Bernard Kushner got acquainted with the work of the European Union observers in Washington in Georgia, a meeting of the Ministers of Finance and Directors of the Central Banks of the Seven countries Historical calendar on October 11-18

Kushner could not give answers to all questions Foreign Minister Bernard Kushner, after visiting the districts of Georgia, adjacent to South Ossetia, headed for Batumi, where he met with President Saakashvili. The press conference, consisting after a conversation face to face, clearly demonstrated the complexity of the situation, especially in terms of post-war settlement.

The countries of the "big seven" promised to take all possible measures to combat the global financial crisis. The Ministers of Finance and the heads of central banks of the seven most developed countries of the world after a meeting in Washington announced their readiness to work together to stabilize financial markets. The fall on the world exchanges continues, despite all the efforts of leading countries. Oil prices fell sharply.

The first butt matches of the 2009 football in four pairs were played: Austria - Finland - 2: 1 Germany - France - 1: 1 Türkiye - Belarus - 1: 0 Wales - England - 2: 3 On Saturday, the remaining three couples will join the fight, and response matches will be held on October 14-15. Seven winners will join the Swedish national team - the mistress of the final tournament, which will be held in June.

Foreign Ministers of Germany and Russia will negotiate in Dortmund (Germany). The German Foreign Ministry reports that Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Sergey Lavrov will discuss the consequences of the Russian-Georgian armed conflict, the Iranian nuclear program and the prospects for relations of the European Union and Russia. Then the ministers will visit the qualifying match of the World Cup between the national teams of Germany and Russia.

The program "Results of the Week" is conducted by Dmitry Volchek. The Radio Liberty correspondent George Kobaladze takes part. Dmitry Volchek: This week, Russian troops continued to leave the territory of Georgia, they seemed to even leave the buffer zone, but still not up to the very end and the controversial issues remained. Chronicle of events in the report of George Kobaladze from Tbilisi.

In St. Petersburg, two workers-builders were killed-citizens of Tajikistan and Moldova. As Interfax was told in law enforcement agencies, their bodies with many stab wounds were found in a construction house on Saturday night. An investigation is underway, a criminal case has been instituted.

Russia only partially fulfilled its obligations under the agreement on the termination of the armed conflict with Georgia, said French Foreign Minister Bernard Kushner. Having made a trip to Georgia, Kushner confirmed that the Russian troops left for the appointed time from the buffer zones around Abkhazia and South Ossetia, but they did not fully fulfill the condition - to return to the positions that they occupied before the conflict.

Chechen authorities are not going to transfer the parliamentary elections planned on Sunday, despite the earthquake that happened in the republic. Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov called on residents of the republic to come to polling stations. As a result of the earthquake on Saturday in Chechnya, at least 12 people were killed, 116 were injured and injured. In Shalinsky and Gudermes districts there is destruction, the railway bridge over the Argun River was damaged.

Fresh information about the events of the current day and its analysis together with experts.

A detachment of Russian warships, making a long sea campaign, will go to the Libyan port of Tripoli today. The command of the Russian Navy reported that the ships would be in Tripoli until October 13. As said, during this time, reserves will be replenished, and the crews will rest. Then the Russian ships will go to the shores of Venezuela to participate in joint naval exercises with it.

The program is conducted by Marina Dubovik. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Tbilisi George Kobaladze takes part. Marina Dubovik: Foreign Minister Bernard Kushner got acquainted with the work in Georgia of the local office of the mission of the European Union observers. During a visit to Georgia, Kushner and the EU delegation visited a number of villages of the Tskhinvalsky district of Georgia, where meetings with residents and employees of the Georgian police took place.

Belarus welcomed the call of the European Parliament to consider the possibility of mitigating the sanctions of the European Union against Minsk. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus Valery Voronetsky called it a "step in a good direction." Deputies of the European Parliament voted with the vast majority for a resolution, calling, in particular, to consider the abolition of a number of restrictions on traveling Belarusian higher officials, including the president, to the EU countries.

The number of victims of the earthquake in Chechnya on Saturday reached 13 people, 116 were injured and injured. Among the dead are three children, the regional center of the Russian Emergencies Ministry said. In Shalinsky and Gudermes districts there is destruction, the railway bridge over the Argun River was damaged. Substance trees on Saturday were felt throughout the North Caucasus and in the countries of the Transcaucasia. In addition to Chechnya, there are no victims anywhere.

On Sakhalin there are searches for four missing students. According to the media, a group of students of the Yuzhno-Sakhalin Institute of Economics, Law and Informatics, led by the teacher, climbed the peak of Chekhov, 20 kilometers from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. On Friday, they completed the descent from the mountain, and immediately it turned out that four members of the group were not enough - they went another road, hoping to cut the path. Mountain rescuers were called to the scene.