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Journalist Sarah Fiers resigned from Russia Today in protest of the lies being covered by the television channel about the crash of the Boeing 777. She reported this to BuzzFeed . “It was a complete disregard for the facts. We showed only those eyewitnesses who openly accused the Ukrainian government (of involvement in the disaster),” the journalist said. Firs admitted that it was "disrespectful" to blame the disaster on the Ukrainian government.

The Boeing 777 was shot down by a surface-to-air missile fired from territory controlled by Russian-backed separatists. This statement was made by US President Barack Obama. Obama noted that this is not the first plane shot down by the separatists. He stressed that Russia supplies the fighters of the "people's republics" with artillery and air defense weapons. The US President also called for an independent international investigation into the incident.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel issued a statement calling on the French authorities to stop the export of Mistral helicopter carriers to Russia, despite the fact that the current sanctions regime against the Russian Federation allows this, RIA Novosti reports citing EuObserver . In addition, the chancellor cited Germany as an example, which stopped the construction of a shooting center in the Russian Federation.

President Obama announced new sanctions against Russian officials, companies and banks, as well as the self-proclaimed DNR and LNR. And in the new American "black list" - the Prime Minister of the DPR Alexander Borodai and the oil terminal in Feodosia. Going to the press, the American president first spoke about Afghanistan, then about international negotiations with Iran on nuclear issues, then about the situation in Israel and the Gaza Strip, and finally, about sanctions.

The captain of the Russian national football team Roman Shirokov signed a contract with Spartak for two years with the possibility of extending the agreement for another year. “Our club signed a contract with Roman Shirokov on the 2 + 1 system. Five years ago, I wanted to buy Roman, but then this was prevented by some circumstances. Glad everything worked out now. Before signing the contract, the player flew to Switzerland and spoke with the head coach of the team.

The tragedy that occurred with the Malaysian passenger plane, which was most likely shot down by “separatists” using Russian weapons, is another confirmation of the absolute senselessness and criminality of what is happening in eastern Ukraine. The transfer of Russian weapons to the so-called "separatists", the sending of volunteers to them, propaganda and military escort from Russia - all this is direct warmongering.

The UN Security Council called for a thorough, independent international investigation into the crash of the Malaysian Boeing in eastern Ukraine, reports .

On her Facebook page, Olga writes that the marriage in the election committee is explained by technical reasons. As Romanova's assistant Aleksey Fedorov explained to Novaya Gazeta, the team is waiting for the official decision of the commission. Our lawyers are working,” he said. – We check the so-called invalid signatures. There are some pretty funny moments, but I can't comment on them yet. Alexey also noted that a working meeting is scheduled for 19:00.

The ex-head of YUKOS, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, is going to launch a Russian-language socio-political Internet media, the editorial office of which will be located in Latvia, Gazeta.Ru reports, citing an informed source. Galina Timchenko, the former editor-in-chief of Lenta.Ru, was offered to head the publication. According to the source, Timchenko has allegedly already agreed.

Strong winds with gusts of 15 m/s and above and thunderstorms are expected in the Moscow Region until 20.00, ITAR-TASS reports citing metropolitan meteorologists. No precipitation is expected tonight. In Moscow it will be +12-14°C, in the center - up to +19°C, in the region the thermometers will show +9-14°C. Saturday afternoon will be sunny. In Moscow, the air temperature will be +25-27°C, in the Moscow region the air will warm up to +22-27°C. Wind northeast, east 5-10 m/s.

The governor of the Donetsk region, Serhiy Taruta, said that new talks should be held today by the Ukraine-Russia-OSCE trilateral contact group to resolve the situation in southeastern Ukraine, RIA Novosti reported . They were supposed to take place on July 17, but due to the fall of the Malaysian plane, they were canceled.

The emergency section on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya metro line will operate in about 3 hours, Interfax reports . “All repair and restoration activities at this stage have been carried out. The rest of the work will take about three hours,” Moscow Deputy Mayor Pyotr Biryukov reports. Before the launch of the metro movement, all tunnels and platforms will be checked by dog ​​handlers and specialists from the Ministry of Emergency Situations, test trains will pass, Biryukov noted.

The Italian Court of Appeal has acquitted former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in the Ruby case, RIA Novosti reports . The ex-premier was acquitted "for lack of evidence" and "lack of corpus delicti". Earlier, Berlusconi was sentenced to six years in prison and banned from holding public office for life on charges of abuse of power and using the services of underage prostitutes.

Russian President Vladimir Putin called on the security forces and separatists to stop the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine. He stressed that "all parties to the conflict must immediately stop hostilities and move on to peace negotiations." The head of state made this statement during a meeting with Patriarch Kirill at the Trinity-Sergius Lavra. “I think that we should all strive for this, I will ask the patriarch to make his contribution to this appeasement,” RIA Novosti quotes Putin .