Yury Mukhin, general director of the non-profit partnership Center for Independent Journalism and editor-in-chief of the Duel newspaper, was given a two-year suspended sentence for inciting extremist activities, ITAR-TASS reports citing a source in the Prosecutor General's Office.

NATO does not abandon plans to accept Ukraine and Georgia into its ranks, but so far these countries do not meet the criteria of the organization. According to RIA Novosti, this was announced on Friday by NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. "We know perfectly well that at the moment they do not meet these criteria," the Secretary General said, adding that Georgia and Ukraine would still become NATO members. On this issue, he said, "a very clear decision" was made.

A criminal case on the fact of attempted fraud with the supply of units for MiG-29SMT fighters was initiated by the investigative department of the UPC. As "Kommersant" writes, the planes with a scandal were rejected by the buyer - Algeria, refusing to accept them. Then the planes were sold to the Ministry of Defense. The Russian Air Force Commission also found that they were virtually unusable in their current form.

The visit to Ukraine of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, announced for October, will not take place. According to Kommersant-Ukraine, Putin refused to meet with Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko so as not to create the appearance of official Moscow's support for her during the presidential election campaign. Statements that Putin would visit Ukraine in October were made on September 1 during a joint press conference between Putin and Tymoshenko following their meeting in Gdansk.

Nariman Mamedyarov, a resident of Makhachkala, was abducted for the second time by unknown persons, Gazeta.ru reports . This was stated by his relatives, who suspect law enforcement officers of the crime. According to Fuzuli Asaliev, the missing brother's half-brother, Mammadyarov disappeared on September 10 immediately after a meeting with President Mukhu Aliyev on the kidnappings.

The Spanish authorities did not give permission for the Arctic Sea cargo ship to enter the port of Las Palmas, RIA Novosti reports with reference to representatives of the port administration. The General Department of the Merchant Marine of Spain did not officially explain the reason for the refusal. According to representatives of the port administration, the ban may be due to technical problems found on the Arctic Sea and posing a threat to other ships in Las Palmas.

An eighteen-year-old Muscovite, wounded by Major Yevsyukov, is drafted into the army with a bullet not yet removed. This was reported to ITAR-TASS by the victim's lawyer Igor Trunov. He recalled that Gerasimenko was wounded in the head and chest. “Almost half of his head was cut off, now he has a jaw transplant installed and another operation is to be installed to install a new transplant.

Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin said that the August accident at the Sayano-Shushenskaya HPP should have been prevented and accused the HPP management of fraud. It is reported by "Echo of Moscow". According to the vice-premier, the company, established by the station officials, was repairing the second hydraulic unit, from which the accident started. The founders used a "fraudulently similar name" to the name of one of the hydroelectric station's subsidiaries and won tenders due to this.

State Duma deputies believe that a number of provisions of the new traffic police regulations do not comply with the Constitution. According to Vedomosti, next Thursday members of the parliamentary committee on constitutional legislation and state building will adopt an appeal to Deputy Interior Minister Nikolai Ovchinnikov, in which they will express claims to the document.

The Russian embassy in Kyiv sent an official note to the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry with a request to clarify the reasons for the refusal of entry into the country to the operator of the Rossiya TV channel Igor Belokopytov. It is reported by "Echo of Moscow". The staff of the diplomatic mission went to the airport "Borispol" immediately after receiving information about the detention of the journalist. So far, there has been no official clarification from the Ukrainian side.

Iran does not feel the need to possess nuclear weapons. President of the Islamic Republic Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stated this in an interview with the NBC television company. At the same time, he added that Iran would never give up the right to use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes in order to "calm down" the West. "If you are talking about uranium enrichment for peaceful purposes, then this will never stop in Iran," the Iranian president said.

A film crew of journalist Arkady Mamontov from the Rossiya TV channel was detained at Kiev's Boryspil airport. Journalists were not allowed into the territory of Ukraine. Igor Belokopytov, operator of Mamontov's author's program, informed RIA Novosti about this. Mamontov himself was not in the group, he intended to come to Ukraine later.

A witness who described the appearance of a criminal who shot two policemen on September 15 in an electric train near Moscow will be taken under guard. As Gzt.Ru was informed in the UPC, on Friday he will write a statement with a request to apply the witness protection program to him. “This is a young man who has not yet reached the age of 25, a resident of the Moscow region,” the Moscow Interregional SU on transport of the UPC explained. “He is very scared, afraid for his life.

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen spoke in favor of pooling experience in missile defense from both Russia and the alliance. His words are reported by RIA Novosti. "Russia and NATO have accumulated significant experience in missile defense. We must cooperate by combining our experience," Rasmussen said, speaking at a conference in Brussels.

Vitaly Portnikov. Photo by A. Karpyuk/Grani.ru Russian President Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev promised politicalists from the Valdai Commonwealth of Nations that gathered around him that there would be no more 100 years of the governor's elections in Russia. The statement is very bold for a person with whom his own prime minister is going to communicate for his possible participation - or non -participation - in future presidential elections.