The Poland Hockey Federation proposed to the Honored Coach of Russia Igor Zakharkin and the head coach of the Russian national team Vyacheslav Bykov to head the Poland team in hockey, the official website of the Polish Hockey Federation reports. Zakharkin proposed the post of head coach, and Bykov - a consultant coach. The Russians will begin work on August 20, and the first matches against the France team will take place on August 28 and 29.

The Nakhodkinskaya transport prosecutor's office opened a case of an administrative offense on the fact of the spill of fuel oil in the port of Vostochny in Primorye, the official website of the department reports. The case was opened under an article on non -compliance with environmental requirements when treating hazardous substances.

Seven police officers died in the city of Malgobek of the Republic of Ingushetia at a colleague’s funeral, Interfax reports. This is only preliminary information, the number of dead can grow. Six wounded were delivered to Malgobek hospitals, their number may exceed ten people. According to the latest information, a suicide bomber was committed, whose head was found near the scene of the explosion.

Leo Uskin Sergey Bondarchuk as Boris Godunov in the film "Boris Godunov" (1986) See also: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 In the general array of accusations raised against Boris Godunov, one can find the usurpation of the authorities and the murder of a young prince and a lot of other terrible ones - but what was not there was accusations of managerial unusualness.

Sudanese minister Abdullah Khalil and 20 people died in a plane crash, Reuters reports. The Al-Arabiya TV channel reports that the aircraft transported the Minister of supply and provision of Sudan and another 20 people from the leadership. Other details are not reported. Khalil was engaged in donations in Sudan. There has not yet been received official confirmation of information.

The singer Madonna on her official website published a statement about the accusatory sentence to the Pussy Riot punk group and called the judge’s decision “too cruel”. Madonna protested against two years in a colony for "a 40-second performance in which they expressed their political views." She also noted that the verdict “is too cruel and, in fact, inhuman”, even if someone can raise questions in the protest. “I urge everyone who is the road of freedom to condemn this unfair punishment.

The power of the explosive device that worked today in Ingushetia is about 10 kilograms in TNT equivalent, RIA Novosti reports. Recall that today in the city of Malgobek of the Republic of Ingushetia, unknown people blew up the traffic police patrol car. The militants blew up the car in the crowd of people who came to say goodbye to the district police officer who died as a result of an attack on Saturday. The man died, 15 - suffered.

More than 170 thousand people took part in the celebration of the religious Uraza-Bayram in Moscow, RIA Novosti reports. In 2009, 70 thousand people celebrated the holiday, in 2010 - 100 thousand, and in 2011 - 126 thousand. The safety of the event was ensured by about 3 thousand police and the military. By the holiday, the Moscow City Hall opened additional prayer sites in the city. Thus, believers could come: from 6.30 to 9.00 - to the Pavilion No.

As a result of a collision of a truck and a regular bus in Kalmykia, two people were killed. Among the dead, the child was born in 2001, reports the Ministry of Emergencies in the Astrakhan region. About 05.45 at the village of Yashkul Opel bus, heading along the route Anapa-Astrakhan, collided with the KamAZ truck. In total, there were 42 people on the bus. All eight victims were sent to the Central District Hospital of the village of Yashkul. The dead are a man and a child.

From the floating starting platform of the Odyssey from the equatorial part of the Pacific Ocean, the Russian-Ukrainian missile Zenit-3SL with the American telecommunications satellite IntelSat 21 started, Interfax reports. The launch site is the Pacific Aquator at the point with the coordinates 0 ° 00 ′ p. 154 ° 00 ′ s. d., near the island of Christmas. The marine segment of the Sea Start complex consists of two sea vessels: the Odyssey launch platform and the assembly-command vessel.

A group of Japanese activists landed in the East China Sea on the island of Senkaku, the territory of which China and Japan claims, reports Radio Liberty . Despite the ban on the Japanese authorities and protests of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, the flotilla of sailboats with 150 activists, including several deputies, approached the archipelago, and several dozen people landed on one of the islands and established a Japanese flag.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange came from the Balcon of Ecuador Embassy in London, which was his first appearance in public in two months, reports The Guardian . As expected, Assange went to the crowd awaiting him at the embassy at 17.20 Moscow time. Assange thanked Ecuador's authorities for political asylum and his supporters. He noted an unfair sentence to Pussy Riot and urged the United States to stop pursuing people who are involved in WikiLeaks.

As a result of a collision of two trucks and two cars in the Sergievsky district of the Samara region, five people were killed, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the regional department of the Ministry of Emergencies. The accident occurred near the village of Old Yakushkino at the 1126th kilometer of the federal highway M5. Rescuers work on the spot.

The world record for the accuracy of the displacement of the spacecraft into orbit was set today, August 19, when the Satelsat-21 satellite was launched from the floating platform in the Pacific, the Zenit-3SL launch vehicle, the President of the Energia RKK Vitaliy Lopota said. The corporation is the manufacturer of the DM-SL acceleration unit, which was used at the same time.

The British Ministry of Defense closed the last department engaged in the study of unidentified flying objects, since experts decided that UFOs did not pose a danger to the country, writes The Telegraph . According to the official representative of the ministry, 50-year studies of strange phenomena showed that there is not a single certificate of threat, and further study of UFOs will cost the taxpayers too expensive. Secret materials about UFOs in Britain began to be disclosed in 2008.