Alexander Yakovenko, Cherkessk: Over the past day, the situation in Karachay-Cherkessia and Cherkessk itself has not stabilized. The news of last night by phone is transmitted by Viktor Gershel: Victor Gershel: Despite the ban on the authorities, on the night of Saturday to Sunday, the rally in Cherkessk continued. According to approximate assessment, several hundred people did not disperse from the central square of the city.

Sergey Kuznetsov, Yekaterinburg: Contrary to absolutely all forecasts of political scientists and political consultants, the separation of the main candidate - the current governor of Eduard Rossel, amounted to previously previously predicted 10-11 percent, but almost 20 percent of votes.

The seventh world athletics championship ended in Seville . On the last day of the competition, Russian athletes won four medals, thanks to which the Russian team reached the second place in the overall standings. The fifth gold medal of the Russian national team was won by Svetlana Masterkova, who won 1500 meters in running. "Silver" - the American Regina Jacobs. "Bronze" - at Kutra Dulechi from Ethiopia. The sixth "gold" Russian women won 4 to 400 m in the relay race.

The Russian Air Force and Artillery continue to apply missile and bombing on the positions of Islamic extremists in the Buinak district of Dagestan. According to the press center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Dagestan, the battles are in the region of two villages - Karamakhi and Chabanmakhi. The losses of the Russian side - according to the press center - four people killed and 15 - wounded. The losses of Islamists are unknown.

Aya Kuga, Belgrade: The state media of Serbia to the visit of Richard Holbruck in Kosovo almost did not pay attention to Kosovo. Only the State Agency Tanyug comments that a high -ranking American diplomat praises the forces of Core, which do not react to the difficult crimes of the Albanian terrorists and violations of the UN Security Council, not noticing the daily murders of Kosovo Serbs, nor their abductions, nor arson of houses, churches and monasteries.

Marina Katys, Moscow: “The fact that the leader of the Socialist movement“ May ”Alexander Burkov, who gained a little more than 18 percent of the vote, came to the second place in the elections in Yekaterinburg - the symptom of a very serious and unpleasant symptom,” the President of the Public Fund said: “Informatics for democracy,” George Satarov. Georgy Satarov: The result is quite unexpected. According to some polls, Chernetsky even leaded.

Oleg Kusov, North Caucasus: In the territory of the Buinak district of Dagestan, a hundred kilometers from Makhachkala, the second day continues combat operations. The federal forces and the Dagestan police, as emphasized in the temporary press center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Makhachkala, conduct an operation to destroy the formations of radical Islamists, the inhabitants of the villages of Karamakhi and Chabanmakhi.

In Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, at the end of last week, a 58-flying resident of a military town was hospitalized with a diagnosis of Kholera- the Sakhalin Region reported on Monday at the State-Epidemiological Supervision. With suspicion of cholera, three more people were hospitalized, contacting the patient. The situation remains dysfunctional in the Primorsky Territory - at present in Vladivostok - four patients with cholera, in addition, five more carriers of the cholera vibrion have been revealed.

Employees of the American National Aeronautics and Space Research Directorate discovered free water in a meteorite . Microscopic drops of saturated salt solution with a diameter of the order of several microns were enclosed in the crystals of table salt painted with cosmic radiation in blue and purple tones.

In the Buinaksky district of Dagestan - around the settlements of Karabakh, Chabanmakhi, Kadar and Durans - Russian forces continue the operation against Islamic extremists. According to the press center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Dagestan, helicopters, armored vehicles and rocket artillery are used in the operation. Aviation - due to poor weather conditions - does not rise into the air.

The liquidation commission of the Russian Bank "Chara" begins on August 30 to pay to the former depositors . According to Oleg Muratov, bankruptcy trustee of the Bank "Chara", the amount of payments will be 2 kopecks for each previously invested ruble. Payments are planned to be made within one week, however, according to Muratov, the late will be able to receive money later. Chara Bank stopped payments to depositors in October 1994. In March 1996, a decision was made to liquidate the bank.

In St. Petersburg, a festival of music of the late composer Valery Gavrilin, who was 60 years old, will be held . Concerts of the festival will be held on the stage of the Great Hall of the Philharmonic and the Academic Chapel from September 13 to October 1. On September 19, the annual film festival opens in Toronto . In a special program dedicated to the work of outstanding directors, the film "Moloch" Alexander Sokurov will be shown.

Anna Halperina, Yekaterinburg: Before the start of the governor's campaign, Alexander Burkov was known as a deputy of the House of Representatives of the Legislative Assembly of the region and a fairly successful businessman. However, in April of this year, he headed the "Movement of the Workers for Social Guarantees - May." The young movement preaches a social democratic ideology, advocating for the revival of trade unions and the involvement of workers' enterprises to manage.