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.

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.

President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, who is on a working visit to Lithuania, confirmed the readiness of Minsk to develop a dialogue with European countries. According to Radio Liberty in Vilnius Irina Peters, speaking at the Lithuanian-Belarusian Economic Forum, Lukashenko said that he was striving for friendly relations with both the European Union and Russia. “It is wrong to impose a choice between Europe and Russia,” he said, “we are a connecting bridge between the West and the East.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

In Minsk, dozens of opposition were detained who tried to hold an unauthorized action. They were going to honor the memory of the politician Viktor Gonchar and businessman Anatoly Krasovsky, who went missing ten years ago. According to the Radio Liberty correspondent in Minsk, Vitaly Tsygankov, about 30 opposition activists lined up in a chain on Oktyabrskaya Square in the city center and raised the posters "We remember", as well as portraits of Gonchar and Krasovsky.

Two local residents were wounded by unknown in the Dagestan city of Derbent last night. This happened at the moment when the police officers inspected their car. This was reported to the Interfax agency in law enforcement agencies of the city. Both victims are hospitalized. The search is underway persons who have committed a crime.

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.