Parliament of Georgia. Photo http://newsarmenia.ru During the military operation in Georgia, 215 military were killed, 1469 military personnel were injured and another 70 soldiers and officers are considered missing. The relevant data was presented by the chairman of the Georgian Parliament Committee on Defense and Security of Givi Targamadze, reports Georgia Online. 1023 wounded, according to Targamadze, have already been discharged from hospitals.

Colonel General Anatoly Nogovitsyn, Deputy Head of the General Staff of Russia. Photo by RIA '' News '' Two thousand Georgian troops who arrived in Georgia from Iraq must return back to this country. According to RIA Novosti, this was stated by Deputy Head of the General Staff, Colonel General Anatoly Nogovitsyn.

In the days of the decade of the default of 1998, the most depressing thing is that this date is so unanimously remembered. The economic consequences of the then collapse have long been overcome, but such close attention to the anniversary indicates that the degree of crisis consciousness has not decreased in the past years. This is also confirmed by polls of sociologists - at least 40 percent of citizens over the past years have been confident that the crisis will soon repeat.

Port Poti. Photo http://www.svobodnaya-gruzia.com In the city of Poti, the Russian military, with the support of armored vehicles and four BMPs captured the Georgian military, who at that time were on the port, Gazeta.ru reports, citing her correspondent at the scene. According to the correspondent, the Russian military told Georgian journalists that if someone approaches the territory, they will open fire. Currently, no one is allowed into the port.

Dmitry Dovgia. Photo of the "Russian newspaper" The ex-head of the Main Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee under the prosecutor's office Dmitry Dovgi was detained on suspicion of committing a crime. According to RIA Novosti, this was announced by the head of the press service of the Moscow City Court Anna Usacheva.

Vladivostok. Photo from the site www.valter.by.ru The authorities of Vladivostok called the townspeople to stock up on water - due to the need to carry out urgent repair of equipment on the city water utility, residents will be left without water for almost two days, Interfax reports.

Meeting of the heads of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of NATO in Brussels. Photo AP NATO countries will reconsider their relations with Russia in connection with its actions in relation to Georgia. The Alliance’s foreign ministers came to this decision at a meeting of the NATO Council on Tuesday, reports Associated Press. “We decided that relations with Russia cannot be as before,” the joint statement said following the results of the meeting.

Fighter Besik Kudukhov. Photo from the website Wrestrus.ru Russian Besik Kudukhov won a bronze medal at the Beijing Olympic Games in a free -style fighters tournament, RIA Novosti reports. On Tuesday, in the battle for bronze in the weight category up to 55 kilograms, Kudukhov defeated Dilshod Mansurov from Uzbekistan. The Russian won the results of two periods. This is the first Olympiad of 22-year-old Besik Kudukhov. Earlier, he won at the World Cup and the European Championship.

Georgian border guard. Frame NTV Russia temporarily closed the border with Azerbaijan and Georgia for foreigners, with the exception of citizens of the CIS countries. The corresponding government decree of August 12 is published on Tuesday, Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia. Frame '' Vesti '' The North Atlantic Alliance actually took President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili under protection. This statement was made by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, commenting on the results of the emergency meeting of the Council of Foreign Affairs of NATO countries, RIA Novosti reports. According to the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry, the NATO statement in South Ossetia looks biased and biased.

Dmitry Medvedev. Photo from the site Netnds.ru Russia is ready to negotiate in the Black Sea Fleet on the basis of international agreements and asks not to tell her how to behave. According to RIA Novosti, this said Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. "The Black Sea Fleet will be in the zone of special, special attention, and let us not indicate how to behave. We will act in accordance with international agreements and directives I issued as commander in chief," Medvedev said in Vladikavkaz.

Andrey Silnov. Photo AP A athlete Andrei Silnov brought the Russian national team the tenth gold medal of the 2008 Olympics. On Tuesday, Silnov won the height jump tournament. The silver award was won by the Briton Jermain Mason, and Bronze went to another representative of Russia Yaroslav Rybakov, reports Lenta.ru. Silnov won gold with a result of 2.36 meters. Mason and Rybakov took the bar at an altitude of 2.34 meters, and the British athlete was ahead of the Russian due to fewer attempts.

Gori. Photo by ar Georgia abandoned Russian humanitarian aid intended for residents of the Georgian city of Gori, ITAR-TASS reports. On Monday, a column of trucks of the Ministry of Emergencies with a humanitarian cargo moved from Tskhinvali to Gori. According to the agency, they drove more than 50 tons of food. Unloading was carried out in the warehouses of the local temple.

A rally in Dagestan. NTV frame (archive) In the Babayurt district of Dagestan, about 400 inhabitants of the village of Novokar, residents gathered for a spontaneous rally, which ended with an incident, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the press service of the Dagestan Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Yuri Gyanurov. Photo from the site mignews.com.ua The Minister of Defense of Ukraine Yuri Ekhanurov denied information about the participation of Ukrainian mercenaries in the Georgian-Ossetian conflict, calling such accusations "propaganda and lies," Interfax reports. In addition, Yekhanurov emphasized that the Ukrainian military was indeed in Georgia at the time of the beginning of the conflict, but they were timely withdrawn from this country.