We have such“ thoughts ”after each of some noticeable fakap of the authorities, and the authors of these maxims simply sign in a complete misunderstanding of how Russia and Russians are arranged.

Boris Titov, the Commissioner for the Protection of the Rights of Entrepreneurs, said that he had prepared a new list of entrepreneurs who suffered within Russia from raider seizures, “corrupt law enforcement officers” and “dishonest relations” by public structures. According to Titov, so far in the “Russian List” there are about 20 names, but this is only the tip of the iceberg, and the number of victims from raiders and corrupt officials is calculated by hundreds, RBC reports.

The chairman of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia (FNPR) Mikhail Shmakov proposed to the heads of all -Russian trade unions and territorial associations of trade union organizations in the regions to conduct rallies, processions and pickets against raising the retirement age. The corresponding letter was sent to membership on June 18, writes RBC . "Given the significance of this bill (on raising the retirement age. - Approx. Ed.

FSB officers in Moscow detained Radzhab Abdulatipov, the brother of the former head of Dagestan Ramazan Abdulatipov , Interfax reported on June 19, citing an informed source. “Radzhab Abdulatipov was detained, according to preliminary information, on suspicion of committing a serious crime. He was “captured” by security officers at the Moscow airport while trying to leave Russian territory,” the agency’s interlocutor said.

In the United States, the second murder of the rapper has been committed in a day. According to CBS Pittsburgh , a 21-year-old artist named Travon Smart, known under the pseudonym Jimmy Wopo, was killed on Monday, June 18, in the city of Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania). According to the channel, smart and another person were in a car. The attackers first watched them, and then fired at the car passing by.

The forward of the Portuguese national team Cristiano Ronaldo in the match of the first round of the group stage of the World Cup against Spain (3: 3) developed a record speed in the history of football, says Reddit.com portal with reference to German television. According to the source, the jerk of Ronaldo in one of the counterattacks of his team in the middle of the first half unwound the speedometer arrow to 38.6 km/h, making it the fastest player in the history of the most popular sport.

The Senegal team won the Poland team in the final match of the first round of the group stage of the World Cup. The meeting in the Spartak arena in Moscow ended with a score of 2: 1 in favor of representatives of the African continent. The Senegans were accompanied by luck not in the most dynamic meeting and they managed to embody it in two goals.

The Central District Court in the Israeli city of Lod brought charges against 21-year-old Ukrainian Dmitry Tiklyan, who at the end of May killed 43-year-old Moldovan Alexei Gunta for the word "crest". The court announced the indictment on June 17, writes Vesti Israel . The fight occurred on May 26 near a bar on Gutman Street in Petah Tikva, located 10 kilometers from Tel Aviv. Gunta called the Ukrainian a Ukrainian, and he responded by attacking him with his fists.

The government discuss the support of oil companies for 330 billion rubles. In the bill on a tax maneuver prepared by the Ministry of Finance, preferences appeared for factories located far from export markets - in the Volga region, in the Urals and in Siberia. This was reported by RBC with reference to a source close to one of the federal ministries was confirmed by two federal officials and a source close to the government.

From the report of the World Wealth Report, prepared by the Capgemini financial company, it follows that the number of dollar millionaires in Russia over the past year increased by 4% and amounted to 189.5 thousand people. This is a record indicator of HNWI (High Net Worth Individuals, persons with the largest personal conditions) since 2008 (then in Russia there were half as much - only 97.1 thousand people).