In schools in the capital, the foundations of Orthodox culture will not be studied. According to Interfax, this was announced today at a press conference by the head of the capital's Department of Education Lyubov Kezina. “We did not support a letter that came from the Ministry of Education to introduce the foundations of Orthodox culture. We have a secular, state school. The school is separated from the church,” L. Kezina emphasized.

The current vice-mayor of Moscow Valery Shantsev is not going to nominate his candidacy in the upcoming elections of the mayor of the Russian capital. Shantsev said this in an interview with the newspaper Vedomosti , published on Thursday. Answering the question whether he plans to nominate his candidacy in the upcoming elections of the Moscow Mayor, Shantsev replied: "No, I do not plan. I work in the team of Yuri Mikhailovich Luzhkov, and this is said.

The Moscow prosecutor’s office protested the court verdict in relation to a number of former employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

In the village of Petropavlovskoye, Grozny district of Chechnya, a teenager died, who, on the instructions of the militants, was prepared to install a powerful explosive device, reports ITAR-TASS. As stated on Thursday at the regional operational headquarters for managing a counter -terrorist operation in the North Caucasus, the tragedy occurred on Wednesday in the courtyard of an abandoned house on the outskirts of the village.

In Moscow, from September 3 to 8, the 16th Moscow International Book Fair will be held - "Book in the Service of Peace and Progress." Representatives of the book publishing business from around the world will take part in the fair, organized by ministries of the press of the Russian Federation. On Thursday, a press conference was held on this event.

The Minsk Automobile Plant is considering the possibility of manufacturing cars with the right wheel. MAZ General Director Valentin Gurinovich said that now in Pakistan, the truck with the right steering wheel is ending in Pakistan. After these tests are completed by the factory management will make the final decision on the production of such cars, RBC reports.

The London Arsenal went out in first place in the Championship of the English Premier League. The metropolitan club the day before won the score late in the evening - 2: 1 at Aston Villa, and Manchester United scored only one goal against Wolly Supreme Empton. Chelsea did not play Roman Abramovich in the third round. Recall that the club of Governor Chukotka played in the Champions League , and did not take part in the match of the third round.

The International Chess Federation refused to negotiate with the Ukrainian grandmaster Ruslan Ponomarev on the conditions for holding a match with Harry Kasparov. If Ponomarev is tried to replace, then he will ask the president of Ukraine to transfer the match from Yalta.

Three employees of the Stavropol Department of Internal Affairs received light concussions as a result of undermining the Ural car, where they moved along the Levoberezhnaya - Right -Bank road in the Naursky district of Chechnya, Interfax reports. This was announced on Thursday by the press secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Chechen Republic Ruslan Akayev.

Taiwanese border guards detained a truck in which there were 34 girls. Among the detainees are 31 Chinese women and 3 Russians. Police found illegal immigrants in the secret department of the truck during the search. All illegal immigrants are young girls. The police believe that later they had to sell them in one of the brothels, writes The Star Online . During the interrogation, the girls informed the authorities that they were delivered to Taiwan by boat. Then the girls were put in a truck.

A tree collapsed on the Boulevard Ring in Moscow and the movement blocked. A sliced ​​gust of wind knocked out an old tree on Sretensky Boulevard. It fell on two passing cars - Zhiguli and Ford. According to preliminary data, there are no victims, people in the cars escaped with bruises. Traffic police officers organize detour routes along the lanes adjacent to Sretensky Boulevard. As a result of the incident on the outside of the Boulevard Ring, a strong mash formed, RIA Novosti reports.

A item resembling an explosive device was found in Moscow in a regular bus. This happened on Thursday on the Warsaw Highway in the area of ​​the house number 87. According to the Department of Information of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the capital, at 20:10 Moscow time a suitcase of "diplomat" was discovered in a regular bus. The driver's attention to the suspicious subject was attracted by the bus passengers.

A group of workers from Moldova was detained in Moscow on suspicion of the murder of Yevgeny Ostrovsky, the son of an arrested in the case of corruption in Mura Igor Ostrovsky. The cadet of the Academy of the Ministry of the Interior was killed on August 24 on August 24 near his house on Novo Prospekt Novyasenevsky.

Eleven former European champions, as well as three new ones, for the Champions League, the team since September 15, will go on a campaign to title the new winner of the most prestigious club tournament of the continent. Today in Monaco, the composition of the group stage was determined, after which the playoff matches will be held. Recall that the group tournament will consist of two circles.

The winemakers of Europe are in anticipation. While the EU, due to drought and heat, recently began to make compensatory payments to peasants, winemakers, who, perhaps, are rejoicing at the hands of the extremely extremely summer summer. So, exquisite wine? Despite the unusual heat, winemakers are careful: too early, many of them had to begin harvesting.