Three Russian citizens were arrested in New York on Monday on suspicion of fraud in the design of American visas. The main accused is the headquarters of the UN headquarters Vyacheslav Manokhin, reports Reuters. His friend Vladimir was charged with a collusion with Manokhin in order to prepare false documents for the provision of the US immigration authorities, ITAR-TASS reports.

Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiza, a former archbishop of Paris, died on August 5 at the age of 80 from cancer, Blagovet-info reports with reference to Reuters . The funeral of the cardinal will take place on Friday in the Cathedral of the Parisian Mother of God. They will be headed by the current archbishop of Parisian Andre Vent-Trua. Back in May, being seriously ill, Cardinal Lustiza publicly stated that he was close to the end of his earthly life.

The share of overdue consumer loans from the hundred largest banks in Russia increased to 3.3%in six months. The most noticeable delay of payments affect banks engaged in consumer lending at retail outlets, writes "News Time" . But while the profitability of the credit business allows, banks will continue to reduce the requirements for borrowers and make loans more affordable.

On August 6, the Rosselkhoznadzor introduced temporary restrictions on the supply of livestock products from Great Britain to Russia, the Federal Service said. The restrictions were introduced after the official confirmation of the outbreak of foot and mouth disease in this country.

Russia and Afghanistan signed an agreement on the settlement of the debt of Afghanistan to the former USSR. According to the Russian side, it is $ 11 billion, of which Moscow is ready to write off 90%. Russia is the largest lender of Afghanistan. Earlier, representatives of the Russian Foreign Ministry reported that Russia intends to resolve the country's debt in the framework of the initiative to facilitate the debt burden of the poorest countries with a high level of debt (HIPC).

The Pentagon cannot report for 190 thousand units of small arms deposited by the Iraqi security forces in 2004 and 2005, the US Congress Office reported on July 31 on the government of accountability. Perhaps 110 thousand Kalashnikov (AK-47) machine guns and 80,000 pistols purchased at the expense of American taxpayers are now shooting at the coalition soldiers. According to Reuters, about half of the weapon intended for Iraqi security forces disappeared.

On Monday, August 6, Ilya Klebanov, plenipotentiary representative of the president in the North-West Federal District, will come to Novgorod. The task of his business trip is to discuss with the deputies of the regional parliament the candidacy of the new governor of the region. Most likely, the region will be headed by the Deputy Minister of Agriculture of Russia, 56-year-old Sergei Mitin.

Over the past weekend, three soil failures formed in Moscow. All of them were liquidated, Interfax told the press service of the Central Administrative District on Monday. The first case occurred on Saturday. At the intersection of Slavyansky Boulevard and Kremenchug Street, a hole was formed 7 meters long, 1.5 meters wide and 1 meter deep. The soil failed due to the wrong cable laying. The failure was eliminated on the same day.

Five citizens of Russia, including two children, suffered in a car accident in Crimea on Monday night, the press service of the Department of the State traffic inspectorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine reports. The driver of the KrAZ car during the rotation did not give way and allowed a collision with the VAZ-21140 car under the direction of a Russian citizen.

Voronezh and Borisoglebsky diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church signed an agreement with the regional department of the registry office on cooperation, the purpose of which is to fight divorces. The divorce takes catastrophic dimensions in the Voronezh region, the ITAR-TASS correspondent told the registry office. Over the past five years, out of 98 thousand registered families, 78 thousand pairs have broken up.

The acting mayor of Moscow, the head of the capital's construction complex Vladimir Resin signed a resolution according to which amendments to the metropolitan law on land tax were approved, providing for the exemption of housing owners, housing cooperatives and housing and construction cooperatives - in relation to the land they used to directly fulfill the functions assigned to them in accordance with the housing legislation of the Russian Federation, reports. Interfax.

In Hollywood, the film will be shot based on the game Return To Castle Wolfenstein. The famous producer Samuel Khadid bought the rights to film a shooter. Roger Everi will take up the adaptation of the script of the picture, IXBT.com reports. Previously, Hadida and Everi worked together on Silent Hill.

The international meeting on peaceful settlement in Darfur (Sudan) ended on Monday in the Tanzani city of Arusha. The leaders of the eight insurgent movements of Darfur, who did not sign the peace agreement with the 2006 government, agreed on a common position to continue negotiations with Hartum, AFP reports.

The Mretby football club won the case against Georgia in the European Court of Human Rights. This was reported to the news agency "News-Georgia" was reported in the Department of Public Relations and Press of the Ministry of Justice of Georgia.

The current champion of the English football Premier League "Manchester United" became the owner of the first trophy in the new season. On Sunday, at the Wembley stadium, the wards of Sir Alex Ferguson won the Super Cup, defeating Chelsea on the penalty - 1: 1 (3: 0).