Radovan Karadzhich is a member of the courtroom of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague, July 31, 2008 The program is maintained by Andrei Shari. The Radio Liberty correspondent in the Netherlands Sofya Kornienko takes part. Andrei Shary: Today, the former leader of the Bosnian Republic of Serbian, Radovan Karadzhich, first appeared before the International Hague Tribunal in the Former Yugoslavia.

In Moscow, more than 30 residents of the South Butovo district in protest against the demolition of houses blocked entrances to the construction site. Participants in the action require dialogue with Moscow officials. They argue that the compensation for him for the demolition of the houses is insufficient. On Wednesday, a resident of South Butova Alla Sergeeva and her husband Valery Baranov were evicted from the house, which was then demolished.

In the suburbs of Mosul in the north of Iraq, three police officers died and four were injured - when the mined car exploded, crashing into the wall of the police station. Since the beginning of the week, this is the fifth attack of a suicide bomber in Iraqi cities. On Monday, four extremists undermined themselves in Baghdad and the city of Kirkuk in the north of the country, as a result, 57 people were killed.

Foreign journalists accredited at the Olympic Games in China will not be able to freely use the services of the Internet. The authorities will block sites that they consider opposition or harmful, among them the sites of human rights activists and the prohibited Chinese spiritual movement Falungun, based on a mixture of Buddhism and Taoism.

The Afghan authorities ordered the release of a leading television program detained on Monday, which the country's government criticized on the air. Nasira of the Pravda, leading the Ventu weekly program on the private television channel Ariana was accused of “unreasonable criticism” of the two ministers of the government.

The volume of direct foreign investment in Russia in 2007 amounted to $ 52 billion, 20 billion more than a year earlier. At the same time, investments of Russian companies abroad increased exactly in the year - up to 46 billion dollars. Such data are presented in the next annual report of the organization of economic cooperation and development.

The Russian TTK company said that the video signal from the Olympic Beijing to Europe will be transferred to the cable belonging to the company. The cable will connect the Russian-Chinese border and Stockholm, where the signal will be transferred to the European broadcasting union. In the countries of the European Union, 350 million people will watch the Olympics. In total, 4 billion viewers will look at the Olympiad, reports CyberSecurity.ru .

The mayor of Nizhny Tagil Nikolai Didenko was expelled from United Russia. The decision was made on Thursday at a meeting of the Presidium of the Political Council of the party. As stated in the decree, Didenko is excluded for "the actions discrediting the party." What exactly is being discussed - is not specified. Earlier, the mayor of Blagoveshchensk Alexander Migulya was excluded from the ranks of the United Russia.

The back of the inhabitants of the Russian capital recently opened a view of the reconstructed building of the Voentorg store on Vozdvizhenka Street

The possible resignation of the Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Olmert will not jeopardize the process of Israeli-Palestinian peaceful settlement. This was stated by Israeli Minister of Defense Ehud Barak, who ended his visit to the United States on Wednesday. The representative of the Palestinian autonomy Saib Erekat confirmed that negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians will continue - despite Olmert's decision on the resignation.

Russian human rights activists appealed to the Constitutional Court with a request to check a number of provisions of the Law on rallies and meetings. According to human rights activists, the requirements of the authorities to inform them for at least 10 days about the intention to hold a public event and coordinate its place and the time of conduct is contrary to the basic law of the country.

The current building "Voentorg", unlike the previous one, is easy to confuse with others The eyes of the inhabitants of the Russian capital recently opened a view of the reconstructed building of the Voentorg store on Vozdvizhenka Street. When they demolished the old, the authorities promised that the architectural monument would be restored in its former form, but the impression of the newspaper surpassed all the worst fears of architecture experts.

Tehran again refused to give the final response to the proposals of world powers to overcome disagreements in connection with the Iranian nuclear program. Foreign Minister Iran Mancher Mottaki said that his country had already responded to the proposals of a member of the leadership of the European Union Havier Solana. These proposals, aimed at terminating the enrichment of Uranus, were submitted by Solana a few days ago.

Before the judges of the International Tribunal, the former leader of the Bosnian Serbs appeared in a more traditional form The former leader of the Bosnian Serbs, Radovan Karadzhich on Thursday appeared in front of the Hague tribunal. He reads the charges against him. To give an answer whether he finds himself guilty, he should at the next court hearing, appointed on August 29.