The dead are buried in Tskhinvali Yesterday there was sorrow on Stalin Street in Tskhinvali. Since the very morning, people have been coming to house 32 to express sympathy for Aunt Eferi, who lost her only son. “My boy! My Alan! He had huge blue eyes! He never even held a machine gun in his hands. They killed him! For what? My beautiful boy! A mine hit him directly, I collected him piece by piece with these hands. Such a guy was a hero, but he fit into a small package!

Russian divers Dmitry Sautin and Yuri Kunakov won silver medals in synchronized diving from a three-meter springboard. For the debutant of the Summer Olympic Games, 18-year-old Kunakov, this award was the first in the Olympic collection. For 34-year-old Sautin - eighth. After the competition, Dmitry SAUTIN shared his impressions with Vremya Novostei special correspondent Olga ERMOLINA.

By distributing citizenship to residents of a neighboring state, Russia has created a dangerous precedent for itself. It is not for me to assess the events in Georgia and the role of Russian peacekeepers in the conflict in South Ossetia - I am not a politician or a political scientist.

The north-west and north of the European territory of Russia are covered with clouds of the Atlantic cyclone. The atmospheric fronts of this cyclone shape the weather in the western regions. In the center of Russia, on the western edge of the anticyclone, there will be no precipitation at night, but during the day, when a cold atmospheric front passes, starting from the west, there will be short rains in places and thunderstorms are possible; no rain only in the south-eastern part.

The future of South Ossetia and Abkhazia is up for discussion Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov yesterday made some clarifications regarding the six principles for a peaceful settlement of the situation in Georgia, which were voiced the day before by President Dmitry Medvedev and his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy .

Education will cease to be a national project The priority national project “Education” may undergo a transformation, turning into a “simple” state program. Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Zhukov, whose responsibilities include overseeing national projects, announced this possibility the other day.

Two sets of medals were awarded on Wednesday. Both “golds” received German registration: they were won by foil player Benjamin Kleibrink and epee fencer Britta Heidemann. Russian fencer Lyubov Shutova stopped fighting in the quarterfinals, Tatyana Logunova lost her first fight, and the Russians did not compete in the foil tournament. This ended the first part of the tournament, in which awards were awarded in the individual championship. And of course, we expected more from the fencers.

The company has its eye on an American pipe asset for $3.5 billion Novolipetsk Iron and Steel Works (NLMK), whose main shareholder is Vladimir Lisin, has until now been content with the status of a steel company. However, yesterday it became known that NLMK's position in the market has expanded somewhat.

The General Staff released new data on Russian losses in the peacekeeping operation Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Colonel General Anatoly Nogovitsyn, at what has already become a traditional “military” press conference in Moscow, for the first time disclosed data on Russian losses during the operation to “enforce peace” in Georgia.

Mikhail Kalatozishvili’s film “Wild Field”, awarded this year at Kinotavr for the best script and music, as well as the prize of the Guild of Film Scholars and Film Critics, is now participating in the “Vyborg Account” competition of the “Window to Europe” festival. In addition, this film was invited to the “Horizons” program of the Venice International Film Festival.

A suspect in organizing terrorist attacks in Russian cities has been announced Exactly a year after the Nevsky Express bombing, the investigation identified the main organizer and perpetrator of this terrorist attack. Yesterday a suspect was named - Pavel Kosolapov. This name was mentioned four years ago in connection with the investigation of the most terrible terrorist attacks of recent times - explosions in the Moscow metro, explosions in the Moscow region, Voronezh, Krasnodar and Samara.

Oksana Slivenko from Zhukovsky near Moscow, at the age of 21, managed to win the world championships twice, both times with world records. Yesterday at the Olympic weightlifting tournament, in the weight category up to 69 kg, she brought our team a second silver medal in this sport, following Marina Shainova, who had previously achieved success in the weight category up to 58 kg. After the ceremony, Oksana SLIVENKO spoke with Vremya Novostei correspondent Boris VALIEV.

11 Olympic gold medals are not the limit for American Michael Phelps The leader of the American national swimming team, 23-year-old Michael Phelps, yesterday won two gold medals at once (in the 200 m butterfly and in the 4x200 m freestyle relay) and became the absolute record holder for the number of highest Olympic awards in the history of world sports. From now on, Michael is the greatest of the greatest athletes.

RUSAL filed a lawsuit against LUKOIL due to short deliveries of petroleum coke RUSAL entered into a conflict with another large Russian company - this time with LUKOIL. As stated in the official statement of the aluminum giant, LUKOIL disrupted the supply of petroleum coke needed by RUSAL plants for the production of anode mass and aluminum anodes.

The Russian woman became second, losing 31 kg to the Chinese champion At the Beijing 2008 weightlifting tournament on Wednesday, five-time world champion and 2004 Olympic champion in the 69 kg weight category, Chinese Liu Chunhong, added another Summer Games gold medal to her collection. There would be nothing surprising about this if not for one circumstance.