Venezuela is held in the elections of governors of 23 states and mayors of cities. Voting is considered as a test of trust to the President of the country Hugo Chavez and the ruling socialists. Observers show special interest in the elections of the mayor of the country's capital - Karakas and the governor of the Barinas rich in oil - the brother of Chavez Adan claims this position. A possible victory of the opposition in these regions can weaken the position of the president.

In the south of Afghanistan, 8 Canadian troops were injured as a result of the explosion. According to the representative of the command, the armored personnel carrier, in which the military were located, was blown up on a home -made bomb laid on the road. The incident occurred on Friday. All victims were sent to the hospital in Kandahar. In the south of Afghanistan, NATO forces are about two and a half thousand Canadian troops.

The program is conducted by Marina Dubovik. The Radio Liberty correspondent Mikhail Sokolov takes part . Marina Dubovik : In Moscow, a conference of democratic forces is held, at which it is planned to select delegates to the congress of a new opposition movement, under the working name "Solidarity". What other tasks and plans are included in the conference program? Who is the organizer and participants of the meeting? We have the opportunity to hear answers to these and other questions.

In Ingushetia in the village of Ordzhonikidzevskaya, a police officer from the Kemerovo region is killed today. According to ITAR-TASS, citing the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ingushetia, the policeman, apparently, was shot from a sniper rifle when he went to the store. The two colleagues were not injured with him. The investigation has begun, the search for the shooter is underway.

Ivan Tolstoy: My interlocutor is the historian Marco Clement, a professor at the University of Calabria, who lives on two countries: he has been teaching one semester in Italy, and has been spending the rest of the year in Russia, where he has been engaged in various archives. Marco Clemponent is the author of books on the history of Czechoslovakia, the biography of Aldo Moro, a lot of work about the red brigades.

In Tbilisi, the Constituent Congress of the Party "Democratic Movement - Unified Georgia" will take place today. The leader of the new party is the ex-speaker of the Georgian parliament Nino Burjanadze, who, after the August armed conflict in South Ossetia, turned into an open opposition to the authorities. It is expected that up to three thousand delegates will take part in the work of the congress.

The Pope Benedict XVI served a prayer service in memory of millions of victims of mass hunger in Ukraine in the early 30s of the last century. In the Sunday sermon, the head of the Roman Catholic Church expressed the hope that life and freedom of people would never sacrifice any ideology. On Saturday in Ukraine, mourning events were held dedicated to the 75th anniversary of mass hunger. Official representatives of Russia were not present among foreign guests.

The presidents of Russia and the USA Dmitry Medvedev and George Bush held a meeting in Lima - in all likelihood, the latter during the period of stay in the power of the current American leader. Bush and Medvedev arrived in the capital of Peru to participate in the summit of the member states of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC).

The melodramatic "Admiral" - a film about the great love that happened against the backdrop of the virtual -cartoon decoration of the Russian tragedy of the early XX century, caused important disputes. The main accusation on the left against the authors of the picture is the thesis that they do not explain the transformation of the heroes of the Second Patriotic War (it is the first world) into the gangs of killers under the red flag.

At the Conference of the Democratic Movement "Solidarity" in Moscow, the current economic situation in Russia was discussed in Moscow. Member of the Organizing Committee of the movement Boris Nemtsov believes that the country is only entering the crisis: “This is Putin, speaking on September 16 at Sochi at the investment conference, said that the crisis was over.

In Moscow, the 8th extraordinary congress of the Patriots of Russia political party in Moscow hosts a conference of democratic forces the keyword of this week-“Kyrgyzstan”

Deputy Chairman of the Committee of the State Duma of Russia for Science and High -Mind Technologies, member of the General Council of the United Russia party Igor Igoshin.