Human rights activists still hope that UNESCO experts will save St. Petersburg from the Okhta Center The results of the 34th session of UNESCO, which ended in Brazil, at which the fate of a number of World Heritage sites was discussed, including Kizhi, the Moscow Kremlin and the notorious 403-meter Gazprom tower of the Okhta Center in St. Petersburg, gave rise to diametrically opposed assessments of the opposing sides.

Ukhov and Savinova distinguished themselves in London 800-meter specialist Maria Savinova and high jumper Ivan Ukhov (pictured) became the winners of the next stage of the prestigious commercial track and field series “Diamond League” held in London (Great Britain). The owner of the best result of the season in the world (2 m 34 cm), Ukhov was able to take the height of 2.27 only on the third attempt, although the silver medalist, American Jesse Williams, did it right away.

The RFU banned players, coaches and agents from playing betting While, due to the abundance of postponed matches, the Russian Championship calendar looks in complete fog, the ethics committee unexpectedly reminded itself of itself. Created a couple of months ago on the initiative of RFU President Sergei Fursenko, the commission threatens to turn into the main punitive body of the Russian Football Union.

Another Apocalyptica concert in Moscow: new songs with a vocalist In 1996, the Finnish band Apocalyptica released an album, the content of which was limited to the title Plays Metallica by Four Cellos (“They play Metallica songs on four cellos”). Thus, the young cellist Eikka Toppinen and his three friends, burdened with a classical music education and experience in a symphony orchestra, turned out to be innovators and pioneers of many things that later became clichés.

Fires in Russia are causing concern in many countries. The first foreign leader to offer help to the Russians was German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Fires in Russian forests were extinguished, including from German helicopters, and Emergency Situations Ministry employees used German pumps and fire motor pumps. German organizations sent about 100 thousand respirators to Russia. How do German fire extinguishing professionals evaluate these events?

July 13 -- August 13, 2010 “Politicians Through the Eyes of the Media,” a joint project of “Vremya Novostei” and the “Medialogia” company, are ratings of political figures who are most actively discussed in the federal press and on central TV channels.

Relations between Moscow and Minsk continue to deteriorate Belarusians are already preparing for an extraordinary session of the Belarusian parliament, which is scheduled for September 7. It will consider a package of economic documents, including the draft budget for next year. The situation in the Belarusian economy largely depends on the prospects for cooperation with Russia. President Alexander Lukashenko recently told how he sees the development of events.

Books by artists in the Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve Two very interesting exhibitions have opened in the Tsaritsyno estate, edited to suit the tastes of the capital’s mayor. Both are taking place as part of the Festival of Contemporary Art Collections organized by the State Center for Contemporary Art.

Turkmenistan wants to take $4.1 billion from China President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov again spoke about attracting a Chinese loan.

Yuri Luzhkov helped devout Muslims celebrate their holidays The Moscow authorities demonstrated a tolerant attitude towards the feelings and rights of representatives of the “non-titular” confession, which is not very traditional by Russian standards.

Russia is building a new system of relations with Central Asia Tomorrow the presidents of Afghanistan, Pakistan and Tajikistan are coming to Sochi for a quadripartite summit. Dmitry Medvedev is already waiting for Hamid Karzai, Asif Ali Zardari and Emomali Rahmon at his southern residence. The main negotiations, according to Vremya Novostei, will take place on August 18-19.

The Locarno Film Festival has ended Last Saturday in the Swiss canton of Ticino, in Locarno, in Piazza Grande - in a huge open-air cinema - festival prizes were awarded. Locarno insists on its raison d'etre - to discover new names. The discovery this time was director Li Hongqi, who showed his third work in the competition - “Winter Holiday”. Lee has already been called the Chinese Roy Anderson.

Eduard Kokoity hopes for direct funding for South Ossetia from the Russian budget Marking the second anniversary of the conflict between Russia and Georgia in August 2008, Dmitry Medvedev on Friday met with Eduard Kokoity, the head of South Ossetia, whose independence from Georgia was officially recognized by Moscow as a result of the August war. Actually, South Ossetia was both the main subject of the Russian-Georgian conflict and the main theater of military operations in August 2008.

Georgia is looking for a replacement for the Russian market Georgia has figured out how to replace the republic’s traditional products, which were previously supplied to the Russian market, which is now closed to this country. Georgia was famous for the export of wine, citrus fruits, tea, mineral waters or fruits. Now the bet is on sheep and frogs. This month, Georgians are actively supplying sheep to Iran.

The intrigue in the confrontation between Russian and French swimmers lasted until the very end The European Aquatics Championships ended yesterday with a convincing victory for the Russian team in Budapest (Hungary). In the overall medal table, and competitions were held in open water and 50-meter pool swimming, diving and synchronized swimming, the Russians took first place - 13 gold, eight silver and eight bronze awards.