In Pskov on Sunday, a rally was held in defense of political prisoners, organized by the regional branch of the Coalition "Another Russia". Members of the Pskov and St. Petersburg branches of the United Civil Front, Communists and Limonovtsy participated in the action. At the same time in the same part of the city, opponents of the opposition - activists of the "Young Guard of United Russia" rally.

The Taliban again promise to free two sick South Korean hostages. According to the Governor of the Afghan province of Gazel, women will be released on Monday. The Taliban had already made such a promise on Saturday - but then they said that they changed their minds. There are 21 hostages in the hands of the kidnappers, they killed two. The delegation of South Korea is negotiating with the Taliban in the province of Gazel, where a group of South Korean missionaries was stolen in July.

The head coach of the national team and the world record holder do not go to the World Athletics Championship Oleg Vinokurov: On the eve of the World Athletics Championship, we intended to introduce listeners, in particular, with the thrower of Tatyana Lysenko. But because of the next doping scandal, she will not go to the championship, like the head coach of the Russian national team Valery Kulichenko.

Pakistan and Afghanistan were faced with the "most gloomy forms of extremism," Perevez Musharraf said in the Afghan capital. He spoke to 700 participants in the three -day conference of Afghan and Pakistani elders in Kabul. Forum declarations calls for eradication of extremism in both countries and create a special advice to strengthen cooperation between Pakistan and Afghanistan.

In Ukraine, the scale of a new political conflict expands, caused by the denial of the Central Election Commission to register the electoral lists of the Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko. The association "Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense" accused the CEC of political repressions, demanding that Tymoshenko’s block immediately register. A group of CEC members from the ruling coalition, in turn, accused Tymoshenko of unacceptable pressure and illegal actions.

In Kabul, the "Jirga of the World" ended - a conference of Afghan and Pakistani elders. In the final resolution, the participants of Dzhirgi called on the governments of both countries to take strict measures in the fight against terrorism, destroy the shelters of extremists and put an end to drug dealership, the income from which the terrorists fuel.

In Khabarovsk, the second round of the preliminary round of the world Grand Prix for women's teams ended. On the final day of the competition, the Russian team won the Cuba team - 3: 2, and the US volleyball players in three parties beat rivals from Kazakhstan. Thus, the Russians won all three matches of the second round, two victories in the asset of the American and Cuban teams, and the volleyball player of Kazakhstan suffered three defeats.

On Sunday, 4 matches ended in the 20th round of the Russian Premier League championship. The results of the meetings are as follows: CSKA - "Moscow" - 2: 0 "Tom" - "amcar" - 0: 1 "Rubin" - "Saturn" - 0: 1 "Kuban" - "Rostov" - 1: 0 The position of the teams in the upper part of the table: Moscow Spartak remained in 1st place-39 points, followed by Zenit-34, Moscow-33, CSKA and Dynamo-30, Amkar, Saturn and Lokomotiv-27 each.

Afghan Taliban, holding South Korean hostages, abandoned the intention to free two of them. Western agencies quote the representative of the group, who said that the leaders of the Taliban changed their minds. Earlier it was reported that the Taliban decided to free two patients with hostages as a gesture of goodwill. 23 South Korean missionaries were stolen in Afghanistan in mid -July. Two of them were later killed. There are negotiations between the Taliban and representatives of South Korea.

Mumin Shakirov: In the life of every person there was a picture with which acquaintance with a large cinema began. Someone has this exciting meeting with the cinema in distant childhood, for someone in a later period. I got the strongest impression at school age after watching Tarzan with Johnny Weismuller in the title role. The hero of the jungle, a handsome man, folded as Apollo, dexterous and brave, friend and enemy of animals, who emit his famous militant cry, in a word, an unlike character.

Three American troops and translator died as a result of the explosion today in the east of Afghanistan. The command reports that another American soldier was wounded in a battle in the province of Nangarhar. Two soldiers of the forces of the international coalition died in Afghanistan on Saturday. It is reported that one of the dead is the Briton.

DS: The microphone has freedom, your ds and your own "nine minutes of jazz." The conversation today will go about the multi-instrumentalist Roland Kurke, who was born on August 7, 1936 ... Parents called him Ronald, but Ronald, who shocked the Vunderkind's vision in two years, preferred Roland: so it came out more unusual. In the mature years, according to him, the heavens sent him another name during sleep - Rahsaan. So we know him - Rakhsaan Rolend Kurk.

Member of the Committee of the Council of the Federation of Defense and Security, a representative in the Council of the Federation from the executive body of state power of the Republic of Ingushetia Issa Kostoev.