Russia took 11th line in the last FIFA rating today, adding 177 points in the ranking according to the results of the European Championship (the overall result is 1023 points). In the last rating, Russia took 24 positions. The most powerful breakthrough over the past month was made by the Surinam team, which rose immediately to 58 seats and is now located on the 87th line. As for the Russian national team, 11th place is not its highest achievement: in 1996, it rose to the third position.

Lithuania can become a “good alternative” to Poland in the issue of placing PRO elements in Europe. This was stated by US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates after negotiations in the Pentagon with Lithuanian Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas, AR reports with reference to the press secretary of the US Minister Jeff Morrela. In turn, Kirkilas said that the Lithuanian government is ready to consider the possibility of placing elements of the American missile defense system (pro) on its territory.

The debate did not have time to subside about the statement of the President of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev on the need to return direct elections of the heads of Russian regions, as an expert community proposed a new discussion. This time, the Islamic Committee of Russia and its chairman Heydar Jemal performed the newcomer.

According to RBC , the son of a famous politician, chairman of the largest Azerbaijani Parliamentary Party Adale, Ilyas Ismailova, a citizen of Azerbaijan Etimad Ismailov is illegally retained in the pre -trial detention center of the Chelyabinsk region. This was reported to RBC by Ismailov’s lawyer Jarulla Ramazanov. Officially, Etimad Ismailov is accused of especially large -scale fraud.

The idea of ​​the possibility of a consistent transition to a constitutional republic first arose in China in 1911, when Sun Yat-sen came to power after the fall of the last imperial Qing dynasty. Following him, the need for evolution towards democracy was declared by Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping, and current chairman Hu Jintao called democracy “the common goal of humanity.” However, China still lacks freedom of speech, an independent judiciary and other attributes of a liberal system.

The head of the ministry gave an interview to the newspaper "Time of News". The Minister, in particular, also spoke about the process of forming a state -owned corporation Rostekhnology, which has many disputes have undergone a lot of disputes over the list of assets. The head of the state -owned, Sergei Chemezov (the media call him a friend of Vladimir Putin) claimed to transmit almost six hundred assets to “Rostekhnologi”.

The Supreme Arbitration Court of Russia suspended the execution of a decision on the return to state property of Domodedovo Airport. This does not mean that the East Line group will be able to preserve the airport complex, but gives it the chances of revising the case. The lawsuit around the Domodedovo airport began in 2005. The Federal Property Management Agency demanded that the federal property be returned to 16 objects of the complex, which were supposedly illegally privatized.

The leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs decided to seriously fight corruption in law enforcement agencies. By the end of this year, a special code of professional ethics will be developed, which will teach police officers not to be rude to citizens and not demand a bribe. “People come to us with their misfortune, wait for protection, and instead often face indifference and formalism.

Over the past 48 years, more than 7 thousand natural disasters have been registered on the planet, as a result of which at least 2.5 million people died, Finmarket reports. The report aimed at consideration by the participants in the session of the UN Economic and Social Council, it is said that the damage suffered exceeded $ 2 trillion. In addition, the number of victims in developing countries is 20-30 times the number of dead in developed countries.

Scientists of the Institute of Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, under the leadership of its director Mikhail Gorshkov, in the report “Little Steven in Russia” analyzed the data on the largest (43%) layer of Russian society - low -income citizens, 16% of which sociologists attributed to those in need, Kommersant writes. Actually the poor recorded 16%, and 41%of prosperous.

Today, a source in the Ministry of Finance of Russia said that the first hearing in Russia's claim for compensation for damage from the arrest of Russian accounts in France was scheduled for September 10 of this year, Gazeta.Ru reports with reference to RIA Novosti. According to the source, the NOGA also filed appeals to court decisions on unlocking the accounts of Russian institutions.

Kirill Koroteev When discussing the prospects for the judicial reforms of Russia, it is important to draw attention to the most unusual element of the existing judicial system - the European Court of Human Rights, the body, as it were, external to the court of the national, but designed to influence its decisions. We publish an article by a researcher at the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne Kirill Koroteev.

According to Space.com , researchers from the European Space Agency (ESA) recorded a series of radio radiation emitted by the Earth into space, similar to unpleasant sequins and whistles (recording is available here ). Radio waves were discovered using four satellites of the European Space Agency and were named AKR (Auroral Kilometric Radiation) - a kilometer radiation of polar radiance.

The time of “manual control” for Russia ended, it is time for it to become a full -fledged democracy, and it is time for President Dmitry Medvedev to engage in the liberalization of political life. This is stated in the report “Democracy: Development of the Russian model”, which made up the Analytical Center close to the president, writes Vedomosti . The report on Wednesday will be discussed on a round table at the Institute of Modern Development (ISR).

The riots in Mongolia provoked pro -Western forces, says Mikhail Margelov, chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs. According to official figures, the ruling Mongolian People's Avolutionary Party (MNRP) won the parliamentary elections in Mongolia. The Democratic Party of Mongolia, who took second place, did not recognize this victory and organized mass riots in the capital of the country.