18:40 // 08/26/2008 Tajikistan, on the eve of the next summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), closed its borders with neighboring states from August 25 to 30, the head of the press center of the main border control of the State Committee of the National Security of Hushnud Rakhmatullaev told RIA Novosti .

Under the threat, cooperation of the parties to combat terrorism and drug trafficking in Afghanistan the consequences of a possible quarrel with the West, which Russia is openly, can affect not only situations in Georgia, but also in Central Asia. So the Ambassador of Russia to Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov questioned the action of the agreement, according to which the North Atlantic Alliance supplied food, fuel and other supplies through the territory of Russia to Afghanistan.

09:45 // 08/26/2008 US President George Bush is “deeply preoccupied” with the appeal of the Russian Council of the Federation and the State Duma to the President of the Russian Federation with a request to recognize the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. This, as ITAR-TASS reports, is said in his statement, widespread by the White House.

18:31 // 08/26/2008 The permanent representative of Russia at NATO Dmitry Rogozin will return to work in Brussels on August 31, the Permanent Representative himself, who arrived in the Russian Federation for consultations with the country's leadership about the future relationship with the Alliance, told RIA Novosti . "The work of the perpetuation is not suspended, I will return to Brussels at the end of the month.

09:38 // 08/26/2008 The transport aircraft of the Air Force of the Philippines S-130 went missing in the south of the country, where government troops conduct surgery against Muslim separatists. According to ITAR-TASS , nine people were on board the plane. The S-130 flew out of the Davao Airport the night before. Ten minutes later, the radio contact was lost with him. Currently, helicopters and light aircraft conduct a search operation.

11:11 // 08/26/2008 The Ministry of Health of Canada declares the death of 12 people from leisterosis - an acute infectious disease caused by food poisoning, RIA Novosti reports with reference to Reuter agency. In total, 26 people were infected with this disease. According to representatives of the ministry, poisoning occurred due to eating meat produced at the Maple Leaf Foods Inc. In Toronto.

11:16 // 08/26/2008 The Israeli military left the border crossings of the gas sector closed in response to the next violation of the ceasefire by Palestinian militants, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Kol Israel radio station. The decision to resume the blockade of the one and a half million enclave Minister of Defense Ehud Barak and his deputy Matan Vilnai were taken after two Palestinian missiles fell in the vicinity of the city of Speerot.

In eight regions of the country, power outages of electricity are possible, the Ministry of Energy began preparations for the autumn-winter period. The regions of increased risks are determined, where in the case of excess frosts it is possible to turn off electricity. There are eight. For comparison: this is half as much than it was last year, when the List was still engaged in the RAO UES of Russia. How to heat frost Only the energy systems of Moscow, St.

10:38 // 08/26/2008 German Chancellor Angela Merkel insists on the accession of Georgia and Ukraine to a plan of action on NATO membership (PDCh), which will be the next step on the path to the entry of these countries into the North Atlantic Alliance, RIA Novosti reports. Merkel met with the Prime Minister of Sweden Fredrick Rinfeld, with whom she discussed, including this topic.

The police refused to institute criminal proceedings on the statement of the widow of the first deputy chairman of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation Andrei Kozlov on threats against her, RIA Novosti was told by the lawyer of the main accused of committing a crime Natalya Kirsanova ..

15:01 // 08/26/2008 Roman Abramovich, Russian billionaire and owner of Chelsea, was summoned to the Geneva Court for giving testimony as part of a criminal case of bankruptcy in February 2005 of the Geneva football club "Servavett", RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Russian -language Swiss edition of our newspaper. “The court really sent the agenda to Mr. Abramovich,” said the cantonal prosecutor Geneva Dario Zanni.

The investigator of the regional department of the Investigative Committee at the regional prosecutor's office (UPKP) presented to the head of the Kaliningradsky customs post of the Czechskauskas contained in the pre-trial detention center, the prosecution of bribery, the head of the press service of the UPCP Marianna Andryushina told RIA Novosti ...

19:06 // 08/26/2008 Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin appointed Gennady Petrakov as the head of the Federal Agency for Railway Transport (Roszheldor), RIA Novosti reports citing the press service of the government. Previously, Petrakov headed the Vologda branch of the North Railway (SZH). Roszheldor is subordinate to the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation.

At the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the situation in South Ossetia and Abkhazia today in Dushanbe gather leaders of the countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), which includes Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. Yesterday, the chairman of the PRC Hu Jintao had already arrived in the Tajik capital. In addition, the heads of Iran, Pakistan, India and Mongolia - observers in the SCO are expected at the summit. This year, Tajikistan prescribes it.

14:58 // 08/26/2008 The new European satellite of GOCE, the conclusion to the orbit of which is scheduled for September 10 of this year during the launch from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in the Arkhangelsk region of the Russian carrier "Rokot", will clarify the geometric uniform of the Earth, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Roskosmos website. “On board the GOSE, six high -precision accelerometers are installed - devices for measuring acceleration.