On September 1, celebrations were held in the Don Monastery of the capital on the occasion of the festival in honor of one of the main shrines of Russian Orthodoxy - the icon of the Don Mother of God. From the State Tretyakov Gallery to the monastery for three days, they delivered the historical shrine of Russia, reports ITAR-TASS. The worship in the presence of many pilgrims was performed by the Vicar of the Patriarch Archbishop of Istra Arseny.

For the first time in the history of mankind, the North Pole became an island. The stunning pictures of the coast of the North Pole taken three days ago showed that thanks to the melting of the ice, the legendary northwestern and northeastern passages were opened to swim around the Arctic ice cap and reduce the paths by thousands of kilometers.

The President of the Turin Juventus Giovanni Kobolly Geli said that he had recently been locked in the toilet of the locker room with enraged Tiago Mendesh. Almost a detective story leaked to the Italian press a few days ago, and after meeting with Fiorentina (1: 1), her truthfulness in an interview with Sky Italia was confirmed by the "victim" itself. “I am ashamed to admit, but the“ toilet ”story is pure truth,” Rlging, told Koboli Jelly.

The heads of state and governments of the Member countries of the European Union most likely will not make a decision to impose sanctions against Russia in connection with the events in South Ossetia, Interfax reports with reference to a high-ranking diplomatic source in Brussels. The EU emergency summit was called on the initiative of France President Nicolas Sarkozy as the EU chairman in the current half of the year.

Russia took the eighth line in the ranking of US public debt holders according to the magazine "Finance" . The share of Russia in the American state debt on June 30, 2008 was 2.5% - 65.3 billion dollars. The first and second places of the rating are occupied by Japan (US public debt - 583 billion dollars) and China ($ 503 billion, excluding debts to Hong Kong and Macau). These two countries account for more than 40% of the US public debt.

The former captain of the Russian national team and Fulham footballer Alexei Smertin in the coming hours will sign a contract with Cardiff City, who acts in the second largest English division. The leadership of the new club is now settling in London the details of the transaction in order to have time to complete negotiations before the end of the transfer season, reports Sportbox.ru .

The vast majority of the population of Ukraine is categorically against the transfer of Crimea and Sevastopol to Russia. Such data were shown by a survey conducted by the National Institute for Strategic Research of Ukraine, RIA "New Region" reports. 73.1% of respondents negatively answered the question: "Certain political forces in Russia put forward the conditions for good neighborliness with Ukraine by transferring Crimea and Sevastopol to the Russian Federation.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, speaking on Monday in Vladivostok at a meeting with students and teachers of the Far Eastern universities, said that Russia is not going to limit the supply of oil and gas to Europe. At the same time, he announced the need to diversify the export of hydrocarbon raw materials. The prime minister also announced the plans for the APES-2012 summit and about Russia's relations with the West, Interfax reports.

The editor -in -chief of the Ingushetia.Ru website Rosa Malsagova directly accused the President of the Republic of Murat Zyazikov of organizing the murder of the owner of the opposition resource Magomed Evloev, the border.ru reports. The appeal of the Malsagova is placed on "Ingushetia.ru" . "There is no doubt that it was you who gave the order for the next best -free execution. You wanted to make us silent," the appeal says.

The EU emergency summit, dedicated to revaluation of relations with Russia, opened in Brussels. The leaders of 27 EU states intend to develop a single position that condemns Russia against Georgia and recognize the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Prior to the start of the summit, it was a question that sanctions could be adopted in relation to Russia.

The Paris authorities decided to save electricity, and start with the Eiffel Tower. As Interfax reports, starting on September 22, its night lighting will double, the tower employees said. The Eiffel Tower is illuminated for ten minutes at the beginning of each hour to two hours ten minutes. From September 22, it will be covered only for five minutes, which will lead to an annual decrease in the tower lighting time from 400 to 200 hours.

In the Sverdlovsk Regional Bureau of the forensic medical examination, studies of extract from the stain of blood from the shirt of Nicholas the Second, which is stored in the Hermitage, began, Interfax reports. According to the head of the Sverdlovsk Regional Bureau of the forensic examination Nikolai Netolin, an expert from Yekaterinburg traveled to St. Petersburg along with a specialist in the field of molecular genetic research Evgeny Rogaev from Moscow.

At the Summit of the European Union, which will be held on Monday in Brussels, Georgia will be represented by Prime Minister Lado Gurgenidze and Foreign Minister Eka Tkeshelashvili. They are already in Brussels. Georgian State Media on the reintegration of Temur Jacobashvili also came to the summit, Interfax reports. Recall that last Friday, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kushner said that Georgia would not participate in the EU emergency summit.

The delegation of Atomstroyxport, led by the President of the company Leonid Reznikov, goes to Iran. This is the first introductory trip of the new president of the company to the site of the Busher NPP - the acquaintance will be held with the project and with customers. Perhaps, after the trip, the situation with the term for the launch of the power plant in the Bushera will be cleared.

In the Ulyanovsk region, a verdict was sentenced to a man who is found guilty of killing his neighbors. The criminal chopped the pensioner and her son with an ax, because they had fun too noisily on the New Year's Eve. The regional court sentenced the 24-year-old resident of the city of Ulyanovsk Anton Abrosimov to 15 years in a maximum security colony, finding him guilty of a double murder, Interfax reports with reference to the senior assistant to the regional prosecutor Vasily.