The Russian sailboat "Kruzenshtern" took first place in the international transatlantic race, which started at the end of July in the Canadian port of Galifax and ended in the port of Amsterdam (the Netherlands). This was announced by Valery Duryagin, deputy vice -rector of the Baltic State Academy of the Fisheries Fleet, the property of which is a sailboat.

At the airport of the village of Murmashi, located 30 kilometers from Murmansk, today a plane landed, which arrived with a special flight from Moscow. On his board about a hundred relatives of the crew of the Kursk submarine, who died on August 12 in the Barents Sea. Together with them, specialists of the Military Medical Academy flew to provide psychological assistance.

The leader of the Chechen separatists Aslan Maskhadov is currently in Azerbaijan. This was reported today by informed sources in the law enforcement agencies of the Chechen Republic. According to the source, it is known "its approximate whereabouts." Representatives of the special services do not exclude that Maskhadov plans to continue to move to his son in Malaysia.

Meg Ryan, known for the films Lights Out, You've Got Mail, and City of Angels, and Dennis Quaid, who starred in the films Airwaves and Any Given Sunday, are back together, the British newspaper Express reported on Sunday. Quaid suspended the divorce proceedings after his wife decided to return to him and asked for forgiveness for her affair with Russell Crowe, the star of the film "Gladiator".

Bishop Fu Tieshan, Chairman of the Patriotic Catholic Association of China, said that the Catholic Church of China maintains informal contacts with the Holy See, but does not intend to give them official status until the Vatican breaks off relations with Taiwan. The desire of the Patriotic Catholic Association of China to restore relations with Rome is not accidental. This Association was created in 1949 immediately after the communist regime came to power in China.

Russia is developing an international project to raise the sunken submarine "Kursk". According to the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian government, Ilya Klebanov, "no country individually can carry out such an operation." Therefore, Russia has currently appealed to all countries with sufficient funds for a similar rescue operation, which is now going on in the Barents Sea.

The military prosecutor's office of the Northern Fleet today, perhaps, will open a criminal case on the fact of the disaster of the Kursk nuclear submarine. According to the fleet prosecutor’s office in Severomorsk, after the tragedy in the Barents Sea, the Naval Prosecutor's Office began to verify the circumstances of the emergency incident with the nuclear power plant without delay. A group of military lawyers is headed by the acting fleet prosecutor Colonel of Justice Vladimir Mulov.

It is reported that the truck grossly violated the rules: he exceeded the speed and flew into the oncoming lane. As a result of the frontal collision, the bus rolled over. The upper salon was most affected. Eight children died at the site of the disaster, more than 20 were injured, two of them in critical condition were taken to the hospital. The accident occurred in the province of Lower Austria on the highway of Vienna √ Salzburg.

The Palestinian movement Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement) issued a statement on the 31st anniversary of the arson of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, one of the main shrines of the Islamic religion. On August 21, 1969, the Al-Aqsa Mosque was set on fire by religious fanatic Denis Rohan, an immigrant from Australia, a member of the fundamentalist Protestant sect "Church of God".

The VIII Russian film festival "Window to Europe", held in Vyborg, has ended. Let us remind you that this film screening is a competition of fiction, documentaries and animated films. A winner is selected in each section, and the main prize goes to one of the most worthy films of any genre. This time the Grand Prix was awarded to the animated film "Adagio" by Harry Bardin.

The name of Scheiler agent became known all over the world after scandalous revelations that he made 3 years ago in relation to the activities of the British special services. According to the former intelligence officer, in 1996, agents of the British Secret Service organized an attempt on the Libyan Colonel Gaddafi. Then, as a result of the explosion of the bomb, peaceful people died. Since then, the 34-year-old Sheler lived in Paris.

The chief of staff of the Northern Fleet Mikhail Mozak today officially confirmed the fact of the death of the crew of the Kursk nuclear submarine, which suffered a disaster in the Barents Sea on August 12. According to him, all compartments of the submarine are flooded, none of the crew members survived. Currently, the Russian Foreign Ministry is trying to coordinate with Norway the possibility of continuing the work of Norwegian deep -sea divers inside the sunken submarine.

Around 12:00, the descent of the Norwegian diver began to the nuclear submarine "Kursk". The rescuer will try to open the inner hatch of the lock chamber of the submarine. The outer hatch was open this morning. According to the press service of the Northern Fleet, if after the opening of the internal hatch of the 9th submarine compartment, water is discovered, a television camera with remote control will be introduced there to examine the compartment.

In recent days, the situation on the foreign exchange market has changed dramatically. Firstly, there is an increase in activity among market operators. Secondly, everything points to a significant predominance of demand for dollars over their supply. The sharp change in the situation on the financial market is a consequence of the decrease in the volume of foreign currency that exporters return to Russia.

The former commander of the Black Sea Fleet, Eduard Baltin, said that a long preparatory work will be required to raise the sunken submarine “Kursk”. You will have to prepare for at least a year. At the same time, according to Baltin, to ensure the rise of the boat, it will be necessary to dig tunnels under the submarine. But first of all, says Baltin, it is necessary to develop a detailed plan, equip an expedition and ensure the financing of the project.