In the Sejm, the founder of the labor party, Viktor of the Upasis, who was accused of financial frauds, entered the Sejm in Lithuania in the Secondary District. According to RS correspondent Irina Peters, after the elections for the place of the Dzuki single -mandate constituency in the second round, the candidate from the conservatives, lawyer Kasytutis Chilinskas, also came out in parliament.

In the Vedensky district of Chechnya, during the shelling of a military motorcade, four people were killed, ten were injured. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic, the attack was committed on Sunday on the road from Vedeno to Dargo - the police were shot from machine guns. The attackers disappeared. Their search is carried out. Additional police units were transferred to the village of Dargo to pursue a group of militants.

Andrey Illarionov in the Radio Liberty studio Mikhail Sokolov: In our Moscow studio Andrei Illarionov, president of the Institute of Economic Analysis, senior researcher at the Center of Cato in Washington. I will start with the banal, but, nevertheless, the topic we need.

Performances about Russia in the theaters of Germany. Interview with Hong Kong director Wilson Yip and actor Oleg Vidov. Maya Plisetskaya about her book “13 years later”. Jubilee festival Andrei Bitov in St. Petersburg

Irakli Distribvili refused the accusations against him against Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, and partially pleaded guilty to extorting a large bribe and official negligence. This was announced by the Deputy Prosecutor General of Georgia, Nikolai Gvaray, adding that the ex-Minister of Defense was exempted on bail of $ 6 million. Okabashvili was detained on charges of corruption after he performed with a sharp criticism of the president.

Georgian oppositionists Distribvili's statement surprised, but not too upset In the official channels, the former Minister of Defense of Georgia and the leader of the opposition party “For United Georgia”, Irakli Okhaashvili, partially pleaded guilty to corruption charges previously brought by the Prosecutor General’s prosecutor’s office. He also stated that his attacks against President Mikhail Saakashvili were populist in nature and had no reason.

On October 9, Frankfurt opens the world's largest book fair. This year, her honorary guests were representatives of Catalonia. It was originally planned that only writers writing in Catalan language can represent the Spanish province. This decision caused the discontent of a number of writers, and then in Barcelona it was announced that any native of Catalonia could participate in the work of standing guests.

The UK in six months will begin to reduce the number of its contingent in Iraq. Speaking in the House of Parliament communities, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said that in the future spring, the number of British troops in Iraq would be reduced to two and a half thousand. Last week, Brown announced that by Christmas, about a thousand soldiers would be withdrawn from Iraq. British troops are deployed in the vicinity of the city of Basra in the south of Iraq.

In New York, a ceremony of presenting the awards of the VH1 TV channel to musicians performing hip-hop was held. Among the laureates of the award this year are rappeper Snup Dogg, Missy Elliot, the Vchudini trio, musical producers Andre Harrel and Teddy Riley. The ceremony, which takes place for the fourth time, will show the VH1 channel on Monday.

The European Cultural Parliament honored the memory of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, the year from the day of the murder of which has been fulfilled on October 7. This undisclosed murder is an obstacle to the full entry of Russia into the European cultural circle, the ECP statement adopted at the 6th session of the parliament in Romania said. “The cruel crime was simultaneously an attack on freedom of speech and democratic values,” the document says.

Two Spanish players became winners of tournaments ending on Sunday. In Mitsa, Tommy Robredo won the title, who beat British Andy Murray in the final of British - 0: 6, 6: 2, 6: 3. And in Tokyo the strongest was David Ferrer, who defeated the Frenchman Richard Gaske - 6: 1, 6: 2. In the female part of the Tokyo competitions, the Frenchwoman Virzhini raised the success, in the finale, which prevailed over the American Vinus Williams - 4: 6, 7: 6, 6: 4.

In England, “Arsenal” and “Liverpool” continue to go without defeats, and two clubs from Manchester are confidently kept in a group of leaders. “Arsenal” - “Sanderland” - 3: 2, “Manchester United” - “Wigan” - 4: 0, “Manchester City” - “Middlsro” - 3: 1, “Liverpool” - “Tottenham” - 2: 2. Arsenal - 22 points (8 matches), Manchester United - 20 (9), Manchester City - 19 (9), Liverpool - 16 (8).

Official site Edwin Marton On October 3, the Moscow International House of Music took a musician, whose name is known to many millions of people - violinist Edwin Marton, the very one, with whom Yevgeny Plushenko performed his indicative number at the Olympics. This time Edwin Marton performed in the concert show "Stradivarius".

The program is conducted by Kirill Kobrin. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Tbilisi George Kobaladze takes part. Kirill Kobrin: Deputy Prosecutor General of Georgia, Nikoloz Gvaray, said that Irakli Distribvili refused the accusations against Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, and, in particular, pleaded guilty to extorting a large bribe and official negligence. The ex-minister of defense was exempted on bail of $ 6 million.