In the village of Alkhankala, Grozny district of Chechnya, employees of the 2nd operational-investigative bureau of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Southern Federal District detained an employee of the Czech humanitarian organization Man in Need, suspected of blowing up armored vehicles of the federal forces.

On Sunday morning, anarchists rioted in Athens. According to Reuters, from the area of ​​Monastraki, where mostly tourists who came to the Games live, police received complaints about the behavior of anarchists who caused serious damage to several shops and banks. Anarchists who arrived at the scene threw Molotov cocktails at the police. The police responded with tear gas. According to a police spokesman, about 20 anarchists were detained. As a result of the riots, no one was hurt.

The presidential elections in Chechnya can be considered valid. Acting President Sergei Abramov announced this to Ekho Moskvy. According to him, more than 30 percent of voters had already voted by noon. The names of seven candidates are on the ballot papers. To win, you need to collect 50 percent of the votes that came to the polling stations plus one vote. As they say in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic, the elections are held normally, without incident.

In the western district of Moscow, a fire broke out in a warehouse of household appliances. According to NTV, the fire in the building number 5 on Beregovoy passage happened on Saturday late in the evening. The fire was assigned the third category of complexity. 24 fire brigades arrived at the scene. It took them several hours to bring down the flames. It is reported that the fire completely destroyed a thousand square meters of the premises.

Volleyball players of the Russian national team became bronze medalists of the Olympics in Athens. According to RIA Novosti, in the match for third place Gennady Shipulin's wards outplayed the Americans with a score of 3-0 (25:22, 27:25, 25:16). The meeting lasted 1 hour and 18 minutes. The final match of the men's Olympic tournament between the national teams of Italy and Brazil will begin at 15.30 Moscow time.

Terrible. Photo from the site '' independent newspaper '' The unknown tried to carry an explosive device on the 360th polling station in Chechnya. When trying to flee, the explosive device exploded in his hands. This was announced on the air of the Echo of Moskvy radio station, Chairman of the election commission of Chechnya Abdul-Kirim Arsakhanov. Near 360 of the section of the Zavodsky district of Grozny, a person who went to the site aroused suspicion among police officers.

Irina Chashchina. Photo '' Kommersant '' Alina Kabaeva and Irina Chashchina won “gold” and “silver” at the Olympic rhythmic gymnastics tournament. Anna Bessonova received a bronze award, RIA Novosti reports. Earlier on the last day of the Olympic Games, three gold medals won for the Russian national team free fighters and boxers. Buvaisa Saitiev became an Olympic champion in the weight category up to 74 kilograms.

ALU Alkhanov, Vladimir Putin and Ramzan Kadyrov. Image from the website of the newspaper '' Gazeta ''. In Chechnya on Sunday morning, polling stations opened, reports the Air Force. Residents of the republic choose the president who will take the place of Akhmad Kadyrov, who was killed in May. Seven candidates participate in the elections. The unconditional favorite is the Minister of Internal Affairs of Chechnya ALU Alkhanov, who does not hide that he is a candidate of the Kremlin.

Brazilian volleyball team won the Olympic tournament. According to RIA Novosti, on Sunday in the final, the South American team defeated the offenders of the Russian team - the Italians - with a score of 3-1 (25:15, 24:26, 25:20, 25:22). Bronze medals were won by the Russian team, which defeated the US team in three games.

Vladimir Putin. Photo by ar President Vladimir Putin sent a message to the Russian Olympic team on the occasion of the end of the XXVIII Olympiad in Athens. According to RIA Novosti, the press service of the head of state reported this on Sunday. "A vivid holiday - the games of the XXVIII Olympiad - became an unforgettable event of a truly world importance. And in Russia, millions of people during the games of playing with great interest followed tense competitions and exciting fights.

The US women's team, which has not lost a single major tournament since 1996, again won the gold of the Olympic Games. As reported by "Soviet Sport", in the final, American basketball players beat the Australian team - 74:63. Thus, the final of Sydney was repeated almost identically, where the Americans also beat the hosts of those Games. The third place in Athens was taken by the Russian team, which beat the Brazilians in the bronze medal match - 71:62.

Olympics. Image from itbusiness.ca site Russian athlete Elena Slesarenko with an Olympic record - two meters six centimeters - became the Olympic champion in high jumps. Hesstal Clot from South Africa took second place, the third was Ukrainian Victoria Stepina Anna Chicherova took sixth place. In turn, boxer Gaidarbek Gaidarbekov became the Olympic champion in the weight category up to 75 kilograms, winning Gennady Golovkin from Kazakhstan in the final.

Stolen journalists. Photo by ar France Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffaren convened an emergency meeting of the Ministers of the Interior, Foreign Affairs and Communications to discuss the situation that has developed around the French journalists stolen in Iraq, the Air Force reports. In connection with threats from the radical group to France and its citizens, the head of government canceled a trip to the south of the country to participate in the Open University of the Radical Party.

Olympics. Image from itbusiness.ca site The Russian national team has 23 gold awards, 26 silver and 35 bronze in Athens in Athens. In an unofficial team standings, Russia ranks third, inferior to the national team of the United States and China in the number of gold medals. According to RIA Novosti, on August 29, the penultimate day of the 2004 Games became the most productive athletes for the number of won awards of the highest sample - six medals.

Bush and Kerry. NEWSWeek magazine cover US President George Bush recognized in an interview with NBC television company that his rival in the presidential race, Senator John Kerry showed more heroism, when he served in Vietnam, the Air Force reports. In a television interview, Bush was asked if he believes that he and Kerry showed the same heroism during military service.