Today it became known that an early warning radar station about the threat of a missile attack will be deployed in Turkey as part of the missile defense system being created by the US and NATO. In this regard, Moscow said that such plans confirm the need for Russia to receive firm guarantees that US and NATO missile defense facilities in Europe will not be directed against it. This message was published on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

The brother of the murdered ex-deputy of the State Duma Ruslan Yamadayev and Hero of Russia Sulim Yamadayev Isa left Dubai, Yamadayev himself told RIA Novosti , not wishing to clarify his current location. He was deported to Dubai after being detained by the French authorities at the airport in Paris, where he was forbidden to fly to Moscow.

Today, the jury of the Moscow City Court acquitted Vladimir Lukovsky, accused of the high-profile murder in 1994 of Mikhail Likhodey, chairman of the Russian Foundation for Disabled Persons from the War in Afghanistan, RAPSI reports . Lukovsky was found guilty of storing ammunition, for which he is entitled to a term of up to three years in prison, the correspondent of Gazeta.Ru reports .

At least 11 demonstrators died today at the hands of the police and military during another Friday demonstrations, this time under the slogan "Better death than humiliation," Interfax reports, citing Al Arabiya TV channel. At the moment, it is known that four people died in the suburbs of the Syrian capital Damascus, seven more demonstrators were shot by the Syrian military in the city of Deir al-Zor.

The Guardian, New York Times, El Pais and Der Spiegel newspapers, which partnered with Wikileaks, accused Julian Assange of making serious mistakes during the publication of the latest series of documents on Wikileaks, due to which the names of State Department employees who provided writes today documents, the Guardian . Recall that in the archives of Wikileaks with dispatches of the US State Department there is a file with unedited data, which is password protected.

I helped various parties in the elections from the Democratic Choice of Russia to the collapse of the Union of Right Forces, I was at the headquarters of the communists, agrarians, and even went to the cash desk at Our Home is Russia. I lost all the elections, not a single misfire ... I am a non-partisan, and I was not a member of any parties, unions and public organizations, except for the October star, I wore a badge with “Volodya, with a curly head” and then because of my childhood.

Right Cause leader Mikhail Prokhorov does not rule out that the party may nominate him for the presidential election in March 2012. “If the party comes second in the elections, we will nominate our own presidential candidate. I do not exclude my candidacy, ”Prokhorov wrote on his Twitter .

Today in Irkutsk, a Peugeot car crashed into a bus accompanying the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill, RIA Novosti correspondent reports . Several cars from the primate's cortege did not have time to pass the green traffic light, as a result, a Peugeot crashed into one of them. As a result, no one was hurt. The accident occurred after the Patriarch visited the Znamensky Monastery in Irkutsk.

The Investigative Committee of Russia, as part of the investigation into the circumstances of the murder of Novaya Gazeta columnist Anna Politkovskaya, has charged former lieutenant colonel of the Moscow police department Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, who was previously arrested by the Basmanny Court.

The Russian pipeline monopoly Transneft will increase the pumping of oil products to Moscow airports, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the company's vice president Mikhail Barkov. It was decided to take such measures in connection with today's message from the Federal Air Transport Agency that there is a shortage of fuel for aircraft at the capital's airports.

Dear Lev Alexandrovich. "Novaya" sincerely congratulates you on your anniversary! You have achieved a lot, but you will achieve even more. And we will help. Health, strength and time for the important things you do for the whole country, as well as for children and grandchildren. Always yours, "New Newspaper"

The head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, Mikhail Sukhodolsky, approved the new composition of the Public Council of the department. Having replaced Vladislav Piotrovsky as head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Sukhodolsky revised the list of council members.

The countries of the European Union decided today to impose an embargo on oil from Syria, reports Reuters . The decision was made at a meeting of Foreign Ministers of 27 EU countries in the Polish city of Sopot. The embargo for already signed contracts will come into effect on 15 November. In addition, four more officials and three Syrian companies were included in the EU sanctions list.

The schedule includes 12 concerts in 11 cities: Novosibirsk, Kazan, Ufa, Kaliningrad, Prague, Stuttgart, Hamburg, Cologne, Antwerp, Moscow and two concerts in St. Petersburg. The tour will run from late October to mid-December. Zemfira is the most famous domestic rock singer. She released her first album in 1999, and since then, each new disc has attracted everyone's attention and caused fierce controversy.

This year in Moscow, the main celebrations on the occasion of the City Day will take place on September 4, and not, as usual, on the first Saturday of the month. This change is connected with the seventh anniversary of the storming of the school in Beslan. A record 220 million rubles have been allocated for the celebration this year, Kommersant reports . 19 million of this amount were allocated from the city budget, the rest of the funds were transferred by sponsors.