The radical Palestinian group Hamas reacted to the murder of Israeli military Ismail Abu Shanab, announcing an immediate exit from a truce with the Israelis. As one of the central leaders of Hamas Ismail al-Khanya told reporters, the radicals Hamas still support the settlement plan proposed by the Americans, however, they will meet the violence for Israeli attacks. “The murder of Abu Shanab means that the Zionist enemy killed a truce,” said a representative of the terrorist group.

Anton Nikolaev What do we know about Tuva? Buddhism, shamans , Turks (unlike other Buddhist republics), decades of independence in the 20th century (Tuvan People's Republic), Shoigu. Yesterday, the head of the state building Nikolai Koshman spoke about the critical situation in the residential complex of the republic. But even then V called it among many other subjects of the federation.

Another message came from Iraq about the fate of the cousin of Ali-Hassan al-Majad, which the United States has a personal hunt . This time CNN reports his arrest. Previously, reports were received that allegedly in the Basra his body was discovered - apparently, Saddam Hussein had doubles. Al-Majid in the Iraqi leadership was responsible for the defense of the south of Iraq.

What do we know about Tuva? Buddhism, shamans , Turks (unlike other Buddhist republics), decades of independence in the 20th century (Tuvan People's Republic), Shoigu. Yesterday, the head of Gosstroy Nikolai Koshman spoke about the critical situation in the republic’s housing and communal services. But even then he named it among many other subjects of the federation.

On Friday, the leader of the Liberal Russia (according to Berezovsky), the former State Duma speaker and former secretary of the Security Council Ivan Rybkin, will be visiting our publication. The same Rybkin, who last year in an open letter called on President Putin "respond to the proposal of the legally elected president of the Chechen Republic Aslan Maskhadov and begin peace negotiations." However, he still has not received an answer.

Search = Mi-8 missing in Kamchatka continues, and so far unsuccessfully. There are seven helicopters, four aircraft, dog handlers with dogs, divers and 22 units of ground equipment, the military, the FSB and the police are also involved, RIA Novosti reports. All aircraft maintain a continuous connection with the operational headquarters under the leadership of the Deputy Minister of Emergencies of Gennady Korotkin. = In the searches, the weather worsened: rain and lateral wind.

The Liberia Government and representatives of the rebel groups elected the head of the country's transition government. He became a liberty politician and businessman Ged Brian. This decision was made on the basis of an agreement signed by the Government and the opposition in Gan, Sky News reports.

President’s envoy Konstantin Pulikovsky rejects any connection between the disappearance of the Mi-8 helicopter in Kamchatka and large-scale military exercises in the Pacific Ocean. Pulikovsky said that at the first stage of the exercises, no firing and launches of missiles were carried out. All this time, the charts model the situation and developed the upcoming actions, RIA Novosti reports.

The dollar added 2 kopecks, the official CB, set for tomorrow, - 30 rubles 33 kopecks. The auction took place quite calmly, the fluctuations of the quotes of the US exchange rate on the ETS with the calculations of “Tomorrow” were insignificant and met the range of 30.315 - 30.34 rubles. A certain increase in demand for currency is associated with the dynamics of the euro/dollar in world markets - there the dollar is growing very briskly there.

Alexander Cherkasov At midnight from August 19 to 20 on the ORT channel, there was football, on NTV V “Copes”, according to RTR V, a documentary about “Second Chechen”. The anniversary of the events of the 91st was only mentioned in the news. Twelve years V cycle of the eastern calendar. Over the years, August 1991 was buried in the public consciousness, as if a multi-meter layer of deposits, impressions and memories of subsequent events.

The search for the Mi-8 helicopter missing in Kamchatka, on which Sakhalin’s highest leadership flew, in particular the Governor of the Sakhalin Region Igor Farahutdinov, are interrupted due to darkness. The helicopter was not found. However, some details were found out during the operation. When surveying the population in Kamchatka and the adjacent islands of the Kuril ridge, the search engines met two hunters who claim to see a helicopter in the area, which is far from the intended route.

Today it became known that on Wednesday the head of the department for combating the economic crimes of the Moscow Central Internal Affairs Directorate was arrested. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, the deputy head of the operational-search part of the UBEP, the head of the UBEP department of the Moscow Central Internal Affairs Directorate, Lieutenant Colonel Vasily Virali was detained when receiving a bribe of $ 20 thousand, RIA Novosti reports.

The Belarusian authorities continue to successfully fight the free press. Yesterday, the SalenodarnaSt independent newspaper, which is published in the city of Soligorsk, Minsk Region, was fined more than two thousand dollars. According to the editorial office, in this way the authorities took revenge on the fact that the publication supported the “Belarusian Business Newspaper” closed for three months, which was accused of publishing materials discrediting President Lukshenko.

Ukraine takes sixth place in the list of weapons exporters, second only to the United States, Russia, France, Great Britain and Germany. This was announced today by the General Director of the Ukrainian State Company UkrspetsiSport Valery Shmarov, representing the Ukrainian military-industrial complex at the Max-2003 Airlines Moscow Region. The main buyers of Ukrainian weapons are Pakistan, India and China.

Another VTsIOM survey contains August ratings of political parties, figures and institutions. In the end of the summer, the indicators of the President of Russia have somewhat decreased. If in July the difference between the percentage of approving and not approving its activities was 57%, then in August the excess of approval over disapproval amounted to only 51%. The President’s trust rating also fell by 6%. But the government and the prime minister continued improvement.