Russian President Vladimir Putin remains a leader among Russian politicians both in terms of population confidence, and according to the indicator of a positive assessment of his activities. The head of the Ministry of Emergencies Sergey Shoigu and the leader of the LDPR Vladimir Zhirinovsky follow him, Interfax told on Thursday in the analytical center of Yuri Levada. In September, 77% of Russians surveyed announced the support of Putin’s activities as president.

In the city of Berezniki, Perm region, the circulation of the newspaper "Evening Perm" was arrested. According to Vyacheslav Vakhrin, the deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Perm Region , the deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Perm Region, said about 70 thousand copies.

Israel believes that the Iranian regime poses the largest threat to modern values, since it proudly and openly declares its desire to erase the Jewish state from the world map and seeks to get weapons to achieve this goal. This was stated by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israeli Tsipi Livni, speaking on Wednesday during the general political discussion at the 61st session of the UN General Assembly, ITAR-TASS reports.

In the Spanish city of San Sebastian, on Thursday, the 54th International Film Festival, which will last until September 30, opens on Thursday. The competition program of the festival of this year, which will be held at the Congress Congress Palace, includes 16 films, the creators of which apply for the main prize - the Golden Sink. This was reported by RIA Novosti by the representative of the festival press center.

Five employees of the temporary operational group of departments and divisions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia were killed as a result of shelling in the Staropromyslovsky district of Grozny. This was reported by Interfax by the prosecutor of the Chechen Republic Valery Kuznetsov. According to him, on the Staropromyslovskoye highway in the area of ​​the school stop "School" unknown persons fired at the police UAZ, in which the operational group moved.

Iran still refuses to freeze its nuclear program, and the United States and five countries supporting them decide to declare a new deadline, in the hope that Iran will finally accept the conditions that will open the way to real negotiations on the nuclear issue. About this on Thursday writes The Washington Post (full text on the website inopressa.ru ).

The Russian language will be studied in Mongolian schools as an obligatory second foreign language. This was announced on Thursday by the weekly news "Mongolia. According to the Decree of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science of this country, since the 2006-2007 school year, the mandatory teaching of the Russian language since the 7th grade has been introduced in all secondary schools of Mongolia, Interfax reports. At the same time, the first is English.

According to the results of the consultations of the President of the Transnistrian Moldavian Republic (PMR) Igor Smirnov in Moscow, where he left the day after the referendum in Transnistria , it was decided to harmonize the legislation of the Russian Federation and the unrecognized republic.

Serbia’s special services prevented Mark Lugoni, who is considered one of the closest assistants hiding from the International Tribunal in the former Yugoslavia ( MTBU ), the former military leader of the Bosnian Serbs, Ratko Mladic. Lugona was shot at the last moment from the plane that flew to Moscow, Interfax reports with reference to the B-92 independent Belgrade radio station.

A resident of Serbia was forced to turn to the help of surgeons after, on the advice of the healer, he committed sexual intercourse with a hedgehog. The 35-year-old Zoran Nikolovich, who was living in Belgrade, said that the sexual relationship with the animal was recommended to him by the healer, to which he addressed the problem of premature ejaculation, Ananova reports. Sex with a hedgehog brought Serb to the operating table, as the animal needles greatly injured his penis.

On Thursday, the Russian Hockey Federation presented the official talisman of the 2007 World Cup, which from April 27 to May 13 next year will be held on the ice areas of Moscow and Mytishch. At the same time, a competition was announced among hockey lovers for the best name for the talisman. The winner of the competition was promised a ticket for the final match of the world championship, as well as a T -shirt with autographs of the Russian national hockey team players.

The chairman of the Government of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov received the next honorary title: he became an honorary professor of the modern humanitarian academy (SSU). The decision on this was made at a meeting of the Academic Council of the university.

The Georgian authorities agreed to let the car carpet of six cars with a cargo for the Russian military, which, on September 7, was in Azerbaijan, and was already sent back to Russia from September 7. On Thursday, the Georgian embassy in Azerbaijan agreed to issue visas, Colonel Vladimir Kiparadze, deputy commander of the Russian troops in Transcaucasia, told Interfax.

In the metropolitan region it will become cooler, short -term rains will pass. According to the weather forecast provided in Roshydromet, "during the day the air in Moscow will warm up to 16-18 degrees, in the suburbs-up to 15-20 degrees." Forecasters promise cloudiness with clergy, in places short -term rains, possibly with thunderstorms.

The Latvian authorities launched the struggle with the Russian language within the walls of the parliament. The National Radical faction "Fatherland and Freedom" demanded that the people's deputies speak to the "great and mighty" in the Sejm. Corresponding amendments to the regulations of the Latvian parliament, prohibiting deputies to speak Russian even during meetings of parliamentary factions, will be considered the next Thursday.