Friday, July 12, was announced in the Irkutsk region during the day of mourning for the dead as a result of a flood. As TASS reported in the press service of the regional government, the decree was signed by Governor Sergei Levchenko, who also expressed condolences to the families of the dead. “All residents of the Irkutsk region responded to the terrible misfortune that came to your homes, everyone is ready to provide any help and support.

Konstantin Sonin “Once again I want to repeat - the Mosgorisbirk is going to make a historical mistake, possibly scope. As Talleyrand once said -“ This is worse than a crime. This is a mistake. "If the main candidates from the opposition - Dmitry Gudkov, Lyubov Sobol, Ilya Yashin and others who have collected the right number of signatures are not registered - a serious foundation for political instability in the capital will be laid,” the economist writes on his Facebook page.

Artists of the Russian State Academic Drama named after Volkov, known as the Volkovsky Theater, addressed a letter to the Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation Vladimir Medinsky, who reported a conflict situation between the director of the theater Alexei Turkalov and Khudruk Evgeny Marcelli. As the arguments and facts write, as a result, both participants in the conflict left their posts. "In the theater, the atmosphere is tense to the limit, which negatively affects work.

Interpol and the local police detained two alleged citizens of Russia and Italian in Uruguay, who are suspected of involvement in the escape of the famous Italian drug lord Rocco Morabito from prison on June 23. This is reported by the local portal Ecos . Foreigners were detained early in the morning in a pizzeria, which is supposedly owned. Morally himself was not found there. It is noted that the detainees include a minor.

President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky accused the senior officials who worked under his predecessor Petro Poroshenko in inaction. The new head of state proposed lusting these officials. Previously, only those who were in leading posts during the reign of President Viktor Yanukovych fell under this procedure.

The United States plan to form an international coalition to support merchant ships in the Persian Gulf in connection with the situation around Iran. This was stated on Thursday by President Donald Trump to the post of chairman of the Committee of Chiefs of Staff (KNS) of the US Armed Forces (Sun), General Mark Millie.

Specialists of the Department of Radio Chemistry of the Faculty of Chemistry of Moscow State University conducted the analysis of soil samples taken by employees of the Russian branch of Grinis and representatives of the public near the Moscow Polymetals factory (MZP, part of the Rosatoma structure), located at the Moskvorechye railway platform, where the construction of a section of the southeastern choir is planned.

Two gas cylinders exploded in a residential building in the north-east of Moscow. Information about this was confirmed to TASS by the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations in Moscow. The emergency occurred in a 12-story panel building at the address: Bestuzhev Proezd, 12, entrance 6. On the 11th floor of the building, two cylinders with a gas-air mixture exploded. After this, a flash of steam occurred at the scene of the emergency without subsequent combustion.

The Investigative Committee instituted a criminal case on the abduction of a person by a group of persons by prior conspiracy (paragraphs of part 2 of article 126 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) at the request of a 47-year-old resident of Tatarstan Idris Sadykov, who was in slavery to the family of police officers. This was reported to Newsru.com in the human rights organization "Zone Law", which provides legal support to the victim.

In the north of Greece, as a result of a storm, which was accompanied by a strong wind, downpour and hail, six foreigners were killed, including two Russians. It is reported by Reuters with reference to local authorities. According to RIA Novosti , in Central Macedonia, an emergency has developed on Wednesday evening due to the storm. Livne rains and hurricane winds fell on the area. The total number of those killed in Central Macedonia is currently six people, the Greece Fire Service said.

In Mytishchi near Moscow, a fire pillar was observed 50 meters high in the territory of the North CHPP, large forces of the Ministry of Emergencies were directed to the scene. According to TASS sources in emergency services, a high pressure gas station was burning, there was a threat of fire spread to a hostel under construction. At the same time, the Ministry of Emergencies assured that there was no threat to the residential sector. The CHP is located in the village of Plobbievo.

The head of the Krasnoselsky municipal district of Moscow Ilya Yashin held a deputy meeting at the election commission, which is located in the building of the district council. He spoke to voters standing on the roof of the car, the Rain TV channel reports. Yashin called the meeting "the most massive deputy reception." According to the participant in the Movement "Solidarity" of Peter Tsarkov, more than 300 people came to the meeting.

Representatives of Japan - GIGA Body Metal - won the first in history of the Havwi -metal championship in history, which took place on Thursday in the Finnish city of Joensuu, TASS correspondent reports. The event was held at the Center for Tourism and Folk Art of Tetokortteli. The finalists - there were 12 of them - only a couple of hours before entering the stage were introduced to the song that they have to speak, so they had little time to prepare.

Romanian Simona Halep for the first time in her career made it to the women's singles final of the third Grand Slam tennis tournament of the season - Wimbledon , which is taking place these days in the suburbs of London. In the semi-finals, the seventh racket of the tournament defeated the eighth seeded Ukrainian Elina Svitolina with a score of 6:1, 6:3. The tennis players spent 1 hour and 12 minutes on the court.

US President Donald Trump on Thursday accused China’s authorities of not fulfilling their promise to increase the volume of purchases of agricultural products from the United States, TASS reports. "China fails us, does not purchase agricultural products from our magnificent farmers, as he promised. I hope they will begin [purchases] soon," the head of the United States wrote on his microblog on Twitter.