Sailors from the Arctic Sea returned home Eleven sailors from the Arctic Sea, who spent about two weeks as hostages with pirates, and then a week in the Moscow Lefortovo detention center, returned home to Arkhangelsk. They were released the night before, and yesterday they arrived home by fast train from Moscow to Arkhangelsk. Questions from relatives during the meeting did not shed any light on the story of the mysterious abduction of the ship and the crew’s stay at Lefortovo.

CONCERTS Big band of Igor Butman. Igor Butman Club , 20.00. Show Casa de Latina. Master class “Latin American dances”. "Union of Composers" , 20.00. THEATERS “The Threepenny Opera” by B. Brecht, K. Weil. Directed by Kirill Serebrennikov. Starring Konstantin Khabensky, Nikolai Chindyaykin, Marina Golub, Ksenia Lavrova-Glinka, Alexey Kravchenko, Maria Zorina. Premiere. Chekhov Moscow Art Theater , 19.00. MOVIE “High security holidays” (Russia, 2009). Directed by Igor Zaitsev.

Japan's ruling party has been defeated In yesterday's elections to the lower house of parliament, Japanese voters unanimously supported the removal of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) from power. This is a historical event, because the LDP has ruled the country as a monopoly since 1955, with the exception of a short break in 1993-1994.

Isinbayeva broke the world record and claims the jackpot Russian pole vaulter Elena Isinbaeva won the fifth and penultimate stage of the Golden League in Zurich with a new world record of 5.06 m. For the two-time Olympic champion and author of now 27 world achievements, this victory became one of the most important in her career. At the recent World Championships in Berlin, Isinbayeva failed and was left without medals.

Businessmen from Cherkizovsky complain about large-scale looting The process of closing the Cherkizovsky market, despite the confident statements of the Moscow authorities, is beyond their control. As Vremya Novostei learned, a large-scale theft was committed on the territory of the New AST market in Cherkizovo.

The Antimonopoly Service has declared phytosanitary control over the import of foreign cars illegal The Federal Antimonopoly Service demanded the abolition of phytosanitary control over the import of used foreign cars. On July 15, Rosselkhoznadzor established a new list of goods subject to mandatory quarantine inspection for the presence of harmful insects. Among other things , the list included used cars imported from abroad .

On Michael Jackson's birthday, his fans staged their idol's most famous video Fans of Michael Jackson celebrated the first posthumous birthday of their idol with mass dances. On August 29, the day the King of Pop would have turned 51, almost 13 thousand Mexican Jackson fans gathered in the square in front of the Revolutionary Monument in the center of Mexico City and reenacted the plot of the famous Thriller video.

The authorities intend to launch an ideological front against the separatists President Medvedev on Friday in Sochi held a meeting with the muftis and heads of the North Caucasus republics on the issue of “spiritual” confrontation with the separatists. The reason for the event, obviously, was another aggravation of the situation in the Caucasian republics - over the past few months, a number of major terrorist attacks have been committed there.

Roszdravnadzor discovered mass registrations during medical examinations The almost 100% implementation of the plan for additional medical examination of working citizens, which the Ministry of Health and Social Development reports from year to year, may in fact turn out to be a great exaggeration.

Rubin defeated Spartak in Moscow In the 20th round the question of leadership was decided. Spartak and Rubin met at Luzhniki. Defeat Spartak and it would take the lead. A draw maintained an approximate dual power, and a win for Rubin created a comfortable four-point lead for the Kazan team. But the main event happened two days earlier. After long negotiations and the exchange of conflicting information, Vladimir Bystrov left Spartak for Zenit.

Vitaly Yusufov left Nord Stream Having purchased shipyards in Wismar and Rostock-Warnemünde, Vitaly Yusufov left the main Russian-German project Nord Stream. Nord Stream AG said that this happened by mutual decision of the parties, and it regrets the departure of Mr. Yusufov and wishes him success in his future professional activities.

LUKOIL reported for six months The country's largest private oil company, LUKOIL, has an unoptimistic forecast for the oil industry. However, despite the not very good financial results for the first six months, which are presented in the published statements according to US GAAP, Vagit Alekperov’s company is confident that it is not in danger of a further decline in profits.

The Alliance for European Integration, which has the majority of seats in the Moldavian parliament, nominated the leader of the Democratic Party, 43-year-old Marian Lupu, as its presidential candidate. However, the coalition lacks eight votes to approve it. And if the leader of the Democratic Party is not supported by communist deputies, then at the beginning of next year Moldova will again face early parliamentary elections.

Barcelona won the European Super Cup The Spanish football club Barcelona won the match for the European Super Cup against the last UEFA Cup winner Shakhtar Donetsk - 1:0. The only goal on the poor-quality pitch at the Louis II Stadium in the Principality of Monaco was scored by Pedro, who did it five minutes before the end of extra time.

"Inglourious Basterds" don't let you forget about yourself Apparently, Quentin Tarantino's Inglorious Basterds will still become, despite everything, one of the key films of this year. And this cannot but rejoice.