India has threatened Pakistan to cancel talks at the level of National Security Advisors of India and Pakistan if the Pakistani side meets with Kashmiri separatists and expands the agenda of negotiations to include the Kashmir issue in addition to terrorism. Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj announced this at a briefing on Saturday. “If Pakistan does not provide guarantees that it will fulfill two conditions, then negotiations will not take place,” she said.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said that the country needs a modern, combat-ready military group on the Kuril Islands. “On the Kuril Islands we need a modern, combat-ready military group. And at the moment, based on the decisions of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, all conditions for this have been created,” RIA Novosti quotes Mr. Medvedev. He also added that Russia counts on friendship with Japan, but, in his opinion, relations should not be connected with the Kuril Islands.

US Secretary of State John Kerry hastened on Friday (three days earlier) to congratulate Ukraine on Independence Day. “On behalf of President Obama and the American people, I extend my warmest congratulations to the Ukrainian people as they celebrate their anniversary of independence on August 24,” the State Department website reports, citing Mr. Kerry’s words.

“On August 20, 2015, flight recorders from the Mi-8T helicopter that crashed on August 15 in the area of ​​Ongachan Bay in the Sea of ​​Okhotsk were delivered to the Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC),” reports the IAC website. “The received units have traces of exposure to sea water ( photos attached ). The completed restoration work made it possible to read parametric and sound information. The flight recorders record the parameters of the emergency flight and crew conversations.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev believes that in order for the Vostochny cosmodrome under construction in the Amur region to “turn out to be in demand,” it is necessary, among other things, to conduct commercial launches. “What is a sought-after spaceport? It would seem such a strange combination. When it comes to civilian launches, commercial principles must apply. We have to make money from this.

Russia has achieved the extradition of the leader of a gang of killers 40-year-old Novosibirsk businessman Anatoly Radchenko (Celentano) was extradited from Austria. For five years he was on the international wanted list on charges of leading a gang of killers and participating in a criminal community, for which he faces a life sentence. The extradition procedure for Radchenko took a year and a half.

A businessman from Vietnam was shot dead in the south of Moscow in his car, a source in the capital’s law enforcement agencies said. It is noted that the police received a report of the discovery of the body of a foreigner in a Mitsubishi car on Dorozhnaya Street from ambulance doctors the day before at about 10:00 pm Moscow time. “According to preliminary data, the death of a 44-year-old Vietnamese citizen was caused by gunshot wounds to the chest and head.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev believes that there will be nothing bad if Russian universities introduce teaching in international languages. “We need to teach not only in Russian. This is normal, we need to teach in world languages ​​- in English, in Chinese. There is nothing wrong with this, although we live in the Russian Federation. This is normal,” RIA Novosti quotes Mr. Medvedev. The topic was raised as part of the discussion of measures to attract foreign applicants.

In western Georgia, in the Zugdidi region, a minibus carrying 11 foreign tourists and two guides overturned today, representatives of the country's Emergency Situations Service reported. According to them, the minibus crashed into a concrete pillar and overturned. As a result of the accident, all passengers and the driver were injured; the victims were taken to a hospital in the city of Zugdidi.

The poacher who injured a one-year-old tiger cub in the Lazovsky district has been identified. He admitted to what he had done, and during the investigation he will remain under recognizance not to leave the place, the Primorsky branch of the Amur Tiger Foundation told TASS . “A hunting ammo, a shell casing and traces of a tractor were found at the scene of the incident. The owner of the vehicle that left marks at the scene was soon identified.

Sunny, comfortable weather is expected in the capital region. According to Roshydromet, there will be no precipitation if there is some cloudiness. “The air temperature in Moscow will be 22-24, in the region it will be from 20 to 25,” the weather service said. Northern quarter wind 2-7 m/s. In St. Petersburg it is also plus 24, partly cloudy and no precipitation, and in Novosibirsk +17°C, cloudy and light rain.

Explosions in the Chinese port city of Tianjin and recurring fires continue to release hazardous chemicals into the air. Their number and exact list are still unknown. Greenpeace ecologists modeled a map of the movement of air masses in the area of ​​the explosion. “At the moment, the most dangerous of the substances already discovered is sodium cyanide due to its extremely high toxicity.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev arrived in Sakhalin, from where he will go to one of the islands of the southern Kuril ridge, Iturup, Interfax reports. The head of government is scheduled to visit the All-Russian Youth Educational Forum “Iturup” and inspect a number of facilities being built as part of the federal target program for the development of the Kuril Islands until 2025. In particular, it is expected that Mr.

South Korean and US fighter jets carried out demonstration sorties, simulating bombing of enemy targets, Yonhap news agency reported. It is noted that in this way the American and South Korean military demonstrated strength against a possible threat from North Korea, whose armed forces have placed artillery near the borders with South Korea. The flight was carried out by four US Air Force F-16 fighters and four South Korean F-15s.

In the minority, Muscovites tied with Terek Russian Football Championship Photo: Kazbek Vakhaev, Kommersant Yesterday the sixth round of the Russian Championship began with a match in Grozny between Terek and Dynamo. One of the main characters of the meeting was Alexander Kokorin, who returned to the blue and white squad after an injury.