The Supreme Representative of the European Union on Foreign Policy Katherine Ashton extended the tour of the Middle East to discuss the intentions of the Palestinians to submit an application to the UN on recognizing their statehood. The formal request of the Palestinian autonomy to accept it in the UN as the 194th Member State, as expected, can be filed at the upcoming session of the General Assembly at the end of the month of the month. The USA and Israel are opposed to such an initiative.

Plato Lebedev in court in Velsk (Arkhangelsk region) The Arkhangelsk Regional Court today will consider a cassation appeal about the refusal of the parole (UDO) of one of the former leaders of Yukos Platon Lebedev. Lebedev’s defense asks to recognize the decision to refuse to the Uda, issued by the Velsky District Court on July 27, and return the case for a new consideration. The complaint will be considered in the absence of Lebedev himself. The prosecutor's office opposed Lebedev.

Hugo Chavez Irina Lagunina: President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez said he was cured of a cancer, which suffered that he was full of strength and energy. True, he will not go to the UN General Assembly, because he has not yet recovered from the third course of chemotherapy after a cancerous operation. However, he stated that the meeting in New York would be “lively”, and immediately after it, President of Iran Mahmud Akhmadinejad will come to Karakas.

Photo gallery: Kandinsky Prize In the central house of the artist, an exhibition of nominees for Kandinsky award was opened for the fifth time. The largest non -state award existing in Russia was established to support modern actual art. Winners, whose names will become known on the day of closing the exhibition will receive prizes in the amount of 7,000 euros to 40,000 euros.

Leaving the “right -handed”, Mikhail Prokhorov made another high -profile statement : 800 million rubles accumulated in the party’s accounts should return to the donors. "I do not want this money to go to this joke party, I will demand their return to the people who sacrificed it," Prokhorov said about his former associates. The RS was interested in the fate of the newspaper "Right Delus" , which the party published by the forces of the media group "Live!".

The Swiss Bank UBS has suffered losses in the amount of about two billion dollars. It is reported that this happened as a result of a dubious transaction, which was carried out by one of the employees of the investment unit of the bank. Bank leadership conducts an internal investigation and says that losses may increase. It is noted that the interests of the bank’s customers were not injured. The incident caused a drop in the value of the UBS shares shortly after the opening of today's trading.

The Commission on the investigation of the reasons for the crash of the Bulgaria ship, created under the Public Chamber of Russia, chaired by lawyer Anatoly Kucherena, will present a report today with the preliminary results of the causes of the tragedy. It is reported by RIA Novosti. According to Kucheren, experts will also give a public assessment of the crew of the Bulgaria crew.

The acting chairman of the “right -hand business” was appointed head of the party’s executive committee Andrei Dunaev. This decision was made today at an alternative party congress at the Center for International Trade in Moscow. On it, as a result of voting from the post of chairman of the party, Mikhail Prokhorov was removed. In the Ministry of Justice of Russia, an alternative meeting of the right -hand business was pre -called legitimate.

Today, the Arkhangelsk Regional Court will consider a cassation appeal against the decision of the Velsky District Court, who refused the former co-owner of Yukos Platon Lebedev in conditional-the-air release. Lebedev himself will not take part in the court session, the Radio Liberty correspondent Igor Klyuvikov reports from Arkhangelsk. Platon Lebedev is still in a penal colony in the Velsky district of the Arkhangelsk region. Two months ago, Lebedev was denied parole.

Belgium King Albert II In Belgium, in negotiations between political parties, a breakthrough occurred on the creation of the ruling coalition last night. This was stated by the leader of the French socialists Elio Di Ruopo, authorized by the king of Belgium, negotiate. According to Di Rupo, at the negotiations, eight parties took the "first decisive step" towards the country's exit from the political crisis, lasting more than a year.

Mikhail Sokolov: We will talk today about what political reforms are needed by modern Russia, what and who prevents them from conducting them. In the Moscow Studio of Radio Liberty, the deputy of the State Duma of Russia Oleg Mikheev, the head of the Tsarod Russian Party, and the deputy of the Kaliningrad Regional Duma, Solomon Ginzburg, to this day, a participant in the Right Delo project with Mikhail Prokhorov.