Investigative bodies and aviation specialists began a set of measures to identify the causes of the MiG-29 fighter crash near Astrakhan. The main version is the refusal of control systems. The pilot of the aircraft died. A commission of the Ministry of Defense goes to the place of emergency.

The Russian team in the European Championship in Water Sports, which starts in Berlin on August 13, will be a third of young athletes, said the President of the All -Russian Swimming Federation Vladimir Salnikov. “Perhaps even more, the team will be updated, for young athletes this will be the first European Championship. The update is going on, competition is growing, at some distances it is very cruel, good competition in the women's rabbit. The girls are pulled up in Brassi.

Almost the entire territory of Georgia was late in Sunday evening, Interfax reports with reference to the country's Ministry of Energy. According to the representative of the ministry, there is no electricity in Tbilisi and in all Western regions of Georgia. The causes of the accident are still unknown.

The MiG-29 fighter crashed near Astrakhan, the pilot died, RIA Novosti and ITAR-TASS agencies report with reference to a source in the regional power structures. Later, the fact of the emergency was confirmed by the Commander -in -Chief of the Russian Air Force Viktor Bondarev. According to preliminary data, the cause of the disaster "was the failure of aviation equipment." The plane fell in the Narimanovsky district of the Astrakhan region.

Four houses lit up at the basis of recreation in the village of Kabardinka of the Krasnodar Territory, 80 people were evacuated, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the representative of the Southern Regional Center of the Ministry of Emergencies of the Russian Federation. Information about the fire entered at 3:32 Moscow time. "The fire began at the juniper park recreation. 80 people were evacuated.

The control sector of the gas extremist movement "Hamas" according to the 24-hour "humanitarian" truce with Israel, the website of the Israeli newspaper Edioth Ahronoth reports with reference to the representative of "Hamas" Sami Abu Zuhri. Earlier, Hamas refused to extend the humanitarian truce acting on Saturday, and resumed the missile shelling of the territory of Israel. It was expected that the supporters of Hamas would stop the fire in the region of 15:00 Moscow time, ITAR-TASS reports.

The data of the "black box" of the Malaysian Boeing confirms: the flight MN17 over the Donetsk region was shot down by a rocket, the American television company CBS claims. On Sunday, a group of experts from the Netherlands was supposed to arrive at the place of tragedy. The media reported that they had already arrived , but at the last moment the trip was postponed.

The five-year-old son of the head of Ingushetia, Yunus-Bek Evkurov, ITAR on Sunday at the All-Russian competitions for the accuracy of landing in parachute sports, made his first parachute from a height of 1500 m, Interfax reports. Evkurov Sr. is a former paratrooper and fan of parachute sports, he has more than 250 jumps. ITAR made a pair with the famous Russian athlete Denis Dobryakov.

Dutch experts - gendarmes and forensics - arrived at the crash site of the Malaysian Boeing in the Donetsk region, reports Echo of Moscow with reference to the head of the Netherlands police mission in Ukraine, Yana Tuinder. According to him, experts will help a group of experts in the search for fragments and personal belongings of passengers.

The CIT of the largest Russian social network VKontakte was not available for users on Sunday evening. For many users, the site does not open at all, for others - posts from some communities have disappeared. Social network spokeswoman Georgy Lobushkin announced technical difficulties, the site is hoped to restore in the near future. We experience problems with some section of the site. Cuts in a hurry. Soon everything will be restored.

On Sunday, the anti -terrorist operation in the Donetsk region of Ukraine sharply activated: a number of settlements were under the shelling. According to Ukrainian Pravda , during one of the blows in the center of Gorlovka, up to 30 people died. The National Security Council said that the security forces are trying to free the territory that the Malaysian Boeing fell. Dutch experts, who intended to visit the disaster, at the last moment moved a trip to Monday.

The Italian cruise liner of Costa Concordia, who sat at the reefs near the Italian island of Gilio, was delivered to the port of Genoi, where the ship is sawn into scrap metal. The operation to transport a huge vessel took a total of four days, more than a dozen ships were involved in towing, the Russian Air Force Service reports. Currently, the ship is 3.5 km from the shore of Genoa under the supervision of specialists.

The number of Ukrainian refugees accommodated in the Rostov region exceeded 40 thousand people, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the State Ministry of Emergencies in the Rostov region: "In the municipalities of the region, 683 people were placed per day. In total, 40,243 people were placed in the region, of which 13289 children". It is also reported that for refugees in the region there are 90 temporary accommodation points, where 5054 people stopped.

The crews of helicopters and aircraft of the air forces of the Russian Federation participating in the final international stage of the Aviattarts-2014 flight skill contest helped to localize the Forest Fire, which arose near the Pogonovo Aviation Polya near Voronezh. The official representative of the Air Force Colonel Igor Klimov told Interfax : to date, the forest fire has been localized, it has been declining, although the combustion may last a few more days.

The Nigerian terrorist group "Boko Haram" took hostage today as the wife of Deputy Prime Minister Cameroon, at least three people died during the attack. According to Reuters , the militants attacked the city of Kolofat border with Nigeria. The Cameronic soldier informed from Kolofata that extremists abducted his wife and servant deputy prime minister Amad Ali. He is also the Minister-Deligate responsible for relations with parliament.