Despite the record growth of indices, the mood of investors is far from optimism The contradictory dynamics of American stock indices and macroeconomic indicators in an interview with RS is commented on by economist Mikhail Bernshtam. According to the results of trading on Tuesday, key American stock indices decreased by about 2 percent. The reason for the sudden fear that covered Wall Street was a rumor about the threat of bankruptcy of one of the large American banks.

Dmitry Volchek: The 110th anniversary of the birth of Andrei Platonov - the greatest Russian writer turned 110. In this issue of the radio magazine “On top of the barriers” you will hear a previously not published fragment from Platonov’s novel “Ether Trakt”, an interview with literary critic Nina Malygin, who prepared a commentary on Platonon’s works, and Boris Paramonov will begin the conversation Boris Paramonov: The amazing fate of the writer.

More than 30 million people in Europe are not norment - such a statement sounded on the dietetologists passing in Vienna. These are mainly people who are in hospitals and nursing homes, and refusing to eat due to a lack of appetite. A recent study of 75 thousand hospitalized patients in 30 countries of Europe showed that 6 out of 10 people do not completely eat the food they receive in the hospital. 43 percent of those who refused to food referred to the lack of appetite.

Moldova President Vladimir Voronin announced his intention to leave the post of head of state. Speaking at a meeting of the Party of Communists headed by him, which lost the majority in parliament in the recent elections, Voronin emphasized that he did not intend to formally perform the duties of the president of the country. According to Voronin, he will go to parliament as an ordinary deputy from the Party of the Communists.

Four candidates of the opposition movement "Solidarity" will not be able to participate in the elections to the Moscow City Duma. According to the party, Ilya Yashin, Igor Drandin, Ivan Starikov and Sergey Davidis received protocols of election commissions, according to which the signatures submitted to their support were invalid. The forms of their signature sheets are recognized as not relevant to the law.

Today in the pavilions of the All-Russian Exhibition Center, the 22nd Moscow International Book Fair is opened, which is considered the main book forum of Russia and has state status. The honorary guest of the fair is India, and the central is Bulgaria. The total area of the fair is 24 thousand square meters, 800 publishers from 55 countries will be presented on it.

33 people, according to the latest data, died as a result of a powerful earthquake on the Indonesian island of Java. More than 300 people are injured, 40 are missing. The authorities are afraid that there will be more victims. Hundreds of houses were destroyed or damaged by an earthquake by force of more than 7 points. The underground shocks were felt in the capital of Indonesia Jakarta. Many people left the panic at home.

Rostekhnadzor extended the terms of investigating the causes of the accident at the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power station until September 15. As stated in the resolution of the department, it is necessary to conduct additional research and examination. Earlier, experts said that before the accident at the hydroelectric power station there was no strong blow, unusual vibration or explosion.

The district court of Rostov-on-Don sentenced the former policeman Anton Litvinenko, who shot down 12 people, to the four years of the penal colony. The defendant was also obliged to pay the victims more than 3 million rubles. According to the investigation, in April of this year, Litvinenko lost control of the car and shot down people at the bus stop. 12 victims were hospitalized, of which one child died. After the incident, Litvinenko quit law enforcement agencies.

What are the questions about the terrorist attack in Beslan remains unanswered for you? The discussion on this subject will continue on the morning air of Radio Liberty on Thursday, September 3, from 8 to 10 hours (Moscow time). You can take part in the conversation by calling 8-800-200-22-12 (a call from Russia is free).

The Indian space mission discovered traces of the landing of the American ship Apollo 15 on the moon. According to the Indian space agentsvo, its apparatus, launched into the orbit of the moon, took pictures, which, as they say, once again confirm the reliability of the landing. This information can strike supporters of conspiracy theories, according to which the American space agency NASA staged the landing of Apollo ships on the Moon in 1969 and 1971.

Denis Evsyukov In the Nagatinsky court of Moscow, the claim of Louise Salikhova, who suffered in April this year in the supermarket as a result of the shooting, arranged by the head of the Tsaritsyno department, Denis Evsyukov, will be held today. She intends to recover from the capital Department of the capital of three and a half million rubles of compensation and demands that she be paid for all the costs of treatment.

The former owner of the Euroset company Evgeny Chichvarkin , put on the international wanted list in the case of abduction of a person, does not intend to return to Russia. In an interview with the Business FMS radio station, Chichvarkin again rejected all the charges against him, saying that he was hoping for a fair court in the UK.

In the future, John Deere can collect in Russia not only agricultural, but also construction equipment The American company John Deere, one of the world's largest manufacturers of agricultural, construction and logging equipment, approved the construction project in the Moscow region of the plant for the production of tractors, combines and logging machines. According to plans, production worth more than 120 million dollars will be commissioned in the first quarter of 2010.