Five years ago, a Russian-Georgian conflict occurred around South Ossetia. How do Moscow and Tbilisi evaluate the events of August 2008 today? Experts and politicians in Russia and the USA commenting on Barack Obama’s refusal to meet with Vladimir Putin in Moscow. How will this affect Russian-American relations? The Moscow authorities carry out a large -scale reconstruction of the Alexander Garden. How and on what basis does the appearance of the park near the walls of the Kremlin change?

Tent in a camp in Golyanovo In Moscow, a campaign of protest was held at the camp for illegal migrants in the Golyanovo area, according to Brani.ru. About ten people launched a banner of "illegal people" and chanted: "Today are migrants - tomorrow you!", "No boundaries, no deportations!" None of the participants in the action was detained.

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The Ambassador of China was called to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan today-in connection with the emergence of Chinese ships at the disputed islands in the East China Sea. The ambassador was a protest of the relatively illegal stay of Chinese vessels in Japanese territorial waters. The ships entered the water area of the controversial islands of Senkaku, which in China call Dyaoyidao, on Wednesday and continue to be there, said in the Japanese foreign policy.

Bunned Georgian tank on Tskhinvili Street On August 8, five years have been performed since the beginning of the armed conflict in South Ossetia between Georgia and Russia, which went down in history as a five -day war. On the night of August 8, Georgian artillery fired at Tskhinvali, after which the Georgian troops tried to seize South Ossetia.

Vladimir Kara-Murza: August 8 is the day when the war in South Ossetia began five years ago. Few could assume that a military conflict would begin between Russia and Georgia. The words of Dmitry Medvedev that the genocide of the Ossetian people began was not confirmed, but, nevertheless, this day was the day of memory on both sides of the conflict. Their dead are remembered both in Tskhinvali and Tbilisi.

The lack of progress in relations between Russia and the USA did not allow Barack Obama to come to Moscow President Obama came to the conclusion that in the current situation it makes no sense to conduct an American-Russian summit, which was supposed to take place in Moscow on the eve of the St. Petersburg Summit of the Big Twenty, announced on Wednesday the White House. American observers and commentators are wondering that this decision means for the future American-Russian relations.

Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations are resumed in Jerusalem on August 14. As a representative of the US State Department Jen Psaki said on Thursday, immediately after the negotiations a meeting in the city of Jericho will take place on the western coast of Jordan.

In the east of Afghanistan, 14 members of the same family were killed in the explosion - 7 women and seven children. Three of their relatives are injured. The explosion occurred in the cemetery in the Gani-Hel area of the province of Nangarhar. So far, no one has taken responsibility for the attack. In Afghanistan, Muslims celebrate the end of the Holy month of Ramadan - Eid al -Fitr, during which many visit the graves of relatives.

All six candidates for mayor of Moscow will participate in the election debate at the same time. This was announced by RIA Novosti by the program director of the Joint Edition of the Moscow Media "Moscow Media" Yuri Zhiganov. According to him, the debate will be held on August 12, 14 and 16 at 21.00 on the Moscow 24 television channel; 26, 28 and 30 at 8 in the morning - on the TV channel "Trust".

“Smart, almost frivolously Katya Petrovskaya talks about the execution of her great -grandmother in Kyiv in 1941,” the article in “Zyuddeche Tzaitung” about the laureate of the Prize Ingeborg Bakhman, the largest award in the field of German literature, begins with such words. Katya Petrovskaya is the second winner of the award that has learned the German language already in adulthood. Last year, Olga Martynova received it. This prize is awarded in Austria.

Five years after the start of the war against Georgia. How do the rest of the South Caucasus build relations with Russia? The idea of the Taliban representation in Istanbul and the history of Turkish citizens hostage in Afghanistan. USA: 83 thousand missing military personnel.

About a hack that does not go beyond the profession Lydia Ginzburg distinguished three categories of humanitarian activities: creativity, work and hack. These three types of activities bring (or do not bring) two types of benefits - activation and money (activation means involvement in a certain professional community and its inner life).

The "anti -Giyan" law and ban of the Olympiad British actor and writer Stephen Fry called the Russian law on the prohibition of propaganda of homosexuality "barbaric and fascist." He believes that the country where such a law is adopted cannot be the mistress of the Olympics. It requires not even a boycott, it requires the ban on the Olympic Games in Sochi. And he is not alone. More and more representatives of the Western public are attached to this kind of requirements.