Thirteen countries of the European Union expressed support for the proposal to endow the EU officials with the right to negotiate with Russia regarding the objections to the Northern Stream 2 gas pipeline, which is built from Russia to Germany and will go around Ukraine.

One of the main intrigues of the upcoming G20 summit in Germany is whether Trump's meeting with Putin will take place, and if so, in what format. Neither the Kremlin nor the White House has officially confirmed the agreement on the personal negotiations of the two presidents. It is more or less obvious that Putin would like to meet with Trump, which he himself repeatedly talked about. In the case of the American leader, not everything is so unambiguous.

Andrey Illarionov: On the fight against corruption and protests Oil prices are falling, Russian budget revenues are reduced. How will the tough authoritarian regime of Vladimir Putin behave in the case of deepening the crisis? Who and what will come? What should be the strategy and tactics of the opposition in the struggle for changes in Russia? These are the main topics of the conversation with the economist and politician, the head of the Institute of Economic Analysis Andrei Illarionov .

In the ranking of the most outstanding people of all time and peoples, the Russians put Joseph Stalin in the first place. The second place in the minds of the inhabitants of modern Russia was divided among themselves by President Vladimir Putin and poet Alexander Pushkin. These are the data of a fresh survey published on June 26 conducted by sociologists of the analytical center Yuri Levada.

Illegal production of amber in the Kaliningrad region In the Kaliningrad region today, up to 90 percent of the world's reserves of amber are concentrated, a large piece of which costs a black market more than gold of the same weight. At the same time, in the region, raw materials are being mined without any licenses - the so -called "black diggers". In the year, the volumes of illegal production of amber reach 100 tons.

Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump The US presidential administration Donald Trump did not spend a traditional lunch in the White House in honor of the holiday of Eid al-Fitr (Uraza-Bayram), which Muslims end in a post in the Holy month of Ramadan. Instead, Trump and his wife published a statement in which Muslims of the whole world were congratulated. It is reported by CNN. Vinas in honor of Uraza-Barama have been held in the White House annually since 1999.

On board were more than one hundred and fifty people. According to the authorities, nine of them died, a few dozens - were missing. The cause of the crash is unknown. According to eyewitnesses, before the ferry began to sink, there was a loud sound. The ship completely went under water in five minutes. The surviving passengers said that there were not all rescue vests.

The founder of Telegram Pavel Durov accused the head of Roskomnadzor Alexander Zharov of ignorance of the principle of encrypting messages in messengers. He wrote about this on his VKontakte page.

Alexey Navalny In Barnaul, they attacked with a knife on Artem Kosaretsky, coordinator of the headquarters of the opposition Alexei Navalny. He was injured. The attackers were detained. As the activist of Kommersant said , on Monday morning he was heading to the Barnaul administration to apply for an action. Two attacked Kosaretsky, one of them hit him with a knife on the arm. Later, the doctors sewn the wound, he did not need hospitalization.

Former Director of the Seventh Studio Yuri Itin Artistic leaders of Moscow theaters signed an appeal addressed to the head of the Investigative Committee of Russia Alexander Bastrykin with a request to change the measure of restraint to the defendants of the Seventh Studio. About this Interfax told the artistic director of the Lenkom Theater Mark Zakharov.

Prankers Vovan and Lexus called Svetlana Aleksievich and introduced themselves (sequentially) the Minister of Culture of Ukraine and the representative of the Ministry of Culture of Russia, and then they had a lot of fun that it was led. At Russia-24, other young people made a cheerful plot from this record , choked with their own dashing.

Promotion "Immortal Regiment" in Simferopol In the ranking of the most prominent people in world history, the Russians put Joseph Stalin in the first place. 38 percent of the respondents consider it to be such. In second place is Vladimir Putin and Alexander Pushkin. They were called 34 percent of respondents. These are the data of the Levada Center survey, which is published by Interfax. In the fourth and fifth place - Vladimir Lenin and Peter I.

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