Valentina Matvienko said she would be elected on August 21 through the municipal councils of Petrovsky and the Red River of St. Petersburg. "Many municipal councils of St. Petersburg offered me to be elected to the deputies. I would be ready to go to any municipal district - I am confident in the support of the population," said the governor of St. Petersburg to journalists. She noted that when choosing a council through which it would be elected, the deadlines were the determining factor.

The head of the CIA residency in Pakistan was recalled due to serious disagreements between Pakistani and American special services. This was reported today by the influential Pakistanese publication National with reference to sources in local special services.

The chaotic race of the Hungarian Grand Prix, during which the rain prevented the riders several times from showing the maximum speed of Formula-1 machines, ended with Jenson Batton’s victory on McLaren. Together with the British, Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso climbed the podium. Russian Vitaly Petrov finished the 12th. On the eve of the race, the Hungaroring highway poured rain. Therefore, the pilots had to start on intermediate tires for wet asphalt.

At 00:58 Moscow time, in the area of ​​the Sparrow Mountains on the Moscow River, a private walking boat was clash with a barge moored to the pier. The boat lies at a three -meter depth and is practically crushed by barges. When the boat crashes, 9-10 people died, Oleg Tushmalov, head of the Moscow Interregional Investigation Investigation Department for Transport, told reporters. The bodies of eight are extracted to the surface, among them - the body of the captain.

The driver shot down four pedestrians on Zebra in the North-East District of Moscow, RIA Novosti said on Sunday in the law enforcement agencies of the capital. The accident occurred at about 16:30 Moscow time at the address: Sheremetyevskaya street, house 29. "According to preliminary data, the driver grossly violated the rules of the road and shot down people who crossed the road at a pedestrian crossing," the source said.

The Moscow police began to detain participants in an unauthorized action arriving on the triumphal square. As the correspondent of Interfax reports, one of those who came to the triumphal square deployed a poster, after which he was immediately detained by Moscow police. Currently, a large number of journalists of both Russian and foreign channels, people with cameras have accumulated near the exit from the metro. Regularly, law enforcement officers from exit from the metro are pushing people.

48 children fell ill in the Ukrainian village of Mikhailovka Poltava region in the Ukrainian village of Mikhailovka, the local Ministry of Internal Affairs reported. “Children were provided with medical assistance. Hospitalization was not carried out,” the Center for the Center for Public Relations of the Regional Administration of the Ministry of Internal Affairs said. Vacationers complained about sore throat, vomiting and fever, the department noted.

Russian woman Julia Efimova won silver in the final swim at a distance of 50 meters by Brasce at the World Sports Water Championships, which these days are held in Shanghai (China). The swimmer from Volgodonsk showed the second time with a result of 30.49 seconds. American Jessica Hardy (30.19) won the gold medal of the championship, bronze from another representative of the United States - Rebecca Sony (30.58).

The Moscow police suddenly detained the participants in the rally on the Triumphal Square, the Echo of Moscow reports. This happened almost immediately after the statements of representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs that protesters do not pose a threat to public order. At some point, the protesters rose to their feet and went towards Pushkinskaya Square. By this time, Eduard Limonov and his supporters had already left the square.

Four people died as a result of a collision of two single -engine aircraft in the American state of Alaska. The first car crashed and exploded by Lake Embber 130 km north of the largest city of Ankoridge. The pilot of the second aircraft, which received significant injuries, managed to reach the Anchorida International Airport and make an emergency landing. She passed safely, the US Federal Aviation Department reported today.

In the Blagoveshchensk of the Amur Region, as a result of a strong tornado, which fell on the city on Sunday, dozens of cars, including heavy trucks, were torn, torn of the power lines, the roofs of residential buildings and buildings were torn, Interfax reports. As the First Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Amur Region, Viktor Kapkkin, told reporters, 14 people were injured as a result of the elements, one of the victims died in the hospital from injuries.

In preparation for double terrorist attacks in Norway, terrorist Anders Breivik acquired components for the production of bombs and bullets, as well as protective overalls among British sellers. This was announced today by London Sunday weekly Sunday Telegraph .

In Chicago, the STRIKEFORCE & M-1 Global martial arts tournament ended in the Mixed Martial Arts, in the main event of which there were two MMA legends: Russian Fedor Emelianenko and American Dan Henderson. The battle lasted only one round and ended with Henderson’s victory with a technical knockout. In the debut of the battle, Henderson looked better in the rack, and the fighters spent most of the five -minute in Klinch.

The tragedy ended on Saturday testing the copy of the motor biplane of the Wright brothers, standing at the origins of aircraft construction. Aircraft controlled by two pilots-65-year-old Mitchell Carey and 73-year-old Gam, collapsed on a corn field in the American state of Ohio, not reaching only 5 km to the airport. As a result of the crash, both pilots died.

Search and rescue work on two Ukrainian mines completed, the bodies of all dead miners were found. This was announced today by the press service of the Ministry of Emergencies of Ukraine, noting that "the total number of victims of accidents in mines in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions amounted to 37 people." At the Sukhodolskaya East mine on July 29, an explosion occurred on the horizon of 915 meters, 26 miners were killed, two were injured.