Photo: AR At the referendum, the Greeks voted against accepting the demands of European creditors: as of 21:00, 61% of respondents answered “no”, 39% answered “yes”. RBC followed how the country was preparing for a referendum, which could be the first step towards leaving the eurozone. Greeks voted in schools - in the same place where six months ago in the parliamentary elections they supported the opposition SYRIZA party of Alexis Tsipras.

After the attack on tourist hotels in Tunisia, which occurred on June 26, demand for tours to the country decreased by about 40%. This data is provided by the Association of Russian Tour Operators (ATOR). “Some tour operators report an almost complete lull, others report a partial reduction in the number of applications,” notes a message published on the ATOR website.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is set to hold telephone conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin. These negotiations will be the first since the referendum in Greece Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Russian President Vladimir Putin (from left to right). Archive photo (Photo: TASS) Tsipras's negotiations with Putin are reported by Reuters and Bloomberg , citing sources in the Greek government.

Employee reductions are taking place at the Krasny Bor landfill; 11 people will remain in charge of 2 million tons of hazardous waste At the St. Petersburg enterprise Polygon Krasny Bor, most of the employees will be laid off - 51 people will lose their jobs. This was reported by the press service of Smolny. As a result, 11 full-time employees will now monitor 2 million tons of hazardous substances.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras spoke by phone with French President Francois Hollande. This was reported by Reuters , citing a source in presidential circles. For a telephone conversation, Tsipras interrupted negotiations with political leaders that were taking place in Athens. Representatives of the government and opposition parties gathered at the mansion of President Prokopis Pavlopoulos the day after the country held an international referendum on an agreement with creditors.

In a referendum on Sunday, the Greeks voted convincingly against the now defunct terms of the EU-IMF program. RBC looked into further options for the development of the crisis Photo: AP Greece and international creditors are opening new negotiations, but they are going hard, with no hope of quick success European leaders warned Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras that the referendum would actually decide whether Greece would remain in the eurozone or leave it.

Russian businessman German Sterligov left Russia and went to Nagorno-Karabakh. This was reported on Monday by the Russian News Service (RSN) with reference to the businessman’s assistant Polina Sirota. According to her information, Sterligov left the country on July 4. “It is unknown when he will return, but he will definitely return. Serious circumstances forced him to leave. These are not bandits, no, this is a higher level,” said Polina Sirota.

Against the background of the decline in the Russian cigarette market, the Donskoy Tabak company decided to increase exports.

Bank of Cyprus closes the deal to sell 80% of Uniastrum Bank. The main contender for this asset was the Kostroma bank "Regional Credit" of Artem Avetisyan, top manager of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives Branch of Uniastrum Bank (Photo: RIA Novosti) A source close to the management of the Cypriot bank told RBC that Bank of Cyprus will soon close the deal to sell 80% of the Russian Uniastrum Bank. “The deal is 98% closed, no new purchase orders are being accepted,” he says.

The Kremlin has revealed details of a telephone conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. According to the assistant to the head of state, Yuri Ushakov, “a general conversation took place.” “Tsipras informed about the situation in Greece and that contacts with European creditors continue. On our part, support was expressed for the efforts of Greek society to overcome the crisis situation,” Ushakov told reporters at a briefing.

Roskomnadzor has unblocked access to the oldest online music service Zaycev.net after infringing information was removed from it, according to the agency’s Facebook page. The site zaycev.net has been unblocked due to the removal of information that violates copyright. Posted by Roskomnadzor on July 6, 2015 The Moscow City Court decided to limit access to the service at the end of June this year.

In Kyiv, on suspicion of extorting a bribe on an especially large scale, the first deputy head of the investigative department of the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine, Vladimir Shapakin, and the deputy prosecutor of the Kyiv region, Alexander Korniets, were detained. The building of the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine (Photo: TASS) about the detention of Shapakin and Korniets .

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble said that the issue of reducing Greece's national debt is not on the agenda, reports Reuters citing a minister's representative. German authorities believe that there are currently no grounds for new negotiations with Athens; the country's government is waiting for proposals from the Greek side, reports Agence France-Presse. In a referendum held on July 5, Greeks voted against austerity measures.

RBC studied and compared the life insurance conditions of some Russian civil servants, employees of state-owned companies and people engaged in various types of work. Photo: TASS Life and health insurance for employees has long become the norm, and not the goodwill of the employer. Both private and public companies and government agencies insure their employees against accidents.

Firefighters managed to extinguish two pockets of smoldering peat in the Chernobyl Pushcha forestry. This is stated in a message published on the website of the State Service of Ukraine for Emergency Situations (SSES). Rescuers say the situation is currently under control. 98 people and 18 pieces of equipment were involved in extinguishing peat bogs. The fire in the exclusion zone of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant began at the end of June as a result of the ignition of dry grass and reeds.