Vitaly Portnikov. Photo by A. Karpyuk/Grani.ru On the birthday of Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, Russian writers came to him - how once they came to Nikit Sergeyevich Khrushchev. Khrushchev’s meetings with writers went down in history-he shouted at someone, praised someone, someone showed courage, someone was hiding behind his colleagues. But in these meetings there was at least expediency.

The AKM column during the procession and rally against the reform of the housing and communal services in Moscow. Photo by ar The City Hall of Moscow forces the "Left Front" to refuse to hold "Day of anger in Moscow" on October 10. As the coordinator of the movement Sergei Udaltsov told Kasparov.ru, on October 2, the Moscow government agreed to hold the action at 14 hours at the 1905 Street station.

211th journalist to die in Russia in 15 years. Fragments of a new film by Italian director Paolo Serbandini and a discussion of it at the film club of the Sakharov Center. Friends and associates of Anna Politkovskaya answer questions from young people. Moscow, October 7, 2009 Photographed by Dmitry Borko Movie trailer Interviews with the authors of the film and fragments of the tape

Axe. Photo by Roman Sagirov In Moscow, the director of the holding of security enterprises was killed, RIA Novosti reports with reference to a source in law enforcement agencies. A 49-year-old man died of multiple chopped wounds inflicted by an ax. The body of the deceased was found at about 15.00 on Thursday in the house 42 on the Upper Fields on the street.

The administration of the Luzhniki market seized documents, RIA Novosti reports. As Philip Zolotnitsky, head of the UBEP press service, told the agency, the administration was searched after counterfeit watches from well-known manufacturers were found in warehouses and pavilions on the territory of the market.

Prosecutor General. Photo from Newsru.com The Prosecutor General’s Office recognized unilaterally raising the rates issued to individuals to individuals illegal. According to Kommersant, in response, bankers promise to increase the cost of loans for the population.

Alexander Goldfarb A feature of the current period of the decline of Russian public thought was the habit of periodically addressing the villains of Boris Abramovich Berezovsky - regarding and without reason. This is the law of the genre: any thoughtful explanation of the events of the latest Russian history must include a ritual dance with the burning of a cardboard figure of an oligarch.

Shop "Altyn". Photo from the site www.shops.gorodovoy.spb.ru The Lefortovo Court of Moscow issued the arrest of the general director of the Altyn Gold hypermarket Valentina Shadrina, RIA Novosti reports. Shadrin is suspected of involvement in the smuggling of gold products on an especially large scale. The FSB petitioned her arrest. The court session was held closed in connection with the use of secret materials.

Yuri Luzhkov and Elena Baturina. Photo compromat.ru The lawsuit of Elena Baturina and Intekov’s company Boris Nemtsova was accepted for production. This was reported to Interfax by the representative of the Moscow Arbitration Court. The plaintiffs ask the court to protect honor, dignity and business reputation, as well as compensation for non -pecuniary damage. The lawsuit was filed on October 2.

Petro Poroshenko. Photo ifportal.net The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine appointed Petro Poroshenko to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, RBC reports. 240 deputies out of 440 registered at the meeting voted for his candidacy.

Andrey Piontkovsky Medvedev stated that the article "Forward, Russia!" It is a sketch of his message to the Federal Assembly. This sketch should be extremely unpleasant to Putin, at least just humanly. The man plowed 10 years as a slave on galleys, raised the successor, and he says - "a backward raw material economy, systemic corruption, a population dying of alcoholism." And who is responsible for all this?

Shop "Altyn". Photo from the site www.shops.gorodovoy.spb.ru The founder of the Altyn jewelry holding Antonina Babosyuk, who now holds the post of vice president of the supervisory board of the company, extended the detention period for 72 hours. According to RIA Novosti, the head of the press service of the Moscow City Court Anna Usacheva, such a decision was made by the Lefortovo court of Moscow. The FSB’s petition for the arrest of the suspect will be considered on October 12.

Golden bed. Photo from the site Mebelmoscow.ru The official website of public procurement will automatically identify signs of corruption in the applications of departments and state -owned enterprises, President Dmitry Medvedev said. About this writes "Independent Gazeta". Experts surveyed by publication consider information control of public procurement absolutely ineffective.

Toyota Soarer. Photo www.japcarspics.ru The defense of the 22-year-old Olga Melnichenko, who in April, on her sports car, knocked out the traffic police inspector to death, filed a cassation appeal against their opinion, in their opinion, the decision of the Central District Court, who sentenced the girl to 4.5 years in a colony settlement, RIA Novosti reports. "The court received a cassation appeal from the lawyer Melnichenko.

The military is not built. Photo www.friedenskoooperative.de When moving to a annual period of service, the “Grandfather” was taken by contractors, writes gzt.ru. This circumstance was recognized by the head of the Department of the Main Military Prosecutor's Office, Alexander Nikitin. “Of course, there are problems, you see them yourself. But I assure you, these are remnants from those times.