In the match of the fifth round of the Russian Football Premier League (Premier League) in Krasnodar, the Kazan Rubin defeated the Kuban with a score of 1: 0. The only goal in the 33rd minute of the match was scored by the Rubin midfielder Gesdeniz Karadeniz. Rubin scored the first goal in the season and left the last place in the Premier League standings. On August 24, in the sixth round of the Premier League, Rubin will accept the St. Petersburg Zenit.

Players of the Moscow Football Club Lokomotiv went out on the field before the match with Grozny Terek in T -shirts with comments and wishes of fans. However, this did not help Muscovites win in the match of the fifth round of the Russian Premier League. The meeting ended with a non -leveling draw - 0: 0. As a result, Lokomotiv was fixed in third place in the standings.

On board the Indonesian airline Trigana Air Service, which was supposedly crashed in the Papua province, there were no citizens of the Russian Federation, TASS reports with reference to the press attache of the Russian Embassy in Indonesia Idayata Nasibov. According to Nasibov, the Indonesia police introduced the to the embassy lists of people who were on board the aircraft. There are no Russians on these lists.

Honestly, having learned about this news, I decided not to write about her. I thought that the case, of course, is interesting, but not unique at all. A little later, the decision had to be changed. Let's start in order. On June 18, scientists who worked in the Archaeological Reserve Arkaim discovered a burial of the II-III century with a skeleton, whose skull was unusually stretched.

The Far Eastern Transport Prosecutor's Office checks the implementation of the requirements of the flight safety legislation in connection with the fall of the Mi-8 helicopter to the Sea of ​​Okhotsk, according to the official website of the department. The prosecutor’s office also reported that the investigation of the criminal case, initiated by the Investigative Committee of the Catastrophe, was controlled.

The investigator of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Tver District of Moscow opened a criminal case on the fact of an attack on the deputy head of the Russian Army (RAO) Andrei Krichevsky, Interfax reports with reference to the press service of the Moscow police. The case was initiated under Art.

The authorities of the self -proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic proposed organizations on security and cooperation in Europe (OSCE) three steps to reduce tension in the Donbass, reports Donetsk news agency with reference to the DPR Contact Group Plenipotentiary Group Denis Pushilin. Pushilin explained: “We agreed with the OSCE in three positions, the implementation of which they are now discussing with their leadership.

The Blagoveshchensk authorities introduced an emergency regime due to a strong rain that fell on the capital of the Amur Region on the night of August 16, according to the official website of the city administration. In an hour, 30 mm of precipitation fell on Blagoveshchensk, which led to flooding of the streets. Some of the city districts were de -energized. By the morning of August 16, the power supply was restored to 80% of the houses.

The head of the Dzhihadist group "Boko Haram" denied rumors about his death, reports BBC . On Sunday, there was an audio recording on social networks, on which a person calling himself Abubakar Shekau states that rumors about his death are a lie. The author of the audio show assured that he continues to be the leader of the group. On August 13, President of Chad Idris Debi called the name of the new leader "Boko Haram". According to him, the leader of the Islamist group was Mahamat Daud.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine (Armed Forces) resumed the shelling of Gorlovka and its outskirts, reports the Donetsk News Agency with reference to the city administration. “Tanks are working, landed in the western part of the city - approximately in the area of ​​the wide beam, shelling is carried out from the side of Dzerzhinsk,” the city administration’s message quotes.

50 Internet resources blocked the Chinese authorities for the spread of false information and injection of panic in connection with explosions in a warehouse in the Tianjin, reports Sinhua . According to officials, among false messages, “at least a thousand people killed explosions”, “shopping centers in the Tianjin were plundered”, “the leadership of the Tianjin changed”. 18 sites were deprived of licenses, the activities of another 32 sites were suspended, the agency reports.

The launch of the Japanese spacecraft "Konotori-5" was again postponed to the International Space Station. According to Kyodo , the cause of the delay was adverse weather conditions. It was originally planned that Konotori-5 starts from the Tanjasim cosmodrome. Then the Start was postponed on August 17 due to bad weather. This time, the start of the space truck was postponed to August 19. Konotori-5 should deliver food and water to the ISS.

In the Chinese port city of Tianjin, a new explosion thundered, reports Sina . A small explosion was heard at 17:00 local time (12:00 Moscow time) during the execution of tasks by a division of radiation, chemical and biological protection troops. The military were evacuated from the scene. The first explosions in the warehouse in Tianjin thundered on August 12, after which the territory was covered by a large fire.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the air of the ZDF television channel supported the relief of the debt burden of Greece. Merkel noted the lack of confidence that the allocation of Greece of the new tranche of financial assistance will achieve the goal, but expressed hope for the country's economic crisis overcoming if the Athens are systematically fulfilling the clauses of agreements with international creditors.

In the Maldives, fragments were discovered, presumably belonging to the Malaysian Boeing, which followed the MH370 flight and disappeared from the radar screens on March 8, 2014. This was announced by the Minister of Transport of Malaysia Liou Tiong Lai. As the minister specified, small holes were found on one of the wreckage, the other fragment has an absolutely flat surface. Experts find out whether these items really are fragments of the aircraft.