Macedonia - Russia David Blatt. Photo © AFP The Russian national basketball team won bronze medals at the 2011 European Championship. On September 18, in the match for third place, the Russians beat the Macedonian team with a score of 72:68. At EuroBasket 2011, the Russian team suffered only one defeat in 11 matches. It happened in the semi-final game with France.

The Russian men's volleyball team was left without medals at the European Championship held in Austria. In the match for third place, the Russians lost to the Polish team with a score of 1-3 (23:25, 25:18, 21:25, 19:25), Sports.ru reports . Having lost the first set in a bitter fight, the Russian team managed to win the second with a 7-point advantage. However, the third and fourth games remained with the Poles.

The Russian men's tennis team defeated the Brazilian team with a score of 3:2 in the Davis Cup match. According to the official website of the tournament, on Sunday, September 18, Russian athletes won both singles matches. The leader of the Russian team, Mikhail Youzhny, met with Thomas Bellucci. The Brazilian had two match points, but the Russian won - 2:6, 6:3, 5:7, 6:4, 14:12. In another meeting, Dmitry Tursunov beat Ricardo Mello - 6:1, 7:6, 2:6, 6:3.

Actor Ivan Okhlobystin announced that he no longer intends to run for president of Russia. The corresponding entry appeared on Sunday night on his Twitter . According to Okhlobystin, he humbles himself “before the opinion of the Holy Church.” "I am true to the oath I took before the Holy See, as I am true to the ideals of the Imperium. The oath must be fulfilled, the nation must be rebuilt, the Empire must be built!" - the actor explained .

The head of the Plavsky district of the Tula region, Alexander Borodin, was beaten and robbed in his own home. reported this on September 18 Interfax with reference to the deputy head of the press service of the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs Sergei Sergeychev. The crime was committed on the night of Saturday, September 17. Masked men entered Borodin's house, beat him and took 200 thousand rubles. The official was hospitalized with a traumatic brain injury.

In the early parliamentary elections in Latvia on September 17, 2011, the largest number of votes was won by the Harmony Center association, which defends the rights of the Russian-speaking population. This is reported by the online publication Delfi.lv Based on the results of processing 98.4 percent of the ballots, the Consent Center gains 28.95 percent.

The Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) lost the elections to the Berlin parliament, which took place on September 18. This is evidenced by exit poll data cited by Agence France-Presse with reference to the ARD TV channel. Exit polls give victory in the elections to the Social Democrats (SPD), led by the current mayor of Berlin Klaus Wowereit - they received 29.2 percent of the vote. This result will allow Wowereit to retain his post.

In Yekaterinburg on the morning of Sunday, September 18, the body of a minor schoolgirl was discovered with numerous stab wounds and signs of beatings. reports this RIA Novosti . The girl’s body was found on the territory of the stadium on Belorechenskaya Street in the Verkh-Isetsky district of the city at about 9 a.m. local time (7 a.m. Moscow time). An operational investigation team was urgently sent to the scene and managed to establish the identity of the murdered woman.

The body of a man was found in a garbage bin in the south-east of Moscow. reported this on September 18 RIA Novosti , citing a source in law enforcement agencies. The body was found near house number 15 on Fedora Poletaev Street. It is reported that the victim was identified. The man's name has not been released, but the investigation concluded that his relatives reported his disappearance to the police the day before.

About 700 people took part in a protest in New York in the Wall Street area on Saturday, reports Agence France-Presse . Many came with tents and sleeping bags to set up camp in the global financial center and impede its operations. The protesters were going to express disagreement with greed, corruption and budget cuts, which was reflected in the content of the slogans and posters.

All Russian tourists stuck in Bulgaria due to a conflict between the Bulgarian airline Bulgaria Air and the tour operator Alma Tour have returned safely to their homeland. reports this ITAR-TASS with reference to the head of the press service of Rostourism Oleg Moseev. “The last group of Russian tourists was taken out the day before on a flight of the Rossiya State Transport Company,” Moseev said on September 18. The flight was traveling from Varna to St. Petersburg.

An American Predator drone crashed in northwestern Pakistan, reports Agence France-Presse . According to the Associated Press , which cites sources in the Pakistani intelligence services, the wreckage of the device ended up in the hands of Taliban militants . The incident occurred on the evening of Saturday, September 17. There is no exact information about the reasons for the drone crash. FAZ gives a version of a technical malfunction.

The Yak-42 plane with hockey players on board that crashed near Yaroslavl was unable to take off from the runway, but took off from the ground at a distance of 400 meters beyond its exit end. This was reported on the website of the Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC). Based on the results of the field stage of the accident investigation, it was established that the crew began lifting the nose wheel at a speed of approximately 185 kilometers per hour.

Honda Motor Corporation has prepared a plan to build a plant in Russia, Agence France-Presse reported on Sunday , citing the Nikkei newspaper. According to the publication, the developments of the new plant have already been presented to the Russian government. Investments in the project can amount to several tens of millions of dollars. It is not known exactly where the plant will be built, although the press suggests that it will be one of the port cities in the Far East.

On the night of Saturday, September 17, unknown persons tried to set fire to the Orthodox Church of St. Euphrosyne in Kotlovka, in the southwest of Moscow. reported this on Sunday Interfax , citing a police source. The day before, Archpriest Alexey Ladygin, rector of the church, told the police about the arson attempt. According to him, at about four o'clock in the morning the watchman heard the sound of breaking glass in the temple courtyard.