In Beijing, at the Olympic Gymnastics Olympic tournament ended the final on rings among men. The Olympic champion was Chinese Chen Ibin, who received 16,600 points for the exercise. Diary of the Olympiad-2008 His compatriot, champion of the 2008 Games in the absolute championship, Yan Wei won Silver, and Ukrainian Vorobyov Ukrainian Alexander Vorobyov won the bronze award. Russian gymnasts did not take part in this final. Sports gymnastics. Men. Rings. 1. Chen Ibin (China) 16,600 2.

The criminal case of the theft of the funds of the oil company Yukos after the arrest of Mikhail Khodorkovsky was sent to the court, said Marina Gridneva, official representative of the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office.

Astronomers began to create the largest three -dimensional map of the universe - Sloan III. This will allow scientists to get closer to understanding the size of the Universe, and also better understand the patterns of its development, reports Space.com . It is planned to enter data about galaxies to the card, not only close to ours, but also about the most remote ones.

The President of Egypt and the King of Saudi Arabia held an urgent meeting, following which they turned to Iran with an appeal not to challenge the Western countries. According to Al Qeds Al Arabi Arab newspaper, the statement is due to the fact that Husni Mubaraku and Abdalle is known about the intentions of the United States or Israel to attack Iran in the near future.

Russia is ready to help South Ossetia with specialists in the formation of ministries of the government of the republic, said Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

The scientific expedition to the bottom of Lake Baikal passes to the second stage, which will begin the other day. During the first stage , which began at the end of July and ended last Sunday, the deep-sea inhabited devices "MIR-1" and "MIR-2" made 26 diving at the bottom of the lake. This was announced by RIA "Novosti" representative of the Assistance Fund for the preservation of Lake Baikal.

Gazprom Neft, a subsidiary of Gazprom, in the first half of August this year reduced vacation prices from its oil refineries compared to July on average: by autobensin - by 10%, by diesel fuel - by 5.2%for Viakerosin - by 4.2%, by 5%, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the message Company. The Gazprom Neft believes that the decrease in wholesale prices for oil products will in the near future lead to a decrease in retail prices for gas stations.

Thanks to the latest technologies, Japanese detectives revealed the murder eight years after its commission. It turned out that the perpetrator is already serving a term for a similar crime. It was possible to go out on the trace of the robber thanks to the microscopic traces of the DNA, which he left at the crime scene.

Russia is ready to negotiate in the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation on the basis of international agreements and asks not to tell her how to behave, said President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev, RIA Novosti reports. The Black Sea Fleet is located in Ukraine until 2017, while the Russian side does not exclude the extension of the lease, and the Ukrainian insists on the withdrawal of the fleet within the agreed period.

In 2009-2010, regions with growing tax revenues will not receive about 3 billion rubles of budget stimulation. The Moscow, Omsk and Volgograd regions, Mordovia and Bashkiria will suffer most of the redistribution of subsidies. According to the new government methodology for the distribution of subsidies, the regional budgets provide a more decisive reduction in incentive subjugation of the wealthy regions that increase their tax revenues and reduce payables.

Nadezhda Petrova became the winner of the tennis tournament in Cincinnati, whose prize fund is 175 thousand dollars. The Russian tennis player won her eighth title in a professional career and the first this season. On Sunday, Petrova, sown under the second number, defeated the Frenchwoman Natalie Deschi in the final with a score of 6: 2, 6: 1. The current success allowed the hope to increase his advantage in full-time confrontation with the rival to 6-2.

After the starting victory of the Iranians, the Russian team suffered four defeats in a row at the Olympic basketball tournament and did not get to the quarterfinals. In the final game of group competitions, our basketball players lost to the Olympic champions of Athens from Argentina - 79:91. Diary of the Olympiad-2008 The result of this meeting for the wards of David Blatt no longer had any tournament significance, since they had already lost every chance of access to the playoffs.

According to the American box office, over the past weekend, the director’s work of the American comedian Ben Stiller “Soldiers of Failure” met the expectations of the distributors and ahead of the “Dark Knight” , having earned $ 26 million. In turn, the next series of epic about Batman was in second place, collecting only $ 16.8 million for the weekend, AP reports.

Giant car traffic jams formed on the roads of Japan, where today the weekend is ended on the occasion of the traditional festival "O-Bon", dedicated to the souls of ancestors and family values. According to ITAR-TASS correspondent, residents of megacities, including Tokyo, rushed home after visiting relatives. The record is set on a high-speed highway connecting the north-east of the main Japanese island of Honsu with Tokyo. On this highway, a mash has formed 48 kilometers long.

Trying to withstand Russia's claims to the geological wealth of the Arctic, the rest of the rivals make concessions to each other and unite unexpected alliances. In particular, Canada and the United States postponed the territorial disagreements existing between them and organized a joint Arctic expedition, which is designed to increase their chances to the share of the Arctic Pie, writes Financial Times (full text on the website inopressa.ru ).