The European Council has agreed on the nominations of the future heads of the institutions of the European Union. German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen has been nominated for the post of head of the European Commission, according to the website of the Council. It was proposed to make Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel the President of the European Council, and the Spanish politician Josep Borrell was nominated for the post of head of EU diplomacy.

Syrian refugees, clamped in Idlib under the bombing of Russian aviation, are looking for protection from the pope Syrian refugees turn to the pope On the eve of the meeting of the President of Russia and Pope, the residents of the Syrian province of Idlib, planned on July 4, turned through social networks to Pope Francis with a request to convey to the Russian president the truth about that nightmare, in which millions of Syrians were today.

A banker and a public figure - about where the colonels come from and how to return the stolen money to the country Photo: Vladimir Smirnov / TASS One of the most high -profile news from the front of the fight against corruption was the recent arrest of one existing and three former officers of the Kr Security Service - Kirill Cherkalin, Dmitry Frolov and Andrei Vasiliev. Moreover, during searches in the apartments of the arrested, cash was found for a total of more than 12 billion rubles.

After the cancellation of the government agreement with oil workers, gas prices will increase: experts On July 1, the agreement on frosting gas prices and diesel fuel between oil companies and the government ended. On the same day, gas prices in Moscow rose slightly: from one to 14 kopecks per liter compared to last week. Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak said that the situation in the fuel market is stable.

Among the 14 who died in a fire on a deep-sea submersible of the Northern Fleet were seven captains of the first rank and two Heroes of Russia. This was announced by President Vladimir Putin after a meeting with Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, reports . Interfax “This is a big loss for the fleet, and for the army in general,” the president stressed. He expressed deep condolences to the families of the victims and ordered to provide them with all necessary assistance.

Navalny received 10 days for participation in the march in support of Ivan Golunov Photo: AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin/TASS Alexei Navalny was again arrested - the Khoroshevsky District Court sentenced him to 10 days for re -violation of the rules of public event. This time, politicians are pursued for participating in the June march in support of the Medusa journalist Ivan Golunov.

What happens in Hong Kong protests covered Photo: Reuters On the night of July 1 to July 2, several hundred radical young citizens of Hong Kong attempted to capture a complex of government buildings. It was a bright action: young people in helmets and gauze masks on their faces, breaking glass doors, penetrated the legislative council and hung a Hong Kong flag on the rostrum of the British colony.

In Ekaterinburg, on Kalinin Street, one of the influential representatives of the Kyrgyz diaspora, Kamchybek Karimov, was killed. This is reported by the portal E1. According to the publication, the man was shot twice by unknown people: the bullets hit the stomach and leg. What weapon was fired from has not yet been established. The Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Sverdlovsk Region has not yet commented on the incident.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) suspects 298 Russian athletes of violating anti-doping rules, reports . the press service of the organization The agency notes that out of 578 doping samples from the Moscow laboratory, 150 samples were analyzed, which belong to 43 athletes. WADA has already sent the first data to international sports federations, which will check the information about the violation of anti-doping rules.

The police of Kotlas sent to court an administrative case of contempt of authorities against a local resident Svetlana Baksheeva because of public criticism on VKontakte of the governor of the Arkhangelsk region Igor Orlov. This was reported by the head of the international human rights group "Agora" Pavel Chikov in his telegram channel. According to him, the police for the first time opened a second case of contempt of authority against one person.

In the story of the beating of a teenager in the police department there are already two criminal cases, but not a single suspect The operatives who detained the 17-year-old Vadim Koval in the Family store and delivered it to the department are considered “unidentified persons”. But the investigation stubbornly tries to find an offense in the actions of the victim. Vadim Koval in the police department.

AvtoVAZ will suspend car production at both sites, in Tolyatti and Izhevsk, from July 3. It is reported by TASS with reference to the company's statement. “Downtime is associated with another unlawful violation of obligations under the supply agreement and disruption in the supply of necessary components by Zavod Avtokomponent LLC (Nizhny Novgorod),” the company said, without specifying how long the downtime could last.

III Literary Festival of the Lecture "Direct Speech" in the Gogol Center on July 11-14. Announcement Photo: RIA Novosti The festival participants - writers, actors, directors, journalists - either read classics out loud, or talk about them - and about the most important and sick topics of our time. The permanent artist and conductor of the summer festival in the Gogol Center-Dmitry Bykov. Dmitry Bykov: The best audience - those who stay in Moscow in the summer.

Russia contributed about 33 million euros to the budget of the Council of Europe. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the press secretary of the Council Secretary General Daniel Holtgen. “The fact that Russia paid the contribution is in line with what the Russian government, in particular, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, promised to do earlier.

The lion's share of everything that Russian investigators do is either not a crime or does not need professional investigation The Investigative Committee found two more murderers of the century in Russia. They turned out to be acting. Kaliningrad maternity hospital No. 4 Elena Belaya and resuscitator Elina Sushkevich.