The capital of South Ossetia is fired from grenade launchers and mortars. According to ITAR-TASS, citing the Ministry of Internal Affairs of South Ossetia, according to Tskhinvali, "Fire from the Georgian settlements of Ergneti and Nikosi was opened at 00:30." "Fire by posts of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and residential quarters of the city is carried out from mortars and under -barrel grenade launchers," the Ministry of Internal Affairs of South Ossetia reports.

In the Assumption Cathedral in Vladimir, the unique frescoes of Andrei Rublev seriously suffer from the rooks in the roof. This was announced today at a press conference for journalists Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, the supervisor of restoration work in the cathedral Alexander Skvortsov. In the temple, it is necessary to introduce tight control of all visits, according to the head of restorers. At the end of August, the 850th anniversary of the temple will be celebrated.

The 68-year-old granddaughter of the Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev Julia filed several lawsuits against the first channel for showing a documentary, which contains a false one, according to her, the statement that her father Leonid Khrushchev was shot as a traitor, writes The Washington Times . The allegations that her father allegedly betrayed his homeland is refuted by historians.

Around the South Ossetia , where the situation has sharply worsened a few days ago, the information war is now unfolding. According to Georgian media, in particular, Georgia Online , the Kremlin gave the Kremlin not to quote the media of Georgia about situations in the conflict zone of the Tskhinval region. "This order is designed to create the image of Barbar in the person in the person of Georgians," the agency concludes.

The armed groups of South Ossetia by shots from grenade launchers undermined the broadcasting tower of the Georgian cell phone campaign "Magti" near the village of Avnevi. The Georgian side claims this, according to Interfax . "As a result, subscribers of this campaign cannot use a mobile connection in the Znaursky district of the Tskhinval region," the administration of the region Shida Kartli told the agency.

The explosive device that worked on the beach in LOO (Lazarevsky district of Sochi) could be specially fed, said the Governor of the Krasnodar Territory Alexander Tkachev, Interfax reports. According to Tkachev, “maybe the explosive device was and is laid out. This is not excluded. The investigation will show. Now the operatives are working on this. By the evening we will have complete information. Maybe this is the remnants of the Great Patriotic War, maybe something remained in our region.

The Federal Prosecutor's Office of New York terminated the investigation in the case of the death of actor Hit Ledger, who died on January 22, 2008 from an overdose of drugs. According to the authorities, "further proceedings do not make sense." There will be no charges in the case, reports the site factnews with reference to Foxnews .

In organizing the plan of the abduction of the son of the Brazilian President Luis Inasiu Lula da Silva, two members of the Drug Trade gang are suspected, who are currently serving terms in the federal prison of Campa-Grandi, which contain the most dangerous criminals. The police opened the plan as a result of the operation carried out this week, during which several participants in the same gang were arrested and a list of victims of the planned abductions was found.

The head of the Investigative Committee at the prosecutor's office (UKP) of the Russian Federation, Alexander Bastrykin, reported on the positive results of the committee. According to him, since the beginning of the year, almost 1.7 million crimes have been registered in Russia, which is 10% less than the same period of last year.

US President George Bush once again expressed "extreme concern" with the fact of a violation of human rights in China. He called on the Chinese leadership not to be afraid of freedom, including freedom of religion, CNN reports. The head of the White House announced this on Thursday during a speech in the capital of Thailand, where he was within his tour in East Asia. Earlier, Bush has already visited Seoul.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrived on Thursday in Kazan to follow the progress of preparations for the 2013 Universiade , which will be held in the capital of Tatarstan. The head of state is on a weekly working vacation , which spends with his family, traveling along the Volga. The day before, the President of the Russian Federation, interrupting his vacation , came to Moscow to spend the last journey of Alexander Solzhenitsyn, who died on Sunday at 90 of his life.

Chechnya President Ramzan Kadyrov will be headed by the UNITARY RUSSIA Party pre -election list in the upcoming elections to the local parliament on October 12. This was announced by the Secretary of the Presidium of the Secretary General of the party Vyacheslav Volodin. The second and third places in the list will be occupied by the chairman of the Government of Chechnya Odess Baysultanov and the ex-chairman of the People’s Assembly of Chechnya Dukuvakha Abdurakhmanov.

Four foreigners who arranged a protest in the Chinese capital in support of the "independence of Tibet" were expelled from the country. This was written by the China Daily newspaper with reference to the Beijing Public Security Department. “They violated public order and Chinese legislation,” the Office said. The incident occurred on the eve of the morning near the main Olympic stadium "Bird Nest".

The updated version of the concept of socio-economic development of the Russian Federation until 2020 and the macroeconomic forecast until 2020 are in agreement in the ministries. Kommersant comments on the calculations of the required level of budget expenditures declared in the concept and forecast.

The Russian House at 2008 opened in Beijing in the evening on the eve of the opening of the Olympics in the presence of Russian sports functionaries, athletes and honorary guests, RIA Novosti reports.