(Mikhail Afanasyev)

The program is maintained by Andrei Sharogradsky. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Madrid Viktor Cheretsky takes part. Andrei Sharogradsky: The average life expectancy of women in Spain is 87 years, and men are 83 years old. The Spaniards believe that their longevity testifies to both the growth of welfare and the improvement of the social security system in the country. However, the "aging" of the Spanish society, as in other countries, caused many problems.

The fourth day is continuing a rescue operation on the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power station in Novosibirsk in a pre-trial detention center, who had been investigated today in America.

Irina Lagunina: The decline in the Russian economy turned out to be the deepest, in comparison not only with the countries of the "big seven", but also among the four largest developing countries in the world, including, in addition to Russia, China, India and Brazil. Moreover, in Russia is the maximum inflation among all these countries. However, many experts believe that the lower point of the crisis by the Russian economy has already been passed - there is simply nowhere to fall further.

In Afghanistan, presidential and regional elections will be held today. 41 people nominated a candidate for the post of head of state. Most observers believe that the best chances of victory are with the current President Hamid Karzai. Its main rivals, according to polls, are Foreign Minister Dr. Abdullah and ex -minister of planning Ramzan Bashardost. On the eve of the elections in Afghanistan, the security situation was aggravated.

The program is conducted by Mikhail Salenkov. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Yekaterinburg Denis Kamenchikov takes part. Mikhail Salenkov: The season in Russian theaters will traditionally be opened in September-October. However, in Yekaterinburg in two places - Kolyada Theater and the Philharmonic - in August they prefer not to relax, but to work. Denis Kamenshchikov: The very center of the city. Quiet, built mainly by old mansions, Turgenev Street.

(Anatoly Kletsov, Ivan Shchedrin)

In the center of Baghdad, at least 2 people died and 10 were injured as a result of an explosion of a bomb attached to a bicycle. On Wednesday, the capital of Iraq was subjected to a series of attacks. At explosions and shelling, at least 95 people died, over five hundred were injured. It was the most bloody day in Baghdad over the past year and a half.

The Krasnodar court rejected the complaint of the opposition policy of Boris Nemtsov to the refusal of the lower court to cancel the results of the election of the mayor of Sochi, the Radio Liberty correspondent Vitaly Tarasov reports. The co -chair of the Solidarity movement intends to appeal the decision on the presidium of the regional court, as well as submit materials to the European Court of Human Rights. Nemtsov claims numerous violations during the election campaign and voting.

The program is conducted by Yuri Zhigalkin. Correspondents of Radio Freedom Jan Runov and Allan Davydov take part. Yuri Zhigalkin: Presidential elections in Afghanistan are causing great attention in the United States for obvious reasons. President Obama almost frankly assigned responsibility for the future of the state. In Afghanistan there are more than thirty thousand American soldiers.

The Supreme Court of Russia will consider the complaint about the refusal to return the case of the murder of Anna Politkovskaya on September 3 to the prosecutor's office. This was reported by lawyer Anna Stavitskaya. At the return of the case to the prosecutor’s office, both the victims and the prosecution insisted to eliminate contradictions. The Moscow District Military Court rejected the petition.

The Russian Emergencies Ministry continues to rescue work at the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power station At the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power station, water pumping from flooded compartments began. This morning, the bodies were found first one, and then two more dead during the accident at the hydroelectric power station. The official number of victims of the accident at the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power station is now 17 people.

Irina Lagunina: The anniversary of the recognition of Russia's independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia is approaching. During this time, no one except Russia took a similar step. The president of Nicaragua wanted, but the parliament opposed. Recognition remained incomplete. Meanwhile, in Russian information funds, the war, which preceded this recognition, is shown as a saving, liberation and preventing the destruction of the whole people of the Georgian side.

The program is conducted by Mikhail Salenkov. The Radio Liberty correspondent Danila Halperovich takes part. Mikhail Salenkov: The Memorial Human Rights Society states that surveillance has been established for its employees in Chechnya. The leaders of the Memorial have already addressed on this occasion to the Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia Vladimir Lukin and informed the European Court of Human Rights.