The Russian Orthodox Church (Russian Orthodox Church) recently solemnly celebrated the fourteenth anniversary of the entry into the patriarchal throne of Alexy II . This year, this date coincided with the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus'. With the name of Alexy II, many associate the process of the spiritual revival of Russia and the Church.

In the six months of 2004, about 6,200 crimes and incidents occurred in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, law enforcement agencies told Wednesday. "For six months, about 6,200 crimes and incidents were recorded in the Armed Forces. This is about half a hundred more than in the same period last year," the source said. According to him, in the first half of the year, more than 3,600 military personnel were convicted for various offenses, Interfax reports.

The head coach of the Russian youth team in football Andrei Chernyshov positively responded about the possible invitation of Oleg Romantsev to lead the German national team. "It's nice when our specialist is interested in abroad, especially such a football power as Germany. We are belittling an opinion about our own capabilities, the case of Romantsev proves this," Chernoshov said in an interview with RIA Novosti, commenting on publications in German media.

A large rally of students of Latvian schools seeking the right to study in Russian began in the square in front of the European Parliament building in Strasbourg. It is carried out by the Latvian Congress of the defenders of Russian schools. A huge banner flies over the crowd of schoolchildren "Hands off Russian schools!" Members of the new composition of the European Parliament going to their meeting with interest analyze leaflets that schoolchildren give out in defense of their rights.

Last night, Moscow time, the first semifinal match of the 41st Russian Football Cup, was held, in which the teams of Argentina and Columbia met. The first finalists of Copa America were the Argentines, who scored three unrequited balls into the goal of the championship of the Colombians. The wards of the coach Marcelo Biels owned the advantage throughout the game. In the 33rd minute, Tevez opened the score from the penalty area.

The Cataro Court of Appeal on Wednesday will begin to consider the appeal of the protection of two Russian citizens sentenced to life imprisonment on charges of murder of the emissar of Chechen separatists Zelimkhan Yandarbiev. This was announced by the press secretary of the court. According to him, the meeting will consider the application for the appeal and its motives submitted by the head of the defense of Russians from the Qatari side by lawyer Muhsin al-Suyudi.

The striker of the Italian "Milan" and the national team of Ukraine Andrei Shevchenko on July 14 officially ceased to be considered one of the most enviable suitors. It was on this day that he connected himself to marriage with the American fashion model Christine Pazik. It became known about the ceremony itself, which was held in Washington, since the spunning people considered it necessary to play the wedding in silence and without close attention of the press, reports Soviet Sport .

In the Meshchansky Court of Moscow, on Wednesday, the process in the case of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Platon Lebedev and Andrei Kraynov will continue on Wednesday. On Tuesday, the court announced a break in the hearing, after the prosecutor Dmitry Shokhin began to present evidence of the prosecution in this case. He read the materials only three of the 400 volumes of criminal case.

The police detained on Wednesday, according to various sources, from forty to sixty participants in the Belarusian opposition procession in Minsk when trying to go from Yakub Kolas Square along Francis Skorina Avenue to the place of the rally permitted by the authorities. Some of the opposition representatives decided to hold the procession unauthorized by the city authorities in the center of the Belarusian capital.

None of the Russians - future participants in the Olympiad - found signs of doping. According to Interfax, the director of the National Anti-Doping Center Vitaly Semenov reported on Wednesday at the Interfax, at a press conference in Moscow. "Our center, which began to work on the eve of the 1980 Moscow Olympics, tested this year more than two thousand people, including analyzed biopics taken from 140 athletes of the CIS and European countries," he said.

Interpol employees completed the search for brides in Tula. According to a citizen of Australia, a girl who is suspected of Internet monkey was discovered. As it turned out, a citizen of Australia believed that he met on the Internet with a resident of Tula. The girl conquered him and then he offered her a hand and heart and received consent. The future groom turned to Interpol, because the girl suddenly disappeared.

Until next week, warm weather will remain in the capital. This was reported on Wednesday in the Hydrometeorological Department of Moscow and the Moscow Region. Daytime temperatures will be 24-27 degrees above zero, night 14-17 degrees heat, reports Interfax. "We do not expect large precipitation, but small rains are likely on July 23 and 24," the Hydrometeoro Occupation noted.

A large scandal unfolds around the activities of the Iraq reconstruction fund (Development Fund for Iraq - DFI). The British newspaper Guardian on Tuesday published information provided by the deputy of the House of Representatives of the US Congress from the Democratic Party Henry Vaxman. Henry Vaxman is a dangerous type. For 30 years, this congressman investigated from the state of California, widened through the thick of the facts and embarrassed the American administrations of all the shit.

At the Farnoborough International-2004 International Aviation Service in the UK, a presentation of the KAM KAM KAM company helicopter was held for delegations of a number of foreign countries. The presentation emphasized that at present many countries of the world are experiencing an acute need for mobile intelligence agents that provide operational information for the armed forces and can solve the tasks of constant monitoring of sea, ground and air borders of the state.

The flight attendants do not like drunk passengers. Almost during each flight, stewardesses and stewards have to calm the next raging passenger. Sometimes citizens climb into a fight. However, this time one of the Russian airlines reported an unprecedented case: drunken flight attendants beat a passenger in the air. The incident occurred on board Aeroflot aircraft, flying a flight from Moscow to Nizhnevartovsk. Two flight attendants beat a passenger for expressing displeasure of their condition.