The court in Thailand refused extradition to the United States of the Russian citizen Viktor Buta, suspected of illegal weapon trade. The judge substantiated the decision that Thailand does not recognize the Ultral Colombian rebels, the supply of weapons to whom the United States accuse Buta, terrorists. If an appeal is not submitted to the verdict within three days, Bout will be released.

(Alexander Cherkasov)

In Myanmar today, the court, as expected, may make a verdict in the case of the leader of the opposition Aun San Su Ji. The Nobel Laureate of the World Aun San Su Ji is accused of violating the domestic arrest regime, under which she has been for most of the last 20 years. In the case of a conviction, she is facing five years in prison.

Zarem Sadulaev helped children with disabilities in Chechnya On Monday afternoon , the head of the non -governmental youth organization "Save the generation" Zarem Sadulaev and her husband, the head of the non -governmental youth organization, were stolen in the Leninsky district of Grozny. According to Alexander Cherkasov, a member of the board of the Memorial human rights center, the abduction came directly from the organization’s office.

(Vladimir Markin, Alexander Cherkasov, Lyudmila Alekseeva, Had Saratova)

The program is conducted by Alexander GOSTOV. The Radio Liberty correspondent Sergei Seninsky takes part. Alexander GOSTEV : The decline in the Russian economy in the second quarter of the year, according to Rosstat, amounted to almost 11%. This is more than in the first quarter, however, experts indicate a gradual revival of the Russian economy.

The American weekly The New Yorker has published excerpts from the future book of American writer Ian Fraser about a trip to Russia. The weekly chose to publish the head of Siberia. The New Yorker made a generous gesture: in two summer rooms, he literally published dozens of pages of the regular author of Ian Freizer, telling about a trip to Siberia . For Americans, Siberia is exciting exotic.

The program is conducted by Mark Krutov. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Moscow Lily Palvelieva takes part. Mark Krutov: Workshops of artists located in an old manor complex on the Prechistenka were on the verge of extinction. The Moskomnati was required to free these premises until August 15. Lilya Palveveva: From different cities of Russia, news is constantly coming that artists are supplanted from creative workshops. The methods are unpretentious.

The program is conducted by Alexander GOSTOV. The Radio Liberty correspondent Alexander Lemeshevsky takes part. Alexander GOSTEV : Illegal street trade, despite the active actions of the authorities, remains a noticeable part of city landscapes in Poland.

The program is maintained by Andrei Shari. The radio correspondent Freedom Karen Agamirov takes part. Andrei Shary : The reaction of Russian politicians to the murder of the head of the Chechen non -governmental organization "Save the generation" Zarema Sadulaeva and her husband Alik Dzhabrailov is represented by Radio Liberty correspondent Karen Agamirov.

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogg Rasmussen advocated a closer strategic partnership with Russia. According to the representative of NATO, Carmen Romero, FEG Rasmussen, told the Russian representative at the North Atlantic Union Dmitry Rogozin that the Russian Council should become a forum of cooperation on strategic issues. This statement sounded on Tuesday during a two -hour meeting of the parties in Brussels.

Moscow -City is a symbol of the new, petty -bourgeois Moscow Hearing on the General Plan of Moscow Development until 2025 caused an explosion of public indignation. People do not advocate for the abolition of a particular development in a particular area, but for the revision of urban planning legislation.

The program is conducted by Alexander GOSTOV. The correspondent of Radio Freedom Lily Palveliev takes part. Alexander GOSTEV : On August 12, the second stage of public hearings on the project of the General Plan for the Development of Moscow until 2025 begins. From July 23 to August 7, the materials of the general plan were put on public display in all the government of the Russian capital.

The program will be the director of the Center for Ethnopolitical and Regional Research Professor Emil Pain.