Over the past day, the area of natural fires in Russia decreased by 8 thousand hectares, ”said Irina Andrianova, head of the information department of the Russian Emergencies Ministry. According to her, at the moment, fires are covered with an area of about 56 thousand hectares. The situation in the Moscow region has noticeably improved, where, compared with the previous day, the number of fires has almost doubled - from 29 to 16. In the Ryazan region, the number of foci of fire also decreased.

Athletics. "Diamond League". 12th stage. London, Great Britain. 2nd day Men 400 m 1. Jeremy Wariner (USA) 2. Jermain Gonzalez (Jamaica) 3. Ricardo Chambers (Jamaica) Length 1. Dwight Phillips (USA) 2. Morten Jensen (Denmark) 3. Chris Tylinson (Great Britain) Height 1. Ivan Ukhov (Russia) 2. Jesse Williams (USA) 3. Donald Thomas (Bagama) Disk 1. Gerd Kanter (Estonia) 2. Zoltan Kovago (Hungary 3. Virgilius Alekna (Lithuania) The core 1. Riza Hoff (USA) 2. Tomash Maevsky (Poland) 3.

Three Ukrainian television channels held the so -called "warning etheric strike" in defense of freedom of speech on Saturday evening. From 19 to 20 hours local time, the broadcast of the 5th Channel, TVI and the Black Sea TRK was interrupted. According to Radio Liberty correspondent, television officers said that the authorities are systematically attempts to destroy freedom of speech, media freedom, and monopolize the information space.

In Ukraine, the number of hospitalized pupils and employees of the Nezhin children's boarding school increased to 15. According to the press service of the Ministry of Emergencies of Ukraine, there are seven children and eight adults in the hospital. Earlier, 14 victims were reported. From August 7 to 11, in a non -wisdom in a boarding school for children with damage to the central nervous system, four children and one adult died.

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko Assistant Presidential for International Affairs Sergei Prikhodko said that Russia is ready to publish fragments of the transcript of the meeting of the organization of the Collective Security Treaty (CSTO). Such readiness is caused by a statement by the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, which states that in Moscow his statements on the issue of recognizing the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia were distorted.

Athletics. "Diamond League". 12th stage. London, Great Britain. 1st day Men 100 m 1. Tyson Gay (USA) - 9.78 (the best result of the season in the world) 2. Johan Blake (Jamaica) 3. Richard Thompson (Trinidad and Tobago) 400 m/b 1. Bershone Jackson (USA) 2. Javier Kalson (Puerto Rico) 3. David Green (Great Britain) 3000 m/p 1. Paul Kipsele Hoach (Kenya) 2. Ezekil Kambo (Kenya) 3. Brimin Kipruto (Kenya) Pole 1. Lukash Mikhalski (Poland) 2. Derek Miles (USA) 3.

Film director Vera Storozheva - member of the Festival "Window to Europe" In Vyborg , the “Window to Europe” film festival is coming to the end. The Radio Liberty correspondent talks about the films of the competitive program, the principles of state financing of Russian cinema and the press conferences of Russian cinema stars. One film is called "Zone of Turbulence". This is the director's debut of a film out of the cinema, producer and selector of the Moscow Film Festival Evgenia Tirdatova.

In the Chechen parliament, a new name of the highest position in the republic was chosen. Of all the proposed options, the deputies preferred the head of the Chechen Republic, the final decision will be made at a meeting of the parliament in September, said its chairman Dukuvakha Abdurakhmanov. Earlier, Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov said that he did not want to be called the president, because, in his opinion, only one president should be in a single state.

Freedom in the club "Artefaq". Group "Key". Photo by Vladimir Demidov Freedom in the club "Artefaq" . 20 years without Tsoi . The Klyuchevaya group on Sunday, August 15, a concert . The guys will perform the songs of Viktor Tsoi. Elena Fanailova: the leader of the group, vocalist Maxim Anyshukov , Roman Smolentsev (guitar), percussion Dmitry Kirsanov , Alexander Lyulkov (drums) and director Yevgeny Sabelfeld , who provides a video at this concert.

In the Akmola region of Kazakhstan, when trying to escape in one of the colonies, the prisoner was shot. According to RIA-Novosti with reference to local justice bodies, three convicts in the city of Stepnogorsk were noticed in the colony control strip. After they were called out, the two returned, the third prisoner did not react. After several warning shots, fire was opened on it. The investigation works on the spot.

In Turkey, Kurdish separatists declared a truce until the end of the Holy Islamic month of Ramadan. The representative of the Kurdish Workers' Party Bosan Tekin said that the rebels, however, retain the right to self -defense. The Turkish authorities have on Kurdish militants responsibility for the explosion of the gas pipeline on August 11 in the southeast of the country, as well as for many explosions and armed attacks in the past.

In the Stavropol Territory on Saturday, an armed attack on police officers was committed. As Interfax was informed in the law enforcement agencies of the region, unknown people opened firing at the staff of the patrol service of the foothill district. One policeman died of wounds, the second - managed to escape. The attackers stole two machine guns from the scene and tried to hide, but they were soon discovered by other law enforcement officers. During the shootout, both criminals were killed.

The high professionalism of Vladimir Putin as a fighter with fire was repeatedly appreciated by Russian bloggers The flight of Vladimir Putin as a second pilot of the fire-fire-amphibian aircraft and Orthodox innovations in labor legislation from the entrepreneur Vasily Boyko-Great-these are the main topics discussed at the outgoing week in network diaries. Who is the fire - to whom PR.