Ivan Okhlobystin as a royal jester The Russian blogosphere continues to discuss the upcoming parliamentary elections. Farm occasions are pouring from a horny of abundance. However, according to the blogger of the portal Snob.ru Nikolai Klimenyuk , they can only be discussed for their own pleasure: The profession of a political observer in Russia unexpectedly became interesting. Suddenly, what could be visible - some public political reality, and not just vague rumors from gloomy backstage.

In the Syrian city of Homs, during the last raids of government forces directed against opponents of the regime, there are dead and wounded. This was reported by civil activists and local residents. The exact number of dead today is unknown. It is reported that last night and this morning intensive shooting was heard in the city. Additional forces were delivered to the region. According to local activists, in some areas of Homs, the work of the Internet and mobile communications was suspended.

Suddenly, President Dmitry Medvedev at the discussion site he established two years ago will declare his nomination for a second term? In Yaroslavl, the annual political forum opens, which should be the President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev. Observers who came to Yaroslavl are wondering if Medvedev’s participation in the 2012 presidential election can come after that. Our special correspondent Danila Galperovich works on the forum.

The company "Pakistani International Airlines" announced today about the threats of explosions on board two of its airliners. One of the aircraft - Boeing -777, who was following from Lahore to Manchester, made a forced landing at the Ataturk Airport, in Istanbul. The second liner, flying out of Islamabad, landed safely at the destination-the capital of Malaysia Kuala Lumpur. In total, over 500 passengers were in two aircraft. No explosive devices were found, an investigation is carried out.

Hockey. KHL championship The opening match of the 4th championship of the Continental Hockey League between Salavat Yulaev and Atlanta was canceled due to death in a plane crash near Yaroslavl of the Lokomotiv team.

Cycling. Multi -day race "Vuel". Spain 17th stage. Oyon-Kabarga stumps 1. Christopher Frum (UK) 2. Juan Jose Kobo (Spain) 3. Bauk Mollem (Holland) In the overall standings ahead of Juan Jose Cobo (Spain)

Alexander Ilichevsky shared with Radio Freedom to impressions of the Moscow International Book Exhibition On September 7, the 24th Moscow International Book Exhibition-Fair was opened on the territory of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee. This is the main commercial book forum of the year, in which more than one and a half thousand publishing houses from 57 countries take part. The phrase "commercial forum" has two interpretations.

Grigory Yavlinsky Grigory Yavlinsky - one of the founders of the Yabloko party - will head its election list in the elections to the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, which will be held on December 4. The Party Conference "Yabloko" was held on September 6, it was defined on it an electoral list of 52 people. Before that, the "Yabloko" conducted a sociological survey, which showed that Maxim Reznik, Mikhail Amosov and Boris Vishnevsky were included in the first three candidates.

Somali pirates liberated seven Danes, whose yacht was captured in February. According to the Denmark Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the former hostages feel good and should return to their homeland in the near future. According to some reports, a ransom of three million dollars was paid for the release of people. A family of five and two team members were captured in the Indian Ocean during a round -the -world voyage.

The office of the company "Inteco" The new owner of Intaco CJSC, which belonged to the wife of the former mayor of Moscow, Elena Baturina , will be President of Bin-Bank Mikhail Shishkhanov. One of the subsidiaries of Sberbank acquires 5% of Intaco shares. Experts reflect on the political background of the transaction, as well as its possible consequences for the construction industry of Moscow and the capital's housing market.

What are the participants of the Leningrad unofficial culture of the 70s today? In the program, as part of the cycle dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the collapse of the USSR, "Russia from the Tandem: a look from the Soviet underground", we talk with the artist Mikhail Shemyakin.

The court of the city of Odintsovo on Wednesday returned to the prosecutor’s office the case of an entrepreneur Vera Trifonova, who died in the Moscow investigative insulator. Thus, Trifonova’s defense was satisfied. Now the investigation of the business of the entrepreneur, who was accused of attempted fraud, will be resumed. According to Trifonova’s lawyer Vladimir Zherebenkov, the relatives of the deceased insisted on this, expecting to achieve her excuses.

In Daedenevo near Moscow, residents demand the closure of the Dmitrovsky landfill of solid waste and the cancellation of the decision on the construction of a garbage engineering plant next to it. People throw their homes and cottages, and those who continue to live nearby complain of a deterioration in health. About three hundred people participated in the rally.