The celebration of Eid al-Adha in Moscow and St. Petersburg was accompanied by large-scale traffic jams One of the main Islamic holidays, Kurban Bayram (the day of sacrifice), was held in Moscow on such a grand scale that not only the faithful, but also the Orthodox, and residents of the capital professing other religions, and even atheists, involuntarily joined in.

Human rights activists propose a parliamentary investigation into the circumstances of the death of Sergei Magnitsky The anniversary of the death of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky in “Matrosskaya Silence” was celebrated yesterday by human rights activists of the Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG) and the international anti-corruption movement Trancparency International. At a press conference in Interfax, they summed up their investigation, carried out by both the public and law enforcement agencies.

The world volleyball champions will soon be back on the court Yesterday, the volleyball players of the Russian national team, who achieved gold at the World Championships in Brazil last Sunday, met with the management and representatives of the general and title sponsor of the national team, Vnesheconombank.

This coming weekend, the capital's Megasport ice palace on Khodynka will host the Grand Prix figure skating stage of the Russian Cup, where athletes from 11 countries will perform. One of the participants in the competition will be 17-year-old Ksenia MAKAROVA, a figure skater who was born in St. Petersburg and now lives in the USA. Daughter of Olympic Games-84, World Cup-88 medalists and two-time European Championship winners Larisa Selezneva and Oleg Makarov.

The bill on reform of the compulsory medical insurance system was approved by the State Duma in the second reading Already next year, every citizen of Russia will be able to choose an insurance company at his own discretion, which will pay for his treatment in case of illness from the funds of compulsory health insurance, and will also be able to freely visit any clinic and attending physician he likes.

Ireland's financial problems and the expectation of a tightening of monetary policy from China sent global markets crashing yesterday. European indices fell by more than 1%, and American indices also opened down by 0.65%. The RTS index fell by more than 2.57%, to 1568.13 points, the MICEX index - by 1.9%, to 1526.64 points.

Hundreds of Russian vacationers will stay at home Clients of the Capital Tour company will not be able to go to warm seas today, and at least tomorrow.

Euro 2012 mascots presented A presentation of the mascots of the 2012 European Championship, which will be held by two countries - Poland and Ukraine, took place in Warsaw. That is why there are two talismans. They are twin brothers, who differ only in their football uniforms and hairstyles in the color of national flags: the Pole is wearing a white T-shirt and red shorts, the Ukrainian is wearing a yellow T-shirt and blue shorts.

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad HARIRI's visit to Moscow ended yesterday with agreements in the field of military-technical cooperation and promises to jointly search for new gas reserves in the region. He held talks with President Dmitry Medvedev, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and other leaders. The importance of the visit is evidenced by the fact that many members of his government came to the Russian capital with the prime minister.

Wonderful 1968 on new reissues of the Apple label Come and Get It: The Best of Apple Records (Apple/EMI). This collection is not just another Beatles tribute, of which a pack comes out every week, but a more cunning thing. At the peak of their career, The Beatles, driven by hippie ideals, decided to help young talents and organized their own record company, Apple. Films began to arrive from all over the world.

The Moscow City Hall announced a moratorium on the fight against street tents The new mayor of Moscow, Sergei Sobyanin, apparently underestimated the executive abilities of officials of the territorial authorities of the capital.

The 4th Sputnik festival ended in Warsaw Russian cinema has been shown in Poland for four years now and on a grand scale - this time they brought as many as 160 films. The festival looks modest in a working way, except for the grand opening with speeches from officials. The organizers try to bring the authors of the competition films and arrange a few discussions, but mostly they just show the films and are very proud when there are queues at the box office.

Fire in Shanghai started by unlicensed welders Yesterday, Shanghai city authorities announced the cause of a fire in a high-rise building in the Jing'an district. The city's vice mayor, Shen Jun, said the tragedy "was the result of irregular welding work carried out by workers who did not have the necessary licenses." Police announced the arrest of eight suspects.

State banks, which received a fair amount of non-core assets during the crisis, cannot yet sell them at a favorable price, so they have to deal with management. Following VTB, Sberbank decided to create a development company.

NATO parliamentarians named Russia a partner The autumn session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, which began last Friday, ended in Warsaw yesterday. Three hundred parliamentarians from 28 countries - members of the alliance and delegations of partner countries were waiting for speeches by the President of Poland and the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Alliance. However, they did not appear in the meeting room.