Georgia introduces an additional number of peacekeepers and military equipment to the Tskhinvalsky region, but within its quota as part of mixed peacekeeping forces. According to RIA Novosti in the Ministry of Defense of Georgia, 20 wagons with tanks and armored vehicles are moving in the direction of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict, several Grad and 350 peacekeepers. Georgia in the Tskhinvalsky region had 150 soldiers, armed small arms.

Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov signed an order to reorganize the road traffic scheme in the city center, a source in the city administration said on Thursday.

Employees of the Italian financial guard from the North Italian city of Trento opened the Italo-Russian criminal group, which was engaged in laundering "dirty money" through the Swiss banks. This was reported with reference to the sources in the financial guard on Thursday by the Italian news agency ANSA.

On the eve of the main football tournament of the last two years, Russian football players go to Portugal, settled in a combat. However, if someone plans to continue his career in the national team, then for Alexander Mostovoy this tournament will be the last at the level of national teams. The midfielder of the Russian national team said this on Thursday at the training base of the national team in the Bor near Moscow in an interview with RIA Novosti.

In Latvia, a new wave of repression against the defenders of Russian schools began. The right -handed Party, which is part of the government, demanded on Thursday to deport the activist of the headquarters from the country in defense of Russian schools Alexander Kazakov.

The Federal Court of Switzerland rejected three appeals on Thursday to the decision of the Swiss authorities to freeze the shareholders of the Russian oil company Yukos and the Menatep group in Swiss banks. In total, the federal court received nine appeals from a number of unnamed companies and individuals who are trying to appeal the actions of the Switzerland prosecutor's office, RIA Novosti notes.

In St. Petersburg, an explosion occurred in a multi-storey building on Statch Avenue. This was reported to Interfax on Thursday in the Main Directorate for Civil Defense and Emergencies of the City. Information about the explosion in the house number 83 entered at 20:45. According to preliminary data, the explosion occurred in one of the apartments, as a result of which there was a collapse of the inter -apartment wall.

The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation upheld the verdict of the Moscow City Court against Pogrom participants in the Yasenevsky market in Moscow in April 2001. Thus, the court dismissed the cassation performance of the prosecutor Boris Loktionov, who asked to cancel the sentence in full and send the case for a new consideration in a different composition of the court.

The captain of the Russian national football team Alexei Smertin wants to stay in the Chelsea London and fight for the place in the main composition. In many ways, this statement by Zermin is due to the fact that the new coach Jose Maurinho, who replaced Claudio Ranieri, came to Chelsea. Recall that Smertin last season moved to Chelsea from the French Borodo, but transit through the London club to Portsmut, where the Russian was given on the basis of lease.

The disqualified midfielder of the Russian national team Yegor Titov can go to the European Championship in Portugal, where he will work as a commentator. The voice of the leader of the Russian national team can be heard on June 12, on the day of the first match of the Russian national team against Spain. However, Titov will not work on this game, but at the opening ceremony, as well as at the meeting of the teams of the same qualifying group - Portugal - Greece.

The work of control systems for the air traffic of the UK is restored. This was reported by representatives of the National Air Movement Service of Great Britain. The country's airports return to normal work, but it is expected that the delays in flights caused by the morning failure of the computer system will continue throughout the day. On average, all flights will be detained for 2 hours.

An invitation to relax to Russia more than 500 Serbian children from Kosovo and Metochia is a "the largest humanitarian action in the history of our two countries." This was stated today by ITAR-TASS Ambassador of Serbia and Montenegro to the Russian Federation Milan Rochen.

In the election commission of Chechnya, the third candidate for the post of president of the republic is registered. This was reported on Thursday in the election commission of Chechnya. "This afternoon, an entrepreneur from Moscow Malik Saydulaev was registered as a contender for the post of head of the republic," the agency’s interlocutor said. According to him, Sydulaev intends to use the services of experienced lawyers to effective control over his election campaign, RIA Novosti reports.

Currently, the economic justification of the unification of the Krasnoyarsk Territory with Evenkia and Taimyr is being prepared. This was stated on Thursday by the governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Alexander Khloponin to reporters. “Political will in such a unification exists, but the chief referee is people,” the governor emphasized. Khloponin said that the day before, he discussed this issue during a meeting with the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Fradkov.

After the dismissal with NTV, Leonid Parfenov, ex-host and head of the programs of "The Last Snight" and "Country and Peace", and after discussing in the media of all "why", there were only two unsolved issues: who will take Parthenov’s place on the air, and where Parfyonov himself is going to work further. Regarding the second question, the first assumptions have already appeared.