Germany, Ecuador and England are already in the knockout stages The first three participants in the playoffs were determined at the World Championships. Ecuador, Germany and England have secured progress from their groups and the favorites will now focus on avoiding each other in the round of 16. The German team, having won 1:0 over the Polish team, not only secured one of the first two places in Group A , but also sent the Poles home from the championship.

The Iranian President conveyed a message to the West through Vladimir Putin The Chinese promised that there would be no unpleasant surprises at their summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and that the Iranian President's speech would not overshadow the solemn atmosphere of the organization's fifth anniversary. They kept their word, although the presence of an intemperate Iranian president at the summit cast doubt on this.

CLUBS Markscheider Kunst (St. Petersburg). Concert of the patriarchs of Russian ska and other cheerful southern music. June 16 at the Ikra club, 22.00. "The Sound and the Fury" Second day of the noise music festival. On stage are saxophonists and electronic players Thomas Ankersmit (Netherlands) and Giuseppe Ielasi (Italy), as well as the Moscow “Architheater”. June 16 at the “House” , 20.00. Rich Thair (UK).

Monday, June 19 FIRST CHANNEL 5 . 00 , 9.00, 12.00, 15.00, 18.00, 21.00, 0.10 News 5 . 05 First program 6 . 00 Good morning 9 . 10 "He left home and never returned." Doc. movie 10 . 20 Detectives 10 . 50 Malakhov+ 12 . 20 "THALISMAN". Series 13 . 30 "MERCEDES" LEAVES THE CHASE." Feature film 15 . 20 Without complexes 16 . 20 Doctor Kurpatov 16 . 50 Federal Judge 18 . 20 Criminal Russia 18 . 50 "LOVE IS LIKE LOVE." TV series (S) 19 . 50 Football. World Championship 22 .

Germany lives for the World Cup. This is truly a holiday for her. If anyone doesn’t believe it, go to Berlin, to the Brandenburg Gate, where during the World Cup matches an impressive audience of fans gathers and watches what is happening on the big screen. I did just that as soon as I arrived in Germany. Half an hour before the match between the hosts and the Polish national team, I had the feeling that Berlin had died out and all life existed only in bars.

Chronicle of sporting events Today, the Russian women's team at the training base in Novogorsk begins preparations for the World Championships in Brazil, which will be held from September 12 to 23 in Sao Paulo. General manager of the national team Mikhail Lokshin, in a conversation with a Vremya Novostey correspondent, named the candidates for the team. The head coach of the Russians, Igor Grudin, is interested in the services of 22 basketball players.

Iran invites Russia to regulate gas prices and flows Europe, which announced the need to diversify gas supplies, received unpleasant news. The second largest holder of gas reserves in the world after Russia, Iran is not going to get involved in fierce competition with Moscow in the gas sector. And even more than that, he invites it to coordinate actions on the global gas market, up to an agreed pricing policy.

The “right hand” of the leader of local separatists was found in Ingushetia The intelligence services of Ingushetia yesterday announced the liquidation of one of the closest associates of Ali Taziev, nicknamed Magas, considered the leader of the local terrorist underground.

New CDs for June Pet Shop Boys. Fundamental (Parlophone/EMI) Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe, the British duo Pet Shop Boys, are that rare pop group around which a real cult has developed: a considerable number of fans around the world collect singles, vinyl discs, side projects and all sorts of memorabilia associated with the duo’s work. It’s strange for a group performing such a seemingly purely utilitarian, light disco repertoire.

The Constitutional Court advocated extending the deadline for free privatization of housing The Constitutional Court can now be considered the main defender of the rights of hundreds of thousands of residents of municipal apartments in Russian cities.

Mikhail Fradkov and Alexey Kudrin disagreed on raising children and budget planning The first attempt to discuss at a government meeting the most important postulate of administrative reform - namely, the transfer of ministries to planning expenses based on the specific stated goals of their activities - ended in embarrassment.

Exhibition of Sergei Sharshun at the Museum of Personal Collections of the Pushkin Museum Sergei Sharshun, whose first personal exhibition in Russia opened at the MLK (60 works from French private collections), was not like any native of Russia who lived and worked in Europe in the first half and mid-twentieth century. We can say that he managed to make his own destiny into a unique work of art.

The Central Bank has counted 40 banks that could become problematic due to private borrowers The Central Bank has compiled a list of banks to which their private borrowers may not return money. The regulator did not name which credit institutions were at risk. Meanwhile, according to the general director of Moody's Interfax Rating Agency, Mikhail Matovnikov, most likely all the leaders in consumer lending were in the “risk zone” (i.e.

Yesterday, Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus introduced Social Democrat Zigmantas Balcytis to parliament as a candidate for the post of Prime Minister. Now 52, ​​Mr. Balcytis serves as interim finance minister, social security minister and prime minister of Lithuania. Voting on this candidacy in the Sejm will take place in a week. Although President Adamkus sympathizes with the right, he chose the left, realizing that the Sejm would not have approved the conservative candidate anyway.

Three people were killed in a gas explosion in Moscow The names of those injured in a gas explosion early on Friday morning in house number 1 on Vnukovskaya Street in Moscow have become known. Seven people were taken to hospitals with various injuries. Among them: Ekaterina Andreeva, 65 years old - taken with burns to the Sklifosofsky Institute of Emergency Medicine. Andreev Boris Stepanovich, 65 years old - with injuries of varying severity, placed in the 17th city hospital.