The US President called on European partners to abandon Northern Stream-2 Photo: EPA The Baltic Sea Bottom pipeline, pumping gas from Russia directly to Germany - bypassing Ukraine, the Baltic countries and Poland - has become the main trump card in the US trade negotiations and the European Union on how to agree on the issue of raising American customs barriers to steel and aluminum and not to fall under the rink of sanctions, the Forbes publication writes.

The government will change the retirement age on an emergency man Photo: Valentina Pevtsova / TASS As soon as the presidential election was held in Russia, to raising the retirement age ceased to be a political taboo.

As the DPRK leader has become the most effective politician in the world Photo: EPA His mission is not finished yet, the glaze on the cake is not shining and the cherries are not hooked, but now, in the process, we can confidently say: Kim Jong -un is the most skillful, spectacular and - most importantly! - An effective politician at the beginning of the 21st century. Nearby and there is no one - everything is completely boring, shy, with bad hairstyles.

What fate awaits a new batch of supporters of Alexei Navalny? While Alexei Navalny is serving another administrative arrest, his supporters established a new party “Russia of the Future” in Moscow. The name for the organization was invented by a lawyer of the Corruption Fund Lyubov Sobol. Until recently, the party existed as a “working name”, Navalny explained that this was needed in order to protect himself from possible spoilers.

The “Restorer case” was replaced by the “Hermitage case”. The defendants are the same Pirumov and Kolesnikov. Photo: RIA Novosti In a new criminal case related to theft of money in the Ministry of Culture, former deputy minister Grigory Pirumov and businessman-builder Nikita Kolesnikov were again arrested. Together with another deputy Vladimir Medinsky - Boris Mazo, he was charged with fraud on half a billion rubles in the construction of a fund for the Hermitage.

Samal Eslyamova received the Cannes Film Festival prize for best actress. She played an immigrant from Kyrgyzstan, who is forced to survive in Moscow with her newborn child, in the film "Aika" by Russian director Sergei Dvortsevoi.

Today, at about 4:00 pm, there was a shootout near the Church of the Archangel Michael in the center of Grozny. Immediately after that, Kadyrov Avenue was blocked, the entire area adjacent to the temple was cordoned off by units of the National Guard and SOBR. According to preliminary data, two patrol policemen from the Saratov region were killed as a result of the shootout. Two more were wounded. One parishioner of the temple was also injured. At the moment he is in the hospital.

Yulia Latynina: Hamas did not expect to break through the border with Israel, it was necessary to increase the number of victims among their own and show them to the world On May 18, the UN Human Rights Council passed a resolution condemning Israel "for the unwarranted use of force" and calling for an immediate investigation into the "murder of peaceful protesters" in the Gaza Strip.

The leadership of the "Saratov Airlines" announced the stop of the work. But immediately changed his mind Photo: Matvey Flyazhnikov - especially for "New" In the Saratov region, the only civilian airport and the regional airline were nearly under the threat of closing. The company's management announced the stop of work in connection with the actions of the Federal Air Transport Agency, which prohibited the sale of tickets for Saratov Airlines from May 30.

Pavel Chikov - about why the question of transmitting encryption keys cannot be the subject of bargaining Pavel Chikov, the head of the Agora human rights group, coordinating the interests of the Telegram messenger in Russian courts, told the new correspondent about how the legal struggle of Russian society for free Internet is going on.

Another suspect appeared in the criminal case on public incitement to terrorist activities and attempted organization of mass riots, in which mathematician Dmitry Bogatov was a defendant. about this writes Kommersant , citing sources. Whether he was arrested or not is not yet known. According to the interlocutors of the newspaper, the right to rehabilitation was recognized for the mathematician. Moreover, the mathematician can count on financial compensation, the source said.

In the center of Grozny, law enforcement officers killed four alleged militants who were trying to take hostages in the Church of the Archangel Michael, reports Interfax . According to Kadyrov, the militants could have received an order from one of the Western countries. “The militants entered the Church of the Archangel Michael, their goal was to capture the parishioners. As a result of an immediate special operation, all four militants were killed,” Kadyrov said.

The Federal Air Transport Agency announced the introduction of enhanced security measures and restrictions on flights over cities that will host matches of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. This was reported on the website of the department.

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko signed a decree on the recall of all representatives of Ukraine from all statutory bodies of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). He spoke about this in Vinnitsa during the celebrations on the occasion of Europe Day, Interfax reports . “Today I signed a corresponding decree on the recall of all representatives of Ukraine from all the statutory bodies of the CIS. We have nothing more to do there - we are moving together to Europe, ”he said.

Britain's Prince Harry and American actress Meghan Markle got married at St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. The wedding ceremony was conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby. The couple are titled The Duke and Duchess of Sussex. Queen Elizabeth II awarded the title of duke to her grandson this morning. The ceremony was held at the country royal residence in Windsor.