Rolan Petit, the world -famous French choreographer, the creator of more than 100 ballets, died in Geneva at the age of 87. This was reported by ITAR-TASS today in the Paris Opera (Grand Opera). Petya was born in January 1924 in Wilmoble, a suburbs of Paris, in the family of the owner of the diner. He showed interest in art early, and already at 10 years he made his debut at the Paris Opera ballet school, where his father gave it. Since 1940, he played there in the corps de ballet.

The United States suspend its obligations to provide the armed forces of Pakistan of financial assistance in the amount of $ 800 million, on Sunday the head of the White House apparatus William Daily on the air of the ABC News television channel.

The administration of Moscow and the Moscow Region resolved all controversial territorial issues, the mayor of the capital Sergei Sobyanin is sure, Interfax reports. “We approved the current boundaries.

More than doubled in a day the area of ​​natural fires in the Far East. As ITAR -TASS reported in the Forestry Department of the Far Eastern Federal District, 10 fires arose on Saturday in the east of the country, including 7 in Yakutia. "The lands of the State Forest Fund today recorded 13 existing fires with a total area of ​​664 hectares. The situation in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) was again complicated, where the fire spread to 439 hectares of squares, including 229 has.

The 2009 Romania champion "Unira" ceased to exist, Gazeta Sporturilor reports. The reason for such a radical decision made by the owner of the team Dumiter Bukeshar was financial problems. Earlier in the media there was information that a football club from the city of Urzichi was removed from participation in all internal tournaments for the next season by the Romanian football federation.

The head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations Sergei Shoigu told President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev about the course of rescue work on the site of the Bulgaria, the Kremlin’s press service, said on the Volga Sunday on the Volga. "In a telephone conversation, the head of the Ministry of Emergencies Sergey Shoigu reported to the president about the course of rescue work at the site of the Bulgaria motor ship with passengers on board," the Kremlin press service noted.

From the sunken ship "Bulgaria" in Tatarstan, it was possible to save 74 people, Interfax told the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergencies in Tatarstan. "According to updated data, 74 people were saved from the sunken ship. Another person died," the agency’s interlocutor said. In total, on board the vessel, according to him, there were 135 passengers and 22 crew members.

The Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin became the laureate of the German Prize "Quadriga", annually awarded on the day of German unity - October 3.

The American ATLANTIS reusable ship with four astronauts on Sunday moored to the International Space Station (ISS), the head of the press service of the Russian Center for Flight Management (TsUP, Korolev) Valery Lyndin told Interfax . "The docking is performed in manual mode. The transitional hatches between Atlantis and the station will be open about two hours after checking the tightness," Lyndin said.

The victims of an accident in the Astrakhan region were four young people traveling by a Mitsubishi Lancer car, Interfax was told in law enforcement agencies of the Astrakhan region. "The accident occurred on Saturday evening. The driver of the Mitsubishi Lancer car lost control in the area of ​​the Elista -Astrakhan motor vehicle, as a result of which the foreign car overturned to the ditch. Four young people - two young men and two girls, were injured from the injuries.

Most of the suspects in the attack on the village of Sagra in the Sverdlovsk region were established, said Valery Zadorin, head of the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the Sverdlovsk Region. The clashes occurred in the village on the night of July 1, during them a 28-year-old resident of Yekaterinburg was killed.

The cache, which mainly contained three explosive devices of high power, was found in the village of Progress of the Stavropol Territory, Interfax was told in law enforcement agencies. "In the dilapidated building of the former school in the village of Progress, a cache was discovered, from which three homemade explosive devices were seized. The capacity of the two, which were equipped in metal buckets, was 7 kg in the TNT equivalent of each. The third IVOU was found in the same place.

The fate of 102 people who were aboard the Bulgaria ship, which had sank on the Volga, including the captain of the vessel, remains unknown. The current collapse is unprecedented in scale over the past ten years. According to 4:00 Monday, the bodies of five drowned were found, among them - one child (girl) and two women. At the same time, the Russian Ministry of Emergencies announced the updated list of passengers and crew members.

American tennis player Andre Agassi is included in the International Hall of Tennis Glory. Five years ago, the athlete completed his career , for which he became the winner of the Bolshoi helmet tournaments eight times. With his achievements, he proved that he is worthy to be considered one of the greatest athletes of our time.

A group of scientists from different countries working in Scotland completely deciphered potato DNA. According to BBC British Corporation, according to researchers, these data will help increase the potato crop. This root crime is one of the most important agricultural crops in the world. For the population of many countries, potatoes are the basis of the diet.