From the port of Copenhagen, the Danish naval forces “Esburn Snara”, on board of which there is a coffin with the ashes of the Dowager Russian Empress Maria Fedorovna, nee Danish Princess Dagmar, was released today. The exit of the ship into the open sea completed the mourning events that took place in Denmark in connection with its reburial in Russia. They began on Friday evening with an Orthodox memorial service in the crypt of the Cathedral of the Danish city of Roskill.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he would follow the current constitution and will not run for a third term. "As for the initiative to change the constitution and the third term ... As far as I know in France, there are no restrictions on the deadlines for the election of the president, but there are such restrictions in Russia. I am very grateful to those citizens of Russia who provide me with confidence.

The organizers of the anti -government rally on the square in front of the parliament in Budapest plan to extend their protests to all regions of the country next week. This was announced today by one of the organizers of the rally, a member of the association "National Committee- 2006" Tamash Molnar.

The presidents of Russia and France and the Chancellor of Germany, after a year break, resumed meetings in the Troika format today. Together with Vladimir Putin and Jacques Shirak, an angel Merkel debuts in it.

Europe should learn from Russia tolerance and methods of combating extremism.

In South Ossetia, the Georgian special forces fired at the operatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Unrecognized Republic, there are wounded. "At about 16:30 local time in the village of Gruzinsky special forces, the operatives of the investigating group of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of South Ossetia fired at the Gruzinsky special forces," Irina Gigloeva, chairman of the Committee on Information and Seal of the Unbearable Republic, said on Saturday on the Saturday.

The Lebanese Movement of Islamic Resistance “Hizballah” is wary of the deployment of international forces in Lebanon, despite the statements of Europeans about the non -interference of the peacekeeping contingent in the internal affairs of Lebanon and the non -participation of these forces in the disarmament of the organization.

Vladimir Yurzinov Sr. on Saturday resigned the powers of the head coach of the Yaroslavl hockey club Lokomotiv. This was reported by RIA Novosti by a source close to the club. The resignation of Yurzinov was caused by the unsuccessful start of the team in the Russian championship: Yaroslavls scored only five points in five matches, losing all three meetings in their arena.

On Sakhalin, experts believe that the reason for the release of marine animals in the area where Sakhalin Energy facilities are being built could not be the company's activities, but a storm.

In Elista, in the Hall of meetings of the Kalmykia government on Saturday, the unifying match of the world championship in chess between the current world champion Fide Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) and the world champion according to the professional chess association Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) started.

Surprisingly warm for the second half of September, nature will be given by nature to residents of Moscow and the Moscow Region. According to the forecast provided by ITARS-TASS in Roshydromet, on the day of the autumn equinox, September 23, the air in the capital will warm up to 21 degrees, and on September 24- to 22 heat. During the day, variable cloudiness is expected, without precipitation. Morning is foggy, visibility - not higher than 300-500 m.

The United States is concerned about the situation around the Sakhalin-2 project. Washington believes that Russia's actions are jealous of its obligation to energy. At the St. Petersburg Summit, the G8 Russia has undertaken to comply with contracts, and also agreed to develop transparent, effective and competitive global energy markets, a source in the US State Department said.

With a score of 3: 6, 4: 6, 2: 6 Mikhail Yuzhny and Dmitry Tursunov lost at a steamy meeting Mike and Bob Brian in a match of the Russian teams and the USA in the 1/2 finals of the Davis Cup. According to the results of two gaming days, the Russian team leads 2-1. First, Marat Safin in three sets defeated Andy Roddik, and then Mikhail Yuzhny in four parties prevailed over James Blake.

About 23 million people in Russia suffer from cardiovascular diseases, while 56.7% of 100 patients die, an academician of the RAM, the chief cardiologist of Russia, a member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation, Leo Bokeria at a press conference in Kemerovo, said on Saturday.

The DPRK intends to extract fuel rods from its only nuclear reactor in the Yonben Scientific Center near Pyongyan for the production of weapons of Plutonium. This was announced today by the American scientist Selig Harrison from the Woodlo Wilson International Scientific Center, who returned to Beijing from the north of the Korean Peninsula, ITAR-TASS reports.