The editor -in -chief of Russia in Global Policy Fedor Lukyanov believes that Tbilisi is in a hurry to solve the “Tskhinvalsky region problem” before the powers of the current president of the United States: - The conflict was brewing, although, frankly, I am somewhat surprised at how Georgia behaved sharply.

Beijing. Fragment of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. August 8, 2008 Andrei Sharry : And now I will present you the last section of the “Freedom Time” program - “Today's Fact”. The summer Olympic Games in Beijing opened on the day when the war began in South Ossetia. The microphone has my colleague, writer Peter Vile. Peter Vile : This is still a local conflict, and the Olympiad is an event of a global scale. It is impossible to fight this. Whatever humanistic slogans we put forward.

The deputy of the Georgian Parliament from the National Movement Presidential Party, Peter Mamradze, does not see anything special in the fact that during Thursday Tbilisi made two directly opposite decisions regarding South Ossetia.

The program is conducted by Kirill Kobrin. Anna Egorova, a radio correspondent, takes part. Ivantrefilov : The Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia will consider the case of the "daughter" of the company "Mechel" next week. Recently, the FAS has activated its activities in all directions, presenting claims to the largest oil companies, banks, insurers, and starting the audit on the drug and travel industry market. Says Anna Egorova.

The program is conducted by Sergey Tarasov. The Radio Liberty correspondent in London Natalya Golitsyna takes part. Sergey Tarasov: Today the attention of the whole world is riveted to China, where the Olympic Games are opening.

The program is conducted by Kirill Kobrin. The chairman of the State Duma Committee on Security Vladimir Vasiliev takes part . Kirill Kobrin : Two sides of the conflict - South Ossetia and Georgia. South Ossetia is supported by Russia. This is how the chairman of the State Duma Committee on Security Vladimir Vasiliev reacted to the events of last night and today. Vladimir Vasiliev : In Russia, they say that if two are fighting, the third is better not to fit. So here too.

Channel One announced the “input of Russian armored vehicles” into the territory of South Ossetia and handed over the personnel of the corresponding shooting. These messages are indirectly confirmed by Russian news agencies. Earlier on Friday, Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili stated that the aircraft of the Russian Air Force "underwent the Georgian cities and villages." The Russian Ministry of Defense later confirmed information about the direction of tanks to Tskhinvali.

The participation of the Serbian tennis player Ana Ivanovich in the Olympics is in question. Due to the injury of the thumb, she can skip games in Beijing, the official website of the tennis player reports.

In Sochi, eight people remain in the hospitals, including two children who suffered from an explosion in the village of LOO. One woman is in intensive care, the rest of the rest is satisfactory. According to doctors, the victims of the main fragmentation injuries, bruises and injuries. On Thursday, in Sochi, two people were killed with an explosion on the beach. The criminal case is agitated.

In the correctional colony of Yakutsk, 16 convicts opened their veins - in protest against violation of their rights. This was reported to Interfax by the curator of the local committee of the trade union of convicts Natalya Zarubina. According to her, the colony authorities tried to force prisoners to work at an industrial facility.

The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine gave permission to the Russian Trade System, together with the 21 participant in the domestic stock market, create a new trading platform in Kyiv, which will receive the name “Ukrainian Exchange”. According to the Committee, the implementation of this project will integrate the exchange systems of Ukraine and Russia, as well as create conditions for mutual access to the markets of Russian and Ukrainian investors.

The program is conducted by Sergey Tarasov. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Moscow Tatyana Lyalenkova takes part. Sergey Tarasov: On August 9, the International Day of the indigenous peoples of the world is celebrated by the UN General Assembly back in 1994. The material on this subject was made by Tamara Lyalenkova.