In New York, at the age of 94, the famous virtuoso musician, an inventor of an electric guitar and a multi-track recording of Forest Paul died. He was the owner of 36 "Golden Drins", his hits occupied first places in music ratings 11 times from 1949 to 1962. In 1941, the Forest Paul invented the first electric guitar with a solid building - earlier the musicians played acoustic guitars with pickups.

Railway tracks remain one of the main goals for terrorists Today he has been fulfilling two years from the day when the train No. 166 "Nevsky Express", which followed the Moscow -St. Petersburg route, was blown up near the village of Burg, the Novgorod region. As a result of the explosion of a bomb with a capacity of about two kilograms of TNT, 60 people were injured, no one died.

(Tatyana Sergienko)

Former Accountant of the Federal Antimonopoly Service Galina Bykov and ex-head of the Foundation Andrei Taranov during the announcement of the sentence The Moscow City Court sentenced the case of corruption in the Federal Fund for Compulsory Medical Insurance. The ex-director of the Fund Andrei Taranov received seven years of a maximum security colony. His deputies Yuri Yakovlev and Natalya Klimova - for nine years of colony of strict and general regime, respectively.

The program is maintained by Andrei Shari. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Kyiv Vladimir Ivakhnenko takes part. Andrei Shary: Today, President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko published an open letter to the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

German parliamentarians fear that a new period of political purges began in Russia, during which dissenting journalists, human rights activists and lawyers are eliminated.

Irina Lagunina: Young American Julia Child, first met French cuisine, when she stopped dining in Ruan with her husband, on the way to Paris in 1948. The impression made on it with this dinner was stunning. Fifteen years later, her first book was published, "mastering the art of French cuisine." And immediately became a bestseller. Following the first success, articles in magazines, participation in television programs, and finally, in 1963, started her famous her own show “French Chef”.

The program is maintained by Andrei Shari. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Vilnius Irina Peters takes part. Andrei Sharry: They presented the leaders of Russia and Lithuania, discussing the situation with traffic jams at the borders (these traffic jams arose due to the fact that Russian customs officers tightened control of the import of Lithuanian goods) came to the agreement.

The program is conducted by Alexander GOSTOV. The Radio Liberty correspondent Oleg Kusov takes part. Alexander GOSTEV: In North Ossetia, the Radio Liberty correspondent Oleg Kusov is still working, and now he is in touch with us again. Oleg, now in North Ossetia there are a lot of such heavy anniversary, the anniversary of Beslan is approaching, there was just the anniversary of the war in South Ossetia.

The program is conducted by Alexander GOSTOV. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Moscow, Maryana Torocheshnikov, takes part. Alexander GOSTEV: The Khamovnican Court in Moscow today was supposed to make a decision whether to extend the term of detention of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Plato Lebedev. As always, the correspondent of Radio Liberty Maryan Torocheshnikov monitors the course of this process on the spot. Maryana, what are the news for this hour?

Chekhovsky festival: Japanese dolls, Philip Zhanti, Matthew Burn, Pina Baush and Robert Lepage. "Petersburg metaphysicik. Fragment of the biography of Mikhail Shemyakin." The book "Artuz".

Marina Timasheva: We continue the story about the performances of the Chekhov International Festival, which we started in the last issue on top of the barriers. The most exotic performance of the Moscow Chekhov festival was undoubtedly brought by the Japanese Puppet Theater Bunraca. The classic play of the 18th century “The suicide of lovers in the dreamsaki” was watched by Lilya Poliveva. Lilya Palvelieva: Boris Akunin in the novel “Diamond Chariot” has a characteristic episode.

The program is conducted by Mark Krutov. The Radio Liberty correspondent Maxim Yaroshevsky takes part. Mark Krutov: Alcoholism in Russia has turned into a national disaster.

He has been performing two years from the day of explosion of the Nevsky Express train in Riga, Russian -speaking schools of the American military are closed with stubborn bays with the Taliban movement Dmitry Medvedev held a meeting "On measures to reduce alcohol consumption in Russia" Moskomnovanies are seeking the depravatization of a federal monument in Dagestan.

The program is conducted by Alexander GOSTOV. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Moscow Danila Halperovich takes part. Alexander GOSTEV: The Yabloko party presented today in Moscow its program in the elections to the Moscow City Duma, which should be held on October 11. At a press conference dedicated to the pre-election plans of Sergei Mitrokhin and his one-party ones, Danila Halperovich visited.