The office of the Canadian Prime Minister had to apologize to the residents of the northern territory of the country for the annoying oversight allowed during the five-day trip of the head of state in the Arctic regions. On Monday, the prime minister’s office issued a press release, which reported that the trip would begin with a visit to Nunavut - the largest territory in Canada with the capital of Ikaluit, located on Baffin land.

In Khanty-Mansiysk, from August 25 to 28, a competition will be held, as a result of which the best inspector of the Russian traffic police will be chosen. According to the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the competition will be held under the motto "Security on the roads - in the name of life", Rosbalt reports. The winners will get cars as a prize, however, which ones are not specified.

Even in a crisis, prices for Moscow housing remain sky -high. According to realtors, today the cheapest one -room apartment in an old house in a remote, prestigious area of ​​the capital costs at least 2.8 million rubles. For about the same money, you can become the owner of much more comfortable housing in Berlin, Prague, in the Spanish Islands or even in Miami, RIA Novosti writes.

More than three thousand Orthodox believers gathered today at the Divine Liturgy in honor of the holiday of the transformation of the Lord in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, which was headed by the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Cyril . As the correspondent of the Interfax-religion portal transmitted from the temple, many people stood at worship with fruit baskets, waiting for the opportunity to consecrate them on a traditional prayer after service.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation posted on the official website of public procurement a notice of an open competition for the purchase of furniture at the expense of the federal budget. In total, the Ministry of Internal Affairs plans to spend 24.4 million rubles on furniture - 15 million rubles on furniture and interior items, for office furniture another 9.4 million rubles.

The Russian Orthodox Church celebrates today, August 19, the great twelve (one of the twelve) holiday of the Transfiguration of the Lord . On this day, after the solemn service in the temples, the rank of consecration of apples and other fruits is performed, so in Rus' this holiday is called the second, or apple saving (the first, honey saved, was celebrated on August 14).

The Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Kozak expects that the International Olympic Committee will allow a biathlon with ski races at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi. As Kozak said on Wednesday at a meeting with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, this will allow the organizers of the games to save more than 20 billion rubles.

The Perm ex-INKASSIER Alexander Shurman, who stole 250 million rubles , will increase the interest rate on the loan. The day before, the investigator, the leading case, handed him the changes to the contract, reports the website of Komsomolskaya Pravda . As you know, Sberbank decided to recover from Shurman the interest for using the stolen amount. The corresponding lawsuit was filed by the victim and attached to the materials of the criminal case.

The oil spot formed on the Yenisei as a result of leakage from the damaged unit of the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power station reached Abakan. Breaking into separate fragments when passing the islands near the city, it moves downstream, RIA Novosti reports. The operational group of the Ministry of Emergencies of the Krasnoyarsk Territory left for the place.

The agent of the striker of the Moscow CSKA and the Brazil of the Brazil of Wagner Lawa Dionicio Castro said that his ward would not go to Palmeiras, but would continue his career as part of the army. “Negotiations were really conducted,” Castro admitted in an interview with the newspaper Sovetsky Sport . “Palmeiras made all possible attempts to get Wagner. Only the option was considered.

The United States can offer Russia a “lightweight” version of the missile system (pro) in Eastern Europe, replacing the anti -aatmic anti -a -a -a -a -a -a -a -a -a -a -a -a -a -a -a -a -a -a -a -a -a -a -a -a -a forions he navig an actions. The American military believe that they can overcome the resistance of the Russian Federation.

Russian millionaires, who owe large amounts, should not be afraid of the ban on traveling abroad while they remain "in the legal field." But ordinary citizens who sometimes owe less than a thousand rubles, departure from the country will still be prohibited, said Arthur Parfenchikov, head of the Federal Bailiff Service (FSSP).

For the first time in the history of Great Britain, the London airport Heathrow gave the British citizen the opportunity to live in the terminal building. To write a new book, the famous philosopher and writer Alain de Botton gained access to all zones of the fifth terminal, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the press service of Heathrow.

The Basmanny Court of Moscow authorized the arrest of the former president and the main owner of Krasbank by Vladimir Kamyshan, his wife and colleagues suspected of fraud and legalize 5 million US dollars.

The former goalkeeper of the German national team Jens Lemann, who will turn 40 in November, decided to end his player’s career at the end of the current season. Lemanne from 2003 to 2008 performed in the London Arsenal, from where he decided to return to his homeland and now protects the colors of the Stuttgart. The goalkeeper noted that he would like to once again feel the taste of the Champions League before leaving sports.