Ratings in Russia for a week from 10 to 16 August Mid -August came out more than successful for the producers of the Rossiya channel, responsible for the film screenings. At the sightseeing week, serious competitors in this television segment of Russia simply did not have. Five films of this television channel took senior places, noted by high indicators both in the ranking and in the lobes of the audience.

The European Commission asked all 27 EU member states to inform her of any problems with the iPhone smartphones - as part of a scheme, known for the rapid warning about hazardous RAPEX products. Within the framework of this scheme, alerts about many goods are received weekly, and sometimes this leads to their mass recall, although far from always, BBC British television and radio corporation reports.

On the basis of the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University, they want to open the Prochrevsky educational project - the so -called laboratory of public dialogue, where "experts" will be able to argue to students the position of the party in power. " This initiative was made by the Effective Policy Fund (FEP) and the leadership of the faculty, on Thursday Radio Liberty reports.

The cassation collegium of the Supreme Court of Russia must, until the end of August, consider the next case of the dismissal of the judge. This time, the complaint was filed by Marianne Lukyanovskaya, who was fired from the Volgograd Regional Court - because she made the "wrong decision" in the "custom -made case".

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin proposes to develop a federal target program for reforming and modernizing housing and communal services until 2020. “In general, I consider it advisable to develop a special federal target program for reforming and modernizing the housing and communal services for the period until 2020,” he said at a meeting of the government, which examines the draft energy strategy of Russia for the period until 2030.

Evo Morales, President of Bolivia, proposed to bear the issue of creating the American military bases in Colombia for a general celebration referendum. According to his idea, the population of all countries of South America should participate in a referendum. Morales said that he would make such an proposal at the meeting of the Union of South American Nations, which will be held on Friday in the Argentinean Bariloca, Infox.ru reports with reference to the AP agency.

The Patriarch of Moscow and All Cyril believes that Sergei Mikhalkov was a folk poet. The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church today sent a telegram to the sons of Sergey Vladimirovich-Andron Konchalovsky and Nikita Mikhalkov, in which he expressed condolences to his relatives and friends of the deceased, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the press service of the Moscow Patriarchate. “Accept my condolences in connection with the death of Sergey Vladimirovich Mikhalkov.

The Investigative Department of the SU SCP of the Russian Federation in the Khabarovsk Territory opened a criminal case on the fact of a gas explosion in a nine -story residential building in Amursk, which died four people. "The criminal case was instituted under part 3 of article 109 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (causing death by negligence to two or more persons)," the region of the SCP of the Russian Federation notes, Interfax reports.

A group of ten unidentified persons shot 12 AVA Indians, among whom were four children, in the Narigno Department in the south-east of Columbia. According to the country's police, the murder was committed by armed people dressed in masks and military uniforms that opened fire from automatic weapons to the houses of the Indians, ITAR-TASS reports.

In California (USA), the police managed to find a woman whom unknown attackers stole back in 1991, when she was 11 years old. This was reported by CNN with reference to the statement of the sheriff of the County El Drado. The woman's name is Jacey Dagard, she is already 29 years old. As the statement says, she feels good. As her stepfather Karl Sazhbin told her, on the eve of his wife Terry, the FBI agent called and said that the abducted Jace was found. “Jaceh remembers everything.

On Wednesday evening, the English “Fulham” entered the lawn of the Perm stadium “Zvezda” for training, preparing for the return match of the Europa League against the local “Amkar”. The warlike Perm fans, which the day before arranged a “warm” meeting at the airport , and managed to hold another action of intimidation there. The bus, which entered the territory of the Amkar sports complex, was met by five people in masks on the face.

In the United States, at the age of 68, Elli Greenwich, the author of famous songs, died, some of which were written by her in collaboration with the famous musical producer Phil Spector, reports AP. As her niece Jessica Winer told the agency, Greenwich died of a heart attack on Wednesday, August 26, in a New York hospital, where she was previously hospitalized with a diagnosis of Pneumonia. Greenwich began composing music since the 1960s.

A serious personnel shake awaits the police in the next six months. According to the leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, there should not be a single layman. New professional requirements for the police officer are set out in the order of the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation Rashid Nurgaliev.

The discontent of the world car manufacturers by the protectionist measures of the American authorities is growing, Bfm.ru business portal writes with reference to the publication of the Wall Street Journal. To prove this statement, the publication gives the opinions of representatives of the European auto giant Volkswagen and the leader of the Toyota World Complex - they are afraid of discrimination and are confident in the unprecedented US protective measures.

Actors of the Nizhny Novgorod Theater of the Young Spectators (Youth Theater) on Thursday began an unlimited hunger strike in protest against the appointment of the artistic director of the theater director Viktor Simakin. At the end of the play "Bremen musicians," the artists went out to bow, after which one of them made a statement about the beginning of a hunger strike, Interfax reports.