On the fourth day of the Olympiad, the repeated champion of Russia in heavy athletics Valentina Popova won a silver medal in the weight category up to 63 kg. The Russian team in gymnastic competitions in women in the team all -around was the second, having lost 0.205 points to the Romanian athletes. But in the team championship in fencing, our women won a gold medal. Now Russian athletes have two gold, four silver and four bronze medals. By the number of medals, Russia ranks 8th.

The British newspaper Deily Telegraph published an article indicating the very active actions of the US Central Intelligence Directorate to create conditions for the unification of Europe. This is confirmed by the recent find in the National Archive of the United States. A scientist from the University of Georgetown at Washington Joshua Paul discovered documents confirming that in the 40-50s the United States actively financed the political movements that advocated the union of Europe.

Tonight there was a daring theft from the office of the New Zealand team in the Olympic village. Five portable computers, two disks players and a mobile phone are stolen. The representative of the New Zealand national team Gordon Irving said that the theft would not cause much harm to the team, since all the necessary information is saved on other computers, but the entire delegation of Shokirovna by the fact that this happened in an intensely guarded Olympic village.

First Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Media-Most holding Igor Malashenko believes that the Kremlin is trying to put pressure on NTV. He stated this today on the phone in an interview with the NTV television company. "I feel awkward, discussing today with Koch. It is not a party to this conflict. The parties are the media and the Kremlin," Malashenko said. In his opinion, Gazprom, Gazprom-Media, Koch are used exclusively as a tool, as a weapon of the Kremlin.

The US Embassy is not satisfied with the decision of the Moscow City Court to leave the American citizen Edmond Up, accused of espionage. “We believe that he should be released from custody,” a high -ranking American diplomat emphasized in an interview. At the same time, the representative of the embassy regret that the American doctor still did not get the opportunity to meet with Edmond Poup, and the Russian oncologists who examined him did not provide the results of the American side.

The Liberal Democratic Party Congress voted unanimously to strip Queen Elizabeth II of her supremacy over the Church of England. During the debate on constitutional reform, the party passed a resolution demanding the separation of church and state and allowing Catholics to inherit the British throne. Delegates also voted to ban Anglican bishops from holding seats in the House of Lords. This innovation is part of the reform to create a second elected chamber of parliament.

Today, the Interfax press conference room twice spoke about the Media-Most holding. First, the head of Gazprom-Media Alfred Koch spoke, then the leaders of the Media Most gave their comments. The main task of Alfred Koch to reduce the entire conflict, in fact - between the state and the independent press, to the ordinary dispute of two legal entities.

In Berlin, an attempt was made to arson the Reichstag. The 22-year-old German in his car Volkswagen Golf tried through glass windows to break into the building. The car is stuck. Later it turned out that she was doused from all sides with gasoline. The criminal jumped out of the car and tried to set it on fire with a signal pistol, but this failed. Police guards of the German parliament twisted the terrorist. The motives of the criminal are still unknown.

Today in the Museum of Architecture. Schusev will be a grand opening of the exhibition "Doll from the Star", for visitors it will work on September 20. The idea of ​​the project is to famous actors, directors, TV presenters, stylists, artists, musicians, writers and poets proposed to create a doll.

Director Roman Polanski is looking for an unknown actor for the general public or even a layman for his new film with a budget of 25 million pounds. Polanski, the director of the classic films "Rosemary's child" and "Chinese quarter", is going to arrange open auditions in London for a leading role in the drama "Pianist". Previously, the director placed an announcement about the search for an actor in The Guardian newspaper.

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak resolutely rejected the idea of ​​concluding a peace agreement with Palestinians without a solution to the issue of the status of Jerusalem. The prime minister emphasized today that such an agreement would bring only the "ostrich world". "I believe in the possibility of achieving peace, if our partner also strives for him, √ Barak cracked.

The second day of the working visit of Mikhail Kasyanov to the UK was completely devoted to the issues of economic relations of London and Moscow. Like the Russian president, who consulted in April with leading industrial circles of the United Kingdom, the Russian prime minister found it necessary to meet with the leadership of the Confederation of British Industrialists. The bosses of the leading English campaigns gathered to listen to Kasyanov.

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov, who is in the UK on an official visit, spoke in London to members of the Confederation of British Industry. The main purpose of the Russian Prime Minister's visit is to strengthen and improve trade and economic ties between the two countries. Speaking to British businessmen, Kasyanov said that the main tasks of the next stage of reforms in Russia will be structural reforms aimed at creating a competitive environment.

In the Smolensk region, police officers and the Ministry of Emergency Situations are working on the site of an ammunition depot that remained in the ground since the Great Patriotic War. This warehouse in the vicinity of the village of Ozerny was discovered and excavated by local residents, the unemployed Drozdov brothers. Operatives from the Ozerninsky Department of Internal Affairs arrived at the site in the midst of excavations.

The gold medal was won by Mi Jin Yun, silver went to us Song Kim, bronze √ Su Nyun Kim. In a duel for the first place, Mi Jin Yun in a hard struggle defeated us Song Kim √ 107: 106. The 17-year-old schoolgirl became the youngest champion of the Olympics in Sydney. Su Nyun Kim left without a medal the representative of the DPRK OK for the forces of Choi, winning in the match for third place √ 103: 101.