The New Gazeta limits the work of its correspondents in Chechnya. The editor -in -chief of the publication Dmitry Muratov explained the Echo of Moskvy radio stations that such a decision is made in connection with the inability to ensure the safety of newspaper journalists in this republic. Earlier, the human rights center "Memorial" announced the termination of activities in Chechnya. This week , human rights activist Zarem Sadulaev and her husband Alik Dzhabrailov were killed in Chechnya.

The program is conducted by Mikhail Salenkov. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Kyiv Vladimir Ivakhnenko decides. Mikhail Salenkov: The statement of the President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev criticized the Ukrainian leadership for a serious aggravation of bilateral relations. In Kyiv, they do not exclude that Ukraine can withdraw its ambassador from Moscow. In his appeal to the Ukrainian leader, President Medvedev condemned the anti -Russian policy of Kyiv.

The first experiments on separate collection of garbage were successful Moscow will be offered to switch to a separate garbage collection system, as is practiced in many European countries. To develop the appropriate project, on the initiative of the Yabloko faction, a special working group was created in the Moscow City Duma .

(Had Saratova, Lyudmila Alekseeva, Elena Kharitonova)

In American stock markets, quotes of shares on the eve of the new report of the US federal reserve on the state of the country's economy have significantly decreased. According to incoming messages, the concern of investors led to the most serious drop in the Wall Street in five weeks. It is expected that a two -day meeting of the US Federal Reserve System will end on Wednesday with a new forecast of the country's economic development.

The program is conducted by Kirill Kobrin. The Radio Liberty correspondent Danila Halperovich takes part. Kirill Kobrin: In Moscow, a new process in the new case of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Plato Lebedev continues. Today is the next day in court, and my colleague Danila Halperovich is working there, he is now on the phone on the live broadcast of freedom. Danila Halperovich: I must say that the beginning of the day, the beginning of the discussion did not portend anything so sensational.

Andrei Babitsky: How is the economic crisis reflected in the unification trends in Europe? Whether the process of globalization has slowed down or, on the contrary, the general difficulties rallied European countries and states that strive to integrate into European space. This is the conversation of Igor Yakovenko with experts. Igor Yakovenko: I represent my today's interlocutors - this is political scientist Dmitry Oreshkin and the Bulgarian sociologist Andrei Raychev.

Russia and the Caucasus. History and modernity. We discuss in the program "Time of Guests" on Wednesday August 12 at 19 o’clock with the writer, historian Yakov Gordin. Presenter: Victor Rezunkov. Ask your question to the program participants.

The program is conducted by Kirill Kobrin. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Kyiv Vladimir Ivakhnenko takes part. Kirill Kobrin: Deputy. The head of the Russian Presidential Administration, Alexei Gromov, said that the letter of Dmitry Medvedev was addressed directly to the President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko, and not to all the Ukrainian people. We are talking about the speech of Medvedev, which can be seen on the website of the President of Russia as a video blog.

The total amount of savings in the reserve fund and the Russian National Welfare Fund by August 1 amounted to 5 trillion 670 billion rubles, the Ministry of Finance said. At the current rate, this is $ 173 billion or almost 15% less than on January 1, 2009.

Russian biathlonists Ekaterina Yuryeva, Albina Akhatova and Dmitry Yaroshenko were removed from participation in international competitions until December 2010 for doping. This decision was made yesterday by an independent anti -doping commission of the International Biathlon Union. The samples in which the prohibited drug was discovered were taken from Russian athletes in December 2008 before the start of the World Cup in South Korea.

(Ivan Bolshakov, Alexey Kiselev)

The Moscow government abandoned plans to build new garbage plants in the coming years. According to Leonid Bochin, the head of the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection, the decision is connected, including, with the economic crisis. According to the Moscow official, the government has not received orders for any project and such orders are not expected until 2025. The authorities will develop alternative methods of waste disposal.