The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has officially confirmed that Greece has not paid €1.6 billion on time. The late payment to the IMF is equivalent to a default, which would be the first in history among advanced economies Photo: Oleg Yakovlev / RBC The fact that the payment was not received on time (before July 1) is reported on the IMF website.

VGTRK began laying off employees in the sports department. TV commentator Alexander Netsenko reported this on his Twitter account. The press service of VGTRK confirmed reports about the reduction of the sports editorial staff. “Yes, we really sent out notice of layoffs to all employees of the sports editorial office of VGTRK three months before the end of work, that is, three months before October 1.

The European Union reacted to the new proposal of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to get the country out of the crisis. According to German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble, this does not change anything. Acceptance of these terms is unlikely In fact, Tsipras’s new proposal to creditors to extend the Greek bailout program does not change anything, since the parties did not manage to reach an agreement on this issue before July 1, the Guardian quotes the minister .

Photo: Evgeny Pereverzev/Kommersant Rosalkogolregulirovanie opposed the Ministry of Finance's proposed increase in excise taxes on vodka. Budget revenues will not grow, and consumers will buy more counterfeits due to rising prices, the department claims.

At least ten Egyptian soldiers became victims of a militant attack on military checkpoints in Egypt, Al-Ahram reports a message from an official representative of the Egyptian army. Media reports at least 30 dead Photo: AP On Wednesday, militants carried out a series of attacks on six military checkpoints in Egypt. The incident occurred in the city of Sheik Suweid in North Sinai province. The attacks on the checkpoint were carried out at the same time.

The Kremlin was not familiar with the initiative to check by the Prosecutor General’s Office the legality of the Baltic republics’ secession from the USSR, press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov told reporters. “The Kremlin was not familiar with this initiative, and I find it difficult to understand the essence of this initiative,” Peskov said.

The Moscow City Hall has denied the refusal to install a monument to Prince Vladimir on the Sparrow Hills. The authorities have not discussed this issue and have not made a final decision. Press secretary of the Moscow mayor Gulnara Penkova reported this to RBC. According to her, the initiative to move the monument was sent by the Russian Military Historical Society (RVIO) to the Moscow City Duma, and the mayor’s office cannot make a decision on it.

The ex-president of Rostelecom, Alexander Provotorov, filed a supervisory complaint with the Supreme Court, in which he demands to cancel the decisions of lower courts on the illegality of paying him a “golden parachute” of more than 200 million rubles.

Whatever you will do for transparent relations with the state! True, it is better to know about the risks and benefits in advance. Gentleman's Agreement On June 8, the President of Russia signed a law on the voluntary declaration of foreign assets and accounts by citizens. According to the adopted law, asset owners can avoid criminal, administrative and tax liability for concealing property if it is declared between July 1 and December 31, 2015.

Photo: Oleg Yakovlev/RBC Greece will definitely not pay the €1.6 billion debt to the IMF on Tuesday, but the consequences of this default will be rather symbolic for now. RBC figured out which upcoming non-payments could threaten the country with a real catastrophe. Greece will not pay the International Monetary Fund (IMF) the €1.55 billion it owes under the first bailout program of 2010, Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis confirmed on Tuesday.

Russia has announced its readiness to return more than 20 ships remaining in Crimea to Ukraine. This will become possible as soon as peace is achieved in Donbass, say the Russian Navy General Staff Submarine "Zaporozhye" (Photo: TASS) Russia is ready to return to the Ukrainian Navy more than 20 ships and vessels remaining in Crimea, provided that hostilities in the south-east of Ukraine cease. Interfax reports this with reference to a source at the General Staff of the Russian Navy.

Channel One correspondent Alexandra Cherepnina was deported from Ukraine and banned from entering the country for three years. According to the SBU, the journalist was engaged in “organizing and filming staged stories” Photo: Oleg Yakovlev / RBC The Security Service of Ukraine deported Channel One correspondent Alexandra Cherepnina from the territory of Ukraine, according to the channel’s website.

Billionaire Prince of Saudi Arabia Al-Waleed bin Talal will donate his entire fortune to charity. The prince himself announced this on Wednesday, Reuters reports . Prince Al-Waleed's fortune is $32 billion. He will use all this money for charitable projects, including those aimed at combating diseases, natural disasters and protecting women's rights. Al-Waleed is the grandson of the founder of Saudi Arabia, King Abdulaziz bin Saud.

There are practically no regions left in Russia with which agreements on the transportation of passengers in the suburbs have not been concluded, the head of Russian Railways (RZD) OJSC Vladimir Yakunin said at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin website reports . According to the head of Russian Railways, in accordance with Putin’s instructions and under the leadership of the government, work was carried out directly with the regions on this issue.

Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Sevastopol Alexey Chaly said that he could contact the prosecutor's office if the city governor Sergei Menyailo refuses to dismiss his deputy Alexei Eremeev Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Sevastopol Alexey Chaly (Photo: Russian Look) that Chaly is ready to ask the Sevastopol prosecutor’s office to check whether Menyailo is not violating the law He himself told the Kommersant newspaper .