The State Department of the United States allowed to leave Moscow to members of the families of diplomats and warned American citizens about the possible risk of trips to Russia. This step of the American Foreign Ministry is associated with the ongoing forest fires in the Moscow region.

The state prosecution in the second process in the case of former co -owners of Yukos Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev strokes in the Khamovnichesky court on the next extension of their detention - for 3 months. The term of the arrest of Khodorkovsky and Lebedev expires on August 17. The lawyers of Khodorkovsky and Lebedev call the extension of the terms of the arrest "reprisal". In their opinion, there are no legal grounds for this.

The Moscow government warned the organizers of the so -called "Writing Day" that he would not allow an unauthorized action on August 12 at the monument to Yuri Dolgoruky. A number of opposition organizations intend to hold a rally of protest against the policy of the capital's authorities and violations of the rights of residents of Moscow and the Moscow region. The authorities did not allow the rally, offering to hold it elsewhere.

The cross of the cross of Alexander Rovnov, the head of the Rizadeevsky section of the Vyksa Forestry, turned black from smoke In the Proksunsky district of the Nizhny Novgorod region, 750 hectares of forest are on fire, the remaining foci of the fire are taken under control; This was reported on August 11 by the Ministry of Emergencies in the Nizhny Novgorod Region. Smoking peat bogs, localized fires, guard hundreds of volunteers - local residents.

The Museum of Natural History attracts children with dinosaurs. Radio Liberty continues the cycle of stories about London museums open at the wrong clock . Another story is about the famous Museum of Natural History, where night events for children have been organized for several years. The Museum of Natural History is one of the oldest in London. The once part of the British museum, he separated and began an independent life at the end of the 19th century.

The final summing up of the day of the past, the prospects of the day of the coming, discussing hot topics with guests of the morning broadcast.

Natural fires in the forests infected after the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant did not affect the radiation situation in the Bryansk region and in the surrounding regions, the Russian Emergencies Ministry says. According to the agency, the products of combustion from fires in the Bryansk region are not infected with radiation, Interfax reports.

We are all worried about the prime minister. And if he "hit", but not with firewater in a burning forest from an amphibian airplane, but in a different sense, that is, he got it? We are also worried about the president: and if he had not found such a convincing answer to the television masculinity of the prime minister, such as the variety of the corrupt and thieving suppliers of medical equipment? Everything clarifies: both the sky above the head and political horizons.

Will the plane with Putin replace the reforms necessary for the country? The French political scientist from the Parisian Center for the Study of Russia, the Caucasus and Central Europe, the author of works on the history of environmental protection in the USSR and Russia Marie-Elen Mandriyon carefully monitors the situation in connection with forest fires in Russia. - European media write and say that the Russian authorities were confused in a fire at and poorly control the situation.

Vladimir Putin for the helm of the Aircraft Army Be-200 In Russian blogs, the main neologism of Tuesday was the Air Army. Bloggers consider the press service of Prime Minister Putin, who provided the following text in the New Air Force: the following text : Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Tuesday took part in extinguishing forest fires in the Ryazan Region from the side of the fire-fire aircraft of Be-200.

Irina Lagunina: “Art of playing a map” is a continuation of a series of reports under the general name “Why Russia Caucasus? Why Caucasus Russia”? In search of answers to these questions, Radio Liberty correspondents Vadim Dubnov and Yuri Timofeev drove the entire North Caucasus, from the Azerbaijani border to Essentukov. Special project of Radio Liberty - seven reports that are published on the RS website and sound in the program "Time and Peace".

The official of the President of Russia Vladimir Leshchevsky is accused of bribery. As reported in the Sweet Committee under the prosecutor's office of Russia, the case against the deputy head of the Main Office of Capital Construction was opened after the verification at the request of the entrepreneur Valery Morozov. He claims that the official received bribes for issuing contracts for the construction of Olympic facilities in Sochi.

Ulan-Ude in a haze due to forest fires The environmental temperature in the metropolis is too high and the permanent was able to force the metropolitan residents to independently look for ways to facilitate life . Those who are not fleeing the resort are ready to perceive the most unexpected ideas - from cleaning air with a vacuum cleaner to oxygen hookah.

In the vicinity of the Iraqi city of Baakub today, 8 Iraqi military died as a result of the explosion. Four more soldiers were injured. Representatives of the command reported that the military pursued a group of militants and broke into one of the houses. There was an explosion. The circumstances of the incident are specified.