Russian President Vladimir Putin signed on Friday the law "On state protection of victims and witnesses." The law entering into force on January 1, 2005 provides for a number of measures to protect the trial participants: relocation to another city, replacing documents, changing the appearance and place of work, and so on.

A conflicting information about the situation around the Imam Ali mausoleum, where supporters of the radical Shiite leader of the Moktada of As-Sadra, are hiding from the Iraqi city of the Angajaf. Iraq reported the Ministry of Internal Affairs today that the Mausoleum is under the control of the Iraqi police. However, the representative of the AS-Sadra denied this information. The American command cannot yet check these messages.

In New York, oil prices reached a new record level - $ 48 70 cents per barrel. The reasons for the new leap are the fears of sabotage in Iraqi oil pipelines, the situation around the Russian company "Yukos" and the political crisis in Venezuela - the fifth oil producer in the world. Oil prices have risen by almost a third of the last six weeks, and exceed the level of annual prescription by one and a half times.

In the Iraqi city of Angajaf, American aviation struck the positions of Shiite rebels. The authorities of Iraq put forward the last ultimatum to the leader of the rebels Moktada al-Sadra-to disarm their supporters and leave the al-wajaf. The US Air Force subjected the next bombing and the position of Sunni rebels in the city of El Falluj. In Baghdad, extremists fired at the US Embassy from the mortar. Two people were injured.

The program is conducted by Kirill Kobrin. The program is attended by the Radio Liberty correspondent Maryana Torocheshnikov. Kirill Kobrin: The Meshchansky Court of Moscow refused to terminate the statute of limitations Criminal prosecution of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Plato Lebedev according to one episode - the episode of the theft of shares of the Apatita joint -stock company.

The French Court of France issued a sharp warning to the Lebanese television channel al-Manar. According to the court decision, the broadcast of this channel in France will be stopped on October 1 if it does not stop anti -Semitic propaganda. The scandal around the Al-Manar channel broke out several months ago when he began to transfer TV shows to anti-Semitic topics, including the so-called "Protocols of the Zion sages" and "sacrificing Christian babies."

Radio "Freedom". "Russia yesterday, today, tomorrow." The microphone has an anatoly shot with the program "Your Letters". "Hello, Anatoly Ivanovich! We somehow forgot everything at once that the initial goal of your radio station was to destroy the Soviet Union. Now you have an equally grandiose task: no, no, not the revival of Russia, but the same lobbying for the interests of the United States.

The program is conducted by Kirill Kobrin. The Radio Liberty correspondent Anna Lipina takes part. Kirill Kobrin: In Pskov, a monument to Vladimir Putin established on August 19 was dismantled today. The initiative to create this monument belonged to the Public Organization "Union of Citizens of the Pskovshchina - Support Bloc of the President of the Russian Federation." Funds for creating a bust are raised by residents of Pskov.

About two hundred military personnel of Georgia left the Georgian -Ossetian conflict, - the authorities of South Ossetia said. After yesterday’s battles at Tskhinvili, Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili said that Georgian troops would transfer the heights they occupied by peacekeepers. The South Ossetian side, meanwhile, claims that it controls its entire territory. In Tskhinvali, the last night was calm - for the first time since the aggravation of the conflict.

Oil prices on world exchanges continue to rise. On Friday, during trading on the London Exchange, the price of oil exceeded $ 49 per barrel. The main reasons for the new jump are the fears of sabotage on oil pipelines in Iraq and the political crisis in Venezuela - the fifth in the world, oil producers. A number of experts do not exclude further growth in oil prices.

Leading Sergey Seninsky A review of the publications of the British weekly "Economist". Sergey Seninsky: The release opens, as usual, a panorama of economic news and events of recent days - one week of the year. One week of the year Daria Zharova: The Bank of Russia began issuing modified banknotes with a dignity of 10 to 1000 rubles - with new protection elements.

The Secretary of the Parliament of Japan Kadzumori Tanaka arrives in Vladivostok. The focus of the visit is the disposal of the written off Russian atomic submarines, to which Japan has already allocated about $ 200 million. Tanaka will also meet with the participants in the project to reburied the dust of Japanese prisoners of war who died in labor camps in Primorye.

In Kyiv, in one of the wholesale markets on Friday evening, two explosions occurred. According to Interfax with reference to the Ministry of Emergencies of Ukraine, 13 people were injured, two of them in serious condition. The place of explosions is cordoned off by the police, other details are still unknown.

In Israel, the leader of the Opposition Party of Labor, Shimon Peres called for the early parliamentary elections to end the political crisis in the country. According to Peres, the fate of Israel should be decided by its inhabitants, and not a few hundred high -ranking officials in the government. This week, the Likud party, led by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, voted - contrary to his call - against the entry into the ruling coalition of the labor party.

The Moscow Regional Court suspended until September 23 - at the request of the lawyers of the National Bolshevik Party - consideration of the case of its liquidation. The prosecutor's office claims that the NBP documents contain illegal calls to create the National Bolshevik Army, a change in the borders of Russia and other provisions violating the law.