Freedom in a cafe on the roof of Radio Liberty in Prague. General Soviet past; post -Soviet present; Is there a common future? Does the common memory of the Soviet unite us, or is it time to forget and rewrite us? What has remained from the Soviet world in the countries of the former Union republics? CIS countries: Young democracies or post -Soviet dictatorships? What future will they choose - with or without Moscow?

The chairman of the European Parliament Jerzy Buzek called on the Belarusian authorities to conduct a thorough and open investigation of the circumstances of the death of opposition journalist Oleg Bebenin. In the announced statement, the head of the European Parliament today expresses condolences to relatives and friends of Bebenin and notes that the founder and head of the Hartia-97 opposition site fought for building more democratic Belarus.

Dalniye landfill in Buinaksk (NTV frame) As a result of the attack on the military unit in the Buinak district of Dagestan, according to the specified data, 3 people were killed, 34 were injured. Earlier, five dead and 39 wounded were reported. Four victims of the explosion are in serious condition. The investigating authorities opened a criminal case on the fact of an attack on the military unit.

The keywords of this week are "Dictionary Day." The program with this name was implemented on September 4 at the Moscow International Book Fair . Among others, the head of the Speech Department of the Institute of the Russian Language of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexei Shmelev performed here. And here is an important thesis: - A person who speaks the language and the literary norm usually uses dictionaries significantly more often than a person who does not know how to speak.

As a result of an attack on a military unit in the Buinak district of Dagestan, according to the specified data, 3 people were killed. It is also reported that more than 30 were injured. Five victims of the explosion are in serious condition. The investigating authorities opened a criminal case on the fact of an attack on the military unit.

In Moldova, voting at the referendum on the question of the procedure for the presidential election began. Citizens will have to answer the question whether they support a return to popular elections, as it was before 2000. During the referendum in Moldova, the electronic voter accounting system will be tested for the first time, which will still work in parallel with the usual accounting - according to the electoral lists.

The head of the Palestinian Autonomy, Mahmoud Abbas, criticized the words of President Iran Mahmud Ahmadinejad that directed Israeli-Palestinan negotiations on the world have resumed on September 2 in Washington. According to the Abbas press service, Ahmadinejad has no right to talk about the Palestinians and Palestinian leadership on behalf of the Iranian people, which he suppresses and which he could not lead if it were not for the election in the elections.

The number of victims of the attack in the center of Baghdad increased to 12, at least 36 people were injured. Among the dead are 5 soldiers. According to the police, at first, near the building of one of the army headquarters, suicide bombers blew up a mined car, then a group of armed militants opened fire. The shootout lasted at least 15 minutes.

Residents of the Volgograd region, affected by natural fires, will begin to receive compensation from September 6, ”said the governor of the region Anatoly Brovko. On Thursday, the region covered the atmospheric front with a strong wind and dusty storms at a temperature of almost 40 degrees. Over 70 foci of natural fires in six areas occurred in the region. According to updated data, fire destroyed more than 500 buildings, including about 400 residential buildings.

Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov arrived in Dagestan, where a terrorist attack occurred in the area of the city of Buinaksk in the field camp of the motorized rifle brigade. On behalf of the President, the head of the Russian defense department will coordinate assistance to the victims on the spot. According to the latest data, three troops were killed, more than thirty were injured. Five victims are in serious condition. Fifteen wounded were delivered to the hospital in Rostov-on-Don.

In Nalchik (Kabardino-Balkaria), one policeman died as a result of an armed attack. According to the law enforcement agencies of the republic, on the night of Sunday the unknown opened fire on police officers when they tried to check the documents from him. The attacker disappeared. The search for a criminal is underway.

In the Volgograd region, criminal cases were instituted under the article "negligence" in connection with new natural fires, the victims of which were 8 people. According to a representative of the regional investigative department, the charges have not been brought to anyone, an investigation is being conducted. Last Thursday, the region covered the atmospheric front with a strong wind at a temperature of almost 40 degrees. Over 70 foci of natural fires in six areas occurred in the region.

In Pakistan, as a result of a missile strike, expectedly from an American unmanned aircraft, four militants were killed. An attack was subjected to a house in one of the villages located near the city of Miran Shah-the administrative center of the North Vaziristan region. Over the past day, this is the third such shelling on the border with Afghanistan, where Islamic extremists operate.

On the eleventh anniversary of the start of the Second Chechen War, the analytical center of Yuri Levada conducted a survey about the attitude of Russians to these events and their consequences for the country. The results of the study are discussed in the program with Boris Dubin, the head of the department of socio-political research of the Center, and Alexander Cherkasov, a member of the board of the Memorial society.