McCain's partner doesn't want mercy from Russia The coming weeks will be tense for US presidential candidates. Democratic Senator from Illinois, 47-year-old Barack Obama, and Republican Party representative, 72-year-old Senator from Arizona, John McCain, are beginning active work with voters in various states. And on September 26, the candidates will face off for the first time in live televised debates. Other televised duels are scheduled for October 7 and 15.

Dinara Safina reached the semifinals of the US Open Russian Dinara Safina reached the semifinals of the US Open tennis championship. In the quarterfinals, Marat's younger sister Safina beat Italian Flavio Pennetta - 6:2, 6:3. The only thing that caused concern before the upcoming meeting was Safina’s physical condition. This season, the Russian woman played 58 matches, including the Federation Cup, 20 of them over the last six months, including at the Olympic tournament.

The Council of the European Union, meeting at the level of foreign ministers of 27 member states, will discuss the situation in Georgia and the prospects for the development of relations with Russia at a meeting in Brussels on September 15. In anticipation of this discussion , the EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus, Swedish diplomat Peter SEMNEBY, is arriving in Georgia today. He will visit other countries in the region and report the results of the trip to the EU leadership.

Armenia and Türkiye will play with one goal The capital of Armenia froze in anticipation of the planned sensation. Tomorrow at the central Yerevan stadium "Hrazdan" there will be a football match, the significance of which can be compared in the modern history of the country only with the promise of breaking the transport blockade of Armenia, established by the Turks in the early 1990s of the last century after the war with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh.

Saakashvili found money and a conspirator Georgia will receive $1 billion in assistance from the United States to overcome the consequences of the Caucasian conflict. This decision was announced yesterday in Tbilisi by 67-year-old Vice President Dick Cheney, who arrived in Tbilisi from Baku, where on September 3 he managed to discuss issues of transporting energy resources bypassing Russia. After negotiations with Georgian leader Mikheil Saakashvili, the guest left for Kyiv yesterday afternoon.

Severstal earned almost $2 billion due to rising prices for steel and raw materials The Severstal Group, which has frequently reported acquisitions in the North American market in recent months , yesterday once again stated that, nevertheless, its presence in the Russian market is a “key priority” for it. And, according to the general director and main shareholder of the company, Alexey Mordashov, he will continue to invest in Russian assets that are showing good results.

The independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia was supported by the presidents of two countries Moscow's forecasts that Abkhazia and South Ossetia could be recognized by about a dozen more states have begun to come true. Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega (pictured) was the first head of UN member state to follow Russia's example by declaring recognition of the independence of the former unrecognized republics.

Yesterday in Mosul, the third largest city in Iraq and the administrative center of Nineveh province, the chief of police of this province, Brigadier General Salih Muhammad Hassan al-Jiburi, and two other policemen fell victim to terrorists. Six were wounded, including an American soldier and an Iraqi who worked for the Chinese news agency Xinhua.

Of the 72 medals won by Russians at the Olympic Games that ended in Beijing, 25% came from track and field athletes. The same ratio applies to gold awards. Having received a loud scandal on the eve of the Games related to the suspension from competitions under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) of five potential Olympic medalists, the Russian athletics team exceeded its Olympic result, shown four years ago in Athens.

Brussels and Washington strengthen diplomatic support for Nabucco and Trans-Caspian Against the backdrop of tensions in the Transcaucasus, Western politicians and diplomats have once again increased their activity around alternative energy supply projects to Russia , primarily gas.

Russian parliamentarians will show South Ossetia to foreign colleagues Russian parliamentarians continue to acquaint their foreign colleagues with the situation in South Ossetia. The other day, State Duma Speaker Boris Gryzlov spoke at the summit of heads of parliaments of the G8 countries in Japan , where he spoke about the Georgian-Ossetian conflict and handed over two albums with photographs from Tskhinvali, taken immediately after the outbreak of hostilities.

In Belgium, Raikkonen wants to return what he lost in Valencia The Olympic Games, which overshadowed all other sporting events in August, have finally ended, and now one can turn attention to other sports that are not so close to the Russian fan, such as fencing or archery, which are included in the Olympic program, but nevertheless have an incomparably large army of fans. And although there are no Russian drivers in Formula 1, this does not make the audience’s emotions any less acute.

There is a personnel impasse in Ingushetia The Ingush opposition postponed rallies until the end of mourning for the owner of the opposition network resource “Ingushetia.ru”, Magomed Evloev, who was killed last Sunday . But in Moscow, a small picket in protest against the murder of Mr. Evloev took place yesterday on Pushkin Square. In Nazran itself, the rally that ended the oppositionist’s funeral on Monday did not resume after the dispersal early on Tuesday morning .

Migrants from Asia and Africa call on Russia to turn its face to the East Public associations of migrants from the countries of the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Latin America seem to have considered Russia’s tough actions in the South Ossetian conflict as a signal to resuscitate the USSR’s foreign policy.

Boris Ebzeev became president of Karachay-Cherkessia For the first time, Karachay-Cherkessia experienced a change of top official without scandals or shocks. The inauguration of the new President of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic Boris Ebzeev took place yesterday at a ceremonial meeting of the republican parliament and took only 40 minutes. Mr.