On June 10, 2000, the solemn opening of the Millennium bridge was held in London. The pedestrian bridge over the Thames is 370 meters long and weighing 690 tons was suspended on steel cables. The queen arrived. Finally, the first pedestrians were launched onto the bridge. But after a few minutes, curiosity on their faces gave way to fright. The bridge swayed noticeably like a wriggling snake. The fluctuations intensified, and their amplitude reached 20 centimeters.

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Digest "Polit.ru" is a brief selection of the ten most noticeable news of the outgoing day. Today, Vladimir Putin visited the Valaam Monastery, in the Islamic State confirmed the death of the leader of Abu Bakra al-Baghdadi, and the FSIN again asked the court to send Navalny to the colony. IG confirmed the death of his leader al-Baghdadi The Islamic State group (IG, prohibited in Russia) confirmed the death of their leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

Deputies of the State Council of Tatarstan issued an appeal to Vladimir Putin with a request to maintain the name of the post of President of Tatarstan after the expiration of the contract on the distinction between the subjects of jurisdiction and powers between federal authorities and the region. This was reported on the website of the State Council.

The Economist became interested in the theme of the surplus of capital accumulating in Germany. Last year, its volume amounted to more than 8% of GDP. The topic of the excess has already become one of the important points of busting between Germany and the USA. One of the authors presented the main collision of the G20 summit as a confrontation between US protectionism and the free trade of Germany.

The introduction of biometric control and a special regime of entry and stay in the country for Russians arriving at Ukraine testifies to Kiev’s intention to “build a new iron curtain”, according to a statement published on July 11 by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. “Kyiv continues to stubbornly bend a vicious line of contacts for millions of citizens of the two countries. Such a policy is not surprising.

In Saratov, a criminal case has been instituted against the paramedic of the ambulance suspected of transferring information about dead patients to the funeral agency, according to the website of the General Prosecutor's Office. The reason for the prosecutor’s audit was the numerous facts voiced in the media and received great public resonance.

The human rights organization Syrian Observator for Human Rights confirmed information about the death of the leader of the Islamic State terrorist organization (IG, prohibited in Russia) Abu Bakra al-Baghdadi, Reuters reports . Earlier on July 11, the Iraqi ALSUMARIA television channel said that IS militants confirmed the death of their leader, but the circumstances of his death are not disclosed. The terrorists said that in the near future they would announce the name of the New Caliph.

The son of US President Donald Trump Jr. published on his twitter screenshots of correspondence with PR specialist and former reporter Rob Goldstone about the materials that compromise Hillary Clinton. As follows from the correspondence, Goldstone, at the request of the son of the owner of Crocus Group, Arassa Agalarov, told Trump Jr. about his incriminating documents for the Democrats candidate Hillary Clinton.

Oppositionist Alexei Navalny agreed to participate in open political debates to which he was called by the former leader of the DPR militia Igor Strelkov (Girkin). Navalny reported this on his Facebook page. According to the politician, Strelkov outlined the three main topics of the discussion: “1. How can I defeat corruption by becoming the president? 2. My position on the Western partners of Russia. 3. What will Navalny do, becoming president, with Donbass and Crimea?

The prosecutor's office of the Gudauta district of Abkhazia opened a criminal case on the murder of a resident of Moscow, who came to the republic on vacation, as well as on the facts of a robbery on Russian tourists and abduction of people. This was reported by the press service of the department. On the afternoon of July 11, two armed people in masks attacked a group of Muscovites resting in Abkhazia at the mouth of the Aappst River of the Aappa of the Gudauta District.

Oppositionist and blogger Alexei Navalny responded to the accusation of Vladimir Putin during the recent “direct line” in the absence of “constructive” of possible dialogue within the framework of the presidential election campaign. The politician said this in a video published on his YouTube channel. To the president’s remark that the Navalny team does not have a “constructive agenda”, the politician answered with a joke. “Here, it turns out what is the matter, and this is all our troubles.

The Committee of Civil Initiatives, headed by Alexei Kudrin, published a new report with an analysis of the preliminary domestic voting of United Russia this year on the eve of a single voting day of 2017. The main object of the study is the United Russia party, since only it organized the primaries before the September elections. Although last year, before the election to the State Duma, preliminary voting was also organized in Parnas and Green Alliance.

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The Russian Viktor Ageev, a detained in the Luhansk region, said that he is a contract for a contract. In addition, the SBU finds out the circumstances of the appearance of Russian troops who were called border guards. According to the media at the moment, they got to the territory of Ukraine at least six months before the detention. Recall that Russian Viktor Ageev was detained in the Luhansk region on June 27. On July 9, in an interview with TSN .

Maxim Russo Mike Lewinski/Flickr On June 10, 2000, the solemn opening of the Millennium bridge was held in London. The pedestrian bridge over the Thames is 370 meters long and weighing 690 tons was suspended on steel cables. The queen arrived. Finally, the first pedestrians were launched onto the bridge. But after a few minutes, curiosity on their faces gave way to fright. The bridge swayed noticeably like a wriggling snake.