The Chairman of the Moscow City Court Olga Egorova recognized the punishment of the head of the MFI Menatep Platon Lebedev, convicted of Yukos to eight years in prison, Lobedev’s lawyer Konstantin Rivkin told RIA Novosti . "Today we received the decision of the chairman of the Moscow City Court, which states that there are no reasons for bringing the case to the Presidium of the Moscow City Court," he said.

In a military unit located in a closed administrative-territorial education Seversk (Tomsk Region), on August 27, a 19-year-old military service soldier, drafted from the Tomsk region and served for about a year, died. The death of the ordinary came "as a result of the blow received by the dead from the sergeant." According to some reports, the soldier died during combat training. The sergeant showed the reception of hand -to -hand combat.

On Monday, the head coach of the Russian national football team HUS Hiddink announced the team on the eve of the match of the 2008 championship of the European Championship against Croatia. The meeting within the group E will be held on September 6 at the Moscow Lokomotiv stadium.

The leader of the Russian female tennis Maria Sharapova signed a new sponsorship contract with Prince, which produces tennis rackets. The agreement will act not only until the end of the athlete’s career, but also upon its completion. According to unofficial information, in the next ten years, Prince will pay Sharapova about $ 25 million, the Mayak radio reports.

On September 2, the presenters will open the premiere of the first channel "Stars on the ice" - multiple champion of Europe and the world Irina Slutskaya and Olympic champion 2004 Yevgeny Plushenko. This was reported to the Sports Information Agency "All Sport" by the director of the project Ekaterina Tsanava.

In the capital on Monday, August 28, the sky will close the cloud veil, at times rains with thunders are expected. According to preliminary forecasts of experts, in Moscow and in the city near Moscow, from 5 to 10 millimeters of precipitation will fall closer to the evening. The air in the capital warms up to 20-22 degrees of heat, in the suburbs-up to 17-22 degrees. The wind will change to the southeast and will blow at a speed of 4-9 m/s.

In Yakutia, a criminal case has been instituted against the head of the branch of Sberbank of Russia, which, according to fictitious documents, stole more than 10 million rubles, an Interfax reported on Monday by telephone a source in the law enforcement agencies of the republic.

In Austria, the media continue to track the fate of Natasha Kampush, who was missing 8 years ago and discovered last week . As it became known, now the girl does not want to see her parents and dreams of one thing: to be left alone. On Wednesday afternoon, the police discovered a young girl who said that for 8 years she was kept in a locked basement. Relatives recognized her in her Natasha Kampush, who went missing on March 2, 1998 at the age of 10, when she went to school.

The worldwater overweight champion, according to IBF, Ukrainian Vladimir Klitschko said that his main task in boxing is to unite the titles and expressed the hope that on November 11 such a duel would be able to conduct. “Shelley Finkel made a proposal to many fighters whose rating position allowed them to reach the ring against me for a championship fight,” Klitschko quotes Allboxing . “Shannon Briggs became the main candidate with me.

Lithuania will be able to introduce euros in the country no earlier than 2010. This was stated today by the Minister of Finance of the Baltic Republic Sigmantas Balchitis. Initially, Lithuania planned to switch to Euro since 2007. However, the European commission in May announced that the Baltic Republic is not ready for this, since it exceeded inflationary indicators, it recalls Interfax.

Australian scientists unveiled the results of online research on the causes of memory deterioration. To save it, you need to watch the TV less, solve more crosswords and increase fish in the diet, researchers say. A large -scale study is called National Memory Test . During the survey, almost 30 Australians found out that reading fiction readers is better.

Deputies of the Ukrainian parliament from Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko invite their colleagues from other factions to introduce criminal liability for obstructing legal opposition activities. The corresponding draft law on Monday to the Verkhovna Rada was introduced by deputies Valery Pisarenko, Svyatoslav Oliynyk and Andrei Portnov, Ukrainian Pravda reports. By this bill, deputies propose to supplement part 2 of Article 115 of the Criminal Code (intentional murder).

The Kazan Rubin interrupted the seven-in-win series in the Russian Football Championship among the Premier League teams. On Monday, in the match of the 17th round, the wards of Kurban Berdyev, who did not win the championship since July 7, with a score of 2: 1 beat the Samara “Wings of the Soviets” on their field. The account in the 29th minute was opened by the Alehandro Dominges striker, who outwit the goalkeeper of the Russian national team Alexander Makarov with a treasure.

What debate can be discussed, what ethical issues. When you are at the peak of a career, having money and prestige that follow, there is no time to think about trifles. Any doubts and vibrations are discarded, including those that for many years have been heated by discussions about the therapeutic use of stem cells.

President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko said that a single local church will make the country spiritually independent. “Today we are conducting a large discussion of a relatively single local church and pursue only one goal in this: the nation should go to the grace that is called the Ukrainian Council state with its national church, ” the President’s speech quotes the 150th birthday of Ivan Franco, who passed last Sunday in the Lviv region.