Can an increase in food prices in the country? Discuss: Professor of the St. Petersburg branch of the State University of the Higher School of Economics Andrei Kosostrovtsev and the supervisor of the Center for Research on the Modernization of the European University in St. Petersburg Dmitry Travin.

Vadim Yakovenko was appointed the new head of the Moscow Department of the Investigative Committee at the Russian Prosecutor's Office. He previously worked in the administration of the President of the country. It is reported that the former head of the committee Anatoly Bagmet became the deputy head of the Main Directorate of the Forensician of the Department. Last year, Bagmet was dismissed from the prosecutor's office due to a violation of the oath of the investigator.

WTA tournament. New Hayven. The third circle Dinara Safina (Russia) - Daniela Gantukhova (Slovakia) - 7: 6, 7: 6

Demolition of houses in the village "Rechnik" using the police. On August 26, the Moscow courts will take into account two cases related to the village of Rechnik, which in January of this year, the Moscow authorities tried to demolish. Recall, in their opinion, the inhabitants of the village on the banks of the Moscow River built their homes illegally. Six months ago, an operation to demolish houses began. Of the almost 300 houses, 22 buildings were destroyed in accordance with court decisions.

In Singapore, the competitions of the first summer youth Olympic Games were completed, on which 201 set awards were played. In the team event, the Chinese team won, in the asset of which 30 gold, 18 silver and 6 bronze medals. The Russian team took second place: 20 gold, 17 silver and 12 bronze awards. Third place-the team of Ukraine (10-9-16), In the general number of medals, the first three also included the teams of China (54), Russia (49) and Ukraine (35).

In the south of the Philippines, during the attack of a group of armed people on a passenger bus, four people were killed today, including two police officers. This happened in the city of Kapatagan. The attackers were dressed in the form of law enforcement officers. They ordered the passengers to go outside, after which they shot the police, the driver and his assistant. Before hiding, the attackers set fire to the bus. The motives of the crime have not yet been established.

Warsaw, rally "Solidarity", 1989. At the end of August, Poland celebrates the 30th anniversary of the creation of the Solidarity trade union. Preparation for the anniversary takes place in an atmosphere of sharp disputes between former and current leaders of the legendary trade union. In Poland, an 8-minute computer cartoon "History of Poland" is extremely popular, the author of which is the most titled modern Polish animator Tomash Baginsky.

ATR. New Hayven. The third circle Teimuraz Gabashvili (Russia) - Andrey Golubev (Kazakhstan) - 6: 3, 3: 6, 7: 6 WTA tournament. New Hayven. The second circle Maria Kirilenko (Russia) - Tima Bochinski (Switzerland) - 6: 3, 6: 1 Nadezhda Petrova (Russia) - Bethany Mattek -Sands (USA) - 6: 3, 6: 2 Elena Dementyeva (Russia) - Katerina Bondarenko (Ukraine) - 7: 6, 6: 7, 6: 4

The UN Department of Refugees expressed concern about the eviction of several hundred displaced persons from Abkhazia and South Ossetia, who lived in the buildings provided by him in Tbilisi. Refugees recently held a number of protests against eviction in the capital of Georgia. The Georgian authorities say that compensation is granted - 10 thousand dollars per family - or a new place of residence.

The damage from natural fires in Russia exceeds $ 300 billion, ecologists say. According to the General Director of the Center for Wildlife Protection Alexei Zimenko, this figure refers only to forests, and real damage to the country's economy is many times higher. The reason for such large -scale losses, according to ecologists, in the absence of a system of public administration of forests.

Dmitry Oreshkin In Moscow, promotions are held in defense of the leader of the Lev Ponomarev movement movement "For Human Rights". On the eve of the human rights activist was sentenced to arrest for three days for disobedience to police officers during the procession on August 22 - then a group of opposition representatives tried to carry the Russian flag in the new Arbat .

Sergei Lavrov is ready to protect both a woman with a frivolous reputation and an arms tycoon. "The Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs expressed bewilderment in connection with the decision of the Thai court," the agencies said. The fact that Sergei Lavrov decided to stand up for the Russian citizen Viktor Buta. This is commendable. The homeland must remember its citizens and protect them. Only now the choice of the Russian minister is somewhat specific.

Russian businessman Evgeny Chichvarkin Initiative groups in the United States and some European countries plan to hold promotions with Russian embassies on the 31rd of each month, in which 31 days, demanding the Russian authorities to observe the right to freedom of assembly guaranteed by the Constitution of Russia. In London, on August 31, a picket will be held at the Embassy of the Russian Federation in solidarity with the movement "Strategy-31" .

In Dagestan on Wednesday evening, a policeman was wounded. According to Interfax, citing law enforcement agencies, in the area of the village of Batayurt, unknown people fired a car from the machine gun in which the inspector of the Internal Affairs Directorate in the Tarumovsky district rode. The victim is hospitalized. The search for attackers is being conducted.