The Council of Europe sends its representatives to Chechnya to get acquainted with the situation on the eve of the presidential election. As announced today in Strasbourg, the delegation of the Council of Europe will arrive in Chechnya this Friday and spend 4 days there. During this time, the delegation members will meet with the leadership of Chechnya and presidential candidates, as well as get acquainted with the position of Chechen refugees in Chechnya itself and neighboring Ingushetia.

The US military apologized to the authorities of Afghanistan in connection with the death of three unarmed Afghans. They were shot dead by US military personnel when they did not stop the truck to check for checkpoints. As the representative of the American military Scott Nelson said, this happened on Saturday in the province of Gazel. 3 people were killed and two more were seriously injured. An investigation is underway.

The program is conducted by Kirill Kobrin. The correspondent of Radio Freedom Lyubov Chizhova takes part. Kirill Kobrin: Today in Moscow, the Yabloko Party youth organization held a protest against the assignment of one of the Moscow streets named after the deceased president of Chechnya Ahmad Kadyrov. At the rally, which took place on Pushkinskaya Square, our correspondent of Lyubov Chizhova visited.

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The year of memory of the choreographer George Balanchin will end in St. Petersburg by the opening of a memorial plaque on the house where the famous choreographer was born. Address: Sovetskaya Street (formerly Rozhdestvenskaya), house 18. George Balanchivdze, who took the stage pseudonym George Balanchin, died in 1983 in New York. He was a graduate of the theater school at the Mariinsky Theater, now the Academy of Russian Ballet.

In the Iraqi city of A al-Sadzhaf, American aircraft, according to incoming messages, inflicted new blows to the positions of supporters of the radical leader of the Shiites of the Moktada al-Sadra. An additional American and Iraqi forces are being pulled to the Imam Ali mosque, where the rebels are hiding. The Minister of Defense of Iraq Khazim al-Shaalalan previously stated that the last hours of confrontation were coming.

In Moscow, an explosion occurred at the bus stop on the Kashirsk highway tonight. According to preliminary data, 4 people were injured. According to some reports, a home -made explosive device worked. Other details are still unknown.

Most of the wars that the United States waged in their history did not gain particular popularity among the population. The Mexican and Spanish wars in the 19th century were frankly colonial and sharply condemned by enlightened contemporaries. Almost the same can be said about the First World War, the motives and consequences of which the Americans caused many doubts. The Vietnamese war sharply polarized and injured the whole society.

The US Department of Finance imposed sanctions against two foreign banks on charges of laundering money. The ministry’s statement speaks of the Belarusian infobank and the first trading bank located in the Turkish part of Cyprus. Thus, the US authorities once again resemble the world financial community of the need to show vigilance.

In Moscow, an explosion occurred at the bus stop on the Kashirsk highway tonight. 3 people were injured, the city prosecutor's office reports. According to the Interfax agency with reference to the capital's Central Internal Affairs Directorate, the explosive device was installed on a lamppost near the stop. The leaders of Moscow law enforcement services left for the scene.

In the Vedensky district of Chechnya, four Russian troops were killed in a battle with a group of armed Chechens, and eight more were injured. According to the Central Committee of Chechnya, the losses of Mujahideen are three people. In the vicinity of Grozny last night, the Russian military killed 12 participants in the Chechen armed groups. According to the army command, they participated in the attack on the Chechen capital on August 21.

According to the latest data, 4 people were injured in Moscow during an explosion at a bus stop on Kashirskoye Shosse. As the correspondent of Radio Liberty reported from the scene with reference to the representative of the Ministry of Health, all the victims received fragmentation wounds. According to preliminary information, the explosive device was laid down at a stop.

The United States managed to overcome the blocking of the Cuba of the American government television and radio broadcasting. According to the US State Department, for several hours from the American military aircraft to Cuba, the programs of the television radio channel Marty from Miami were broadcast. Cuban authorities are depriving the broadcasts of television and radio programs from the United States since 1990.

Ukraine marks the 13th anniversary of its independence. A military parade will be held in the center of Kyiv, festive concerts and sports events are planned. The leader of the opposition and presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko denied the prosecution of government officials of his intention to provoke riots during the holiday.

In Pakistan, on the border with Afghanistan, two militants were killed during the anti -terrorist operation against the Taliban and two more were captured. The representative of the Pakistani military said that the raid is held in the vicinity of the capital of the province of Vaziristan in the city of Miranhah. At the same time, in the south of Afghanistan, government troops with the support of American helicopters conduct an operation to search for Taliban in the province of host.