The train got off the rails. Photo from Newsru.com The reason for the collision of two freight trains in the Chelyabinsk region could be poorly carried out by the repair of the brake system of one of the compositions. As RIA Novosti reports, this was reported to the Prosecutor General. "According to preliminary data, the train collided with ahead of the cargo train No. 1633 as a result of the brake system failure.

Radoslav Sikorsky, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland Polish Foreign Minister Radoslav Sikorsky apologized to the Belarusian opposition for Warsaw to provide official Minsk about their bank accounts. According to BBC Russian, for an apology, the minister chose his microblog. “On behalf of Poland, I apologize. This is a reprehensible mistake made, despite the warning of the Foreign Ministry. We will increase the efforts to maintain democracy in Belarus,” Sikorsky wrote.

Opposition rally "Day of Wrath" dispersed in Moscow. August 12, 2011. Photographed by Dmitry Zykov.

Estonia Police. Photo from the site www.topnews.ru The man who attacked the building of the Ministry of Defense of Estonia inspired a mass murder on the island of Udey in Norway. According to Interfax , this said Prime Minister Andrus Ansip. “The Karen Drambyan, who was born in 1954, turned out to be the attacking and then died,” said Ansip. According to him, Drambian was previously in the orbit of the interests of the police.

An accident on Leninsky Prospekt in Moscow. Hard of news. Investigators accused Olga Alexandrina in absentia, who died as a result of an accident on Leninsky Prospekt with the participation of the Vice President of Lukoil Anatoly Barkov. "Representatives of Olga Alexandrina were awarded a decision on attracting her in absentia as an accused," the family of the deceased said in a message on the website of the lawyer.

Anger Day 08/12/2011. Frame Grani-TV The next day of anger in Moscow ended in detention ( Video faces-TV ). According to the correspondent of the Grani.ru, the first was detained by one of the organizers of the action, activist of the Left Front Konstantin Kosyakin.

Boris Sokolov The script of the television series "The Last Meeting", with a high rating of the channel held on Channel One, probably began to be written the day after the failure in the United States, dozens of Russian illegal immigrants led by Anna Chapman. The film is clearly designed to illustrate the words of Vladimir Putin about the heroes-reconnaissance, in the difficult struggle of the defending the interests of our Motherland, and about the miserable traitors who still do not end badly.

State Department of the United States. Summer "Vesti". The United States imposed the next sanctions against a number of Belarusian enterprises. According to AP, according to the official representative of the US State Department Victoria Nuland, we are talking about OJSC Naftan, Grodno Nitrogen, Belshina and Grodno Khimvolokno.

Muamar Gaddafi. Photo from the site dpua.info Libya authorities introduced the death penalty for using unregistered satellite phones. According to AP, calls on such phones will be equated with the Stateise, espionage in favor of NATO. For some Libyans, the agency emphasizes, satellite phones were the only way to communicate with February 2011, when the country's government forbade using mobile phones.

Dmitry Medvedev and Viktor Yanukovych. Photo from the site www.kremlin.ru The presidents of Russia and Ukraine Dmitry Medvedev and Viktor Yanukovych failed to agree on the price of gas. According to Kommersant, the question of the prospects of Ukraine entering the Customs Union also remained unresolved.

Yulia Tymoshenko. Photo by IA UNIAN The Kyiv Court of Appeal refused to accept a complaint about the arrest of the ex-Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko. As RIA Novosti reports, such a decision was made by Judge Olga Efimova. "The appeal is not subject to appeal. It is not to refuse to accept the appeal in the consideration of the appeal," she said, reading the decree. "The decision of the court of appeal is not subject to appeal," the judge added.

Ales Belyatsky. Photo from the site www.balapan.com The head of the Belarusian human rights center "Vesna" Alesha Belyatsky was charged with "concealing income on an especially large scale." According to the Spring website, the human rights activist threatens up to seven years of prison. Until August 14, Belyatsky, detained on August 4, will be under arrest.

The machine room of the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power station after the accident. Photo from the site .pmtf.msiu.ru The Investigative Committee completed the investigation of the criminal case of the accident at the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power station.

August day of anger. Image from the site www.leftfront.ru Activists of the Left Front will hold an action day in Moscow, despite the arrest of Sergei Udaltsov. As the Runami.ru told the press service of the Left Front, the participants in the action intend to gather at 19.00 at the exit from the Totalnoye metro station, and then go to the building of the presidential administration in order to transfer their requirements.

A policeman and participants in the protest in Syria. Photo from chinapost.com.tw The Syrian military shot nine participants in the protest against the regime Bashar al -Assad. It is reported by Reuters with reference to eyewitnesses and activists of the opposition. According to the agency, with a demand for the resignation of Assad, tens of thousands of protesters reached the streets on August 12.