The author of the monument to Peter First Zurab Tsereteli is going to erect another monument to Yuri Luzhkov in Moscow. In his opinion, "a monument to Luzhkov will stand." “If it doesn’t, then I’ll put it,” Tsereteli said in an interview with the BBC . “I am grateful to him for not only me, but to all artists and people of art, he gave freedom, he created galleries, many museums, theaters, helps writers.

This is what Ewa Komorowska, the widow of Vice Minister of Defense Stanislaw Komorowski, told reporters after a meeting of the families of the victims of the April 10 plane crash at the Presidential Palace. Ewa Komorowska was the initiator, or more precisely, the author of the idea of ​​​​a joint pilgrimage of relatives of the victims to the site of the tragedy. Implementing this idea was not easy. But now everything has been decided.

In the Chelyabinsk region, a criminal case has been instituted on the application of violence to a police officer during the massive beating of spectators at the Tornado rock festival, the press service of the Investigative Committee reports . During the investigation, it was found that the attackers beat a policeman who guarded public order and tried to stop the raging young people.

An impressive contract with Russia for the supply of 200 to 250 fifth -generation military aircraft is close to signing, reports Le Point with reference to the Times of India newspaper (the translation of the article is given by the "alien"). The Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force of India Naik confirmed that the two countries are going to jointly create T-50 Pak-Fu fighters.

The post -Krizis rebound did not occur, admitted the Minister of Economic Development Elvira Nabiullina, speaking today in the State Duma. The Minister, as the Polit.ru correspondent Lev Fynberg reports, told the deputies that the expected post -crisis rebound occurred, she sees the reason in the export character and weakness of our economy.

Over 80% of adolescents drink alcoholic beverages in Russia, and the average age of starting alcohol has decreased to 13 years. This was announced today at a meeting of the Government Commission on the prevention of offenses by the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Rashid Nurgaliev. “The alcoholization of adolescents in Russia has taken a colossal scale,” Nurgalieva ITAR -TASS quoted.

On September 30, Vabhazia traditionally celebrates Victory and Independence Day. On this day, 17 Letnazad Abkhaz armed groups and volunteers from the Confederation of the Gorskiynarods of the Caucasus (KGNK) after 14 months of battles ousted the Georgian State Council from the territory of the Republican. On September 30, 1993, on the former administrative border between the Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic and the rest of the Georgian SSR, the Abkhaz flag was hoisted.

The assessment of the presidential election of the Mission of the CIS observers will be objective, despite the rhetoric of Russian-Belarusian relations. This was announced today by the head of the CIS observers, Sergei Lebedev, receiving the first certificate of an international observer in the Belarusian Central Election Commission, BelTA reports. "I do not think that the current rhetoric at the highest level (between Belarus and Russia) will affect our estimates," he said.

American billionaire Donald Trump (No. 488 of the Forbes list, a fortune of $ 2 billion) said in an interview with FoxNews that he was seriously considering the opportunity to run for US presidency in 2012. “I cannot stand what is happening with the country,” Trump explained his intention. He believes that America has lost respect in the world. “We lose this country. Remember my words, if we continue to move in this direction, we will lose this country. It will no longer be great.

The temporarily acting mayor of Moscow, Vladimir Resin, joined United Russia - the day after he submitted an application for joining the party after a conversation with its leader Vladimir Putin. The appearance of the acting mayor in the ranks of the party members will allow him to get on the list of candidates for the post of capital mayor.

This week, the leader of the ruble and Leningrad groups Sergey Shnurov played concerts in Kyiv. Taking this opportunity, the correspondents of Polit.ua decided to ask the musician a couple of questions and find out why he decided to react to a high -profile campaign to protect the Khimki forest and how it relates to the return of the forest defenders to his own address.

The temporarily acting mayor of Moscow, Vladimir Resin, became a member of the United Russia party - less than a day after he wrote a statement about the entry. The appearance of the acting mayor in the ranks of the party members will allow him to get on the list of candidates for the post of capital mayor. What will happen next with the 74 -year -old long -standing associate of Luzhkov, dismissed with the Luzhkov scandal, is a question.

Today, in the Leninsky district court of Saratov, a conviction was sentenced in the case of the beating of human rights activist Alexei Suslikov and the ex-head of the Media-Holding Gazye Vadim Rogozhin.

On October 8-9, the day of the career, organized by the Rosatom State Corporation, will take place in NIYAU MEPhI. The event is aimed at involving as many university graduates as possible to work in the nuclear industry. Career day will take place in a new format - the so -called branding of employers will be held. The employer of the state corporation will promote the brand of his enterprise, achieves recognition among the target audience.

Today, at a press conference at the Golden Ring Hotel, the jury of the Russian Bouquer literary prize -2010 announced the “short list” of works that compiled six finalists of the 2010 prize for the best novel in Russian. They became: Oleg Zayonchkovsky “Happiness is possible”, Andrei Ivanov “Hanuman’s journey to Lolland”, Elena Kolyadin “Flower Cross”, Mariam Petrosyan “The House in which ...”, German Sadulaev “Shalinsky Raid”, Margarita Khemlin “Clotsvog”.