The European Court of Human Rights rejected the lawsuit against the Russian authorities filed by military journalist Grigory Pasko. The court decision notes that Pasko was convicted on charges of espionage in favor of Japan as a soldier, and not as a journalist, and the punishment "was not disproportionate." In 2001, Grigory Pasko was sentenced to 4 years in prison.

Andrei Babitsky: On Friday, October 23, the State Duma of Russia will consider - already in the second reading - the draft of the new law on energy conservation and increase energy efficiency. It is in it, by the way, a phased replacement of ordinary electrical bulbs in other energy -saving in the country is provided.

From 9 to 10 in the morning we will talk about what the beginning day is preparing for us. Imagine the panorama of political, sports, scientific news, live live with guests and experts the latest topics of the new day, talk about the life of two Russian capitals.

In honor of the 100th anniversary, the building of the Institute of Philosophy is transferred to the Pushkin Museum - it turned only 80 years old. Employees of the Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences signed an open appeal to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin with a request not to evict them from the occupied building. The premises in which the Institute of Philosophy is 80 years old is going to transfer to the Pushkin Museum.

The average bank loans rate provided to Russian companies and enterprises for up to one year, excluding the state "Sberbank", decreased in September to 14.5% per annum against 15.1% in August, the Central Bank said. Thus, the September rate has become minimal since October 2008, when it amounted to 14.3%. The highest level of the average rate on loans to the corporate sector this year - 17.4% percent per annum - was noted in January. He also became maximum since May 2002.

Since 2010, the Central Bank of Russia has stopped issuing ten -ruble banknotes, but they will be removed from the appeal gradually, the first deputy chairman of the bank, Georgy Luntovsky, said. From October 1, a new ten -ruble coin was introduced in the country, which should completely replace its paper counterpart.

The first part of the exclusive interview with Mikhail Gorbachev Radio Liberty is devoted to the elections in Russia and their possible consequences for the authorities and citizens. With the politician, the editor -in -chief of the RS website Lyudmila Telen talked. Embed Share Embed Share The text of the copy Width PX Height PX The url has been copied to your clipboard No Media Source Currently Available 0:00 0:07:08 0:00 Full text interview with Mikhail Gorbachev.

Marina Timasheva: This fall, amazing evenings have passed in the garden of the Fountain House - the Akhmatova Museum: Freedom of speech: Open Air or “something like a festival of literature”. Says Tatyana Voltskaya. Tatyana Voltskaya: It all started back in May, on the night of museums, which in a fountain house turned into real magic.

Lyudmila Alekseeva, as before, offers the authorities to fulfill his constitution The Moscow City Hall denied the opposition and human rights activists to hold a rally on October 31 in defense of the freedom of assembly on the Triumphal Square. The authorities proposed other options for the rally, which human rights activists did not arrange.

The Parliament of Moldova postponed the elections of the president of the country scheduled for October 23. The decision adopted at an unplanned meeting of the parliament is justified by the need to amend the election law. The stumbling block for the deputies was the nomination of only one Presidential candidate is the leader of the Democratic Party Marian Lupa.

The parliament of Kyrgyzstan approved a new draft government structure. The Cabinet of Ministers will be headed by the Prime Minister and Three Deputy Prime Ministers. The proposed structure of the government is 14 ministries, 7 agencies, 6 services and 2 funds. In the office of ministers, committees were abolished and two new ministries appeared - economics and economic regulation.

In the capital of Chechnya, 4 militants were killed during the special operation, a policeman died. A group of armed people was blocked in a residential building in the Oktyabrsky district of Grozny. Two were shot by police officers, two more - these were women - they made a self -break, said the Minister of Internal Affairs of Chechnya Ruslan Alkhanov.

The volume of the Chinese economy, the third in the world after the American and Japanese, increased 8.9% to the level of the third quarter last year in July-September. In general, from January, China's GDP volume increased by 7.7% to the level of the first nine months of last year. Such data was presented by the National Bureau of Statistics. The entire increase in the economy was ensured in China by expanding domestic demand - both consumer and investment.

Russian human rights activists Lyudmila Alekseeva, Oleg Orlov and Sergey Kovalev awarded the Andrei Sakharov award for 2009. The report of the European Parliament notes that the prize "For Freedom of Thought" was awarded to all three as representatives of the Russian Memorial Society and other human rights activists of Russia. The award ceremony will be held in Strasbourg on December 16. The award was established in 1988, even during the life of Sakharov.