Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev ordered to strengthen security measures in the North Caucasus in connection with the activation of terrorist groups and the imminent start of the new academic year, RIA Novosti reports. The order primarily concerns Ingushetia, Dagestan and Chechnya.

The bill on the procedure for providing public services to the population assumes that citizens will stop communicating with officials. As . Vedomosti writes, the amendments developed by the Ministry of Economic Development assume that citizens will come with their requests to multifunctional centers (MFCs), and not to the authorities Citizens will also receive ready-made documents at the MFC. Employees of the centers will already work with officials.

The first photo of a molecule. Photo IBM specialists IBM managed to get the first photograph showing the internal chemical structure of a single molecule (publication in the journal Science ). The new achievement promises to provide invaluable assistance both in the development of subminiature electronic devices (where individual molecules are already used as switches and transistors) and in the synthesis of drugs.

A special operation is being carried out in the Redkutorny district of Makhachkala, as a result, three militants were killed. This was reported to RIA Novosti by the FSB department for Dagestan. "Three militants were killed as a result of a special operation on (street) Laptiev. Their identities are being established. Investigators are working at the scene," the source said.

Vladimir Abarinov The witty proposal to award the Nobel Prize of the world by the atomic bomb has not been realized - but in vain. No other weapon so convincingly confirmed the logic of the Latin saying of Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum. Moreover, the deterrence potential was laid down in the idea of ​​a bomb initially. Back in 1913, Herbert Wells in the novel “ The Liberated World ” described the atomic bombing of Berlin.

The third power unit of the Leningrad NPP was shut down on Thursday evening due to a fistula in the pump manifold. As Sergey Averyanov, head of the Leningrad NPP press service, told RIA Novosti, the radiation background in the area of ​​the plant does not exceed the norm. The power unit was switched off manually at 19.40 Moscow time. Repair work is scheduled to be completed on August 31.

The list of enterprises where you can perform alternative civilian service includes almost all the capital's pre-trial detention centers. According to Moskovsky Komsomolets, this is provided for by the relevant order of the Ministry of Health and Social Development. Conscripts are expected in Moscow pre-trial detention centers ## 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and in the Iksha educational colony.

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili pardoned 238 prisoners in prisons and colonies in honor of the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Novosti Georgia reports. As Minister for Execution of Punishment, Probation and Legal Aid Dmitry Shashkin explained, 169 prisoners will be released from places of detention, another 69 convicts will have their sentences halved.

Farewell to the poet Sergei Mikhalkov will begin on Friday at 20.00 in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, RIA Novosti reports with reference to Nikita Mikhalkov's assistant Denis Baglai. According to him, the temple will be open all night. Baglai also said that Sergei Mikhalkov would be buried at the Novodevichy cemetery. "Everything has been decided there, it remains to wait for the official papers, which will be by one o'clock in the afternoon," he explained.

Vitaly Portnikov. Photo by A. Karpyuk/Grani.ru The death of Sergei Vladimirovich Mikhalkov is not a reason for slander. During his life, one could have a different way to the deceased writer, but even then no one had doubts: already because of his age, Mikhalkov, who was born under Emperor Nicholas and survived to President Medvedev, became an epic man.

In Saudi Arabia, an assassination attempt was made on a high-ranking member of the royal family, Prince Mohammed bin Nayef. According to AP , a suicide bomber approached the prince, allegedly to congratulate him on the start of Ramadan, and blew himself up. The prince was slightly injured and was hospitalized. In the past 8 years, during which Saudi Arabia has joined the fight against the terrorist group Al-Qaeda, this is the first attempt to kill a member of the royal family.

Another former employee of the Euroset security service was detained on suspicion of involvement in the kidnapping of the company's freight forwarder Andrey Vlaskin, RIA Novosti reports, citing a source in the investigating authorities. The source of the agency did not name the detainee, since he has not yet been charged. There has also been no official confirmation of the information yet.

The criminal case of the former owner of Euroset, Yevgeny Chichvarkin, will be separated into a separate proceeding, writes Vedomosti , citing sources close to the investigation. This is done so that the trial of his subordinates, in respect of which the investigation is nearing its end, can be started. Officially, the UPC does not comment on this information. The investigation into the case of already arrested employees of Euroset ends on September 2.

Dmitry Baranovsky. Photo from the site s-pravdoy.ru The Tver Court of Moscow authorized the arrest of the first deputy leader of the Ratep company and the deputy head of the Justice Human Rights, Dmitry Baranovsky, Interfax reports. As explained by the head of the press service of the Moscow City Court, Anna Usacheva, in this way, the court satisfied the petition of the Main Investigation Department of the Moscow Central Internal Affairs Directorate of Moscow.

In Israel, a Russian citizen died from the H1N1 influenza virus, RIA Novosti reports, citing Igor Popov, Consul General in Haifa. The information was also confirmed by the press secretary of the Rambam clinic, David Ratner. The death of a woman was the first death of a new type of influenza among Russians. According to doctors, the body of the Russian woman was weakened by a serious chronic disease - she suffered from a malignant tumor.