The carcass of an adult mammoth of a small size was found by paleontologists on the island of Kotnya in Yakutia, the Interfax agency said. “We will find out an anomaly or the usual natural phenomenon that an adult mammoth is small in size. It is in this region that it is not the first find of small mammoths - both adults and small.

Real Madrid is ready to make a record transfer in the history of football, paying 223.5 million euros for the Belgian midfielder of London's Chelsea Eden Hazard, reports the Daily Express . The Spanish club is considering Hazard as a replacement for Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, who left for Juventus .

Member of the House of Representatives of the US Congress Tom Garrett told in an interview with CNN that the FBI is suspected of involvement in the riots in Charlotsville (Virginia) in 2017, TASS reports. According to the congressman, two months ago he was at a closed meeting in the FBI with the participation of the director of the Christopher Ray Bureau. Garrett then asked if Russia's intervention was related to what happened in Charlotsville, and received an affirmative answer.

The cousin of Ukrainian Oleg Sentsov, convicted by the Russian court, Natalya Kaplan called for refraining from the dissemination of information about the possible release of her brother before he is outside of Russia, Interfax reports. “Even if you really learned that Oleg is released, you don’t have to issue any information until he leaves Russia. Such premature information, even being true, can harm the situation.

The United States demanded from Turkey to free the pastor Andrew Branson until August 8. About this, as TASS reports with reference to the Hurriet newspaper, said Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday. "The United States demanded that we release the pastor by 18:00 in the midst, otherwise they will impose sanctions against our Minister of Internal Affairs and the Minister of Justice.

Russian swimmer Kirill Belyaev won a silver medal in open water swimming over a distance of 25 kilometers at the European Summer Sports Championships in Glasgow. Our athlete lost only one second to the winner, Hungarian Christophe Rashowski, who covered the distance in 4 hours 57 minutes 53.5 seconds. The top three finishers were rounded out by Italian Matteo Furlan (+2.2 seconds).

The Russian tennis player Karen Khachanov lost to the Spaniard Rafael Nadal with a score of 6: 7, 4: 6 in the semifinal match of the Attorus tournament in Toronto, whose prize fund is $ 5.3 million. This was already the fourth personal meeting of rivals, while they all ended in favor of the first racket of the world. At the same time, a 22-year-old Russian in these matches could not take a single set.

Further preservation of the current weakening of the Russian currency after statements about the possible new US sanctions against the Russian Federation can lead to an increase in inflation in the Russian Federation by 0.5 percentage points, however, there are no risks of its sharp jumps, the first deputy prime minister, the Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation Anton Siluanov, said.

In the match of the third round of the Russian Football Championship, the Orenburg club on their field with a score of 1: 0 defeated the Moscow Lokomotiv. In added to the second time, Andrea Chukanov (90+1 ') scored the ball with a beautiful blow. “Orenburg used the only chance,” said Yuri Semin, head coach of the guests, said after the final whistle on the body. “But they played very well in defense, very selflessly, lay down under the blows. It was very difficult for them to score.

A twelve -year -old boy is the only one who managed to survive in a plane crash that occurred on Saturday in the Indonesian province of Papua. It is known that he was conscious, but there are no other details about his condition, TASS reports. Eight more people who were on board the Swiss production aircraft PC-6 died, the newspaper The Straits Times writes on Sunday. According to the publication, the dispatchers lost contact with the crew about 40 minutes after departure.

The International Olympic Committee is considering the exclusion of a male hockey tournament from the 2022 Winter Olympic Games program in Beijing. This was reported by TSN journalist Gordrd Miller on his Twitter page with reference to the President of the International Hockey Federation Rene Fasel. Currently, the IOC is considering four options regarding the future hockey tournament.

The loud murder in Moscow by three Khachaturian sisters of his father was intentional and probably planned, a source close to the investigation told Interfax agency. "During the investigation, it became clear that the girls did not spontaneously commit murder, as was supposed initially. Their actions were thought out and most likely planned in advance," this source says. According to him, it was established that the murder of his father was committed by his own hunting knife.

At least 103 people were killed, 133 were injured as a result of clashes of the militants of the radical movement "Taliban"* and the security forces of Afghanistan in the province of Gazel in the east of the country. The message about this, as TASS reports, appeared on Sunday on the Twitter TV channel 1TV with reference to the data of the doctors. According to the channel, among the victims - 90 Afghan military and 13 civilians.

The Commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada for Human Rights Lyudmila Denisov reported that according to the information received from the security service and the border service of Ukraine, they have no complaints about the crew members of the Russian vessel Mechanic Pogodin, who had entered the Kherson Sea Port of the Russian vessel. "There are 12 crew members on the ship, including the captains who are citizens of the Russian Federation.

At the invitation of the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, the presidents of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, Iran Khasan Rukhani, Russia Vladimir Putin and Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov arrived in the Caspian summit, TASS reports. President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev greeted the head of the Russian state, as well as the Iranian leader Hassan Rouhani, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.