The program is conducted by Mikhail Salenkov. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Moscow Danila Halperovich takes part. Mikhail Salenkov: On Monday, in Moscow and other Russian cities, the actions of the human rights activist Natalia Estemirova, who was killed in the North Caucasus, were held. Raits and pickets were timed to 40 days from her murder. In the Russian capital, Danila Halperovich visited such a rally.

August 23-on the anniversary of the conclusion of the so-called "Molotov-Ribbentrop" Pact, a document that changed millions of destinies-I again remembered the small city on the Karelian Isthmus, where I spent every summer in childhood. This city after the Winter War of the 1939-40s moved away from Finland to the Soviet Union. I lived in a miraculously preserved in the center of the city, destroyed during two wars, a one -story building of the Finnish still construction - my grandparents.

The program is conducted by Alexander GOSTOV. The correspondent in Warsaw Alexander Lemeshevsky takes part. Alexander GOSTEV: Drunk drivers are a real trouble of Polish roads. In the struggle for sobriety, public organizations are increasingly joining the police. Alexander Lemeshevsky: "1000 drunken drivers were detained on Polish roads since the beginning of the holiday of the deceased.

Will the prison population of Russia will decrease soon? The instructions of the Ministry of Justice came into force on the procedure for the execution of alternative punishments that are not related to sending convicts to places of imprisonment. The meaning of the document in an interview with Radio Liberty was spoke of the former Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Yuri Skuratov and human rights activist Andrei Babushkin.

The program is conducted by Alexander GOSTOV. Olga Vakhonicheva, Anna Lipina and Oleg Kusov take part. Alexander GOSTEV: On the eve of the new school year in Russia, the topic of security in schools and other educational institutions again gained relevance. In many educational institutions of the country, anti-terrorist raids have been held, and in Moscow, demonstrative tactical and special exercises to prevent a terrorist act were held in Moscow today.

The cause of the death of the famous American pop singer Michael Jackson, according to incoming reports, was an overdose of a strong painkillers. According to local media, referring to the investigation data published in court, a deadly level of medicine was discovered in Jackson's blood. The police conduct an investigation against the personal doctor of the pop star, which is allegedly used in the treatment of this anesthetic. Jackson died on June 25 from cardiac arrest.

The first South Korean space rocket failed to bring a hundred -acid satellite into orbit. The reasons why the satellite did not go to a given orbit are clarified. The rocket built with the assistance of Russia was launched on Tuesday from the Cosmodrome in the south of the country. Earlier, South Korea has already launched 10 satellites into space - using foreign launch vehicles. President of South Korea Lee Mön Buck called today's launch "semi -esteemed."

(Rauf Verdiev, Oleg Smolin)

Schools are already ready to accept children, and security measures in them are strengthened On the eve of the new academic year, the topic of security in schools and other educational institutions again gained relevance in Russia. In many educational institutions of the country, anti -terrorist raids were held. In Moscow today, demonstrative tactical and special exercises were held at the 919th comprehensive school to prevent a terrorist act.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrived in Mongolia with a two -day state visit. The themes of his negotiations with the Mongol leadership are trade, economic and investment cooperation, in particular, in the mining industry, transport and agriculture. Based on the results of the negotiations, the signing of a declaration of the development of strategic partnership is expected, said assistant to the Russian president Sergey Prikhodko.

Igor Pomeranzev Portrait (About the "literary" archives of the KGB) The British weekly Times Literary Supplement published a curious document for the first time: the report of the British diplomat Lorens Darrell on a trip to the southern regions of Yugoslavia in 1949.

(Oleg Smolin)

Elena Rykovtseva : Today is declared the day of mourning at all enterprises of RusHydro. This is the largest Russian generating company and the second in the world among hydrogenerating companies in installed capacity. The company unites 53 energy facilities of renewable energy.