17:11 // 09/17/2008 Russian President Dmitry Medvedev approved the composition of the Presidential Council for Science, Technology and Education, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Kremlin press service. The chairman of the council is the head of state, his deputy is the President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Yuri Osipov and the rector of St. Petersburg State University Nikolai Kropachev. Source: gzt.ru

19:37 // 09/17/2008 Russian border guards detained a fishing vessel under the Georgian flag in the Sea of Okhotsk, 24 tons of crab without documents were found on board, RIA Novosti reports with reference to Rosrybolovstvo. "In the Sea of Okhotsk, the Bars border patrol vessel stopped to verify the AmiMii fishing schooner (the flag of Georgia, the port of the Batumi, the shipowner is registered in Liberia).

16:01 // 09/17/2008 The border of Abkhazia will be protected jointly by the Russian and Abkhazian forces, the border of South Ossetia - Russian and Yugoseta, the contracts about friendship and cooperation between the countries signed on Wednesday in the Kremlin said.

11:36 // 09/17/2008 The Treaty on Strategic Cooperation in the field of energy between Russia and Kyrgyzstan may be signed during a visit to the Bishkek of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev in October of this year, RIA Novosti reports with reference to Kyrgyz Minister Igor Chudinov. “I think that nothing is bothering this now. Moreover, this agreement has been agreed to the last comma,” he said in an interview before flying to Bishkek.

10:36 // 09/17/2008 The American side has not yet issued entrance visas to representatives of Abkhazia and South Ossetia so that they could take part in an unofficial meeting with members of the UN Security Council, the constant representative of the Russian Federation at the UN Vitaliy Churkin said. According to him, the Russian side continues to work on this issue, ITAR-TASS reports.

In Dagestan, the southern group of militants on Wednesday at night was defeated as a result of a special operation conducted jointly by the FSB and the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the south of Dagestan, a group of 10 people were destroyed. The Chekists ambushed the bandits who decided to relocate from one district to another, on the rural road near the village of Tskur Suleiman-Stalsky district.

16:11 // 09/17/2008 Russia will support the financial systems of Abkhazia and South Ossetia - such an obligation is contained in friendship and cooperation agreements with the republics signed on Wednesday in the Kremlin.

11:38 // 09/17/2008 Two strategic missile carriers of the Tu-160 on Wednesday flew from the Libertador air base to the capital of Venezuela Karakas, Lieutenant Colonel Vladimir Drik told RIA Novosti . "The flight time was about 40 minutes. At the Karakas airfield, long -range aviation pilots will conduct planned preparations for a long flight," the agency’s interlocutor said.

The Russian developer announced the freezing of investment projects to the collapse of the stock market and the deepening liquidity crisis, accompanied by bankruptcy of financial institutions, begins to affect developers. Yesterday, the leadership of the Mirax Group corporation, which includes one of the most successful development companies, announced freezing for at least a year of its investment projects. Problems with attracting loans all developers began to experience a year ago.

21:00 // 09/17/2008 At least five people were killed, three more were injured when shelling by the alleged American drones of the village in the northeast of Pakistan, France Press reports, citing Pakistani power structures. "Five people, among whom there are foreigners, were killed and three were wounded as a result of a rocket firing in the Baghar Chena, in the tribal region South Vaziristan," the statement also refers to RIA Novosti .

13:35 // 09/17/2008 US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates expressed regrets for recent bombing in Afghanistan, the victims of which were civilians. As a result of a series of attacks produced by American forces, at least 90 civilians, including women and children, died.

19:05 // 09/17/2008 The employees of the Central Operational Customs and the Domodedovo Customs, with the participation of the World Wildlife Expert (WWF) expert (WWF) were detained at the Domodedovo airport of 145 studs - lizards from the Agamov family, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the WWF press service. “The lizards arrived from Sudan and withstood a 15 -hour flight. At the time of the inspection, they were all alive.

09:12 // 09/17/2008 Venezuela President Hugo Chavez said that next week he plans to visit Moscow, as well as China and Portugal. "In connection with the dynamization of new world geopolitics next week, I go on a visit to China, Portugal, and then to Russia," Chavez said at a press conference in Karakas. He did not name the specific date of the visit to Moscow, RIA Novosti clarifies.

11:58 // 09/17/2008 A foreign worker who came to earn money in the Russian capital began to issue a guest map in test mode, Moscow Development Plan for 2025 said at the round table: Priorities and prospects “First Deputy Mayor of Moscow in the city of the city of Yuri Roslyak.

20:50 // 09/17/2008 Three Georgian juniors-Judoist, accused of sexual encroachments against a 28-year-old resident of Warsaw, were detained for three months, Frances Press reported with reference to the Warsaw Prosecutor's Office. According to the representative of the prosecutor's office, Robert Smumpinski, the athletes will be kept in custody for three months to clarify the circumstances of the case.