In Moscow, a group of homeless many children is holding a picket today. According to Radio Liberty, one of the organizers of the campaign, Marina Pleskhina, among the requirements of the protesters is the organization of control over the distribution of housing to large families and the allocation of plots for the construction of social complexes. According to Marina Brukhina, several dozen large families in Moscow were left without state support.

The Russian economy has come out of the "shock" stage of the crisis, said Igor Shuvalov, First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian government. At the same time, according to him, it is possible to deteriorate the situation with inflation or unemployment, problems with demand in individual industries. Speaking today in the State Duma with a report on the implementation of anti -crisis measures, Shuvalov also noted that restoration of the economy could last until 2012.

Irina Yasina In recent days, opening the political season, Russian leaders - both President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin - made a number of important statements. Both of them look sure that the economic situation in the country is under control, both talk about modernization.

Will the direct elections of governors be returned before the 100 years promised by the president? We are talking about this in the program "The City of Time" on Wednesday September 16 at 23 o’clock with a former member of the Presidential Council Leonid Smirnyagin. Leading Vladimir Kara-Murza. Ask your question to the program participants.

Badminton performed by tandem. Sochi, August 2009 Radio Liberty continues the discussion on the topic: whether President Medvedev is ready to offer an alternative to the Putin course. The word to the famous political scientist and sociologist, former adviser to Boris Yeltsin Georgy Satarov: - The main motive of the current government is the motive for self -preservation. It is important for them to maintain the regime, to maintain their control.

Metropolitan Volodymyr (left) and Patriarch Kirill in Kyiv, July 28, 2009 Vitaliy Portnikov: After the visit of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Kirill, an interesting event occurred in Ukraine from the point of view of the possible renewal of inter -religious dialogue in this country. Both the Moscow Patriarchate and the Kiev Patriarchate agreed to create commissions that should conduct conversations about the possible understanding between the two parts of Ukrainian Orthodoxy.

The Prosecutor General of Russia opened a criminal case against the leadership of the Izhavto automobile plant on the fact of deliberate bankruptcy. According to the representative of the Prosecutor General’s Office, the company's creditors applied the statement. The audit showed that Izhavto leaders created the conditions under which the company was unable to fully pay for credit obligations.

Victor Tsoi In St. Petersburg, the results of the first stage of the contest of the monument to the rock musician Viktor Tsoi were summed up. It is assumed that the monument will be established in the Moscow district of the city in the summer of 2010 - on the twentieth anniversary of the death of Tsoi. The jury selected the most powerful sketches and projects from dozens of proposed. The aluminum cucumber did not go to the final.

In Istanbul, six people were detained today on suspicion of involvement in the 2003 terrorist attacks. The mined trucks then exploded in two Istanbul synagogues, about twenty people died. Another explosion occurred at the Branch of the Hong Kong Bank in the city center - 30 people were killed. To date, already seven people have been sentenced to life imprisonment for involvement in Istanbul explosions in 2003.

The growth of Russia's GDP, taking into account seasonal factors, in August amounted to 1.5% of July, said the Deputy Prime Minister of the Government, Minister of Finance Alexei Kudrin. According to his forecast, the total volume of the country's economy in the third quarter will increase by 1.5% compared with the second, and in the fourth quarter - by 2.4% compared to the third.

The fire at the 2nd Brestskaya in Moscow Center of Moscow, where a large fire occurred in a 4-story building of the old building, dozens of fire bills work. According to the Ministry of Emergencies, the ceiling between the second and third floors collapsed. According to preliminary estimates, the ignition area is about 2 thousand square meters. There is a danger of the spread of fire to neighboring buildings. There is no information about the victims.

Dmitry Medvedev changes the image The President of Russia continues to make "installation" statements. Experts are discussing yesterday's performance by Dmitry Medvedev, who met with members of the Valdai Club.

Jose Manuel Barrosa was re -elected to the post of head of the European Commission. Most of the deputies of the European Parliament spoke in support of his candidacy - mainly representatives of the legal fractions. Earlier, the leaders of all 27 countries of the European Union spoke for the re -election of Barroz. The Portuguese politician has been heading the European Commission since 2004.

As a result of a special operation, one militant was killed on the outskirts of Makhachkala, Radio Liberty correspondent reports. Earlier it was reported that on Wednesday morning, on Mount Tarki-Tau, there was a shootout between law enforcement officials and militants. The regime of a counter -terrorist operation is introduced in the area. According to preliminary data, a group of up to three militants was blocked. The victims of law enforcement officials are not reported.

Ribbentrop, Stalin, Molotov in the Kremlin after the signing of the sadly notorious Pact, August 1939 70 years ago, on September 17, 1939, a few weeks after the signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact , the division of the spheres of influence in Europe, the USSR introduced its troops into Western Belarus and Western Ukraine, which was then part of Poland. Official communist propaganda called this campaign of the Red Army "liberating", "golden September".