Turkish President Abdullah Gul held negotiations in Berlin today with Germany President Christian Wulff. At a press conference, Gul noted that his country is able to make its significant contribution to the development of the EU. Türkiye has been applying for an entry into the European Union for several years, but the Chancellor of Germany Angel Merkel is objecting against this. She offers Ankara the role of a "privileged partner" - instead of a full membership.

The program "Political Time" on Monday September 19 at 22 hours. Does the collapse of the “right -hand” project mean the end of the political career of Mikhail Prokhorov? Vladimir Zhirinovsky returned the LDPR to the slogans of 1993. Elections in the regions: Altai Territory, Samara, Tomsk and Leningrad Regions. Leading Mikhail Sokolov. The repetitions of September 20 at 1 in the morning and at 15 o’clock.

In Moscow and in other cities of Russia today, an all -Russian action will be held against rising gas prices and diesel fuel. This was reported to the Interfax in the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia. The action was organized by the All -Russian trade union of road transport and road workers.

In the British city of Birmingham, 7 people were detained today - on suspicion of terrorist activities. According to the police, all detainees are residents of Great Britain aged 22 to 32 years. According to preliminary data, they are associated with Islamic extremist organizations. The citizenship or ethnic origin of the arrested is not reported. The investigation states that extremists planned terrorist attacks, but the conspiracy was still “at an early stage”.

Barack Obama, September 19, 2011, Washington US President Barack Obama on Monday announced measures to reduce the state budget deficit and lively economy. Among Obama's proposals, tax reform causes the greatest disagreements. In particular, we are talking about increasing income tax on those who earn more than one million dollars a year.

Hockey. KHL. Regular championship "Metallurg" NK - "Amur" 2: 1 "Vanguard" - "Siberia" 0: 2 SKA - "Leo" 4: 1 "Dynamo" m - "Spartak" 2: 1 Dynamo P - CSKA 5: 3

Mongolian Prime Minister stirred the Buddhist world: Sukhbaataryn Batbold arrived in the Ivolginsky datsan and attached to the chest of the imperfect llama of Pandito Hambo Lama Itigelov Order “Gemstones” of the first degree. The rest of the world did not pay much attention to this event, although, I think, it should have been: after all, not every day, a 159-year-old man was awarded awards that were awarded to him 98 years ago and which was lost during the years of Soviet power.

Parliamentary elections in Latvia. September 17, 2011 In Latvia, where the parliamentary elections took place last week, the leading parties began negotiations on the creation of a government coalition. One of the main questions is whether the Government will be included in the Association of the Center for Consonation, which mainly enjoys the support of the Russian -speaking population of Latvia and which was ahead of all other parties in the elections.

In Makhachkala on Monday evening, an explosion occurred in a grocery store. No one was injured. As a representative of law enforcement agencies of the city told reporters, the glass of the store was knocked out as a result of the explosion, the premises were damaged. The circumstances of the incident and the power of the explosion are clarified.

In St. Petersburg on Sunday, at the 70th year of his life, the director of the Institute of Applied Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences Andrei Finkelstein died. According to agencies, the date and place of the funeral of the famous Russian scientist are clarified. Finkelstein was a graduate of the Faculty of Physics of Leningrad State University. He was a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, an honored science figure in the Russian Federation.

The number of victims of a strong earthquake in the Himalayas, according to updated data, reached 50. The earthquake of magnitude about seven occurred yesterday on the border of India, Nepal and China. Superior shocks were felt in the eastern states of India and even in the capital of the country - Delhi. About two hundred people were injured. There are significant destruction, since the earthquake caused landslides.

The former leader of the Dagestan diaspora was killed in Yaroslavl. His name is not called. As reported today in the regional department of the Investigative Committee of Russia, the body of a 37-year-old man with gunshot wounds was found on Sunday night on one of the city streets. According to law enforcement agencies, the deceased headed the Dagestan diaspora of Yaroslavl until May this year. A criminal case has been opened.

Dmitry Oreshkin Mikhail Sokolov: Today, in our Moscow studio, Dmitry Oreshkin, an independent political scientist, and also political scientist Mikhail Vinogradov, president of the St. Petersburg Politics Foundation. We will talk about the latest political events. Let's start with Mikhail Prokhorov. Here is a bachelor, a billionaire cohabitation with the Kremlin administration in the general political project for three months, and now he spilled violently, in particular, with Vladislav Surkov.