Alexander Skobov. Photos of faces When last Thursday at the Echo of Moscow in hot pursuit they discussed the murder of Natalia Estemirova, the first person who phoned the studio called her activity “complete arbitrariness”, since this activity “was contrary to the policy of the state”. It turns out that arbitrariness is not the arbitrariness of state structures, but the attempts of citizens to prevent this arbitrariness.

In the east of Afghanistan, the Taliban attacked three major cities - Kabul, Gardez and Jalalabad, according to the Air Force. The attack involved groups of militants with firearms, as well as suicide bombers. As a result of clashes, 8 rebels and 6 security officials from government security forces were killed, the AP clarifies. The attacks took place almost simultaneously.

The driver of a bus that overturned near Novosibirsk was detained as a suspect, RIA Novosti reports. He refused to testify, citing fatigue, Nikolai Osin, head of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Ordynsky district of the Novosibirsk region, told reporters. While the driver is detained for 48 hours. The investigation believes that the accident, which killed 9 passengers, could have occurred due to the fact that the driver fell asleep at the wheel or was talking on a mobile phone.

Ukraine invites the United States to take part in the modernization of the Ukrainian gas transportation system. According to RIA Novosti, this was stated by President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko at a joint press conference with US Vice President Joseph Biden. "We are sincerely interested in the fact that as many international creditors and investors as possible, including those from the United States, work around the topic of modernizing Ukraine's gas transportation system," Yushchenko said.

Sports poker has been removed from the sports register. According to Vedomosti on Tuesday, this was stated by the Minister of Sports, Tourism and Youth Policy Vitaly Mutko. According to him, poker was entered into the register of sports with violations. For example, each sport should be controlled by a federation in the form of a public organization, and sports poker players are united by a non-profit partnership.

In Russia, from March 1, 2011, a new type of driver's license will be issued. "Rossiyskaya Gazeta" published on Tuesday the order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs dated May 13, 2009 "On the introduction of a driver's license." New rights is a plastic card measuring 8.5 by 5.5 cm, blue, with a transition to pink. A barcode will appear in the rights, in which full information will be encrypted about where, when, on what grounds and to which driver the document was issued.

The prosecutor's office of the Sverdlovsk region intends to achieve for human rights activist Alexei Sokolov, arrested on charges of robbery, replacing the detention for a bail, the regional prosecutor Yuri Ponomarev told RIA Novosti. "The representative of the prosecutor's office insisted on changing the preventive measure (Sokolov - Ed.) - from the detention of detention on the bail. The court did not agree with our position," the prosecutor said.

Launched on Tuesday morning from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in the Arkhangelsk region, the Cosmos-3M carrier rocket launched two satellites - military and civilian - into orbit, a representative of the command center of Roscosmos told RIA Novosti. The first of the spacecraft is designed to replenish the orbital constellation in the interests of the RF Ministry of Defense, the second - for the Russian segment of the international space search and rescue system COSPAS/SARSAT.

Iosif Kobzon was operated on by the head physician of the Oncological Center. Blokhin on Kashirskoye Highway Mikhail Davydov, reports Life.ru. The operation was urgent, the decision on its necessity was made by the doctors last week on the basis of these tests. The operation lasted two hours and went well. The singer tolerated anesthesia well. A source at the oncology center said that on Tuesday Kobzon was to be transferred to a regular ward from intensive care.

The FSB has opened a criminal case against Igor Averkiev, chairman of the Perm Civil Chamber, RIA Novy Region reports. In his article "Let's Leave the Caucasus - We'll Become Freer and Stronger," the prosecutor's office found "public calls for extremist activity." "In Chechnya, either an 'Islamic monarchy', or a 'feudal Bai regime', or a 'tribal theocracy' is being formed before our very eyes," says Averkiyev in the article.

President Dmitry Medvedev will meet young politicians from all parties. to Vedomosti This was reported in the presidential administration. The President will begin his acquaintance with the party youth with United Russia. The Union of Communist Youth has not yet heard of a meeting with the president. On July 23, 26 United Russia deputies under the age of 28, as well as Young Guard activists, will come to a meeting with the president, the executive committee of the party specifies.

Съемка Amnesty International.

The investigation compiled sketches of three people who were preparing an assassination attempt on the President of Ingushetia, Yunus-Bek Yevkurov. According to Life.ru , the suspected organizers are a 50-year-old blonde woman named Patimat and two young men. They were identified by the results of listening to telephone conversations from the scene.

The Ministry of Justice is beginning to monitor legislative and law enforcement practice, reports the Vedomosti newspaper . As Alexander Konovalov, head of the department, promised, not only officials, but also independent lawyers, the public and journalists will be able to take part in the monitoring. It is necessary to raise the analysis of lawmaking and practice so that the courts can apply adequate and “polished to a state of jewelery” legislation, the minister explains.

More than a third of Sberbank's Moscow branches were unable to operate on Monday due to a software glitch that the bank switched to over the weekend. As Kommersant writes , on Saturday the software worked normally, but on Monday the number of operations increased significantly, and the program crashed. As a result, Sberbank had to return to the old system. The new software will be finalized and the bank will try to switch to it again.