Today it became known that the Minister of Economy of the Unrecognized Republic of South Ossetia Ruslan Pliev was missing. As the chairman of the Information and Press Committee of South Ossetia, Irina Gloheva, reported by telephone, Plieva’s car was discovered at the Georgian village of Kekhli and there are now searches. According to her, the investigation begun is conducted according to two main versions: “The first is the one who sat behind the wheel.

The anti -war rally in support of the Republic of South Ossetia takes place in Moscow near the building of the Georgian embassy. It is reported by RIA Novosti. About 50 people with the banners of South Ossetia and Russia and banners participate in the protest rally: “Russia is the guarantor of the world in the Caucasus”, “there is no genocide for the peoples of South Ossetia and Abkhazia” and “South Ossetia - NATO is not along the way”.

The US Air Force attacked the Iraqi city of the En-Sadjaf of the position of Shiite militants, Reuters reports. According to eyewitnesses, the pillars of smoke are visible from the ancient cemetery, they also noted that the battles between the American marines and supporters of the Shiite leader of the Muktada of Asard intensified with the onset of night. Over the past four days, 360 people died in the battles between the militants of the “Mahdi Army” and the American military in the En-Sajaf.

Today it became known that the Minister of Economy of the Unrecognized Republic of South Ossetia Ruslan Pliev was missing. As the chairman of the Information and Press Committee of South Ossetia, Irina Gloheva, reported by telephone, Plieva’s car was discovered at the Georgian village of Kekhli and there are now searches. According to her, the investigation begun is conducted according to two main versions: “The first is the one who sat behind the wheel.

The body of the missing Minister of Economics of South Ossetia Ruslan Pliev was found in a river flowing near the Georgian village of Tamarasheni in the Zino-Ossetian conflict zone, RIA Novosti was told in the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs. According to the representative of the press center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia, a car accident occurred, as a result of which the minister died, and his body was carried away by the current.

The Ministry of National Policy, Information and Foreign Relations of Chechnya prepares a photo exhibition of memory of the deceased president of Chechnya Ahmad Kadyrov. According to REGNUM , relatives and friends of Kadyrov provided 2.5 thousand photos. For the exhibition, 250 were selected from them. Chronologically, the exhibition will cover the period from the inauguration of A. Kadyrov to his funeral.

In Kazakhstan, today the leader of the opposition Galymzhan Zhakiyanov, who was immediately sent on exile, was released from the imprisonment, Reuters reports. By the decision of the administrative court, the Kushmurun colony of Zhakiyanov will live in a closed settlement in Pavlodar under the control of the police. He is also forbidden to take part in any public events of the country, including vote in the presidential election on September 19.

Today in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky the international geothermal seminar “Heat and Light from the Heart of the Earth” began work, RIA Novosti reports. The organizers of the event were the Russian Association “Geothermal Energy Society” with the financial support of the UES RAO, the Kamchatka Region administration, Geotherm OJSC, the Global Ecological Fund, Sberbank of Russia and Nauka OJSC. Anatoly Chubais, the honorary chairman of the seminar, was the chairman of the board of the UES of Russia.

The new method of studying the composition of comets was developed by chemists from the University of California. Comet's co -structure gives the key to unraveling the creation of land and other planets, reports Eurekalert .

The US authorities do not intend to provide any support to the former member of the interim managing council Iraq Ahmad Chalabi. “The Iraqi people will determine his future,” said Scott McClillan, official representative of the White House. The United States claim that he does not intend to intervene in the process of process. It is reported by RBC with reference to Europa Press.

The Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergey Ivanov called the Akhineya and the Brad Sivay Marefail Tbilisi's statement about the alleged violations of the air borders of Georgia by Russian aircraft. “This is an ahinea and the nonsense of the blue mare, no borders were violated,” said Ivanov, commenting on the information, which was extended in a number of media outlets that the intruders had supposedly a five -digit number.

The University College London has invented a new glass cover, which will help eliminate the main drawback of glass buildings - overheating of the premises in the summer months of the year, reports New Scientist . British scientists have created glass coating, which at a temperature above 29 ° C blocks infrared light and thereby prevents overheating of the room.

The Moscow Arbitration Court postponed until August 17 the consideration of the application of OJSC NK Yukos on the suspension of enforcement proceedings for recovery from the company 99.342 billion rubles. The meeting was postponed at the request of representatives of the Ministry of the Russian Federation for taxes and fees that need extra time to prepare a review of the Yukos complaint. Today, the point was essentially not listened to, reports Gazeta.ru .

The unknown threatens to blow up four residential buildings in Moscow. This was reported by RIA Novosti by a source in the capital's civil defense systems and emergencies. “Today, an anonymous call with a threat to blow up residential buildings was received to the police,” the agency’s interlocutor said. According to him, the unknown threatened to blow up on the street Student House number 19 of the building from the first to the fourth.

** Federal Assembly ** The first vice speaker of the State Duma L. Schelisk believes that in the future parliamentary elections, a proportionally majority system of elections of deputies should be preserved. In her opinion, only large political parties, and not electoral blocs, should participate in parliamentary and presidential elections. L.