Stadion for beach volleyball in the sports complex "Faliro" is gradually overgrown with grass The stadiums of the 2004 Olympic Games came into desolation. What fate awaits the Olympic objects of Sochi? In connection with the ten-year anniversary of the Summer Olympic Games in Greece (August 13-29, 2004), journalists and the public drew attention to the unenviable state in which the sports facilities of Athens are located.

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Tahir Ul-Kadri Pakistan Prime Minister Navaz Sharif canceled the scheduled performance in parliament for today after the deputies unanimously approved the resolution according to which the attempts of the demonstrators to make him resign or achieve the dissolution of the parliament are unconstitutional. This was reported by the Pakistani division of our radio station. Meanwhile, a multi -thousandth demonstration continues in front of the parliament building with a requirement to resign the ball.

Vladimir Kara -Murza: Today, for the first time in almost a quarter of a century, lovers of McDonald's, in particular the first of them - on Pushkinskaya Square, were deprived of their traditions to go to this American invention. Today - McDonald's, who is tomorrow? This is the topic of our conversation today.

The American clinic on Wednesday evening, journalist and blogger Anton Buslov, died, the New Times reported with whom he collaborated. Anton Buslov was 30 years old. In recent years, he has been seriously ill, but did not stop writing. According to the editor -in -chief of the publication Evgenia Albats, Anton Buslov was a man of amazing internal power. Since November 2012, he published his diary. In the last issue "New Times" his brother wrote for him.

L.N. Tolstoy with her daughter Tatyana A literary novelty appeared in the USA, which caused a keen interest. This book is called " Variations for" Crecery Sonata . "The publishing house of Yale University has published a book, and Michael Katz compiled and transferred from Russian to English to English. It is clear that the very name "Kreitserov Sonata" refers to Leo Tolstoy, to his sensational, one might say, scandalized story of 1891.

Katherine Ashton The European Union criticized the sentences to six defendants in the "swamp business" issued by Moscow courts in July and August this year. Five of them were sentenced to various terms of imprisonment: from two years and six months to four and a half years. Only one accused, Elena Kokhtareva, received 3 years and 3 months conditionally.

Trucks with humanitarian aid from Russia after crossing the border with Ukraine will move to the destination without stopping. The day before, the employees of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) were instructed by security drivers. Only one driver should be in the cabin of each car, stops are prohibited along the route, the representative of the Russian Emergencies Ministry said. Cars with flags of the Red Cross will have to accompany the Russian column along the entire route.

Freedom quotes on August 21, 2014 Liveblog about discussions on the network Fresh from above 19:05 21.8.2014 On August 21, 1968, Boris Dubin: "Russia replaces problems." Parachutists in court. Punishers of the junta from OJSC MOESK Rustem Adagamov made a lecture today: at two in the morning on August 21, 1968, the Soviet passenger aircraft An-24 requested an emergency landing at the Prague Airport of Ruzin.

Against the background of stress in relations with the West in Russia, McDonald's restaurants are checked, the work of three of them has already been suspended. And almost 25 years ago, it was this network that became a symbol of the end of the Cold War, and Muscovites and guests of the capital stood in line for hamburgers

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The police in the American state of Vaiming and employees of the Grand Titon National Park conduct joint search for the missing 23-year-old Russian Alexander Sagiev. This was reported on Thursday by the Associated Press news agency. It is reported that the last time Sagiev was seen by the speaker on a mobile phone near the local pizzeria on Sunday August 17. On Monday, he did not appear at his summer work in the gastronom.

Rockets launched by Palestinian militants in Israeli territory, August 20, 2014 In the gas sector in air strikes inflicted by Israeli aviation this morning, eight Palestinians were killed. This is reported by Western information agencies with reference to the representative of the Palestinian Emergency Situations Ashraf al-Kudra. According to Hamas, among the dead are three influential field commander of this group. They were killed at a rocket fire to the house in the city of Rafach.

August 20, 2014 - on the spire of a high -rise building in Moscow The Tagansky court of Moscow placed under house arrest all four accused in the case of placing a Ukrainian flag on a high -rise building on the Kotelnikiye embankment and repainting a spire. According to Interfax, the court did not satisfy the application of the investigation, asking to detain Alexander Torbov, Alexei Shirokhovov, Anna Lepeshkin and Evgeny Korotkov.

Russian humanitarian convoy Ukrainian border guards and customs officers today began the procedure for registering the Russian humanitarian cargo at the Donetsk checkpoint of the Rostov Region. This was reported by "Interfax-Ukraine" with reference to the press service of the State Border Service. This information was also confirmed in the information and analytical center of the National Security and Defense Council, says Ukrainian Pravda.