In London, at the Judo Olympic tournament in the category of up to 60 kg, Russian Arsen Balstyan brought Russia the first gold medal. In the final, he with lightning speed defeated the "Ipon" of the Japanese Hiroaki Hiraoku. - Russian volleyball players began the performance with the victory - Diary of games-2012.

The MiG-29 Kub shipfire intended for delivery to India performed on Saturday the first landing on the deck of the heavy aircraft carrier cruiser Admiral Gorshkov. The aircraft carrier called "Vikramatia" is ready to become the flagship of the Indian fleet after a deep modernization.

The German magazine Titanic printed a new provocation on the cover of the August issue. On the title page, Benedict XVI is depicted with traces of female lips and handles on Sutan. At the same time, the hands of the dad himself are stained in something red. The magazine went out under the heading "There is no reason for complaints: the pope is clean!", The Russian News Service reports. The previous number also contained a satire on the head of the Catholic Church.

The Odessa City Hall supported the initiative of students and the team of one of the city universities to establish a memorable sculptural composition in honor of the founder and chairman of the board of directors of Apple, Steve Jobs.

A large accident in the Urals claimed the lives of seven people. According to the preliminary version, in the tragedy the driver of one of the cars is guilty, accelerated to 180 km/h and flew to the "oncoming lane". According to the Ministry of Emergencies, the accident occurred at 10:55 Moscow time at 282 kilometers of the Serov tract in the New Lyali area. Two cars collided: Mazda 3 and Toyota Paseo. As a result of an accident, five people died on the spot, including one child.

In the first match of the basketball Olympic tournament in London, basketball players of the Russian national team won a volitional victory over the Canadian team with a score of 58:53. - Diary of games-2012. Schedule and results of competitions The Russians were inferior to rivals throughout the match, but at the end of the fourth quarter they were able to turn the situation and win with an advantage of 5 points.

The Ministry of Emergencies sent additional aircraft to combat natural fires in the Tomsk region, Interfax told in the department of the department. The head of the Ministry of Emergencies, as well as the heads of Rospotrebnadzor and Rosleskhoz, arrived in the region on Saturday. The plane with officials did not reach Tomsk, landed in Kemerovo, RIA Novosti reports.

Only the appeal of the blogger of Alexei Navalny regarding the conflict of the head of the Investigative Committee of Alexander Bastrykin and the New Gazeta , the appropriate business of the head of the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee of the Czech Republic, was received by the appropriate department of the President of the Russian Federation, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said.

The authorities actually received card-blanche from the company to further tighten the legislation: as the study of the Levada Center shows, all the loud amendments of the recent months-the return to the Criminal Code of the article on slander, the creation of a register of prohibited sites and the introduction of the concept of “foreign agent” for non-profit organizations find support for citizens, Kommersant reports.

The Italian striker "Manchester City" Mario Balotelli erupted with another portion of scandalous statements. He rejected the proposal of the journalist "20 Minutos" to ever rob in Barcelona, ​​calling her players "girls". In addition, the striker confessed to the love of mixed martial arts. "My possible transition to Barcelona? I do not play with girls," Balotelli quoted Sports.ru .

The organizers of the Olympic Games in London were forced to install a dividing screen in the training hall at the request of the Lebanese judoka. This happened after the Lebanese athletes refused to train on the same tatami with the Israelis. - Diary of games-2012. Schedule and results of competitions The incident occurred after two Lebanese judokas noticed that five Israelites were training next to them. “We began to train.

A suspect of the murder of a 9-year-old girl in Pyatigorsk was detained, a source in law enforcement agencies told Interfax on Saturday night. Local residents identified a man by a composed photobot - this is a guard working at a construction site with a high -rise building where Anya Prokopenko lived.

The Syrian troops storm the Salalaheddin quarter in the southeast of the city of Aleppo, which the armed opposition detachments hold in their hands. According to unofficial data, in the morning 10 soldiers and six rebels died. Residents left this area. They were provided as a temporary asylum of empty schools in neighboring quarters and public parks, ITAR-TASS reports.

The Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev really liked the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympiad in London, but he promises that the Olympics in Sochi will open differently, ITAR-TASS reports. - Diary of games-2012. Schedule and results of competitions “I liked the opening ceremony. Firstly, this is a grandiose, expensive sight, very, very prepared,” said the chairman of the government, heading the Russian official delegation in London, in an interview with the Times.

President Vladimir Putin was presented with another dog - from Japan, a puppy of the Akita -Inu breed, known for the touching film "Hachiko". According to RIA Novosti , a puppy named Yum (dream) was presented by the governor of the prefecture of Akita Norichis Sate, who hopes that the dog will contribute to the development of relations between Russia and Japan.