The program is conducted by Dmitry Morozov. The Radio Liberty correspondent Oleg Kusov takes part. Dmitry Morozov : Today, mourning has been announced in the Orenburg region. The regional prosecutor's office is checking to clarify the reasons that could contribute to the collapse of the stairs at the school of the village of Belyaevka and the death of students. Five students of grade 11 were killed. A day after that, the head teacher of the school was found hanged in their own garage.

US President George Bush signed a bill adopted by Congress containing a set of measures to save the country's financial system. The plan providing for the allocation of up to 700 billion dollars to the aid of financial markets, thereby entered into force. On Friday, he was adopted by the House of Representatives. “For” 263 congressmen voted, there were 171 against the adoption of the bill. 218 votes were needed.

The Russian company “Russian Machines”, which is part of the Basic Element Holding, controlled by the entrepreneur Oleg Deripaska, left the investment and stopped participating in an alliance with Magna, one of the world's largest car components. As part of the agreement, which was implemented about a year ago, the Russian company redeemed a large package of Magna shares. The size of the package was not officially reported, however, according to expert estimates, it could be up to 25%.

In the city of St. Louis (Missouri) today, the election debate of candidates for vice presidents of the United States will be held today. Joe Biden and Sarah Palein will discuss both the problems of the economy and foreign policy issues.

The implementation of the “Kremlin” project of creating the right party, through the prism of publications in the Russian press, is discussed by the political observer of the newspaper “Del”, the scientific director of the Center for the Research of modernization of the European University Dmitry Travin and the leader of the Petersburg organization of the Yabloko party, Maxim Reznik.

Tokyo hosts men's and women's tournaments. The quarterfinals have been played in both: men Juan Martin del Potro (Argentina) - David Ferrer Spain) - 6: 1, 7: 5 Richard Gaske (France) - Rainer Shuttler (Germany) - 6: 3, 6: 2 Andy Roddik (USA) - Victor Troitski (Serbia) - 6: 3, 6: 4 Thomas Berdykh (Czech Republic) - Fernando Gonzalez (Chile) - 6: 0, 6: 4 Semi -final couples: del Potro - Gaske, Roddik - Berdykh.

The Russian-Ukrainian big contract is extended. How will bilateral relations develop? Interlocutor Vitaly Portnikova - Director of the First Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Leonid Sosovalyuk

Rodion Shchedrin: "For 50 years we are not attendants" On the 50th anniversary of the wedding, Rodion Shchedrin presented Plisetskaya Book as a gift. AST publishing house published Rodion Shchedrin’s book “Autobiographical Records”, exactly to the Great Ballerina’s golden wedding and an outstanding composer. “There is a lot here that, I think, it can cause interest,” says Rodion Shchedrin. - I am quite frank in my records. I tried to be documentary enough, not emotional, but documentary.

In Tskhinvili, six Russian troops were killed as a result of the explosion, four more people were injured. The explosion, according to the head of the Information and Press Committee of South Ossetia, Irina Glohev, thundered at 16:45 Moscow time in the territory of the peacekeepers headquarters in Tskhinvali. It is reported that, in all likelihood, the UAZ car, standing at the staff of the peacekeepers, was blown up.

In Tomsk, an official of Rostekhnadzor was detained on suspicion of bribery. According to the investigation, the head of the environmental control department, Vladimir Churilov, extorted money from the leadership of the local company Incor for the coordination with the Rostekhnadzor of the work project in one of the licensing plots. The amount of the bribe is more than 2 million rubles, ”the prosecutor's office in the Tomsk region told Interfax. The intermediary of Churilov was also detained.

Irina Lagunina: For the second year in a row, the Greenpeace International Environmental Organization has been holding a “green” electronics rating. This time, the Finnish company Nokia regained its leadership. She scored 7 points out of 10 possible. But nobody became finally “green”. Says Lyubov Chizhova. Lyubov Chizhova: It is not known for certain how many people, buying electronic equipment, are thinking about its environmental friendliness.

In the Orenburg region, the funeral of five girls who died under the rubble at the school of the village of Belyaevka took place. The region has been declared mourning. Tomorrow the funeral of the teacher will take place, who committed suicide after the tragedy. On Wednesday, stairwells collapsed in the village school, presumably due to repair work carried out in the building. 5 eleventh graders were killed. Three schoolgirls and workers were injured.

The criminal case of the murder of Anna Politkovskaya was transferred to the military court. This was announced at a press conference in Paris today by the son of a journalist - Ilya Politkovsky. According to him, the organization of hearings in a military court is explained by the fact that one of the accused is the current FSB officer. And this, in turn, may affect the fact that the meetings will be closed.

In the House of Representatives of the US Congress, debates are expected today according to an updated plan for urgent financial measures. It is reported that it is possible to conduct a second vote on this document. On Monday, the House of Representatives rejected the plan, but on Wednesday the edited text was adopted by the US Senate.