Anna Farmanova. Photo from the site classmates.ru In New York, a trial began in the case of American citizen of Russian origin Anna Farmanova, accused of trying to illegally export military equipment from the United States to Russia. As RIA Novosti reports, the maximum punishment that threatens her on this charges provides for a imprisonment for up to 10 years.

Morgue. Photo from the site www.ritual-uz.ru The number of deaths in the suburbs has grown over the past few weeks by 25 percent. According to RIA Novosti, this was announced by the Minister of Health of the Moscow Region Vladimir Semenov. “A certain increase in mortality is noted over the past three weeks, about 25 percent. We must look, analyze what happened in past years, as much as this is due to heat and fires,” said Semenov.

Dmitry Semyonov and Alexander Kormushkin suffered, among others, from an unknown warrant officer near Gostiny Dvor during an action on July 31. St. Petersburg, August 9, 2010 Material by Dmitry and Anna Borko.

Forum of non -governmental organizations. Ella Pamfilova opens a meeting. Frame NTV The former chairman of the Presidential Council of Human Rights, Ella Pamfilova, left her post in protest against incessant attacks on human rights activists in Russia. She told about this in an interview with the American magazine Newsweek.

Accident on Leninsky Prospekt. Frame of the Vesti TV channel The case of an accident with the participation of a car of the Vice President of Lukoil Anatoly Barkov in the near future can be closed. As Interfax reports, a source in power structures reported. "Numerous examinations conducted during the investigation confirmed that the Mercedes driver was not guilty of the accident. Both Citroen passengers died. In this regard, the case will seem to be closed," the agency’s interlocutor said.

Wheat. Photo from the site Liga.ne Losses incurred by the Russian economy in a little more than more than more than a month of abnormal heat and the fires provoked by it, according to preliminary estimates of analysts, can cost 1 percent of GDP growth in 2010. According to Kommersant, in monetary terms it is about $ 15 billion. It is only about direct costs and short -term consequences for the economy, HSBC and Uralsib analysts believe.

Sergey Gordeychenko. Photo Wood.ru The head of the forestry department in the Moscow region and Moscow Sergey Gordeyichenko was dismissed. According to RIA Novosti, the official representative of the Ministry of Agriculture Oleg Aksenov, this decision was made by the Minister of Agriculture Elena Skrynnik.

Yuri Luzhkov. Photo from the site www.dm-matveev.livejournal.com Participants of the Anger Day prohibited by the Moscow authorities will require the resignation of Luzhkov in connection with Moscow’s unpreparedness to the heat and fires, Kasparov.ru reports. According to one of the organizers of the action, the coordinator of the "Left Front" Sergey Udaltsov, the mayor of Moscow is direct responsibility for the situation in the city due to forest fires and difficult weather conditions.

Philip Crowley. Photo from the site www.ankakh.com The United States did not change the position of independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia and support the territorial integrity of Georgia. According to RIA Novosti, this was stated by US Secretary of State Philip Crowley. "The Secretary of State was recently in Georgia, where she again announced our support for Georgian independence and territorial integrity.

Edward Limonov. Photo from the site "Radio Liberty" 1. Moscow disaster I don't remember such a hard summer in my lifetime. I was in Moscow in 1972, when peat bogs were also burning, but there was nothing like the current situation. The smell of burning, and only. Now Moscow is like a shop of a chemical plant, where a catastrophe happened. If, as a result of this, Moscow women stop giving birth, lose the ability to become pregnant, it will not be surprising. "Chemistry" once sent offenders.

The action of ecologists at the White House. Photo by Evgenia Mikheeva The defenders of the Khimkinsky forest gathered at the White House. Activists plan to break up a tent camp in front of the government of the government in order to attract the attention of the prime minister to the problem of building a highway Moscow - Petersburg. As the activist of ecologists Yaroslav Nikitenko, the leader of the movement in defense of the Khimkinsky forest, Yevgeny Chirikov, told the faces.

Map of Ingushetia. Frame RBC-TV The imam of the mosque in the village of Ekazhevo, Nazran district, Ingushetia, discovered a home -made explosive device under the bottom of his car. This was reported by RIA "Novosti" by a source in law enforcement agencies of the region. "The imam of the mosque discovered a homemade explosive device attached to the bottom of his car. The device, the power of which was 400 grams in the TNT equivalent, was neutralized," the agency’s interlocutor said.

Accident A large traffic accident occurred in the Irkutsk region. According to RIA Novosti in the regional center of the Ministry of Emergencies, the KrAZ truck crashed into the Toyota Noah minibus. As a result of the car accident, six bus passengers died, three more were injured. A message about the accident at the 22nd kilometer of the Aleksandrovsky tract at the lapel to the village of Urik received at 10.25 local time.

Dmitry Medvedev and Vladimir Putin. Photo by Newsprom.ru Sociologists have recorded a decrease in confidence ratings for President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin since the beginning of the year. This is written by "Vedomosti", referring to the data of the polls of the Foundation "Public Opinion", VTsIOM and "Levada Center". According to FOM, compared with January, when Medvedev trusted 62 percent of citizens, by August 1 there were only 52 percent left.

Traffic jams on the Leningrad highway. Photo from the site www.aksakal.info The Prosecutor General’s Office found that the restriction of movement on the 24th kilometer of the Leningrad highway was introduced illegally, reports Interfax . According to the conclusions of the investigation, the transport collapse on Leningradka could have been avoided if the Moscow authorities in a timely manner informed the population and road organizations about the planned work.