Today, the Supreme Court of Chile supported the removal of the status of immunity from the former dictator Chile Augusto Pinochet. This was reported by the BBC news service, although it has not yet been officially announced. When making a decision on the removal of immunity from the Pinochet in the Supreme Court, there was no unanimity. Some sources claim that 16 assessors voted "for", 6 √ "against". According to others, the voices were distributed in a different way, namely 12 to 8.

Today, the operatives of the Office for Combating organized crime were detained by Valentin Stepanov, the senior referent of the first deputy general director of the Hotel Hussein Dzhabrailov. A sports bag was discovered in his room, opening the GUBOP employees saw a whole arsenal: a sniper rifle, 2 Kalashnikov assault rifles, 4 pistols of TT, Makarov pistol and a large number of cartridges.

The Russian Accounts Chamber begins a new check of Gazprom. This was announced by the Deputy Chairman of this department Yuri Boldyrev. During the previous checks, the “Accounts Chamber repeatedly opened gross violations of the law by Gazprom, including in foreign gas sales abroad,” said Boldyrev in an interview with the Echo of Moscow radio station.

About 200,000 Pakistani Christians have signed a petition calling for the current electoral rolls to be scrapped on the grounds that they are based on religious principles. These lists are provided for by the electoral system in place in Pakistan since the mid-1980s. It allows Christians, as well as representatives of other religious minorities, to participate in elections to parliament and local councils only in certain electoral districts.

Today in Paris a meeting of the Court of Appeal of Russia to the Swiss company will be held in Paris. The lawsuit contains the requirement to unlock the accounts of the Russian Embassy and the Consulate General in France, arrested for the debts of the Russian government of the Swiss company. The meeting was preceded by a diplomatic scandal.

Muslim and Christian leaders in East Jerusalem took part in a rally of Palestinian patriotic forces, reaffirming the city's identity in the Arab and Muslim world and the solidarity of Christian Palestinians with their fellow Muslims. The meeting, which opened with a reading of verses from the Koran, was addressed by Sheikh Yusuf Jumaa Salama, a representative of the Supreme Islamic Council of Jerusalem.

At least 47 people died and 52 were injured as a result of separatists in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. According to the BBC television and radio company today, this mass murder occurred just a few hours after the death of 29 people in a shootout between separatists and employees of Indian security services. In a shootout on the path of pilgrimage of believing Hindus, 25 civilians, two police officers and two militants-paratulators were killed in Amarnatha.

After the defeat from the Spaniards, we needed a victory over the Croats. In some layouts, the team of Ivan Pivshko arranged a defeat with a small score. Unfortunately, Russian basketball players held a decisive match extremely unsuccessfully, losing 18 points √ 55:73. Now our team will fight for places from 9th to 12th.

Today, five pilots arrived in Riga by train from Moscow, released on July 22 from the Indian prison. They returned to Latvia four and a half years after they were arrested in India on charges of smuggling weapons. However, during the conclusion, they all accepted Russian citizenship, and now they have to decide whether they will remain to live in Latvia or move to permanent residence in Russia. According to the NTV television company, three of them are allowed to stay in Riga.

The Locarno Festival is the second longest-running festival after the Venice Festival; it is one of the top four most important film festivals in Europe and one of the twelve priority film festivals in the world. In the Piazza Grande hall, where the main screenings will take place, one of the largest screens in Europe is installed - 26 x 14 m, the number of seats is 7500.

California, the largest state of the United States, face the threat of turning off electricity, according to the American BBC service. The state simply lacks electricity √ Now on the Pacific coast of the peak of the summer heat. All California both day and night is trying to protect against heat by air conditioners and fans that do not turn off the clock.

Miss Derek, a sex symbol of the early 80s, despite a decent filmography ("Hot Chocolate", "Woman Desired", "Bolero", "Tarzan, the Monkey Man"), turned out to be an actress of one role. The highest achievement of her career remains the beach scenes in the Blake Edwards comedy "10", where her Jenny seduced the hero Dudley Moore. Bo Derek believes that she learned a lot while being in a kind of slavery to her husband John, part-time actor, director and photographer.

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko issued a decree that decided to convene a Congress of Soviets on September 29. The document says that the purpose of the congress is to "increase the role, improve the activities of local councils." The head of the Belarusian state is going to gather to participate in the congress of deputies of parliament, as well as delegates elected at sessions of regional, city, district and rural councils.

In the tournament for the prizes of the Gaza Central there was a meeting of the metropolitan "CSKA" and "Dynamo". The army team won with a score of 3-0 thanks to the hat-trick of Albert Leshchev. The Moscow Spartak lost again. This time, the "red -white" lost to the Yaroslavl "locomotive" - ​​2: 5. In Novokuznetsk, a traditional steel cup is taking place. On the second gaming day, the local Metallurg and Chelyabinsk "Mechel" tied 1: 1.

The country's main financial document - a draft budget for the next year, as planned, will appear in the State Duma in late August, namely √ on the 26th. This was confirmed today in the Department of Government Information. They argue that the project is almost ready, the last strokes are being finalized. The document will be considered at the next meeting of the Russian government, approve and after that they will be sent to the State Duma.