The Public Chamber of Russia decided to do the business of policeman Vadim Boyko - the so -called “pearl warrant officer”, who beat the protesting participants in St. Petersburg on July 31. After the official audit in the Central Internal Affairs Directorate did not reveal violations in the actions of Boyko, the Public Chamber decided to request documents related to the case to find out how the beating of people with a club in the face may not be an excess of official powers.

Convicted Julia Kruglova (Stop-frame Vesti.ru) On September 3, the court of the Samara region decided to postpone the punishment of Julia Kruglova, sentenced to three years in prison for economic crime for 12 years . She will remain in the will until the moment when the youngest of her four children will turn 14 years old. This is what human rights activists achieved.

In Russia, natural fires are raging again: the second day they try to fight them in the Volga region . In the Volgograd region, more than 500 buildings burned down, including 380 residential buildings, five people were killed. In Togliatti, an emergency mode has been introduced due to the fire. Foci of fires are also detected in the Saratov and Penza regions.

Logo of the International Festival of Children's Theaters From September 17 to 26, on the fourth time in Moscow, on the scenes of the theater at the Serpukhovka and the Mossoet Theater, the International Festival of Children's Theaters will be held. Each time it was called differently: either "Gavrosh", then "Pinocchio". This is due not only to specific heroes of the works, but also with the accent of the festival at the theater of one or another country.

In Tajikistan, as a result of the explosion in the city of Khujand, an employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs died. 25 people were injured. According to Interfax, this was reported in law enforcement agencies of the republic. The terrorist attack near the building of the regional control of organized crime was carried out by a suicide bomber, rammed part of the building on the filled explosive car.

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In the Volgograd and Saratov regions, natural fires, which quickly spread on Thursday, captured 15 settlements. Two people were killed, one and a half dozen received burns. 474 saps burned, of which 342 residential buildings. These are the latest data reported by the Russian media with reference to the Ministry of Emergencies. Earlier it was reported that special aviation units for extinguishing fire are sent to the region.

Promotion of the memory of the victims of the terrorist attack in the Beslan school No. 1 In North Ossetia, mourning events continue in memory of the victims of the Beslan tragedy . Six years ago, as a result of the capture of the school by terrorists, 330 hostages were killed, including 186 children. The victims once again asked a letter to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. They are not satisfied with the results of the investigation of the attack and the lack of proper social guarantees.

Pakistani Taliban took responsibility for a series of explosions in the city of Lahor, as a result of which 33 people - participants of the procession of Muslims -shiites on Wednesday. The representative of the Taliban in an interview with Reuters called the attack "revenge for death of innocent Sunnis." Explosions in Lahore are the first large terrorist attack in Pakistan since the beginning of catastrophic floods, as a result of which millions of people remained without shelter.

Dmitry Medvedev's visit to Azerbaijan Vladimir Kara-Murza: The official visit of President Medvedev to Baku ended. He discussed with his Azerbaijani colleague Ilham Aliyev issues of the state border, settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, as well as cooperation in the Caspian and with Iran. Moscow and Baku with a double -sided agreement were fixed by the line of passing the state border from the junction of the border of Russia of Azerbaijan and Georgia to the Caspian Sea.

The death of two crew members of an American transport aircraft, which crashed on Friday in the United Arab Emirates, was confirmed. The plane was heading from Dubai to Cologne (Germany). Information about the crash site is contradictory: according to the authorities, it occurred in a deserted area near Dubai, but the correspondent of the France Presse agency said that this happened next to the military base. In October last year, near this place, the Sudanki transport aircraft fell.

US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said on Thursday in Kabul that American troops in Afghanistan would continue to fight the Taliban even after the next summer will begin to reduce the number of US contingent. In 2010, US President Barack Obama sent an additional 30 thousand soldiers to Afghanistan - to achieve a fracture in the fight against the Taliban. At the same time, Obama appointed the deadline to start with the withdrawal of US troops - the summer of 2011.