Putin Russia as a country of the second world. Luzhkovskaya Moscow as the capital of the East-West. Does the “energy superpower” face the transition to the third world? The program is discussed by the dean of the Faculty of Political Science of the Higher School of Economics Mark Urnov and the main researcher at the Institute of International Economic and Political Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexander Tsipko.

Russia is returning to the Arctic and Antarctic to conduct a study of these areas, ”said the President of the Russian Geographical Society, head of the Ministry of Emergencies Sergey Shoigu. Today in Moscow he participated in a press conference on the opening of September 22 in the Russian capital of the International Forum "Arctic-Territory of Dialogue".

The Prosecutor General of Russia sent Poland a request to the extradition of Ahmed Zakayev. As the official representative of the prosecutor’s office Marina Gridneva noted, most crimes incriminated by Zakaev cannot be justified by any political motives. One of the leaders of Chechen separatists Ahmed Zakaev is accused of terrorism in Russia and is on the international wanted list. Last week, he was detained for some time in Warsaw, where he came to participate in the World Chechen Congress.

Afghanistan, September 20. Data on election voting is entered here, in an independent election commission In Afghanistan, the results of the parliamentary elections have passed on Saturday . According to various sources, they took part in them from a quarter to a third of the Afghans who had the right to vote. The militants tried to disrupt the vote, having made hundreds of attacks, as a result of which, according to various sources, from 17 to 30 people died.

In Chelyabinsk, a rally was held against the closure of the local automobile school. According to Radio Liberty, Alexander Valiev, about 250 people came to the rally who collected signatures under the appeal to the Governor of the Chelyabinsk Region Mikhail Yurevich, as well as a statement to the Prosecutor General’s Office.

Football. Championship of France. 6th round "Arle Avignon"-"Marcel" 0: 3 "Loryan" - "kan" 0: 1 "Monaco" - "Toulouse" 0: 0 "Nancy" - "Brest" 0: 2 "Saint-Etienne"-"Montpellier" 3: 0 "Sosho" - "Nice" 4: 0 "Wansen" - "Lance" 1: 1 "Paris Saint-Germain"-"Renn" 0: 0 "Lill" - "Oser" 1: 0 "Bordeaux" - "Lyon" 2: 0 After the 6th round "Saint-Etienne", "Toulouse" of 13 points, "Renn" 12 "Kan" 11 "Sosho", "Didd" 10

Alexander Genis: The second part of the “American hour '' will open the heading '' Musical Regiment '' of Solomon Volkov. Solomon, what's on your shelf today? Solomon Volkov: The new biography of Sergei Diaghilev, the great Russian ballet and opera impresario, has just been released, a man who, perhaps, made the most to promote Russian art abroad. The background of this book is curious, in which I had a chance to take part.

Perm today will be preliminary hearings in the criminal case of a fire in the club "Lame Horse", in which 156 people were killed in December last year. The start date of the main hearings will be set and the issue of the measure of suppression of the accused will be resolved. 8 people are held as defendants in the case, including the Club Club Anatoly Zach and the chief state fire inspector of the Perm Territory Vladimir Mukhutdinov.

The UN Secretary General Pan Hi Moon opened a three-day meeting of world leaders on the problems of implementing the Millennium goal in New York. Speaking to the participants in the discussion, Pan Hi Moon emphasized that everything is necessary to do everything possible to achieve the tasks developed with the participation of the UN 10 years ago.

In Turkey, the militants of the Kurdish Workers' Party extended one -way truce for another week. The group, which achieves greater autonomy for the Kurds in the southeast of the country, announced the so-called "period of inaction" on August 13. Türkiye, along with the United States and the European Union, considers the Kurdish labor party a terrorist organization.

Valentina Ryzhenko. Images and symbols of the Soviet city in modern research experiments (regional aspect): monograph. - Omsk: Publishing House of the Omsk State University, 2010. - (Proceedings of scientists of the University of Omsk. Series "History"). In fact, the book is not quite about what is promised in her title.

The program "Political Time" on Monday September 20 at 22:07. The quiet pool of Belgorod policy is a special report by Vitaly Kamysheva. Kostroma pre -election passions: why did the “right -handed business” and blizzard “fair Russia” were removed from the elections? - A special report from Kostroma Mikhail Sokolov. Mikhail Sokolov is broadcast. Repetitions at 1 and 15 hours on September 21.

Deputy Head of the Department of Public Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, General Yevgeny Novikov, convicted of hooliganism with the use of weapons, was removed from his position. The Decree was signed on Monday by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. On February 5 of this year, Novikov quarreled with the guards of one of the commercial firms and during the skirmish began to shoot the air from the pistol. According to eyewitnesses, the general was drunk.

The main question of the next week: who Luzhkov will return from vacation In Moscow, a committee of protection of the mayor of the capital Yuri Luzhkov is being created. The supporters of the capital's mayor have plans to hold stocks in support of Yuri Luzhkov - street rallies, pickets, "round tables". Opponents of the mayor, meanwhile, note that such associations around high -ranking officials are quite characteristic of the current situation.