Hello! Today, by freedom, I am on duty, Veronika Bode, the host of the program "Public Opinion". And I want to offer you a topic for discussion based on data from sociological research. As the analytical center of Yuri Levada found out not so long ago, very few Russians are ready to participate in political life, at least at the level of their city. Only five percent of the respondents firmly talk about their readiness for this.

How realistic is the future prosperity of independent Abkhazia, which was promised by the Russian president? This is stated in the program "The City of Time" on Monday at 23 hours of politics Georgy Haindrava and Taras Shamba, political analyst Alexei Vashchenko and businessman Vitaliy Leib. Leading Vladimir Kara-Murza.

11 immigrants from the states of the former USSR who organized a network of establishments, where Russian women provided sexual services, were detained in Spain, Radio Liberty correspondent Viktor Cheretsky. The girls, according to the National Police of Spain, were recruited in different cities of Russia and sent on a tourist visa to Spain.

Our bloggers are now the rulers of the thoughts. They are propagandists, and agitators, and organizers. At the same time, the number of bloggers in power is growing steadily. But even among them our hero stands out: "... The most active people are not only unchurried, but sometimes even unbaptized. Some of the blessed ones said:" Virtue of people's godless people is a great evil .... They cannot have spiritual heights, and therefore correctness.

Dmitry Medvedev and Sergey Bagapsh in Sukhumi Vladimir Kara-Murza: During a brief working trip to Abkhazia, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said that Russia will assist Abkhazia in the restoration of the airport and air traffic. Also, according to him, "Abkhazia has every opportunity to become one of the tourist centers on the Black Sea coast." Abkhazia, according to the President of Russia, may be cheaper for Russian tourists than, for example, Sochi.

To promote the development of mixed schools, the Netherlands government created a special site. In the Netherlands, in anticipation of the new academic year, politics are put before an unexpected dilemma: what is more important - high performance in schools or interethnic dialogue from childhood? As the results of the recently published study of the University of Maastricht, in schools where the ethnic diversity goes off scale, the academic performance is lame.

The Pentagon expects that on Tuesday this week the process of one of the prisoners of an American military prison on the basis in Guantanamo, Cuba, Canadian Omar Hadra will begin. He was arrested at the age of 15 on charges of killing an American officer in Afghanistan in 2002. Hadra is facing a lifelong conclusion. Also, this week, the Military Commission in Guantanamo will consider the case of the alleged bodyguard of Al-Qaeda leader Bin Laden-citizen of Sudan Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmud al-Kosi.

Grigory Chekalin is still true to the oath of the prosecutor The former deputy prosecutor of Ukhta Grigory Chekalin continues the hunger strike. The reason was his detention and the initiation of a new criminal case against him: Chekalina is suspected of fraud on an especially large scale. The former deputy prosecutor considers his detention an attempt to prevent him from proved the innocence of two people whom the court sentenced to a life date for arson of the Ukhta shopping center.

The real effective course of the Russian ruble to foreign currencies in the first seven months of this year increased by 8.9%, the Central Bank said. Unlike nominal, when calculating a real effective ruble exchange rate, the difference is taken into account in the growth rate of prices in Russia and the countries that are its main trading partners.

Alexander Genis: August is an almost official month of vacation. In any case, even the president is supposed to rest at this time. And everyone who can, follow his example - including our Washington correspondent Vladimir Abarinov, who brought the audience of an “American hour” from Florida the history of the resort affair of America. Vladimir Abarinov: If the hotel business is not only business, but also art, then the Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach is an indisputable masterpiece.

Police in anticipation. Either reforms, or shifts of signs. The law "On the Police", the draft of which the other day has been submitted for a popular discussion , may enter into force on January 1, 2011. This was stated by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who has high hopes to the new law. Critics of the document, meanwhile, express fears that the long -awaited reform of the internal affairs bodies can turn into a regular change of sign.

Mikhail Zlatkovsky, "The last stage of the reforms of the bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation" Having learned about the plans for the renaming of the Russian police, the artist thought not only about the sad prospects of the current name of the holiday on November 10.

Mikhail Sokolov: 55 thousand hectares of forests are burning in the Nizhny Novgorod region. In the leadership, who had just been redesigned to the governor's post, Valery Shantsev, the election campaign continues under the leadership of the newly reassigned to the governor's post. The United Russia party clearly split into supporters and opponents of the governor. From Nizhny Novgorod is reported by Sergey Anisimov.