Day chess today! This is such a wonderful occasion to recall the story from your childhood. When I was about seven years old, dad taught me how to play chess. He showed how the figures go, how to “cut down” the enemy, capture him, play combinations, drive him in a corner, put a shah and mat. For my children's brain, it was so much revelation that I accompanied my loud roar with each defeat.

State Duma deputies, members of the inter-factional working group, believe that the natural disaster in Kuban is the result of a natural disaster. “As a result of studying the circumstances of the emergency situation in the Krasnodar Territory, deputies - members of the working group came to the conclusion that the natural disaster was not man-made in nature.

Civil servants who drive while drunk will be mercilessly dismissed from their positions, said the governor of the Smolensk region, Alexey Ostrovsky. At a meeting of the regional commission for ensuring road safety on Friday, July 20, he noted that he expects the same attitude towards subordinates from the heads of local government bodies of the Smolensk region. The governor also said that he had cleared his official car and demanded the same from state and municipal employees.

According to media reports, the UN Security Council was unable to adopt a resolution regarding the settlement of the conflict in Syria. A draft document prepared by Western countries and containing a threat of sanctions against Damascus was put to a vote.

Probably noticed that my design of LJ has changed. If you have not noticed, then you have not shown up, but it looks something like this: Yes, yes. The design was made under my sensitive guidance. Another way to evaluate my designer/creative potential. Alas, this is his ceiling. The guys from LJ said: as you say, we will draw it. Well, I said in sufficient detail. It seemed to me that it should be cool.

The Kurgan Regional Court will consider a criminal case regarding the brutal murder of a married couple, the press service of the regional prosecutor's office reported on Friday, July 20. According to investigators, in the summer of 2010, the 39-year-old defendant, previously convicted of murder, extorted 30 thousand rubles from a married couple under a flimsy pretext. When the head of the family contacted law enforcement agencies, the extortionist decided to kill him.

Today, in the latest issue of the Nasha Versiya newspaper, my article about the “ER” public reception rooms was published: It turns out that turning to the United Russia party for help is sometimes... unsafe! Of course, this does not apply to those people who know how to restrain accumulated emotions without pouring them out on paper, and those who are well versed in all existing codes and laws of the Russian Federation.

In August of this year, the first eco-market in the region will be commissioned and begin operating in Tyumen, said Deputy Governor of the region Sergei Degtyar at a press conference on Friday, July 20, at the joint press center of the Interfax-Ural and Tyumen Line agencies. .

Photo: Reuters Text: Anastasia Petrova As soon as Russia and China blocked another resolution on Syria in the UN Security Council, there was an immediate response from the United States - Congress almost unanimously voted to ban the Pentagon from cooperating with Russian Rosoboronexport. The official reason was the supply of Russian weapons to Syria. The decision of the congressmen will still be coordinated with the Senate.

The Magadan Transport Prosecutor's Office is deciding the issue of transferring the statements of the sailors of the foreign ship JB Rubin about non-payment of wages to the court to detain the ship, the Russian Union of Seafarers ( RPSM) reported . The debt of the shipowner - the JB Shipping company - to the former crew members of the ship is about $41 thousand, to the sailors who are on board - $14.5 thousand, the RPSM noted.

In Veliky Novgorod, another story is unfolding on the relationship between civil society and the authorities. Senator Dmitry Krivitsky, representing the Novgorod region in the Federation Council, accused the local activist Vadim Beriashvili of extremism and wrote the corresponding application to the Investigative Committee. The senator outraged the post of blogger , in which he brought data on his income.

14 people were killed and at least 50 were injured as a result of gunfire opened by an unknown assailant on moviegoers during a showing of the new Batman film (The Dark Knight Rises) in Aurora, Colorado, USA. The shooter was detained by police while his identity is being established. It is now reported that he was heavily armed and wearing body armor. "We were watching a film, there was a shooting scene, then suddenly shots were heard from the right side of the cinema.

Volunteer's diary, part 1: "Hot, muddy and completely rough awaits you" Volunteer Diary: Day 2, “Good Camp” Volunteer Diary: Day 3, “Distribution of Work” The morning of the new day in the camp began as usual: water procedures, breakfast, formation of teams, distribution of work. We go to the first address where we received the order - there is no one here, there are only ruins on the site. And you can’t start work without a preliminary discussion with the owner.

The Orenburg court found 13 organizers and participants of a criminal community guilty of selling drugs in the region, the press service of the Federal Drug Control Service for the region reported on Thursday, July 19. The court sentenced them to a total of more than 126 years in prison. The leader of the criminal community received 17.5 years of imprisonment in a maximum security colony, and he is also required to pay a fine of 180 thousand rubles.

In order to quickly investigate the attack on the Muslim leaders of Tatarstan, a 24-hour multi-channel “hotline” began operating to receive information from the population. In connection with the emergency, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic appeals to all citizens who know anything about what happened to call: 8-800-200-02-94 (free call). Confidentiality is guaranteed, as emphasized in the message on the website of the republican Ministry of Internal Affairs.