Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Cyril Ramaphosa by phone on her re-election as president of South Africa following the results of the May 29 general elections, the Kremlin's press service reports.

Russia is terminating its participation in the proceedings initiated by Australia and the Netherlands in the ICAO Council against the Russian Federation in the case of the crash of the Malaysian Boeing MH17

Russian President Vladimir Putin has appointed Leonid Gornin First Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation.

The number of Nizhny Novgorod residents who turned to doctors with signs of botulism has increased. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the Ministry of Health of the region.

Tropical nights, which are observed in Moscow, are quite rare for mid-June and occur once every seven to eight years, said Tatyana Pozdnyakova, chief specialist of the Moscow Meteorological Bureau, in her Telegram channel.

The government has supported a bill on the introduction of a new regime for the expulsion of illegal migrants in Russia, according to a document available to RIA Novosti.

Zaporizhia region has significantly increased its export potential of grain and industrial crops in recent years, the press service of the regional government reports.

The official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Irina Volk, commented on the Telegram channel on the problems of Russians with foreign passports when traveling abroad.