Henry Kleist, the most sane of German romantics, has a strange essay in which he quotes the recognition of an invincible fencer who had to fight with a bear: “Moreover,” says the master of Rapira, “that he retorted all my blows, he simply did not accept false attacks: looking into my eyes, he, as if seeing my soul in them, stood with his paw raised to strike and, if my attacks were deceiving, did not move.

T-72 tank in Syria Armed separatists in the city of Snezhnoye (Donetsk region of Ukraine) have at least two tanks. This was reported in the morning on Twitter by local residents, later the information was confirmed by Dmitry Tymchuk, the head of the Information Resistance group, cooperating with the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. According to Tymchuk, we are talking about T-72 tanks, which are not in service with the Ukrainian army.

Lamberto Zaner The Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Lamberto Zaner at a meeting with Ukrainian refugees in the Rostov region announced the need for a round table with the participation of all sides of the conflict. He noted that the OSCE calls on to pass weapons and begin peace negotiations. According to Zaner, it is also necessary to investigate crimes committed in the southeast of Ukraine.

Vitaly Churkin Russia introduced a new draft resolution on the situation in Ukraine to the UN Security Council.

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In San Paulo (Brazil) today the match of the national teams and owners of the tournament begins the XX World Cup. 32 teams, including the Russian team, take part in it. At the opening ceremony will be attended by UN Secretary General Pan Hi Moon and several chapters of states. In San Paulo, on Thursday, unrest continued-demonstrators, dissatisfied with large expenses for the championship, tried to block the entrances to the stadium, and the police prevented them.

Gazprom will no longer transfer the term for the transfer of Ukraine to an advance payment for gas supplies. According to the head of the concern Alexei Miller, the deadline for payment is the morning of June 16. In the event that at this point, Naftogaz of Ukraine will not transfer to Gazprom about $ 2 billion, an prepayment mode will be introduced - which will most likely mean the termination of gas supplies to Ukraine.

Vyacheslav Fetisov The current president of the Russian Hockey Federation Vladislav Tretyak and the legendary Soviet hockey player, now statesman Vyacheslav Fetisov became candidates for the post of head of Russian hockey. The FCR reporting and election conference, which will determine the future of the hockey federation, will be held on June 18.

Five days a week at exactly 12 o’clock - about what happened today and what else should happen. The day is in full swing, we follow the events.

On June 12, a public holiday is celebrated - Russia Day. On this day in 1990, the first congress of people's deputies of the RSFSR adopted a declaration of state sovereignty of the RSFSR. He found an official festive status in 1994, but until 2002 was called Russia's Independence Day.

The mass riots in San Paulo, on the opening of the World Cup, led to clashes between protesters against the tournament by manifestants and Brazil’s military police. The police were forced to use tear gas and noise grenades. In total, according to the police of San Paulo, five people were injured. Approximately 300 protest participants went outside near the Karran metro station to move towards the Corinthians Arena, where the opening ceremony of the championship and the first match will be held.

US Vice-President Joseph Biden conducted a telephone conversation with the Prime Minister of Iraq Nuri Al-Malika today. The vice-president expressed the solidarity of the United States with Iraq in his struggle against the "Islamic state in Iraq and Levante." This was reported by the press service of the White House. The Prime Minister and Vice President discussed the current situation in Iraq.

US President Barack Obama in the very near future may make decisions about how Washington will respond to a sharp aggravation of the situation in Iraq, where the militants associated with Al-Qaeda captured the city of Mosul and a number of areas. This was stated by US Secretary of State John Kerry. At the same time, according to the representative of the State Department, Jen Psaki, the option with sending to Iraq of the American contingent to conduct a terrestrial operation is excluded.

The international human rights organization Amnesty International called the trial of 26 participants in the anti -government demonstrations “indicative trial” that began today in Turkey. Activists, including doctors, architects and engineers, accuse, in particular, of violation of public order, the organization of unauthorized demonstrations through social networks and the foundation of the criminal syndicate.

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogg Rasmussen said that the organization “does not see the role for himself” in overcoming the crisis in Iraq, where the armed Islamists captured the city of Mosul and a number of surrounding areas. At the same time, Rasmussen noted that the North Atlantic Union carefully monitors the development of the situation, and called on the militants to immediately release about 80 citizens of Turkey, taken by them hostage.