Altai was charged to the head of the regional department of the Federal Treasury Sergey Gusev. The case is investigated under the articles - abuse of official powers, embezzlement and non -personal spending of budget funds on an especially large scale. According to Lyudmila Ryazantseva, senior assistant to the head of the regional investigative committee, three criminal cases were combined into one proceeding.

In Ulyanovsk, a criminal case has been instituted against two military personnel who are suspected of mockery of colleagues. According to the investigation, the younger sergeants Alexander Ivanov and Eldar Karimov forced the soldiers of their branches not only to squat and push up, but also to be in the "semi -signs" position for about an hour.

Video blog by Vladimir Kara-Murza about the process over Mikhail Khodorkovsky

I don’t even know where to start ... in general, to be honest, the events of the last week shocked not only me, although I could count on such a development of the situation, but the reaction of the Republican prosecutor’s office and the UK for me is now a riddle.

International companies can revise the investment policy in Afghanistan due to the ban on working there private security companies. American diplomats are trying to convince the government of Afghanistan to reconsider this decision, believing that it will slow down the allocation of billions of dollars for recovery projects in this country. The ban on the work of private security companies in Afghanistan enters into force in mid -December.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky (right) and Plato Lebedev The state prosecutor at the process of Khodorkovsky and Lebedev asked the court to sentenced the accused to 14 years in prison of everyone. Radio correspondent Freedom Maryana Torocheshnikova transmits from the courtroom: - This period was formed from a partial addition of punishments for crimes such as the legalization of criminally acquired funds and theft of oil, the size of which in the last days has been noticeably reduced.

In Moscow and, possibly, psychiatric hospitals are closed in St. Petersburg, in which they helped homeless. Psychiatrists themselves may be on the street, some of which officials are going to fire Two psychiatric hospitals-in Moscow and St. Petersburg-can be closed by decision of local officials. Experts are worried about the fate of patients and psychiatrists themselves. The Moscow State Psychiatric Hospital No.

The Moscow City Hall today rejected the opposition’s application for a rally in defense of the freedom of assembly on Triumphal Square on October 31. The press service noted that the Moscow authorities regarded the proposal of the organizers of the action as a provocation to increase to one and a half thousand the number of participants in the rally. Earlier, the city hall was ready to allow the action on the Triumphal Square, provided that no more than 250 people would come.

In Pakistan, as a result of a terrorist attack today, according to updated data, 9 people were killed. According to the command, the bomb exploded in one of the villages in the mountainous district of Orakzai, where the Taliban and militants of Al-Qaeda are active. Six dead are military personnel patrolling the terrain. Three more are parishioners of the local mosque gathering for prayer. This is the third sorting of militants in the north-west of Pakistan in the last week.

Destation of drugs in Afghanistan In the United States, the next joint meeting of the working group to counteract the illegal trafficking of drugs of the bilateral American-Russian presidential commission ended. The decision to create this group was made in July last year by American and Russian presidents during a meeting at the top.

Tournament ATP. "The Cup of the Cream. Moscow Pablo Quevas (Uruguay) – Radek Stepanek (Czechia) 6:4, 7:6 Victor Troitzki (Serbia) – Orasio Sebalos (Argentina) 6:3, 6:1 Denis Istomin (Uzbekistan) – Igor Kunitsyn (Russia) 6:2, 6:4 Marcos Bagdatis (Cyprus) – Alexander Dolgopolov (Ukraine) 6:2, 7:6 The semifinals are standing: Victor Troitzki (Serbia) – Pablo Kuevas (Uruguay) Denis Istomin (Uzbekistan) – Marcos Bagdatis (Kipr)

In Tbilisi on Thursday evening there was a strong explosion. According to preliminary data, there are no victims. The explosion occurred in the basement of one of the buildings in the area of the railway station. This was reported to journalists by the head of the city emergency situations Temur Giorgadze. The causes of the explosion are clarified.