The walking boat, which sank in the Moscow River, is raised to the surface, the ship is badly damaged. As a result of the crash, 9 people were killed - 8 passengers and captain. The seven passengers managed to escape, among them - a Turkish citizen. On Sunday night, the boat crashed into a barge and sank in the area of Luzhnetskaya embankment. A criminal case has been opened under an article on violation of the rules of operation of water transport.

Tennis WTA tournament. Washington. Final Najed Petrova (Russia) - Shahar Peer (Israel) - 7: 5, 6: 2 ATP tournament. GSTAAD. Final. Marcel Granolirs (Spain) - Fernando Verdasco (Spain) - 6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 3

The eldest of the three brothers Jazzmen, Hank Jones, was born on July 31, 1918. A new release of Jazz Time is dedicated to him. Hank Jones, although it developed under the influence of Art Thatum, was a jazzman à part and retained until the end of days his own crystally clean, clearly accentrated style. In addition to him, in the "Time of Jazz" - Frank Sinatra, John Coltrain and Robert Gambarini. And, of course, Jazz News.

The number of victims of the accident at the Sukhodolskaya-Eastern mine in the Lugansk region of Ukraine increased to 26. Rescuers discovered the bodies of two more miners, considered missing. Search and rescue work at the mine, where methane exploded on Friday night, is completed. At the other Ukrainian mine - named after Bazhanov in the Donetsk region, where on Friday, the flower lift was destroyed, the bodies of two dead miners were discovered, the number of victims reached 10.

Passengers of six flights of the Continent airline, canceled on Sunday at the airports of the Krasnodar Territory, flew to the destination in the evening. This was reported in the press service of the airports of the region of Bazel Aero. In Krasnodar, 19 more passengers of the "continent" remain, which have been waiting for departure to Norilsk from Saturday. They will be sent there today. "Continent" announced bankruptcy on Friday-due to debt to the airports.

Police cordon on the Triumphal Square in Moscow, May 31, 2011 In Moscow, the police are trying to prevent opposition to the triumphal square - to the place of the next action in defense of the right to freedom of assembly. Police through megaphones ask people not to accumulate on the sidewalks and not interfere with the passage.

In the airports of Anapa, Gelendzhik and Sochi - over 750 passengers - customers of the bankrupt Airline Continent remain at the airports of Anapa. Today, 8 flights of this company were canceled, and in total from July 29 - 69 flights with a total number of passengers of more than three thousand. People are provided with places in aircraft of other airlines. "Continent" announced bankruptcy on Friday - due to debt to the airports.

Tennis WTA tournament. Washington. 1/2 finals Nadezhda Petrova (Russia) - Irina Falcony (USA) - 1: 6, 6: 1, 6: 3 ATP tournament. GSTAAD. 1/2 finals. Marcel Granolirs (Spain) - Mikhail Yuzhny (Russia) - 6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 2

In the south of Afghanistan, when attacking a suicide bomber in the city of Lashkar-Gi, ten policemen and a child were killed. The attacker undermined himself at the gates of the city police department. The Taliban took responsibility for the attack. The representative of the Gilmain province, the representative of the province of Gilmene, said that nine police officers and three civilians were also injured in the explosion.

In Syria, dozens of opposition supporters were killed today throughout the country in clashes with the military and security forces. The Associated Press agency, citing local activists and eyewitnesses, reports more than 60 dead, noting that the military made the most cruel reprisal in the city of Hama - the center of opposition performances demanding the resignation of the country's president Bashar Assad.

Alexey Sokolov in the corridor of the Leninsky District Court. August 2, 2009 Human rights activist Alexei Sokolov, the head of the Sverdlovsk regional public organization "Legal Basis", was released. He fought against torture in places of imprisonment; In particular, he was engaged in a public investigation of murders and tortures of prisoners in Kopeysk on May 31, 2008 On July 27, when the court in Velsk decided the fate of Plato Lebedev, human rights activist Alexei Sokolov was released.

Rescue operation at the place of collision of a walking boat with a barge on the Moscow River 9 people died as a result of a collision of a private walking boat with barges moored to the pier on the Moscow River. On July 31, at 00:58, a private walking boat with a heavy barge “OKA-5” moored to the pier in the area of the Sparrow Mountains occurred in the Moscow River. As a result of the collision, the boat crashed and went to the bottom in seconds. On board the boats were 16 people.

In Georgia, the railway message was partially restored, interrupted after the cargo train. The compositions now follow one of two ways. On Saturday, on the Central Railway, 30 kilometers from Tbilisi left the rails and 12 wagons turned upside down. No one was injured. For several hours, passenger trains were detained, following from Tbilisi in the direction of Batumi and Poti.