US Senior Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security John Bolton spoke in favor of Russia's participation in the multilateral discussion of the North Korean nuclear program. Bolton stated this on Monday at a press conference in Beijing, Interfax reports. "Russia should take part in multilateral negotiations on the North Korean nuclear program. Its participation as one of the five nuclear powers will certainly be useful," the US Deputy Secretary of State said.

Six convicts made a group escape from the industrial zone of the educational colony for minors number 1 in the city of Sterlitamak in Bashkiria.

Over the past weekend, 17 people drowned in Moscow reservoirs, Interfax was told on Monday in the ambulance service of the capital. Thus, the total number of drowned people since the beginning of the swimming season in the capital has reached 102 people.

Photo from Newsru.com Three grenades were blown up in the school in the Jewish Autonomous Region. According to RIA Novosti in the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for the Far Eastern Federal District, the explosions thundered in the building and on the territory of secondary school number 24 in the village of Bira at about 3.50 a.m. local time. Presumably, these were manual grenades F-1.

Igor Trunov. Filming NTV The Moscow City Court did not satisfy the cassation appeal of the victims of the attack on Dubrovka against the decision of the Tver court. This was reported by the radio station "Echo of Moscow". The lawyer tried to appeal the verdict of the Tver court, who refused the victims of the request to satisfy moral damage. On April 29, the Tver court rejected 20 claims against the Moscow government to compensate for non -pecuniary damage caused by the attack.

Photo from the site www.politics.netcity.ru The former chief of staff of the Russian Airborne Forces shot, Colonel General Valery Belyaev, Colonel Nikolai Bragin, head of the press service of the airborne troops, said on Monday of Interfax-AVN. "On Monday night, General Belyaev shot himself from a native pistol," said the official representative of the Airborne Forces command. Law enforcement sources also informed the agency that the suicide version of the former military leader is the main one.

Chukotka Governor Roman Abramovich bought out most of the remaining shares of the Chelsea Village company, which, in particular, owns the Chelsea football club. According to Reuters, this was stated by representatives of Abramovich's company Chelsea Limited. In addition, Chelsea Village also offered to buy back all of its £75m Eurobonds at 101% of par, Chelsea Limited said. In early July, Abramovich bought a controlling stake in Chelsea Village for 60 million pounds ($97.01 million).

The former diesel submarine "Novosibirsky Komsomolets", in which the Moscow authorities intend to open a museum of the Russian submarine fleet, is completely ready for transportation to Moscow. This was announced to journalists on Sunday by the commander of the Northern Fleet, Gennady Suchkov, Interfax reports.

In the Altai Territory, a train collided with a herd of cows. This happened in the Pankrushikhinsky district of the region near the Svetovskaya railway station, Interfax was told in the Main Directorate for Civil Defense and Emergency Situations of the region. The train, which was blocked by a herd of cows, did not have time to slow down. As a result, 15 animals died. None of those on the train were hurt. The locomotive was not damaged.

Famed comedian Bob Hope has died in the United States at the age of 100, reports Reuters. In the Guinness Book of Records, Hope is listed as the most titled artist in history. During their life they received about 1000 awards and 50 honorary titles. In May this year, he celebrated his 100th anniversary.

Vladimir Potanin. Grani.ru collage The Holding Interros bought a bank group of the OVK for $ 200 million, which was formed on the basis of the banking business of Alexander Smolensky, Reuters reports with reference to Interros. The company Interros and the Union of the Financial and Industry Federation (former owner of the OVK) signed an agreement on the acquisition of the Interros Group of the OVK, ”the holding said in a statement. Previously, sources evaluated a deal of $ 100 million.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has opened an online database where p2p users can check if their nicknames are blacklisted by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The EFF hopes this will provide some reassurance to people who use file-sharing systems and fear that the RIAA is seeking information about their identities.

A knife-wielding gunman hijacked a bus in the Japanese city of Nagoya. The driver was taken hostage. The passengers managed to leave the bus, none of them were injured. According to RIA Novosti with reference to Kyodo, the incident occurred at a bus stop. The offender himself demanded that the driver inform the dispatchers that he was taken hostage. Later, the offender was detained on one of the highways in Nagano Prefecture.

Liberian rebels refused to leave Monrovia, reports Reuters. However, a spokesman for the Rally for Peace and Democracy rebel group said the rebels are ready to hand over some of the facilities they have seized, such as the city's port, to the control of East African peacekeepers, who are expected to arrive next week.

Since the beginning of the year, about 100,000 crimes related to drug trafficking have been detected in Russia. Such data was given on Monday by Russian Interior Minister Boris Gryzlov at a meeting with his Belarusian counterpart Vladimir Naumov. According to the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Gryzlov and Naumov discussed the issues of cooperation between the two departments in the fight against drug trafficking.