The rear-wheel drive sports car Hyundai Genesis Coupe has gone on sale in Russia. The platform for the car was the same as that used on the Genesis sedan. The coupe is offered on our market with a 2.0-liter 4-cylinder turbocharged engine producing 213 hp. A 6-speed manual transmission and a 5-speed HIFTRONIC automatic transmission will be available. The fuel consumption of the new product is 9.0 liters of gasoline per 100 km.

Cleveland Metroparks Zoo will invest $ 25 million in the construction of environmentally friendly housing for three elephants. The houses will be commissioned in 2011, writes Prian.ru . The "green" components of the project include the re -use of water for an elephant pool, which will reduce the annual water consumption from 26 million to 7.5 million gallons, as well as the processing of waste of elephant life. In addition, the construction of dwellings uses restored materials.

The criminal case of extortion against the former operative capital of the capital of Sergei Khadzhikurbanov was sent to the Tagansky District Court of Moscow. At the same time, Khadzhikurbanov is already under court on charges of organizing the murder of the Novaya Gazeta observer Anna Politkovskaya, the victim of extortion is a witness in this matter, and the case is considered in the Moscow District Military Court.

In India, a helicopter disappeared, on board which was the first Minister of the Indian State Andhra Pradesh Rajasekhara Raddi - one of the most influential representatives of the ruling party "National Congress". The connection with the helicopter ceased when it was above the wooded area controlled by the Maoist militants. The authorities are seriously afraid for the fate of the 60-year-old minister.

Analysts of investment companies interviewed by the Quote.ru business portal and the Daily RBC newspaper believe that this fall, oil and gas, telecommunication and energy sectors will be very promising. The result of the survey is given in the material of RBC Daily . In the oil and gas sector, Gazprom's papers look most attractive, which is associated with the expected increase in gas demand and gas prices associated with the beginning of the heating season.

According to August 31, 225,950,957 sites operated on the Internet, which is 13.7 million less than a month earlier. Such data, as reported by CyberSecurity.ru , are given in the report of the Netcraft research company. The company has been keeping a monthly accounting for the number of sites from 1994 until January 2009 for 15 years has stated a constant increase in the number of sites on the network.

The British government published a working correspondence between London and Edinburgh in the case of the liberation of Abdel Bassit Ali Al-Migrahi. According to the Air Force , London decided to give letters to public in order to protect himself from accusations that the British authorities put pressure on Scottish officials in order to conclude a profitable deal with Libya. The leadership of Scotland claims that the Megrahs are mortally ill and was released from prison for humane reasons.

NTV journalists recalled a statement to Philip Kirkorov, who defeated the television camera on the eve of the media, according to RIA Novosti from the words of the representative of the singer Olga Alekseeva. The next scandal erupted after Kirkorov’s performance in the Moscow Roll Hall club on September 1. Journalists of the NTV channel for the wings asked the artist the question of the director of the Kazan Philharmonic, who filed a lawsuit at Kirkorov.

One of the most experienced Russian football referee, 45-year-old FIFA referee Yuri Baskakov the day before was injured, which will not allow him to be judged at least until the end of the year. According to Sport-Express , Baskakov received serious damage during the delivery of standards for the collection of elite referee, which takes place these days in the Swiss Nyon. It is possible that the injury will generally force him to complete the judicial career.

Three Georgian border guards were found killed on Wednesday at the Akhaltsikh section of the Georgian-Armenian border. The incident occurred at the post No. 1 of the Adigeni-Armenia, reports Georgia Online . In Yerevan they refute information about the conflict that allegedly took place between the border guards. According to available information, the incident occurred at the second post ormala at the Georgian-Armenian border at two in the morning. Four border guards were on duty at the post.

The Orthodox Christian sent a statement to the Moscow prosecutor's office regarding the blasphemous, in his opinion, the Crucific Sculpture, which was established by employees of the Moscow Museum of Contemporary Art opposite the high-Petrovsky monastery, Ann reports with reference to the Public Committee "For the Moral Revival of the Fatherland".

On Wednesday, a visit to Russia arrives at the European Council for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg. He will take part in the "round table" for regional human rights on the European Social Charter in St. Petersburg, as well as visit Chechnya and Ingushetia, RIA Novosti reports.

On Wednesday, President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov turned to the population of the republic in connection with the threat of a terrorist attack: according to law enforcement agencies, several suicide bombers arrived in Ingushetia, the official website of the head of the republic said. "When performing terrorist attacks, three cars, two trucks and an iron container with a volume of three to five tons can be used," RIA Novosti quotes the press release.

Croatia proposed to launch part of the Russian South Stream gas pipeline in its territory, Focus news agency reports. Such a statement was made by the prime minister of the country of Yadranka Cossor. The Chairman of the Government of Croatia met on Tuesday with the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin in Polish Gdansk, where events dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the beginning of the Second World War were held.

On Wednesday, the President of Abkhazia Sergey Bagapsh gave the Navy of the republic to destroy the Georgian ships that violate the Abkhaz naval border, Interfax reports. On the eve of Tbilisi, they suggested that Russia may provoke any incidents on the Black Sea, in the territorial waters of Georgia. “I gave the order to our naval forces to destroy the Georgian ships that violate the sea border of Abkhazia.