The program is conducted by Mikhail Salenkov. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Berlin Yuri Veksler takes part. Mikhail Salenkov: German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives today in Sochi, where he will meet with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

The program is conducted by Sergey Tarasov. The Radio Liberty correspondent in London Natalya Golitsyna takes part. Sergey Tarasov: The Russian-Georgian armed conflict is widely discussed around the world. As a rule, the Western press calls the actions of Russia "without justification by aggression." With a dissonance of this opinion, an article was made in an influential London newspaper Times under a characteristic heading: “The Master's Shah and Mat of Vladimir Putin to the West”.

Russian troops entered Zugdidi, now it begins to leave the Russian population On the eve of Sochi, the first group of refugees from Georgia arrived. 14 inhabitants of the city of Zugdidi, Russians by nationality, claim that they fled from persecution by Georgian neighbors, who were subjected to after the events in South Ossetia and the Kodor Gorge. Adults who arrived in Sochi and children were born and raised in Zugdidi. They decided to move to Russia immediately after the outbreak of war.

Yuri Zhigalkin: John McCain’s stiff statements in the last days in the American news space are dominated by Russia's statements, almost as much attention as the president of the country is given. The presidential candidate from the Republican Party does not hide that he is using Russia's invasion of Georgian territory as an argument in the election struggle.

The program is conducted by Kirill Kobrin. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Moscow takes part. Kirill Kobrin : The authorities of South Ossetia will not let the Georgian refugees go back, who left their villages in the Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone. This was announced by the president of the unrecognized republic Eduard Kokoita to the newspaper Kommersant.

The Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel arrives in Sochi today for negotiations with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. This meeting was long planned, but its agenda - due to events in South Ossetia - was changed. As expected, the parties will discuss the situation in the region, in particular the position of refugees and the provision of humanitarian assistance, and the path of peaceful settlement of the crisis between Russia and Georgia.

The program is maintained by Andrei Sharogradsky. The Radio Liberty correspondent Danila Halperovich takes part. Andrei Sharogradsky : International intermediary efforts in resolving the Georgian-Russian conflict. Representatives of the leadership of different countries make statements, visit Moscow, Tbilisi, Sochi, where Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is now on vacation. All these movements and statements are monitored by the Radio Liberty correspondent in Moscow Danila Halperovich.

Iraqi President Jalyal Talabani underwent heart surgery. The operation of the 74-year-old Iraqi leader was done in the clinic in the American state of Minnesota and was successful. Talabani left Iraq about two weeks ago. It was reported that he planned to operate on the knee joint, but during a medical examination in the United States he identified heart problems.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel believes that some actions of Russia in relation to Georgia during the armed conflict were “disproportionate”. At a press conference in Sochi, after negotiations with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Merkel called the “unreasonable” presence of Russian troops in Georgia and called for conflicting parties to fulfill the peace-planned provisions proposed by France.

In Kharkov, in September, the filming of Ilya Khrzhanovsky “Dau” will begin. Now the film crew is selecting actors for extras (it will take 4000 people), collects the props to recreate Kharkov of the 30s. The main role - Soviet physicist Lev Landau - will play the conductor of the Novosibirsk Opera Theater Theodore Krentis. This news is commented on by Dmitry Volchek: “People involved in the shooting of the first film by Ilya Khrzhanovsky" 4 "talk about the unusual pickup of the director.

In Makhachkala, three police officers were injured as a result of the grenade explosion. As Interfex was told in the law enforcement agencies of Dagestan, the grenade was thrown into the car of the transport police. The search for attackers is being conducted.

According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Social Support of Japan, men who eat a lot of fruits and vegetables, especially cabbage and radishes, are less predisposed to the development of digestive cancer. For eight years, doctors tracked the health status of about 39 thousand men aged 45 to 74 years. The risk of cancer formations in the digestive system is reduced by 10% with an increase in the daily plant diet by 100 grams.

Irina Lagunina: The 40th anniversary of the military occupation of Czechoslovakia is approaching by the organization of the Warsaw Treaty, which put an end to the process of political liberalization of this country-the so-called "Prague Spring" of 1968. Hundreds of documents were published about this military invasion, dozens of films were shot, many studies were written. Invaluable material are the memories of eyewitnesses - ordinary residents of the then Czechoslovakia.