The production of cars in Russia in seven months of the year decreased by 59.4% of the level of January-July last year, and trucks-by 71.2%, the Federal Statistics Service said. At the same time, in July, the production of cars increased in the country by 3.1% of the level of June, and trucks - by 24.1%.

In the south of the Czech Republic near the city of Strakonitsa, on Sunday, a light plane of Cessna crashed, on board of which there were four people. Three died, a ten -year -old girl with severe wounds was taken to the hospital. The aircraft made a tourist circuit of the terrain. It is assumed that the cause of the accident was a technical malfunction. Czech media note the growth of fatal cases for accidents of aircraft.

An outstanding sprinter from Jamaica, a three -time Olympic champion Usain Bolt on Sunday evening in Berlin broke his own record in a hundred meters running. He showed 9.58 seconds. Last year, at the Olympics in Beijing, the bolt won a gold medal at a hundred -meter distance, running it in 9.69 seconds. Thus, now he has improved his result for more than one tenth of a fraction of a second.

In Azerbaijan, the head of the Talysh Cultural Center and editor of the Talysh Voice newspaper, 68 year old Mammadov, died in a prison hospital on Monday. According to Radio Radio Liberty Farid Arifoglu, Mammadov suffered from heart failure, hypertension, prostate adenoma and a number of other diseases.

In the city of Khasavyurt in Dagestan, an explosion occurred on Monday night gas pipeline. This was reported to the Interfax agency in law enforcement agencies Cities. The firefighters who arrived at the place eliminated the fire. Part of the city It remains without gas. At the scene of the undermining, it was supposedly found fragments of an explosive device.

Alexander Genis: Everyone says: the book is dying. Maybe it is. But the writers did not decrease from this. On the contrary, the less demand, the greater the proposal. The author’s craft becomes almost the most popular among students. Moreover, this explosion of interest in the writer's profession is a worldwide phenomenon.

In Nazran, as a result of the explosion near the building of the city department of the internal affairs, according to various sources, from three to five people died. 30 people were injured. According to Interfax, a press secretary of the President of Ingushetia Kalai Achilgov, a suicide bomber in a mined car "Gazelle" rammed the gates of the building. Among the victims there are many police officers who at that moment were in the morning construction.

The program is maintained by Andrei Sharogradsky. The Radio Liberty correspondent Vitaly Tsygankov takes part. Andrei Sharogradsky : Relatives of people missing in Belarus require an international investigation of high -profile disappearances. Journalists of the NTV channel, who came to make a film about the disappeared opposition politicians, expelled the other day from Belarus.

The program is conducted by Mikhail Salenkov. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Moscow takes part in Nadezhda Pertsev. Mikhail Salenkov: The authorities prevent the collection of signatures in the Moscow City Duma, say in the Yabloko party.

In Nazran, at least 30 people were injured in the building of the city department of the internal affairs. According to Interfax, the explosion occurred on Monday morning. Presumably, the suicide bomber sent a mined car to the gates of the building. A strong fire arose. Several fire brigades, ambulance brigades, rescuers work at the scene. The exact number of victims is not known.

Mikhail Lermontov On August 15, 1830, Lermontov, having learned about the cholera epidemic in the Volga region, wrote the poem "The Plague in Saratov." It is assumed that in this youthful work he had in mind Ekaterina Sushkova. The plague appeared in our limit; At least with fear, the heart is constrained Of a million dead bodies One thing will be dear to me. They will not be given his land, And the cross will not downs; And the flame where he will be burned, He will cool my heart forever.

The opposition movement "Solidarity" will hold a rally in the center of Moscow on August 22, when the Day of the State Flag will be celebrated in Russia. The procession was planned, but the mayor's office did not allow it to conduct, saying that this would interfere with Muscovites and urban transport.

The program is conducted by Mark Krutov. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Voronezh Mikhail Zherebyatiev takes part. Mark Krutov: Voronezh was on the verge of a social explosion due to the transition to one hundred percent payment of utilities. The other day, Voronezh’s management companies and heat suppliers issued to residents the first accounts for new tariff services. Mikhail Zherebyatyev: In August, many Voronezh residents received receipts to pay for utilities with overwhelming numbers.

The emergency happened on Monday night at the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power station. On the Yenisei River, during the repair of one of the hydraulic units, water entered the machine room, there were victims, said the official representative of the RusHydro company operating the hydroelectric power station.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, in connection with a large terrorist attack in Nazran, removed Ruslan Meyeriev from the post of Minister of Internal Affairs of Ingushetia. Medvedev also stated that this attack could be prevented, and demanded an official investigation. According to the latest data, as a result of the explosion near the police building, 20 people died, about 140 were injured, of which 10 children were injured.