Alexander Genis: Today's `` American hour 'will complete the message of Vladimir Gandelsman. He will talk about the posthumous victory of the famous entomologist Nabokov, who is also known for his literary achievements ... Vladimir Gandelsman: Sasha, I was very pleased with the article in the “New York Times '' that the idea of Vladimir Nabokov about the evolution of a certain type of butterfly found confirmation.

On Sunday evening, August 7, in the north of London - in the Enfield area - about 200 young people began to smash shops. The result of the actions of the crowd: broken windows, damaged police car. It was possible to cope with the pogroms only after the arrival of additional police outfits. Meanwhile, the investigation of large unrest continues that occurred the day before and accompanied by arson and pogroms.

Mourning for those who died 3 years ago in Georgia, as in Russia, became an event of national significance The third anniversary of the military conflict with Russia in Georgia began to be celebrated on August 7. According to the Georgian version of the events of 2008, it was on this day that large -scale military operations began , when the Ossetian armed formations began a massive artillery shelling from Java and Tskhinvali Georgian villages of South Ossetia.

In Iran, a new natural gas deposit has been opened. This was reported today by the Agency of the Iranian Ministry of Oil. The deposit contains about five hundred billion cubic meters of gas and is located in the Persian Gulf of Persian 15 kilometers east of the port city of Assaluyu in the south of Iran.

The Russian government intends to allocate 100 million rubles to the capital in 2011 for the planting of trees - as compensation for the cutting down of the Khimkinsky forests in the construction of the Moscow -Petersburg highway. The draft relevant document was prepared by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology. It is assumed that the new forests with a total area of more than 300 hectares will appear in the Molzhaninovsky, left -bank regions of Moscow, as well as in Khovrino.

A defeated supermarket in infield in the north of London British Prime Minister David Cameron interrupted his vacation and returns to London in connection with the increase in the waves of street unrest in the city. According to the Radio Liberty correspondent, the riots began in Birmingham. On Tuesday, the head of government will hold an emergency meeting of the Emergency Situations Committee, as well as individual meetings with the Minister of Internal Affairs and the head of the police.

The 64th International Film Festival continues to work in Locarno. In his competitive program - 20 films, among which there are no work of Russian directors. Nevertheless, Russian cinema at the festival is presented: there are films in Russian, there are films with the participation of Russian actors.

Yulia Tymoshenko Mikhail Sokolov: Today, in the Kiev studio of Radio Freedom, Ukrainian political scientist Oleg Medvedev, by phone with us Russian political analyst Andrei Obara and also by telephone - head of the Center for Ukrainian Studies, the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences Viktor Mironenko. We are talking about how Yulia Tymoshenko will affect the situation in Ukraine and the Russian-Ukrainian relations.

Hugo Chavez Venezuela President Hugo Chavez arrived at Cuba on Sunday - to undergo the next session of chemotherapy - in connection with the treatment of the consequences of a cancer and removal of a tumor in June. 57-year-old Chavez expressed confidence that in a few days he would return to Venezuela in better condition than now. Earlier, Chavez said that he had to go through several stages of the fight against the disease.

In the Nadezhdinsky district of Primorye, investigators checked the circumstances of the death of the deputy of the regional legislative assembly of Eduard Alekseev, his wife and son, as well as an employee of the Investigative Committee of Russia.

Yulia Tymoshenko heads to the hall of the Pechersk Court, Kyiv, August 5, 2011 The Pechersky District Court of Kyiv was opened to free Yulia Tymoshenko for the guarantee of the Ukrainian clergy. With such an appeal, Metropolitan Filaret turned to the court. On August 5, the former Ukrainian prime minister changed the measure of restraint from a non -residence of the wizard , which caused the protests of its supporters and the concern of the international community.

Vladimir Kara-Murza: President Dmitry Medvedev introduced an agreement on the United Russian Military Base in South Ossetia for ratification. According to the Kremlin’s official website, the agreement determines the issues of the jurisdiction of the parties in relation to this base, establishes the procedure for applying military units of the base and their interaction with the South Ossetian armed forces.

From August 9, Russia removes all restrictions on the supply of fresh vegetables from European countries. As the head of Rospotrebnadzor Gennady Onishchenko told Interfax today, it was also decided to cancel the special procedure for importing products into Russia. Now, for the import of vegetables, it will not need to receive additional certificates for each of their batch.

In London, at the age of 98, Nancy Wake died, nicknamed “White Mouse” - one of the most famous fighters of French resistance during the Second World War. Wake, who grew up in Australia, worked before the war a journalist in France, where she married a local businessman. After the occupation of France, she made contacts with underground groups. Her husband was arrested by the Gestapo and died. Wake held many sabotage actions against the Nazi troops in France.

Police on the streets of the city of Idlib Syrian President Bashar Assad has appointed a new Minister of Defense today. General Ali Khabib at this post was replaced by Daud Rajha, who had previously headed the General Staff of the Syrian army. State Syrian television notes that Assad made this decision after a meeting with residents of cities in which the main protests are unfolding.