Krasnodar Territory is moving away from the Rostov Region gambling zone Another one has been added to the interregional conflicts in the vastness of Russia - the Krasnodar region has decided to deprive the Rostov region of the right to participate in the creation of one of the four Russian gambling zones, Azov City.

Afghan President reforms security structures Yesterday, Afghan President Hamid Karzai (pictured) announced the creation of two special units to combat corruption. According to the Afghan leader's plan, these structures will be completely free from interference from political authorities. The problem of corruption is one of the most acute among those facing the current leadership of Afghanistan.

Proliferating bloodsuckers provoked an outbreak of an exotic disease The dry and hot summer of 2010 not only noticeably worsened the sanitary and epidemiological situation in Russia, but also provoked an outbreak of an exotic viral disease - West Nile fever. Yesterday, the administration of the Vologda region confirmed that five people have already died from the African virus in the region. In total, there are 108 patients in the region, 35 of them were identified over the past week.

Roshydromet asked Vladimir Putin for money at the ends of the earth Yesterday, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin began a multi-day tour of the Siberian and Far Eastern federal districts. The trip program included both items that were in the sphere of professional interests of the head of government, as well as those that were simply humanly curious. But perhaps the most educational part of this journey came from the journalists.

Stock markets found support Global stock markets rose yesterday amid activity in the mergers and acquisitions market. The last weeks of summer show an improvement in the economy and banking system of the European Union, analysts say. However, only a few countries are demonstrating significant success, so risks remain in the long term. The decline in global markets stopped yesterday thanks to the M&A segment, the volume of transactions in which exceeded $1 trillion.

The German army will become small and voluntary The Bundeswehr is marching towards the most profound reforms in the 55-year history of the German armed forces. Yesterday in Berlin, German Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, together with Family Affairs Minister Christina Schröder, presented their plans in this regard to representatives of the party factions included in the government coalition of the CDU/CSU and the Free Democrats, which is headed by Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Bad weather messed up the tournament schedule in Montreal The past weekend, during which the finals of the men's tournament in Cincinnati and the women's tournament in Montreal were supposed to take place, turned out to be a difficult test for the weaker half. Due to almost incessant rain, the semi-final matches and the final were postponed several times. As the athletes themselves said, while waiting to go on court they were forced to spend several hours in the locker rooms.

Volunteers do not confirm the reports of the Ministry of Emergency Situations about the cessation of fires in the Moscow region The Ministry of Emergency Situations declares complete victory over forest fires in the Moscow region - the press service of the ministry announced yesterday that all fires had been suppressed. “Currently, all forest fires have been extinguished.

The new Kaliningrad governor will continue the policies of his predecessor On August 26, the Kaliningrad region will receive a new governor. He will be the chairman of the Association of Municipal Entities of the region, the head of the Gusevsky district and the secretary of the regional branch of the local United Russia, 45-year-old Nikolai Tsukanov (pictured) .

Bob FOSTER, chairman of the Association of Pilots who took part in the Battle of Britain, told Vremya Novostei about the events of 1940. — I was 18 years old at the time, I had just graduated from flying school and was sent to a Royal Air Force squadron stationed in Croydon (a town south of London. - Ed. ). The task of our squadron was to protect the southern borders of the capital. We took off when we received a message about the approach of German planes - mostly Me-109 fighters.

At the competitions of the second most important commercial series of starts under the auspices of the International Athletics Federation World Challenge, held in Berlin (Germany), Kenyan David Rudisha set a new world record in the 800 m run - 1:41.09. He beat the almost 13-year-old achievement of his compatriot with a Danish passport, Wilson Kipketer, by two hundredths of a second.

The Russian men's team won the tournament in Croatia The last dress rehearsal before the World Championship starting on August 28 in Turkey was held by the Russian men's basketball team. The wards of head coach David Blatt took part in the international tournament Swietski Cup, the matches of which took place on the site of the Sports Palace in the Croatian city of Zadar. Our opponents were three national teams, also going to the world championship.

German tax authorities are hunting for Swiss accounts of compatriots Another CD with confidential information about secret German accounts in Swiss banks may fall into the hands of the German tax authorities. This time we are talking about information concerning 250 companies that hid at least 800 million euros from tax authorities.

Polish investigation intertwined with politics Yesterday, the Polish military prosecutor's office began translating investigation materials received in Russia about the causes of the plane crash of the Polish presidential plane near Smolensk on April 10. The head of the military prosecutor's office, Krzysztof Parulski, delivered them from Moscow at the end of last week.

Chelsea scores six unanswered goals for the second time in a row There is a Russian addition to the English Premier League. Afro-Russian Peter Odemwingie moved from Lokomotiv to West Brovich. Loko fans saw off the Nigerian national team forward with a Russian passport with a caustic banner “Thank you for not being with us.” Odemwingie responded with a winning goal in his debut match in the strongest European championship.