Ilya Smirnov: “The book released by the“ new literary review ”is only disguised as scientific. Biography of John of Kronstadt - apologetic, propaganda " The New Literary Review Publishing House in the venerable series “Russian History”, where eminent scientists are in the editorial board: A. Kamensky, R. Wortman, M. Dolbilov - released another study on history - the biography of John of Kronstadt. “Holy of our time” is a very timely book. The hero of the book is Archpriest John of Kronstadt.

The Minister of Culture of Great Britain David Lammy made a temporary ban on the removal of the Watercolor landscape of William Turner "Mount Riga: a view of the Lake Lake at Supply." In June 2006, this work, also known as “Blue Rigi”, was sold at the Christie's $ 11 million to a foreign collector at the auction. After imposing an export ban, British companies and collectors appeared several weeks to raise funds to redeem the national treasure.

Oleg Mironov Vladimir Kara-Murza: Today, the State Duma adopted a decree on the announcement of an amnesty in relation to persons who committed crimes during the period of counter-terrorism operations in the territories of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation who are within the Southern Federal District, introduced by the President of Russia. We are discussing the topic with Oleg Mironov, the former Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia.

In the Argun city hospital, two employees of the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs died from multiple bullet wounds. According to Musa Khasanov, on the eve of the morning a car in which Chechen police rode, fell under the shelling of unknown persons in the Shali district. At 22 hours Moscow time, on Thursday, in the village of Chalkla, the Shatamosky district, an attempt was made on the head of the department of the Shatoskiyskiysky district commitharship Majima Muslim Satabaev.

The total investment in fixed assets in Russia by 2009 will reach 7 trillion 127 billion rubles, said Minister of Finance Alexei Kudrin. At the current rate, this is approximately $ 266 billion. According to the Federal Statistics Service, in 2005, investments in fixed assets in the country increased by 10.5% compared to the previous year and amounted to more than 3 trillion 430 billion rubles.

Minister Baramidze (on the right) told Radio Liberty about the achievements of the administration Mikhail Saakashvili On Thursday, the Foreign Ministers of Foreign Affairs of NATO member states during a meeting in New York proposed a closer cooperation-the so-called "intensive dialogue", which, however, does not lead to the country's automatic entry into this union.

The third terminal for Aeroflot will be commissioned in the Moscow International Airport Sheremetyevo will be put into operation in November 2007, said the first deputy general director of Terminal, owned by this major air carrier in Russia. The throughput of the new terminal, which, according to him, will become the largest in the countries of Eastern Europe, will be at least 9 million passengers a year.

The German concern HeidelbergCement, one of the world's largest producers of cement, intends to invest about $ 430 million in the development of its Russian enterprises in the next two years, its representative said. Now the concern in Russia has cement plants in the Leningrad and Saratov regions, as well as a plant of concrete structures in the Tula region.

On the year in St. Petersburg, a verdict will be announced in the so -called “Starovotova case - 2”. The defendants - Vyacheslav Lelyavin and Pavel Stekhnovsky - are accused of participation and complicity of killing a deputy of the State Duma, human rights activist Galina Starovotova in November 1998. In the debate that took place in the city court of St. Petersburg on September 20, the prosecution demanded to completely admit the guilt of the defendants proven.

The gross violations of human rights in the American military prison of Guantanamo and Iraqi prison Abu Graib caused serious damage to the authority of the United States, says a senior representative of the European Union. Guy de Vrians, dealing with the problem of combating terrorism, made this statement at the International Conference in Prague.

On September 22 in St. Petersburg, the film project Manhattan Short Film Festival starts. On the Bolshoi scene of the Music Hall, 12 films from Ireland, Poland, USA, Cuba, Spain, Germany, Great Britain, Austria and Israel will be shown within 2 hours. The festival is held for the ninth time, but Russia is participating in this film forum for the first time. Manhattan Short Film Festival simultaneously takes place in 39 countries at 170 venues.

Venezuela president is rarely allowed in the United States, and he is trying to use each of his stay here in full In recent days, Americans constantly hear insulting from the screens of TVs to President George Bush. They tirelessly fly off the language of the President of Venezuela, who is in New York in connection with the session of the UN General Assembly passing here.

The State Duma of Russia today begins to consider the draft budget for next year. According to the document, the income of the treasury will have to amount to approximately 7 trillion rubles and exceed expenses by one and a half trillion. The forecast for economic growth in the project is 6 percent, inflation is not higher than 8. The budget has a 26.7 ruble for the US dollar. The State Duma also plans to consider a decree on amnesty to participants in the North Caucasus today.

In the center of Moscow today will be a picket dedicated to the anniversary of the entry into force of the conviction Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Plato Lebedev. As the organizers of the action await, representatives of the United Civil Front - in the picket in the Novopushkinsky square will take part up to a hundred people. On September 22, the Moscow City Court upheld the sentence of the Meshchansky court, reducing the term of punishment for both entrepreneurs for a year.

The head of the Palestinian autonomy, Mahmoud Abbas, said that the new government of national unity intends to abandon violence and recognize the state of Israel. The application was made at a session of the UN General Assembly in New York. In the new cabinet - along with representatives of the extremist group of Hamas - the members of the moderate movement of the FATH led by the Abbas should enter.