Vladimir Toltz: 20 years ago, in Moscow, Nicholas Daniloff, chief of the US News & World Reports, was arrested on charges of espionage. The sharp negative reaction of the American authorities followed, and public opinion regarded this as an attempt to create an “exchange fund” to return the Soviet spy arrested to the USSR to the USSR. The 20th anniversary of the case of Nika Daniloff: previously unknown, secret documents.

In the south of Afghanistan, at least 14 British military personnel died as a result of the NATO aircraft. This was reported by the British Ministry of Defense. According to the representative of the command of international forces, the aircraft carried out a mission to support a ground operation. He fell in the area of Kandahar in open areas. According to the preliminary version, the cause of the disaster was technical problems. The data that the plane was shot down is not.

"Vanity and ambition." Guests - writer Igor Yarkevich, singer Alena Sviridova, Bard Timur Shaov.

Participants of the multi -day Vuel cycling along the roads of Spain during the eighth stage overcame 181 km from Ponfrand to Lugo. It was a plain stage, so the racers arrived at the finish line with a large group, and only at the last meters of the distance Alexander Vinokurov from Kazakhstan managed to break away from Peloton for one second.

In the Krasnoktyabrsky district of Volgograd, 4 people died in a fire in a residential building. 80 residents of the house were evacuated. The cause of the fire is established.

In the Nazran district of Ingushetia, an attack on a police post was made. There are no victims among police officers. According to agencies, one of the attackers is killed, the other was wounded and detained. They drove up to the post in the car and tried to attack him, after which the police responded fire.

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Over 2 million people took part in Moscow in the celebration of the city, ”said Vyacheslav Kozlov, deputy head of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the capital. According to him, no special offenses on this day occurred. The safety of mass events on Saturday was provided by more than 17 thousand policemen.

In the Karelian city of Kondopoga, a conflict is growing on national grounds - between local residents and immigrants from the Caucasus. Additional forces of the police and internal troops are pulled into the city. Eyewitnesses report that on Saturday night, unknown people set fire to several outlets and garages belonging to the Chechens, and also defeated the cafes. In the afternoon, at the rally, calls to evict Caucasians from the city.

Dmitry Volchek: Man of the Week of Radio Liberty - German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The American magazine "Forbes" called her the most influential woman in the world. At the same time, Angel Merkel, first appeared on the list, immediately headed him, pushing Rais to the second place to the second place. Angel Merkel was born on July 17, 1954 in Hamburg.

The Israeli troops, with the support of tanks, carried out an operation in the Palestinian village of Beit Khan (Gaza Sector) this morning. Two Palestinian militants were killed in a shootout with the Israelis. As a result of another incident, another Palestinian died, trying to get closer to the barriers on one of the sections of the border with Israel.

Over the next two weeks, the European Union intends to finally find out the position of Iran on a nuclear problem. At a meeting of foreign ministers of the EU countries in Finland, it was decided to give a member of the leadership of the Union Havier Solan such a period - for negotiations with Iranian representatives. The first meeting should take place next week. On Thursday, the period provided by Irana was expired by the UN Security Council - to stop the work on the enrichment of Uranus.

In Moscow, they celebrate the City Day. The program includes a theatrical performance on Tverskaya Street at the monument to Yuri Dolgoruky, concerts on the Vasilievsky descent and from the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. The Moscow press festival will be held on Pushkinskaya Square, on Poklonnaya Gora - a promotion dedicated to the 65th anniversary of the battle of Moscow, in the circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard - youth festival.

In New York, at the opening championship of the United States on Friday, matches of the second circle were played in a men's single discharge.

The European Union considers premature the question of the introduction of sanctions against Iran for refusing to freeze the enrichment program of uranium. Finland, presiding in the EU, urged to continue the dialogue with Iran. At the same time, the leadership of the European Union warned that the time allotted to resolve the crisis is not permanent. On August 31, the deadline set out by Iran with the UN Security Council for coagulating a nuclear program.