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 large anti -submarine ship "Smaching" and the flagship "Moscow" of the Russian fleet on Wednesday approached the shores of the Italian island of Sardinia. A detachment of combat ships of the Black Sea Fleet of Russia arrived on the eve of a visit to Italy of Russian President Vladimir Putin at the invitation of the Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.

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 international symposium "Leo Tolstoy in the movement of time", dedicated to the 175th anniversary of the birth of Leo Tolstoy, will open on Friday in the Yasnaya Polyan estate of the great writer. In a weekly symposium, which will be held in Yasnaya Polyana and Tula, literary critics, linguists, philosophers, teachers, museums, historians from Russia and neighboring countries, the USA, Great Britain, Canada, Finland, Japan and several other countries participate.

In Kamchatka, breaking off the slope of the Klyuchevsky volcano, the Irkutsk tourist died. According to the press service of the internal affairs department of the Kamchatka region, a young woman, a resident of the city of Baikalsk, Irkutsk Region, turned to the Ust-Kamchatka police department on the evening of the police on August 27. She announced the death of her father upon ascent of Klyuchevskaya volcano on August 24.

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.

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 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 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.

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.

The world champion in the super -white weight according to WBC and WBA Oscar de la Hoya, nicknamed the "Golden Boy", promises to end his career in case of a second loss of Shena Mosley. The fight of de la Hoya-sunshots will take place on September 13 in Las Vegas. According to de la Hoya, if Mosley wins again, everything will be over for me. “I’m not the boxer who met with Mosley three years ago, but Mosley himself, I am sure, remained the same. I know how to neutralize him,” said de la Hoya.

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.