The program is maintained by Andrei Shari. Radio Liberty correspondents Maxim Yaroshevsky, Marina Loboda, Sergey Gogin take part. Andrei Shary: Today, trade union shares under the slogan "For decent labor" were held in all regions and republics of Russia. Rallies and processions passed throughout the world on World Acts for a decent work, which was celebrated on October 7. Trade unions in Russia require stopping prices, increasing wages to budget workers, reducing prices for fuel and food.

The program is conducted by Dmitry Morozov. The correspondent of Radio Freedom Lily Palveliev takes part. Dmitry Morozov : The Russian branch of the largest British CAF charitable foundation conducted a sociological study, the purpose of which is to find out the state of private philanthropy in Russia. Lilya Palveleva talks about the results. Lilya Palveveva : On the one hand, charity in Russia has long -standing traditions.

Yuri Zhigalkin: Another fall on Wall Street: is it far to the bottom? Presidential candidates begin a decisive attack in the struggle for the White House. Who discovered the AIDS virus: the decision of the Nobel Committee is perplexed. These are the topics of the heading "Today in America." Hundreds of billions of dollars that the United States are ready to allocate to support banks according to the law adopted at the end of last week, could not reassure investors.

The Central Bank of Iceland, whose banking system was crisis, announced today the Russian offer to provide him with an emergency loan of 4 billion euros for 3-4 years. Negotiations about him began several months ago, the official report of the Bank of Iceland was noted, and the agreement will be signed in Moscow.

In Vladivostok, a rally of trade unions under the motto "For decent work!" Within the framework of World Trade Unions. With details - Radio Liberty correspondent in Vladivostok Marina Loboda. About three thousand people took part in the rally of Primorsky trade unions. These are delegates from the labor collectives of Arsenyev, Ussuriysk, Partizansk and other cities and villages of the region. The basic requirements of the promotion are on posters and in slogans.

The Worldwide LHC Computing Grid computing network begins to work, designed to analyze the data that will be obtained during experiments on a large adrone collider. In the process, the accelerator will generate up to 15 million gigabytes per year. Scientists around the world will take part in the analysis of these data.

Today at the European Table Tennis Championship in St. Petersburg, team competitions will end. The day before, the playoff matches were played in the men's tournament: Quarterfinals Germany - Russia - 3: 1 Austria - Romania - 3: 0 Belgium - Sweden - 3: 2 Belarus - Denmark - 3: 1 Semifinals Germany - Austria - 3: 2 Belarus - Belgium - 3: 0

The first meeting in the case of the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya will be held in the Moscow District Military Court on October 15. As a representative of the court said on Tuesday, preliminary hearings will be held on this day. At the dock, four are a former law enforcement officer Sergey Khadzhikurbanov, FSB lieutenant colonel Pavel Ryaguzov and the Makhmudov brothers - Dzhabrail and Ibrahim. He was charged with organizing the murder. The investigation has not yet found customers.

The second tour of the campaign debate of US presidency will be held today in the American city of Nasvil (Tennessee). According to public opinion polls, the representative of the Barack Obama Democratic Party, by a wide margin, overtakes the Republican candidate John McCain.

Bob Dylan called his favorite work, which served as the main source of inspiration for him when creating his own texts and songs - this is a poem by the Scottish poet Robert Burns A Red, Red Rose, writes the British Daily Telegraph. A RED, Red Rose was written in 1794 on the basis of a folk Scottish song heard by Burns performed by a girl. Dylan spoke about the source of his inspiration as part of the My Inspiration project, organized by the famous British recording company HMV.

Dow Jones index on October 6 fell to the level of four years ago Hundreds of billions of dollars, which the United States are ready to allocate to support banks according to the law adopted at the end of last week, could not reassure investors. On Monday, they continued to dump the shares. Although the Dow Jones index by the end of the auction returned most of the lost one day, he first fell to the level of four years ago, finishing the day at the mark below 10 thousand points.

Traiders no longer fall in despair, as it was on September 17, but the market is still lying Trading in the Russian market on Tuesday ended with a slight decrease in the main indices - an average of 1 percent compared to the opening of the session. Its beginning was postponed by order of the Federal Service for Financial Markets at 13 hours Moscow time. Thus, the authorities, apparently, wanted to calm the investors somewhat after the events of the previous day.

The program is conducted by Dmitry Morozov. The Radio Liberty correspondent Alexander Lemeshevsky takes part. Dmitry Morozov : According to recent research, the inhabitants of Poland spend more and more money on gambling every year. By the end of 2008, this figure should be about $ 5 billion. About why Polyakov pulls so much in the casino, says the correspondent of Radio Liberty in Warsaw Alexander Lemeshevsky.