The corpse of the Minister of Economics of South Ossetia Ruslan Pliev was discovered on Tuesday in the Liahi River near the Georgian village of Tamarasheni. This was reported to Interfax in the press center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia. As the head of the press center told Interfax, Georgian police officers examined the corpse and did not find injuries or traces of violence on it. The Tskhinvali has already officially confirmed that the body of Pliev was found.

It became known the name of the general producer of the prestigious song contest "Eurovision". The European Union of Broadcasters approved the President of the National Television Company of Ukraine Alexander Savenko in this position. Next year the competition will be held in Kyiv.

On Tuesday, August 10, marks the 75th anniversary of the birth of a famous actor, People's Artist of the USSR Oleg Strizhenov. The anniversary of the artist, who went crazy for the entire USSR, will be celebrated on television. Among the demonstrated ribbons with the participation of Strizhenov are the films "Forty First", "In the Dead Loop", "Star of captivating happiness." In addition, the Channel "Culture" shows the audience a documentary picture "Oleg Strizhenov.

The American command called on Tuesday the entire civilian population of Nezhef "immediately evacuated from the war zone." The United States also demanded that the armed militants from the Mahdi Army under the leadership of the radical Shiite leader of Muktada al-Sadra stopped the bloodshed and left Nezhef, ITAR-TASS reports.

The Israeli military has developed new equipment for conducting video conferences, which will allow officers to communicate directly with the commanders in the places of military operations. The device weighs 20 kilograms and in appearance resembles a portfolio for papers, allows you to communicate with a variety of networks, guaranteeing safe communication. It is equipped with a 15-inch liquid crystal display and can connect to external monitors of a larger size, RIA Novosti reports.

The metropolitan police today was forced to start checking all enterprises and institutions in Moscow with the name "Asterisk". On Tuesday afternoon, an unknown person called the police and said that in Moscow “Asterisk” will be blown up.

In the Vladimir region, preparations began for the visit of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II , reports.ru reports with reference to the State Television Company "Vladimir" . The working group to prepare for the arrival of the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church gathered today for a special meeting. One of the goals of the visit is the celebration of the Day of Mercy and Charity, which at the end of August this year will be celebrated for the first time in Russia.

The Moscow prosecutor's office charged new accusations to seven NBP activists , who took part in the capture of the building of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation on August 2, 2004. This was announced by RIA "Novosti" The lawyer of one of the defendants in the case Dmitry Agranovsky on Tuesday.

The Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematography requires the liberation of the parish of the building of the Church of the Resurrection of Christ in Kadashi, located in the 2nd Kadashevsky lane of Moscow. As already reported, the temple, which currently houses the All-Russian Artistic Scientific and Restoration Center named after I.E. Grabar (VHNRC), was captured by members of the church parish, headed by priest Alexander Saltykov on August 2.

Two explosions thundered on Tuesday night in Istanbul hotels. Almost simultaneously, explosive devices were put into effect in low -cost Pars and Holid hotels, where residents of the former Soviet republics often stop. According to the latest Dan, ITAR-TASS, as a result of the explosion on the third floor of the PARS hotel , two people died . One of the dead is Iranian, the second is the Turks.

The new flagship of the AvtoVAZ model line, known under the conditional name "Project-2170", will receive the name Priora, reports "Interfax" with reference to a source in the automotive industry. This information has not yet been confirmed at the VAZ, however, it was reported that the name "Project-2170" will be officially announced at the 8th Moscow Automobile Exhibition "Motor show-2004" , which will be held on August 25-29 in Moscow.

As a result of the earthquake in the south-west of China, at least three and about 200 people were killed, according to the AR, citing the National Seismological Bureau. "This is a densely populated province. At the moment, it is too early to name the exact number of victims and evaluate the damage from the earthquake," the representative of the Bureau said. The earthquake by force 5.6 points on the Richter scale occurred in the southwest of China on Tuesday at 18:26 Moscow time.

Petersburg "Zenith" was defeated in the debut match of the UEFA Cup of the season 2004/2005. On Tuesday, in the first meeting of the second qualifying round of this tournament, the wards of the Petergeela in Austria lost to the local "Pagring" with a score of 1: 3. As the Soviet Sport notes, the St. Petersburg team lost on the road through all the articles, and if it weren’t for the goalkeeper Vyacheslav Malafeev, then the account could be completely devastated.

American diplomats heading to Iraq before a trip to Baghdad take place in the USA a mandatory weekly security measure, which includes training in combat cartridges from AK-47 machine. According to the CNN television company, the Kalashnikova machine is one of the obligatory types of firearms that diplomats are obliged to learn to own, as well as employees of other services of the American embassy in Baghdad - both men and women going to work at the embassy.

Participants in the research expedition of the Siberian Public Fund "Tunguska Space Phenomenon" believe that in the area of ​​the fall of the Tunguska meteorite they managed to detect blocks of an alien technical device. The cosmic body, later called the Tungusky meteorite, fell on June 30, 1908 65 km from the village of Vanavara (Evenkia). The first expedition to study the Tunguska meteorite was organized in 1927 under the leadership of Professor Leonid Kulik.