Main news of August 22

RUSSIA

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed an order giving 1 million rubles ($31,500) to the families of each of the dead and missing in Monday's Siberian hydropower plant accident

The sale of strong alcoholic drinks has been banned near the Siberian hydropower plant where at least 67 people lost their lives in an accident this week

Close relatives of the crew of the Arctic Sea cargo ship have still not had any contacts with their loved ones, the wife of one of the sailors said

A Moscow court has approved the detention of the eight men suspected of hijacking the Arctic Sea cargo ship

Russia’s interior minister ordered a total reevaluation of every police officer in Ingushetia

The Russian Knights aerial display team will perform at the MAKS air show near Moscow despite a fatal accident during rehearsals last week

WORLD

The U.S. Embassy in Uzbekistan dismissed Russian media reports of talks between a top U.S. general and the Uzbek defense minister on a new military base in in the country