Peacekeeping forces are ready to take control of “disputed places”. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the statement of the commander of the mixed forces to maintain peace in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict of Svyatoslav Nabzdorov.

The National Energy Regulating Commission of Georgia issued a license for the operation of the Hydam 2 hydroelectric power station, which is in the RAO, for a period of 25 years. According to RBC , within 2 months, RAO UES should carry out the necessary technical work at the hydroelectric power station and ensure the generation of electricity, at least in the amount of 40 MW per day. The design capacity of the hydroelectric power station is 110 MW per day, but at present it is inoperative.

Grigory Gritsenko The next anniversary of the crisis of August 1998 gave a great reason for numerous discussions: how could this happen, because everything was fine? If everything was fine, then the crisis could only happen because of the conspiracy of a pile of oligarchs, who once again tried to heat their hands on the folk disasters. True, there is already some mismatch of goals and methods.

The leader of the Iraqi chiits of the Muktada, as-Sadr, agree to accept the conditions of the ceasefire. They were nominated by the delegation of the General Arab National Conference, conducting negotiations on the cessation of violence in the Holy City of En-Zajaf.

Ukraine calls on the parties to the Georgian-Ossetian conflict to begin a direct political dialogue aimed at the peaceful settlement of existing problems. “At the same time, the territorial integrity of Georgia should be recognized, respect for its sovereignty and the interests of all aspects of the conflict are taken into account,” the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said in the current statement.

In January-July of 2004, Ulyanovsk Automobile Plant OJSC increased export supplies by 49% compared to the same period of 2003 to 11.27 thousand cars, taking into account the camps, the company's press service reports. In addition to the traditional supply of machine tools for automobile equipment in Vietnam, Ukraine and Cuba, commercial and corporate sales of Ulyanovsk SUVs to the third world countries are growing.

In Germany today, the movement of ships along the Rhine River in the area of ​​the city of Koblents was blocked today. This was due to the tanker accident, according to RIA Novosti. Nethersan tanker "Nelson" on Tuesday at night sat aground near the city of Koblents. The accident occurred due to the fault of the captain, who did not notice the prohibiting sign. In the tanks of the vessel there are about 1800 tons of oil, for the pumping of which a special tanker arrived.

Russian Minister of Defense Sergei Ivanov chose the new commander of the Volga-Ural Military District and his first deputy. He presented them today to the leading composition of the district. General Vladimir Boldyrev was appointed to the place of the commander, Colonel General Alexander Belousov became the first deputy minister.

In Tbilisi today there is a meeting of the Prime Minister of Georgia with co-chairs of the SCC, who arrived in the Georgian capital to resolve the Georgian-Ossetian conflict. According to RIA Novosti, before the meeting, the Minister for Special Affairs of South Ossetia, Boris Chopiyev, who is also the co -chair of the commission from the South Ossetian side, noted in an interview with the journalists that South Ossetia was one of the initiators of this meeting.

Lyudmila Vakhnina In the discussions about the modernization of our army, the nature of the call and the right to alternative civil service, appeals to international experience are constantly popping up, sometimes not too competent. I will allow myself not to indicate the source of the following quote, because it will not bring fame to the author - it will not gain truth in it even half: “In France, the duration of the alternative service is 20 months and doubled the period of military service.

The third day of the 2004 Olympics did not leave the national team without medals. Our athletes won two awards on Monday, and both silver. Judoist Vitaliy Makarov (weight category up to 73 kg) entered the second step of the Olympic pedestal honestly defeat in the final battle to the opponent from South Korea Lee Vun-hee. Another silver medal was invested in the piggy bank due to the success of Yulia Koltunova and Natalia Goncharova, which showed the second result in synchronous jumps into water.

Iraqi President Gazi al-Javr said that the new government of the country will begin the fight against Kurdish separatists who use bases in the north of Iraq for operations in Turkey, reports Moro.ru. Kurdish rebels have recently noticeably activated operations in the Iraq-Turkish border.

Law enforcement officers dispersed the protest against the trial of the anti -fascist Alexei Cherepanov. Two journalists were detained, including a free -sized correspondent of Polit.ru and two activists. They are directed to the Basmann ATS. According to the Polit.ru correspondent from the scene, the protest participants launched stretch marks and tried to block the entrance to the Gosnarko control building.

Despite all the agreements of the ministers of Georgia and South Ossetia, the battles that night in Tskhinvali continued. One Georgian soldier died, three more were injured: RIA Novosti reports, referring to the head of the regional police of the region, Shida Kartli Alexander Sukhitashvili. According to Sukhitashvili, shelling was most massive the most massive. The shootings in the area are still ongoing, because of this there is no way to take the wounded out of the conflict zone.

The Italian party "Green" demanded to immediately withdraw Italian troops from Iraq. It is reported by RIA "Novosti". “We demand an immediate withdrawal of our military from Iraq,” said Paolo Chento, coordinator of the party secretariat.