Professor Dokins teaches not to be afraid not to believe In Moscow, a meeting of the commission on Orthodox culture and spiritual and moral education was first held. And in England, the Camp Quest children's camp opened, where children are explained: not to believe in God is normal. In the camp, children play sports, philosophy, theory of evolution, astronomy and ... talk about the right to be or not to be a believer.

The deputies of the Altai Regional Legislative Assembly were endowed with the Governor's powers of the current head of the region Alexander Karllin. "For" 58 deputies voted, "against" - seven. The candidacy of the member of the party "United Russia" Karlina was submitted to the regional parliament, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. According to a survey of the Public Opinion Foundation, only a third of local residents supports the current head of the region.

The Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Kirill, who is on a pastoral visit to Ukraine, is found today in the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra with the bishops and priests of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, as well as with students of theological schools. Then Cyril will visit the Pokrovsky Convent. In the afternoon, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church will go to Donetsk, where he will make a solemn prayer in the Transfiguration Cathedral.

The Ministry of Justice has announced a competition for the development of mechanisms for countering corruption in the state and civil service.

Tajikistan and Pakistan intend to coordinate efforts to combat extremism and terrorism. This was announced today in Dushanbe at the end of negotiations between the presidents of the two countries - Emomali Rahmon and Asif Ali Zardari. The meeting was held on the eve of the regional summit, which will be held in the Tajik capital. The leaders of Russia and Afghanistan will also take part in it.

In one of the polling stations, Chisinau Moldova today is early parliamentary elections. 8 political parties participate. According to the results of the surveys, the chances of going to the parliament have 4-5 of them. The elections were scheduled after the opposition parties blocked the election of the president in parliament. On Tuesday, the Moldovan authorities ordered a group of Russian and Belarusian observers to leave the country, saying that they have no proper accreditation.

The attempt on the well -known criminal authority of Vyacheslav Ivankov, known under the nickname "Japanchik", occurred as a result of the conflict of two criminal groups. This is the main version of the investigation, representatives of the prosecutor's office of Russia said. The attack occurred on Tuesday in Moscow on Khoroshevskoye Shosse. Ivankov, who received through firearms in the stomach, is operated on. He is in serious condition.

The Council, headed by Ella Pamfilova, became interested in the situation in Kazan The Council under the President of Russia to promote the development of civil society institutions and human rights at the next meeting, held on July 28, expressed in support of Kazan human rights defenders. Last week, searches were held in the Kazan human rights center and the Interregional human rights association .

According to experts, the FSB of Russia is dealing with many issues of the CIS countries Complications related to the expulsion of diplomatic missions from the country of stay of the residence of Russia have become ordinary practice for Russia's relations with the countries of the Near Abroad , the former Soviet republics. As a rule, such incidents are directly or indirectly related to certain types of activities of special services.

Three Russian airlines, which were part of the ruined Alliance of Airunion, are declared bankrupt. We are talking about air carriers "Samara", "Krasaire" and "Domodedovo Airlines". Competitive production has been announced in relation to airlines. The issue of repayment of multimillion -dollar debts is being resolved. Since the fall of last year, due to debts for aircraft and ground services, the Airunion Alliance, uniting five airlines, actually ceased to exist.

The program is maintained by Andrei Sharogradsky. The Radio Liberty correspondent Vladimir Ivakhnenko takes part. Andrei Sharogradsky : In Ukraine, law enforcement officers found a fragment of the skull, which could belong to the murdered in the fall of 2000, Georgy Gongadze. The place where the journalist’s head was buried was indicated by Alexei Pukach, the former head of the external surveillance department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine last week.

Moldova, elections: April will not happen again? Citizens of Moldova today vote in the country's parliament - for the second time this year. In the first elections held in April, the Communist Party, led by President Vladimir Voronin, won, but 60 deputy mandates received by it were not enough to elect the Greek to the president of his representative. The opposition blocked her candidacy, and two rounds of voting were unsuccessful.

(Camila is married)

A special unit on supervision of the implementation of the laws on road safety was created in the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office. According to the Prosecutor General’s Office, the decision was made in connection with the frequent cases of an accident with the mass death of people. According to official figures, annually in Russia in traffic accidents, about 300 thousand people die and were injured.

(Anatoly Sidorenko)