Nicolas Sarkozy and Dmitry Medvedev. Photo by ITAR-TASS France President Nicolas Sarkozy, who is one of the authors of the plan of the peaceful settlement of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict, highly appreciated the actions of Russia to withdraw troops from the security zone outside South Ossetia. He reported this to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev during telephone conversations on Saturday, the Kremlin press service reports.

St. Petersburg rock musicians Sergei Parashchuk and Mikhail Borzykin recall August 1991 and reflect on today. Fragments of the concert. St. Petersburg, August 22, 2008 Petersburg: Flag Day was celebrated with a concert "Rock for Freedom" See also: "Revolutions must be played" (remembering August 91) (video) Rally in Moscow: What did they stand for in 1991? (video) Mikhail Borzykin in the project "Ggrani-TV": About rockers and dissenters "I feel like an antibody"

Radio -controlled homemade explosive device. Chechnya. Frame NTV In Chechnya, near the village of Agishta, Shalinsky District, during special events, unknown people attacked the military personnel of the internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. Two officers died, two more were injured, Interfax reports.

The destroyer "Macfol" of the US Navy. Photo from the site navy.mi In the Black Sea, an increase in the group of ships of NATO naval forces takes place, which leads to a further exacerbation of the situation. This was stated by the deputy chief of the General Staff of Russia Anatoly Nogovitsyn, RIA Novosti reports. According to him, in the Black Sea there are already ships of the Navy of Spain and Germany, and now the Polish frigate and the American destroyer have joined them.

Georgian prisoners of war. Frame of Channel One Twelve Georgian prisoners are still held by Russian troops. This statement was made by the Deputy Minister of Defense of Georgia Batu Kutelia, Interfax reports. According to him, "after the President Medvedev, the contract was signed and the parties exchanged prisoners, the Russian military in Port Poti captured 22 military personnel." The deputy minister claims that out of 22 Georgian military, only ten people have been released to date.

Senator Issa Kostoev. Frame of Channel One On Sunday night in the Ingush village of Ekazhevo, unknown people fired from a grenade launcher the house of a local resident in which he temporarily lived a member of the Federation Council from Issus Issa Kostoev and members of his family, RBC reports.

Rakhim Chakhkiev. Photo by ar The Russian boxer Rakhim Chakhkiev, performing in the weight category up to 91 kilograms, became the champion of the 2008 Olympics, reports Lenta.ru. In the final match, Chakhkiev prevailed over the Italian Clementa Russo with a score of 4: 2. Bronze awards in this weight went to Deontaeus Wilder from the USA and Cuban Osma Akosta Duarte.

The start of the Alv X-1 missile August 22, 200. Photo NASA The launch of the ALV X-1 experimental missile, held on Friday by the US National Aerospace Agency, ended in failure, reports Associated Press. The rocket was launched at 05.10 local time from the Cosmodrome on the island of Wallops in Virginia. 27 seconds after the start, it became clear that the rocket could not reach the calculated trajectory, and the flight control center decided to destroy it.

Berlin. Memorial to the victims of the Holocaust. Photo Domogarov.com Unknowns spied the Memorial with swastikas to the victims of the Holocaust in the center of Berlin, the France Presse agency reports. The drawings with black and red colors were discovered by the protection of the memorial. The incident is currently being investigated by the police.

Explosion on the railway in Gori. Photo by RIA '' News '' On Sunday, a train exploded to the west of the Georgian city, reports Reuters. According to the representative of the Georgian police, the composition transported fuel. The head of the Department of External Relations of the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs Shota Utiashvili suggested that the rails have been mined, but there have been no official confirmation of his words yet.

South Ossetia. Photo by RIA '' News '' The Government of South Ossetia intends to turn to Russian peacekeepers with a request to establish additional posts on the border with Georgia. This was stated by the acting Chairman of the Government of the Unrecognized Republic Boris Chopiyev, RIA Novosti reports. "In the Khinogorsky villages adjacent to the border of the Linkogorsky district of the Republic of Georgian villages, the unit of the Georgian army and the police is concentrated.

Asif Ali Zardari, President of Pactistan. Photo AP Asif Ali Zardari, the spouse of Benazir Bhutto, who was killed in December 2007, decided to nominate his candidacy in the Pakistan presidential election, Reuters reports. Zardari will become a candidate from the Pakistani People’s Party, which he led after the death of Bhutto. The list of all elections should be formed until August 28, however, until now, there have been no reports on the nomination of other applicants.

Russian gymnasts at the Beijing Olympics. Photo by RIA '' News '' Russian athletes won a gold medal in rhythmic gymnastics competitions in group exercises at the Beijing Olympics, RIA Novosti reports. In the final, the Russians scored 35.550 points, which allowed them to get ahead of all rivals. This gold medal became the 22nd for Russia at the Beijing Olympics. Silver medals were won by the China team, Bronze went to Belarus.

Victor Yanukovych. Photo by ar The Ukrainian Party of Regions, which is the most mass opposition organization in the country, intends to raise the question of the political responsibility of the country's leaders in connection with the conflict in the Caucasus at the next meeting of the Verkhovna Rada. This was announced on Sunday by the party leader Viktor Yanukovych, reports ITAR-TASS.

Closing ceremony of the XXIX Olympiad. Photo by ar The 2008 summer Olympic Games are officially completed, reports Lenta.ru. The closing ceremony of the Beijing Olympiad, held on Sunday, ended with the descent of the Olympic flag and extinguishing fire. The solemn event took place in Beijing at the bird's nest stadium, built specifically for this Olympics.