The Prosecutor General’s Office called the main version of the death of the prosecutor of the Astrakhan region: according to the supervisory authority, this is a careless handling of weapons. Earlier, the media reported that Oleg Dupak committed suicide, shooting himself from firearms. The official representative of the Prosecutor General’s Office Marina Gridneva told TASS on Sunday: “Yesterday (August 22), our colleague, the prosecutor of the Astrakhan region Oleg Dupak died tragically.

In Kharkov, on the eve of the Independence Day of Ukraine, a monument to a warrior-liberator was painted in the colors of the national flag: they painted a yellow-blue heart and a cross on his chest. The police began an investigation about the offense. The Soviet monument is located on the street on August 23. The message about the emergency was received in the duty unit around noon on Sunday, TASS reports the data of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Kharkov region.

The militants of the Radical Group "Islamic State" (IG, prohibited in Russia) used shells with chemicals in the attack on the residential areas of the Syrian city of Marie, the sources of the Syrian agency SANA say. The attack reported by Sana took place on Saturday. "Activists on social networks reported that several local residents in Marie suffer from cases of asphyxia after IS fired at shells, which, presumably, contained toxic substances," RIA Novosti quotes the data quoted.

The deputy Irina Yarovaya called the "shameless and hypocritical" congratulation of US President Barack Obama on the Independence Day of Ukraine, which he sent to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.

Among the guests of the grand military parade in Beijing, the 70th anniversary of the Victory in the Second World War will be Vladimir Putin, said the Foreign Minister of China Van and in his article in the "Russian newspaper" . The article for the RG and the Chinese People's Daily was also written by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

The candidate of US President from the Republican Party Jeb Bush became the victim of an unsuccessful photomonta: due to a sharp drop in the light, observers considered that his left hand in one of the photo for the campaign in Aiova belongs to the African American. Time magazine tells about the incident. This week, the inhabitants of Iowa received a leaflet in support of Jeb Bush, widespread by the committee of his supporters.

In Turkey, the militants stole 11 customs inspectors and their driver, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the message of the army of the country. The abduction occurred at the border point Kapika on the border with Iran on Friday. In a statement by the Turkish General Staff, the militants are called the "separatist of the terrorist organization." According to the media, we are talking about the militants of the Kurdistan Workers Party (RPK).

Belgium proposes to regain control on the borders of the European Union "in the face of a terrorist threat" - after an attempt to attack the Amsterdam -Brussel train, where the arrow was twisted by passengers .

The Robinso-44 helicopter, which fell to the Moscow River on Saturday evening, made an unauthorized flight, Interfax reports with reference to a source in the regional transport supervision services. "According to updated data, the helicopter flight was not agreed with the relevant services, two main versions of what happened are considered - the engine failure and the pilot’s error.

The Russian women's team defeated the Japanese team in the Volleyball World Cup match, which takes place in Japan. The meeting in Tokyo ended with a score of 3: 2 (12:25, 25:18, 25:21, 23:25, 15:13) in favor of Russian volleyball players. The most productive player in the meeting was Tatyana Kosheleva, who scored 32 points. For our girls, this victory has already become the second in the tournament. Earlier, in three parties they were stronger than the team of the Dominican Republic (3: 0).

The Minister of Agriculture of Russia Alexander Tkachev, the author of the initiative to destroy sanctions products , came out with another prohibitive idea: he spoke out against the import of wine materials for the spill into Russian bottles. This, in his opinion, harms the development of domestic winemaking. The importing of imported wine materials and its outlet under Russian brands is unacceptable, said the head of the Ministry of Agriculture on the air of Russia 24 .

Over the past day, in the Sicilian Strait, separating Libya from the southern coast of Italy, 4.4 thousand immigrants have been saved. As the Italian coast guard service indicated on Sunday, this is an absolute record. As TASS reports, 22 surgery operations were carried out with the participation of coastal boats, the ships of the Italian Navy and the European Mission to control the borders of Triton. On Sunday, saved migrants are delivered to different Italian ports.

The suspect in the murder of six children, Oleg Belov, was taken from a pre -trial detention center to the place of tragedy to his apartment in Nizhny Novgorod for investigative experiments, Lifenews reports. The divided bodies of six children and pregnant wife Oleg Belov were discovered on August 4 in the apartment of the house on Verkhne-Pecherskaya Street Nizhny Novgorod, where the family lived.

The six -time Olympic champion Usain Bolt from Jamaica won a gold medal in a 100 meters running at the world athletics championship in Beijing with a result of 9.79 seconds. Thanks to this victory, the bolt has become a nine -time world champion.

The Russian Center Alexander Caun will sign a two -year contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers Club of NBA. The parties have already agreed on the duration of the agreement, but they have yet to agree on some terms of the contract, Cleveland Sports Talk reports. Caun after the end of this season announced that he was completing a professional career .