During the draw of the Champions League group stage, the best players of last season of the most prestigious club European tournament were chosen: Best goalkeeper: Peter Czech (Chelsea). Best Defender: John Terry (Chelsea). The best midfielder: Frank Lampard (Chelsea). Best striker: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United). The best player of the year: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United).

The program is conducted by Mikhail Salenkov. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Tbilisi George Kobaladze takes part. Mikhail Salenkov: Georgia calculates the damage caused to the country as a result of a conflict with Russia. According to official data, the damage exceeds a billion dollars.

The program is conducted by Sergey Tarasov. The Radio Liberty correspondent in New York, Jan Runov, takes part. Sergey Tarasov: In Denver, Colorado, the Congress of the Democratic Party of the United States ended. About the fourth, last day of the congress in more detail our New York correspondent Yan Runov.

On Sakhalin, the employees of the coal industry held a protest against non -payment of wages. According to Interfax, more than 200 people went to a rally in the village of Vakhrushev, Poronai district, demanding to pay off salary debts that they have not received since April. Otherwise, the workers and members of their families threaten to put pickets and block the Sakhalin railway and the South-Sakhalinsk-Oha highway from September 10.

As a result of the tropical hurricane "Gustav", which swept over the Caribbean islands, about seventy people died. The hurricane moves towards the Gulf of Mexico and New Orleans, where, as weather forecasters believe, it can achieve the greatest strength next week. The authorities of the American state of Louisiana warned the residents about the possible evacuation and released the appropriate recommendations.

The program is conducted by Kirill Kobrin. The Radio Liberty correspondent Vitaly Tsygankov takes part. Kirill Kobrin : In Belarus, the next stage of the parliamentary election campaign ended - registration of candidates for deputies of the House of Representatives. Today, at a press conference in Minsk, the Chairman of the Central Election Commission Lidia Ermoshina said that 276 people were registered with candidates.

In the north of Afghanistan, a woman and two children died as a result of the shelling of Kunduz as a result of the shelling of the coalition. Four more children are injured. The incident occurred on Thursday by the Vechser in the area of responsibility of German military personnel. According to the representative of the Ministry of Defense of Germany, the soldiers opened fire on two cars, which, despite the repeated demands of the military, did not stop at the checkpoint.

The program is conducted by Mikhail Salenkov. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Tomsk Melanie Bachin takes part. Mikhail Salenkov: Tomsk meets his Olympians. In the piggy bank of the region - the first Olympic medals in the entire history of the region. At the governor's reception, Victor Korus personally thanked the athletes and handed them gifts. He, in turn, promised the residents of the region that the authorities would take care of the development of sports seriously.

On South Ossetia, residents of South Ossetia will begin to receive payments for property lost during the military conflict. This was stated by the First Deputy Head of the Ministry of Emergencies of Russia Ruslan Tsalikov. According to him, the amounts of up to 50 thousand rubles are provided. Mayor Tskhinvali Robert Guliyev noted that 80 percent of the housing stock was completely destroyed in the city.

Russia will not be in international isolation due to a conflict with Georgia, said Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. In an interview with the German ARD television company, he said that Russia is not afraid of sanctions. “In Europe and the United States, the world does not end,” the Russian Prime Minister gives such words of Interfax.

US President George Bush made a statement about the situation in Georgia. Washington, 11 August 2008 The program is maintained by Andrei Shari. A radio correspondent of Radio Freedom Jan Runov takes part. Andrei Shary : The reaction of American commentators to the tough statements of the Russian Prime Minister about the participation of Washington in the Russian-Georgian conflict. The microphone has a Radio Liberty correspondent in the United States of Jan Runov.

On August 29, a new novel by the Nobel Prize in the literature of Orhan Pamuke “Museum of Innocialness” was released in Turkey. This is the story of a man collecting things that his lover touched. In early September, the novel will be released in a German translation, and on October 14, an exhibition of objects described in the book of Pamuk will open in the Frankfurt Museum of Shirn.

The 20th round of the Russian Football Premier League championship began on Friday to the outsiders match. The Khimki, who occupied the last place, took Shinnik, located in the penultimate place. The game ended in a draw - 0: 0.

Alaska Governor Sir Paylin will be a candidate for the post of vice-president of the United States from the Republican Party. This was reported by news agencies with reference to the representative of the campaign headquarters John McCain - candidate of US President Republicans. It is expected that officially the candidacy of Pailin will be presented today at a rally of McCain in Ohio. In the presidential election on November 4, John McCain will resist the Democrats of Barack Obama.