Irakli Distribvili. Photo from the site www.georgianews.ru Former Georgian Minister of Defense Irakli Okayashvili, who received political asylum in France in April, said that in 2009 he intends to return to his homeland. He told the Tbilisi newspaper ASAVAL DASAVALI. “I intend to return to Georgia next year: the maximum will happen in a year, at least in the spring of 2009.

International Court in The Hague. Photo by ar The international tribunal for the former Yugoslavia sentenced to the three years of prison the general of the general, the former chief of the Main Staff of the Bosnian army, Muslim Delich on charges of cruelty to him, subordinate troops with prisoners during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992-1995, RIA Novosti reports. Fifty -year -old Delich is one of the few high -ranking Bosnian Muslims against which MTBU issued accusations.

Merrill Lynch. Photo by ar The largest retail bank in the USA Bank of America acquires the Merrill Lynch investment company, CNBC reports. A transaction, the value of which is unofficially estimated at $ 43.5 billion, is insisted by the federal reserve system that performs the functions of the Central Bank in the United States.

Georgian military base. Frame RTR About three thousand military personnel of the army and other power structures of Georgia died in August during the conflict between Georgia and Russia, the source of RIA Novosti in Russian military intelligence claims.

Maksharip Aushev. Photo by Ingushetia.ru In the houses of the leaders of the Ingush opposition, Magomed Khazbiev and Maksharip Aushev, searches were carried out, the website of Ingushetia.ru reports. Also, the search was held in the office of Maksharip Aushev. The searches were carried out by the court order and were related to the testimony of police officers of Albogachiev and Ozdoev.

Ambulance In Perm, several relatives of the victims of the Boeing-737 crashed aircraft were hospitalized, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the regional department of the Ministry of Emergencies. Relatives arrived in Perm on Monday. All of them were placed in hotels, psychologists work with them, but several people were hospitalized due to poor health. “The heart could not withstand from people's experiences, and I had to seek the help of doctors,” the Ministry of Emergencies specified.

Banks will create a mutual assistance fund. Photo http://www.vedior.com Ten largest global banks: Bank of America, Barclays, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and UBS - intend to create a mutual assistance fund volume of $ 70 billion. Any of its participants will be able to contact this fund with a lack of liquidity.

Special operation in Nazran. Frame NTV In Ingushetia, as a result of an operation in the village of Verkhny Achaluki, three militants were destroyed, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to a source in the law enforcement agencies of the republic. "During the shootout, three law enforcement officers were killed and eight were injured," the source said. Now the investigation group is working on the spot, the identities of the dead militants are being established.

Gordon Brown. Photo by ar British Prime Minister Gordon Brown can be resigned. Twelve deputies of the Labor turned to the prime minister with an open letter. According to Kommersant, parliamentarians demand to endure the party congress, which will be held on September 20, consideration of the expediency of Brown's stay as head of government. A letter from deputies is published in the Labor ProGress.

Turkmen militants. Photo from the site vremya.ru On September 13, Ashgabat conducted an “Operations for the detention of criminals,” reports the Turkmenistan Foreign Ministry, commenting on a two -day shootout that continued in the capital on September 12. Meanwhile, the newspaper "News Time" writes, according to unofficial information, criminals, of which there were only two, were held in the plant building for two days and were killed by "Russian professionals".

Fight in Moscow. Photo by ITAR-TASS As a result of a mass fight between young people from Solnechnogorsk and visitors from Uzbekistan, two people were killed, seven were injured, RIA Novosti reports. According to law enforcement agencies, more than 40 people participated in the fight. The fight occurred on the outskirts of Solnechnogorsk in the village of Lunevo near one of the new buildings around midnight on September 14.

On September 14, the Day of Solidarity of Prisoners was held in Moscow. About 60 people gathered for the event near the Central Park of Culture. Photographed by Dmitry Borko. Edward Limonov. Towards Prisoner's Day Video Graney-TV: Congress of former political prisoners

Logo PACE The Russian delegation at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe will recommend that the country's leadership remain in the Council of Europe if a decision is made to suspend the powers of the Russian delegation. According to RIA Novosti, this was stated by the head of the delegation in PACA Konstantin Kosachev.

Svetlana Bakhmina. Photo from the site '' newspapers '' The Zubovo-Polyansky District Court of the Republic of Mordovia last week repeatedly refused the conditional release of the former Yukos lawyer Svetlana Bakhmina, Interfax reports. According to the senior assistant to the prosecutor of Mordovia Antonina Devyataev, on May 27, the Zubovo-Polyansky court refused Bakhmina to have a violation of the detention regime.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Photo by ar The question of the parole of Mikhail Khodorkovsky may again be on the agenda. According to the First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian government, Igor Shuvalov, the Russian parliament can free the ex-head of the Yukos from custody. Shuvalov made such a statement on Saturday at the Valdai discussion club closed for the press, Vedomosti reports.