Russian President Dmitry Medvedev believes that such a form of government as parliamentary democracy would become a disaster for Russia. Speaking today at a meeting with political scientists as part of the World Political Forum in Yaroslavl, Medvedev noted that it is necessary to modernize the current political system "carefully and step -by -step." At the same time, according to the president, he does not see another path of development of Russia than the current one.

Destruction of Alekseev’s estate in the center of Moscow Russian public organizations submit an application to UNESCO on the recognition of the historical center of Moscow as an object of world heritage. The authors hope that their initiative will be supported not only by society, but also by the authorities of the country. According to activists, the status of the UNESCO World Heritage Object will help maintain the architectural appearance of the Russian capital.

The brother of the President of Poland Lech Kachinsky, who died near Smolensk, is Yaroslav, who is the leader of the largest Polish opposition party “Law and Justice”, indirectly accused the current government of the country of the death of his brother. Speaking on Friday at a meeting of the relatives of the presidential aircraft who died in the disaster near Smolensk, Yaroslav Kacinsky said that it was necessary to find out what caused the disaster.

In Latvia, an International Conference on NATO issues takes place. The presidents of Poland, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, the heads of foreign policy departments, ministers of the internal affairs, experts, politicians take part in it. A total of 250 people from 15 countries, Mikhail Bombin, a Riga Riga correspondent in Riga reports. The conference takes place on the initiative of the Latvian transatlantic organization, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Latvian Ministry of Defense.

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In the next 2-3 years, courses in English may appear in Russian universities, said Minister of Education Andrei Fursenko. The purpose of the project is to increase the international prestige of universities and attract foreign students. According to the head of the Ministry of Education and Science, the indicated terms are quite feasible, since many teachers of leading Russian universities are already reading courses in English abroad, and foreign teachers are often invited to work in Russia.

US President Barack Obama urged Americans to show unity and refrain from religious razor. Speaking at a press conference in Washington on the eve of the next anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States, Obama noted that relief is one of the main values of American society. Recently, a lively discussion about Islam has unfolded in the United States - in connection with the plans for the construction of the Muslim cultural center near the place of terrorist attacks in New York.

About a million suicides are registered annually in the world, every 40 seconds someone decides to commit suicide. Such data were published by the World Health Organization in connection with the World Suicide prevention noted today. According to the UN, over the past forty -odd years, the number of suicides has increased by about 60 percent. Most often, tragedies occur in the countries of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, as well as a number of Asian states, including China and Japan.

Radio Liberty correspondents visited the village of Beloomut near Moscow, where new houses are being built for victims of forest fires . Residents of the burnt village of Mokhovoy are unhappy with small typical houses, in which they are going to settle the near Moscow authorities. Humanitarian assistance is distributed in places that are inaccessible to the elderly. The mountain of shoes in the House of Culture and Leisure in the village of Beloomut is intended for fireworks.

Tilo Sarracynchlene of the Board of the Federal Bank of Germany Tilo Sarracin, provoking his book “Germany is self-destructed” by a national discussion on the intergration of muslim immigrants into the life and culture of the country, and resigned.

How in St. Petersburg they perceived the article by Mary Dezhevsk in the newspaper The Independent, dedicated to Valentina Matvienko, "in front of you is the Russian Margaret Thatcher, a chemical woman who can turn out to be the mistress of the Kremlin"? Discuss: editor -in -chief of the magazine "City 812" Sergey Baluev and political analyst Dmitry Gavra.

In the Sergokalinsky district of Dagestan, there is a battle of special forces with a group of extremists. The militants are blocked in a private house in the village of Mahargi and show fierce resistance. According to preliminary data, two militants were killed, a special forces fighter was wounded. Earlier, two law enforcement officials were reported in Dagestan. The district policeman was killed in Kizilyurt, and the head of the correctional colony was shot in Makhachkala.

In Crimea in Yevpatoria on Friday, about forty students of one of the local schools are hospitalized with a diagnosis of intestinal infection. As RIA Novosti reports with reference to local doctors, the number of cases is growing, new patients enter the city hospitals. The cause of the outbreak of intestinal infection is still unclear.

Pastor Terry Jonesv by the American state of Florida Pastor the Small Evangelical Center in the city of Hensville announced that he had not yet refused his plans to publicly burn the copies of the Qur'an on the anniversary of the attacks on September 11, 2001.