In Belarus in the Grodno region, a strange two -legged creature appeared. It is about one and a half meter, covered with black hair and looks like a monkey, BelTA reports with reference to eyewitnesses. Dozens of people saw this creature - on the corn field near the village of Krasnovtsy, at the store and in the area of ​​the villages of Kovali and Rulevichi. One of the farmers discovered him on his own apple tree when it was enjoyed by immature fruits.

Today, in Warsaw, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland, Radoslav Sikorsky, after a meeting with the deputy Secretary of State for the countries of Europe and Eurasia Daniel Frida, stated that Poland and the USA PO Pro is close, Gazeta.pl reports.

At the Otradnoye station, the Moscow Metro, as a result of a short circuit, was smoke in the train wagon moving towards the center. According to the source in the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergencies in Moscow, there was no fire, the train passengers were evacuated, and the composition itself is driven into a dead end. After a message about smoke at the station, more than 10 fire engines arrived at it.

The Samara "satellite" won the gold of the World Cup in Swamp football for the second year in a row, which was held in Finland. It is reported by Sportbox.ru . In the final, the Russians with a minimum score outplayed the local Lomalul club from the city of Lulyukul. The third place was also taken by the representative of Finland - The Telinekatai team from the city of Espoo.

The European Union introduced a ban on the preparation of the famous duck in Pekinsky, the Russian News Service reports. The reason for such a strict measure is to enter the air during the preparation of a duck in the Peking of a significant amount of carbon monoxide. As a result, from today in London and other largest capitals of the EU countries, inspectors began to sealed pots, in which this dish is prepared in the European Union.

The crisis in Russian-Georgian relations was the main issue of negotiations between Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and German Foreign Minister Frankfish-Walter Steinmeer, Izvestia writes. The German Foreign Minister brought to Moscow his plan of resolving the crisis between Georgia and Abkhazia.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin instructed the Russian government to take control of the supply of Russian oil to the Czech Republic in order to eliminate failures that have arisen in supply.

On Saturday in Krasnoyarsk, a rally of representatives of the youth subcultures of EM and ready, opposing the impending bill, which will prohibit, in particular, appear in society in pink-black clothing, with tattoos and piercing, Kommersant writes. They opposed the concept of state policy in the field of spiritual and moral education of children approved in June at parliamentary hearings.

US presidential candidate Barack Obama promised that Washington would withdraw troops from Iraq 16 months after elections in the United States if he wins them. With such a statement, Obama spoke at the meeting in Baghdad today with Prime Minister Iraq Nuri Al-Malika. The American senator welcomed the proposal of al-Maliki about the approval of the schedule for the withdrawal of American troops.

The beginning week is very rich in various trips of leaders or candidates for this status. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, US presidential candidate Barack Obama and US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice were in the Middle East at the same time. Obama, having met with the Prime Minister of Iraq in Baghdad, will be in Berlin at the same time, and then will visit the remaining two countries of the leading European “troika”.

The victims of the accident in the Stavropol Territory, where the VAZ 2110 collided and six people became freight KamAZ, reported news agencies. According to the press service of the Southern Regional Center of the Ministry of Emergencies, the accident occurred on Sunday at about 22.00 Moscow time in Stavropol at the intersection of Kulakov Street and exit to the city of Mikhailovsk. The VAZ-2110 passenger car crashed into a cargo KAMAZ. As a result, six people were killed in the Ten.

On July 21, 2008, the closing ceremony of the 49th International Mathematical Olympiad of schoolchildren, which took place this year in Madrid. 535 schoolchildren from 97 countries took part in the mathematical competition. The Russian team was represented by six schoolchildren: Dmitry Babichev (Moscow region), Ivan Bazhov (Sverdlovsk region), Boyky Roman (St. Petersburg), Vladislav Volkov (St. Petersburg), Evgeny Gorinov (Kirov region), Nikita Kudyk (Omsk region).

Russian heavyweight Olympic champion Alexander Povetkin, who knocked out American Taurus Saix already in the fourth round of the IBF rating battle, was disappointed with the battle itself. “Honestly, I am very unhappy with a passing battle,” said Alexander Povetkin in an interview with the whole sport agency. “It feels like we were a little deceived.” Of course, I was not going to lose to Saix, but at the same time, I admit, I thought that he was much stronger.

The Interdepartmental Commission on the name of territorial units, streets and stations of the metro will discuss the possibility of renaming the Kaluga-Riga line of VDNH in the “Space” metro station. According to the chairman of the commission, the deputy mayor in the Moscow government Anatoly Petrov, such a issue is planned to be discussed in the fall at the meeting of the commission. July 4, 25 designed stations of the Moscow metro gave names.

The Minister of Internal Affairs Rashid Nurgaliev proposed to punish the guilty people in death as a result of an accident of drunken drivers stronger than the sober ones. Today, at a meeting of the Presidium of the Government, he will submit a bill introducing amendments to Art. 264 of the Criminal Code ("Violation of the SDA and the operation of vehicles"), writes "News Time".