Five years ago, on August 26, 2008, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev after the Russian-Georgian armed conflict, the so-called "Fifth-day War", which lasted from August 7 to 12, 2008, and after the relevant appeals, first from the Abkhazian and Yugooseta parliaments, and then from the Council of the Federation and the State Duma, signed decisions on the recognition of the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. On August 29, 2008, Georgia broke diplomatic relations with Russia.

Three Palestinians died and dozens were wounded by Israeli police in a refugee camp north of Jerusalem. The Israeli side said that on Monday in the Calandia camp, a crowd of Palestinians tried to prevent the police from arresting the alleged action movie. About one and a half thousand people began to throw stones and bottles of incendiary mixture in security forces, three police officers were injured. The incident is investigated by the Israeli authorities.

Leo Ponomarev at the office of the movement "For Human Rights". June 2013 The Moscow authorities are ready to provide the human rights movement "For Human Rights" of the New Office, Izvestia write today. As the leader of the movement Lev Ponomarev said, the city hall transferred the premises in a regular residential building on Kalanchevskaya Street for the gratuitous use for 49 years.

In Moscow, the People's Artist of Russia died, one of the oldest actresses of the Contemporary Theater Lilia Tolmacheva. According to the press service of the theater, Lilia Tolmacheva died after a serious illness on Monday night. She was 81 years old. In 1956, together with Oleg Efremov, Oleg Tabakov, Igor Kvashi and others, Tolmacheva participated in the creation of the Contemporary Theater, where she served until her death. She also engaged in directing, staged several performances.

Landing in Normandy. 1944 Alexander Genis: On the eve of September 1, the gloomy date of modern history, forever related to the outbreak of World War II, two important books were published in America, telling about political problems that President Franklin Roosevelt was forced to solve in the last pre -war years. The presenter of the book view of the American hour Marina Efimova tells about these historical works.

Mikhail Kosenko in court On August 26, the Moscow City Court confirmed the legality of the preventive measure to the Coordinator of the “Left Front” Sergei Udaltsov, who has been under house arrest in connection with the charges of organizing riots on May 6 in Moscow and in preparation for riots in other cities of Russia. In early August, the Moscow Basmanny Court extended him the deadline for house arrest until October 6.

Russian-American writer Alexei Bayer Alexander Genis: Today in our studio is a guest, Russian -American writer Alexei Bayer. In this case, this definition of “Russian-American” must be understood literally. Alexei writes in English, printed in America and translates into Russian. The reason for our meeting was the exit in the United States of his new book “Murder in the Dacha”. Imagine Alexey, please, your new book.

The Federal Court in New York ruled that the external inspection of citizens is a police practice known as Stop and Frisk (“stop and search”), in the form in which it has been implemented for many years by the city police, it is contrary to the United States Constitution. This was the court’s response to the group lawsuit of nineteen persons presented on their behalf to the police department and the city hall by two human rights organizations.

Amur region. The village of Ust-Ivanovka remains flooded Flooding in the east of Russia is gradually decline, but the victims cannot yet return to their homes According to the Ministry of Emergencies, on Monday morning in the Khabarovsk Territory, more than 1000 houses in 34 settlements are flooded with water from a spilled Amur. More than 2 thousand people are evacuated from the flood zone. In the Amur Region, 30 thousand people have already been evacuated.

Syrian President Bashar Assad Syrian President Bashar Assad called the Western accusations politically motivated against the use of chemical weapons with the Assad during the Civil War with the rebels. In an interview published today by the Izvestia newspaper, Assad said that what was happening in Syria is “not a popular revolution, not a demand for reform. This is terrorism” (the end of the quote).

Photo: Serge Golovach I have a prescription of apples with a grandmother's hand. But no matter how I or others in my family try, they will not turn out the same as that of my grandmother. It seems to me to cook them with something akin to spiritualism-as if the ritual of preparing the dough will disturb my grandmother, and she came in a dream last week.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev suggested the head of the Ukrainian government Nikolai Azarov to discuss the consequences of the signing of an agreement on associated membership in the European Union and exchange opinions on the consequences related to membership in the Customs Union and the Eurasian Economic Union.

Pumping water on the streets of Khabarovsk In Khabarovsk, the waters of the Amur approached the TPP-2 river standing on the banks of the River. As the head of the RAO Energy Systems of the East, Sergei Tolstoguzov, said today, while the station staff copes with water pumping. All equipment, he said, is dismantled and raised to a height of 9-10 meters. Due to the threat of flooding of the railway tracks on all thermal power plants, fuel oil and coal reserves were created, Tolstoguz emphasized.