At the crash site of the Boeing Malaysian in the Donetsk region, 78 international experts work, including representatives of the special monitoring mission and the OSCE. This was reported on Twitter of the mission. The group included eight observers of the mission, as well as 70 experts from the Netherlands and Austria. They are trying to find the remains of the bodies of the remaining victims of the disaster. The discovery of the remains was reported the day before.

In many mythological traditions, the deity of thunder and lightning amazes with its weapons of opponents. At the same time, it happens that there are objects of the real world that the myth represents as the material embodiment of this weapon. In the Slavic tradition, such objects are known as “Thunder arrows”. Real objects, which were called "thunder arrows" can be divided into three classes. The first includes Fulgurites . They really arise after the lightning strike.

The DPRK “will not have any other choice” except to continue the development of nuclear weapons, if the United States does not stop threats , the Deputy Permanent Representative of the DPRK at the UN Don Il (Ri Tong-Il) told the South Korean agency. “Not a single country in the world is under constant threats, as is happening with the DPRK,” the diplomat said, emphasizing that Pyongyang “Nuclear Weapons is necessary to contain them”.

The defense of the former President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili intends to appeal to cancel the decision of the Tbilisi City Court on the absentee arrest of a politician, Interfax reports with reference to lawyer Otar Kahidze. “There is no evidence in the case against Saakashvili. Unfortunately, the Georgian prosecutor’s office is used today as a tool for political persecution of the ex-president, and this tool is supported by the judiciary, ”said Kahidze.

One of the groups of international experts, engaged in the search for the remains of those who died in the area of ​​the crash of the Boeing Malaysian in the Donetsk region, left the study area due to artillery shelling. It is reported by ITAR-TASS with reference to the press secretary of the OSCE Shiva Sharmma. According to him, the artillery shelling was subjected to an area two kilometers from the village of Petropavlovka, where experts worked.

Petersburg “Zenit” defeated Tula Arsenal with a devastating account in the match of the first round of the Russian Football Championship. The blue-white-blue issued a victory with a score of 4: 0. The balls at Arsenal’s gates were scored by the Italian Domenico Krisito (9th and 69th minutes), Venezuez, Solomon Rondon (18) and Brazilian Hulk (36). According to ITAR-TASS , the meeting took place at an air temperature of 33 degrees Celsius.

In several areas of Siberia and the Far East, an emergency regime was introduced in connection with natural fires, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the head of the Ministry of Emergencies Vladimir Puchkov. “On the territory of Russia, primarily the Far East, Siberia and the Central Federal District, an unfavorable meteorological situation is developing. Dry hot weather was established, and the forecast is unfavorable, ”said Puchkov.

A powerful explosion thundered in the gas sector, reports Reuters . Data on the presence of victims and victims are not given. Earlier it was reported that during the day on August 1, 91 people died during the fighting in the gas sector.

The Russian government approved the state program of social support for citizens until 2020. The document is published on the official website of the Cabinet. The state program includes subprograms “Development of social support measures of certain categories of citizens”, “Improving the efficiency of state support for socially oriented non -profit organizations”, “Modernization and development of social services”, “Improving the social support of the family and children”.

In the Pskov region, three people were killed and seven were injured as a result of an accident. This was reported by the press service of the regional department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The accident occurred early on the morning of August 2 on the highway "St. Petersburg-Nevel". The Ford minibus driver lost control and drove into a ditch, where he collided with a tree. There were 15 people in the car.

The Tbilisi City Court in absentia elected preliminary conclusion as a preventive measure against the ex-president of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili, the news agency News-Georgia reports. According to the report, according to the results of the three -hour meeting, the court decided to satisfy the request of the prosecutor's office and decided to do the absentee arrest of Saakashvili.

OJSC OPENSService will appeal to the International Arbitration Court of the International Commercial Chamber in Zurich with a request to evaluate compliance with the national and international norms of the Federal Republic of Germany, Kommersant reports.

In the Perm Territory, a light-engine aircraft crashed at the Free Sky festival, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to a source in law enforcement agencies. According to the interlocutor of the agency, the Single Aircraft "Vyman" fell in a unit district in one kilometer north-east of the village of Lower Gorodishche, where the festival takes place. The pilot of the aircraft died. There are no victims and victims on Earth.

The territory of the Rostov region was fired from Ukraine from the Grad installation, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the representative of the FSB border control in the region Vasily Malaev. According to him, nine funnels from the shells were found in the area of ​​the village of Mityakinskaya. “Elements of shells at the site of gaps, allegedly, indicate that ammunition was released from the Grad volley fire system,” said Malayev.

We begin the publication of the cycle of articles of a wonderful vestibule, and the Ssociated Professor University of Kukmin (Seoul) Andrei Lankov about how North Korea lived under Kim Il Sene when she was the most controversial society in world history. In their majority, “real socialism” did not experience much enthusiasm about the possibility of uncontrolled communication of their subjects with the outside world.