Two American and one British tourist, as well as the local resident of Georgians accompanying them, were today detained in the zone of the South Ossetian conflict by military personnel of the North Ossetian battalion of mixed forces to maintain peace (SSPM). This was announced to journalists today by the chief of staff of peacekeeping operations of the Georgian Moscow Region Mamuk Kurashvili (he oversees the work of the Georgian battalion of the SSPM).

Russian tourists, who suffered on May 1 in a large car accident in Egypt, will not receive any compensation from tour operators, said the press secretary of the Russian Union of Trade (RST) Irina Tyurina. "People bought a ticket for this tour outside the contract with a tour operator or travel agency, so they cannot demand compensation from tour operators," Tyurina said on Saturday on the air of the Echo of Moscow radio station.

Representatives of a number of international medical organizations urge Russia to begin to use the so -called methadone therapy for the treatment of drug addicts. "Replacing (methadone) therapy is still not available in Russia.

The German married couple traveling around Austria in a house on wheels already returned home and decided to make a stop before crossing the border. Spouses parked their vehicle in a special recreation area in the city of Obernber-Inn, RIA Novosti reports. When the woman got out of the car and went to the nearest grocery store, her husband decided to use the toilet in their mobile house.

At the championship of the planet on hockey in Canada, our team defeated the Italian team with a score of 7: 1. Throughout the game, the Italians did not have time for the Russians at all, who looked especially great for the "Washington" three Ovechkin-Fedorov-Semin. It is not surprising that this combination recorded the first puck of the Russian team at the tournament.

Russian diplomats and relatives of the victims of a car disaster in Egypt, in which nine people died on May 1, identified the bodies of two Russians, a representative of the consular department of the Russian Embassy in Egypt told RIA Novosti . "In one case, the body was identified by a relative, in the other - according to the descriptions of loved ones," said the diplomat. According to him, six Russians are still being treated at the Sharm El Sheikh International Hospital.

The ankle injury to Semyon Varlamov can lead to the fact that the Russian team will have to urgently call another goalkeeper to Canada. About this, talking with Russian journalists after a victorious game with Italians (7: 1), said head coach Vyacheslav Bykov. “It is very disappointing that Semyon was injured. Soon we will learn the final diagnosis, but apparently he will have to return to Russia No.,” Bykov reports Eurosport .

Forwards of the Russian national team Sergey Fedorov and Alexander Ovechkin will leave rarity sweaters in their home collections, in which they held the starting match of the World Hockey Championship against Italians. Both attackers reported this at the end of the game, which the Russian team held in sweaters made according to the design of 1956 - the time of the first Olympic "gold" of the USSR national team. “This sweater will remain in my home collection, which is quite large, I think.

On her official website, Sharapova posted a statement in which she expressed dissatisfaction with the actions of representatives of WTA. “I want you to know: the WTA leadership forced me and other world -class tennis players for four hours to star for WTA for an advertising target. The leadership wants me to star for three consecutive days - on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday - just before the tournament in Rome. And this is after a 12 -hour flight from Los Angeles,” said Sharapova’s statement.

Today is World Press Freedom Day. By this date, the non -governmental organization Freedom House published an annual report on the freedom of the press in the world. According to the researchers, in general in 2007, compared with the previous year, the situation worsened - from 195 countries only in 72 presses are free, in 59 - partially free. The population of 64 countries is seriously limited in the set of information he submitted.

The Shinnik midfielder Denis Boyarintsev admitted that there is the possibility of his departure from the Yaroslavl football team after the head of the head of the head, head coach Sergei Yuran, although he himself would love to remain. “In my contract, there really is a item that I can leave the shinnik. This is a normal situation, I came specifically to Sergey Nikolayevich Yuran, to his vision of football and my role in him,” said Boyarintsev to the RIA Novosti correspondent.

Russian President Vladimir Putin awarded the Order of the courage of the prosecutor of the Saratov region Evgeny Grigoryev for the courage and courage shown in the performance of official duty (posthumous), RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Kremlin press service. Grigoryev was shot at the entrance of his house on Bolshaya Gornaya Street in Saratov on February 13. The investigation associated the murder with the professional activities of the prosecutor.

Before the meeting of Taugers with CSKA, the mentor of the Spanish team Neonen Spachy said that if more than one match was played in the finale of four, and the series, for example, of five, would definitely be stronger than the Moscow club. And so - Basques can win. The coach did not get away from the truth. The first ten -minute did not reveal the leader. Its result is 20:20.

Petersburg representatives of sex minorities, despite the ban on the police, hold a promotion on Saturday, dedicated to the "Day of Silence". According to the correspondent of the Interfax agency, one of the gay activists stands with a glued mouth in the middle of the Chernyshevsky park, and another 15 people are also sitting on benches also with sealed mouths. The action gathered more journalists than participants. She is guarded by about 10 police officers who behave loyally against gays.

A bus with China citizens rolled over on Saturday in the Trans -Baikal Territory - one was killed and seven people were injured, RIA Novosti told by telephone a representative of the Siberian regional center of the Russian Emergencies Ministry Svetlana Potekhina. "The bus, in which 28 citizens of China was located, rolled over on the 403rd kilometer of the A-166 highway in the Borzinsky district at 4:55 Moscow time for reasons not yet clarified.