In the Kurchaloevsky district of Chechnya, a base of militants was discovered. This was announced by the regional operational headquarters (Rosh) on the management of the counter -terrorist operation in the North Caucasus, RIA Novosti reports. The base was found as a result of intelligence in the mountainous part of the republic south of the village of Rethy. It was equipped with five observation points, a place for installing nine tents.

Women-shooters played the first of the 14 planned sets of Olympic awards in competitions at the trench stand. Suzan Balo from Australia, who scored 86 points, won the gold medal. Following the representative of the Green Continent, the Spanish Mary Kinatanal (84 points) and Lee Bo from South Korea (83) rose to the podium. Balo was much ahead of the rivals, becoming the best in two shots until the end of the decisive series.

The Federal Communications Agency found a way to allocate to Vimpelkom (brand "Bee Line") 10 million new numbers in the 906 code, without which "bi Line" could not connect new subscribers . To do this, officials had to close their eyes to the letter of the law, but the operator will be able to get the numbers of zone 906 this week. Obviously, the refusal of sales of new contracts threatened the company not only with multimillion -dollar losses, but also with a decrease in trust.

Greece celebrated on Sunday the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary . The Elladsky Orthodox Church , living according to the Gregorian calendar , celebrates the Assumption two weeks earlier than the Russian Church , celebrating this holiday in the old style - August 28. On Sunday, festive services were performed throughout Greece, which were attended by thousands of believers, RIA Novosti reports.

On Monday, in the Sochi residence of the president "Bocharov Ruche", a meeting of the head of state Vladimir Putin with the chairman of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of the Russian Federation Alexander Vesnyakov was held.

A person suspected of desecrating a Jewish cemetery in Lyon surrendered to the authorities. According to law enforcement agencies, now a 24-year-old man who has French citizenship and living in a suburb of Lyon Vilelban, may be charged with intentional desecration of a cult structure with aggravating circumstances. In addition, the suspect can also be accused of attempted murder on racial grounds.

During the construction work in the spire of one of the Evangelical Lutheran churches of Tukums, three messages addressed to the descendants were discovered at once. According to experts, one of the letters is dated to the 18th century, and the other two - last century. The letters were open and solemnly read out in the presence of employees of the Tukum Museum and city self -government.

The forward of the Moscow Football Club of CSKA Denis Popov moved to the Krasnodar Kuban, the official website of the Krasnodar Club reports. According to the site, a contract with the player was concluded before the end of 2007. It is expected that already on Tuesday the forward will arrive in Krasnodar and will begin training in a new team.

The ex-champion of the world of chess Bobby Fisher, detained in Japan on charges of using an invalid American passport, sent a message to Secretary of State Colin Powell from prison with a demand to accept his rejection of US citizenship.

In Podolsk near Moscow, a suspect in the theft attacked a criminal investigation officer. According to the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the Moscow Region, on the eve of the day, 18-year-old unemployed during the detention was active. The criminal hit a 26-year-old detective criminal investigation with a knife. A police officer after five warning shots from a service pistol wounded the attacker. The operative and suspect was provided with medical care.

In the near future, a video surveillance system will work in the Lefortovo tunnel, which will allow you to read the numbers of cars - violators of the speed mode.

In the Roman metro on Monday, an alarm was announced after the discovery of a suspicious suitcase at the Pyatsza Vittorio station. The station, on which the suitcase left unattended was discovered, was urgently closed to passengers, and the metro trains passed it without stopping. The sappers who arrived to the place of the dangerous find with all precautions opened a suitcase that turned out to be empty.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree "Questions of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation," the press service of the head of state said on Monday. This decree approved the Regulation on the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

Yukos can announce bankruptcy over the next few days, if the authorities do not reduce pressure on the company, the financial director of Yukos Bruce Mizamor said in an interview with the British newspaper The Financial Times . According to him, "if we find ourselves insolvent due to the lack of cash to pay current bills, we will be forced to announce bankruptcy.

In the north-east of the island of Borneo, the Malaysia Air Force Sikorsky S-61A was missing, on board of which there were ten people. He delivered military personnel on Sunday to the border post, located on the border with Indonesia. The representative of the military command said that the incident occurred in a thick fog of 600 km northeast of the city of Kuching, the administrative center of the Malaysian state of Saravak.