Maxim Gorky at a meeting of Soviet writers, 1935 On September 5, 1975, the California city of Sacramento prevented the attempt on US President Gerald Ford. The president was saved by the quick reaction of the Larry Bundorf secret service agent. He knocked out a gun from Linet Fromm, aimed at the distance of one meter to the president when he shook his hands on people who were about to listen to his speech.

The government will build lines from the participants in shared construction The volume of financing of national projects in the first half of 2009 amounted to only 18% of the planned. The Russian Ministry of Finance recognizes that the largest failure happened to the “Available Housing” project. Only 6.6 %were spent from the funds planned in the budget to finance the priority and comfortable housing. For comparison, more than 23% of the funds were mastered through the National Project "Health".

In Stockholm, the foreign ministers of 27 countries of the European Union will discuss today ways to convince Iran to return to negotiations under its nuclear program. According to the EU representative Christina Gallach, Tehran has not yet sent an official response with his decision. At a two -day meeting, it is also planned to discuss the situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

19 thousand applicants submitted 40 thousand applications for admission to Moscow State University this year In the Lomonosov library of Moscow University, a meeting of the Russian Council of Olympiads of schoolchildren was held. In addition to the results of the past Olympiad season, the rector gathered at the Council discussed the experience of the entrance exams this year as a whole. How to evaluate how many virtual, how many real applicants want to study?

The Mosgorizbirk registered election lists of all six parties that will fight for the deputy mandates in the elections to the Moscow City Duma on October 11. Today, candidates from Yabloko and Patriots of Russia were registered. The 35 deputy places are claimed by 18 candidates on party lists and 17 for single -mandate districts. On October 12, election campaigning in the media is allowed.

In the Grozny district of Chechnya, two policemen were injured as a result of shelling. As Interfax was told in law enforcement agencies, unknown people fired at police officers in the forest when they held special events. The victims are hospitalized. Earlier, several people were detained in Chechnya, who, as it is supposed, was going to make explosions. Law enforcement officers seized three explosives from the detainees.

At least 90 people died in northern Afghanistan, in the province of Kunduz, in The result of explosions of tanks with fuel. This was announced today by the Governor of the province. According to him, tankers were They were stolen by militants and exploded when they began to distribute fuel to the population. Other eyewitnesses say, however, that according to the crowd gathered at the fuel trucks, there was The air jacket was applied, which caused the explosions.

In the American state of Kentukki, the court sentenced the former soldier of the American army to the life imprisonment of the former soldier in Iraq. In May, the jury found Stephen Dale Green guilty of rape and murder of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl, as well as the murder of her father, mother and sister. This happened in March 2006 in the village of Mahmodai south of Baghdad.

Evgeny Chichvarkin recruiting in the case of human abduction and extortion by former leaders of Euroset completed. This was announced by the lawyer of the ex-head of the Euroset Evgeny Chichvarkin Yuri Gervice. He also stated that his client is still not familiar with the decision of the British court on arrest. At the same time, conflicting information continues to arrive on whether such an order was issued.

Alla Pugacheva is not used to scandals. But the current one can be called perhaps one of the dramatic in her life. The younger grandson is actually stolen. But at the same time, the former son -in -law believes that he is free to decide where to live his son. The daughter of Alla Borisovna appeals to the rule of law: mom, they say, deprive the right to communicate with her son. Her ex -husband offers her to sign an agreement.

St. Petersburg fans can make both the police and football officials be considered with them On the eve of the qualifying match of the World Cup between the national teams of Russia and Liechtenstein, the fans' attention was attracted by a near -football scandal, which, according to many experts, threaten to result in riots during the match. It is associated with the name of the midfielder of the Russian national team Vladimir Bystrov.

Seven people, according to updated data, suffered as a result of the explosion in a multi -storey residential building in Khabarovsk. One woman is hospitalized, the rest of the residents was assisted on the spot. According to RIA Novosti with reference to the Ministry of Emergencies, the evacuation of the residents of the entrance is completed, the fire arose after the explosion is extinguished. According to preliminary data, household gas exploded in the apartment on the ground floor.

Chichvarkin's path to his homeland will be long The British court issued an arrest warrant of the former owner of the Russian company Evgers Evgeny Chichvarkin. The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office explained that this decision does not mean the issuance of Chichvarkin of Russia. A message about the issuance by the London Westminster Magistratian court of the arrest of Yevgeny Chichvarkin was voiced by a representative of the Russian General Prosecutor General.

How important are democratic values for you? We discuss in the program "Public Opinion" on Sunday September 6 at 13 o’clock. Is the country ready to perceive democratic values? Visiting Radio Liberty-sociologist Leonid Sedov and vice-president of the Liberal Mission Foundation Igor Klyamkin. Leading Veronika Bode. Ask your question to the program participants.

In Khabarovsk, an explosion occurred in a multi -storey residential building on Saturday night. According to the Ministry of Emergencies, one woman suffered. Presumably, household gas exploded in the apartment on the ground floor. The ceilings between the first and second floors were partially destroyed, two apartments were injured. Firefighters and employees of the Ministry of Emergencies work at the scene of the explosion, the housing of the house is being evacuated.