Yak-42 aircraft, 7 September 2011 The Interstate Aviation Committee conducted the first experiment in the suburbs to clarify the causes of the Yak-42 aircraft disaster near Yaroslavl on September 7. The pilots on the same plane repeated the actions of the crew of a broken liner, and now experts compare the data. As a result of the crash of the Yak -42, 44 people were killed, including hockey players of the Lokomotiv team.

Christian protest in Cairo. October 9, 2011 In Egypt , after the bloody clashes of October 10, dozens of people, whom the authorities call "instigators of the riots," were arrested between the bloody clashes of Christians, Muslims and army units . As a result of clashes in the capital of the country, Cairo died, according to updated data, 24 people, most of them are Christians. About 200 people were injured.

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EU head Herman van Rompei The head of the European Union Herman Van Rompei postponed from the 17th to the 23rd Summit, dedicated to the problems of a single European currency. Van Rompei said that new terms will allow you to finalize a comprehensive strategy for overcoming the debt crisis in the Eurozone countries.

The working visit of the Prime Minister of Russia Vladimir Putin to China, which is held on the eve of the presidential election, is given great importance. Some experts perceive it as an increase in the "eastern" direction of Russian politics. About Russian-Chinese cooperation in an interview with Radio Liberty-Director of the Center for Research of East Asia Alexander Lukin : - China is the main trading partner of Russia, one of the largest investors in the Russian economy.

Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Tachi The Kosovo government refused to negotiate with Serbia on the issue of a conflict situation in the north of the self -proclaimed republic, where ethnic Serbs live. European intermediaries who started a two -day visit to the region are trying to convince the parties to resume the dialogue.

In the east of Afghanistan, near the border with Pakistan, 6 people were killed in two explosions, including an Afghan soldier. Two more people are injured. The first explosion occurred in the Danam area of the Kunar province - near the truck with road workers, the second one in the same place, but after the arrival of the police and the military. Local authorities have guilty for explosions on the Taliban.

By October 9, 90.9 million tons of grain were collected in Russia on October 9 (that is, before drying and cleaning) - about 50% more than on the same date a year earlier, Interfax said with reference to the Ministry of Agriculture. The average grain yield in the current year is still about 22% higher than last year and is 23.1 centners per hectare.

Hockey. KHL. Regular Championship "Amur" - "Spartak" 6: 1 "Vanguard" - "Torpedo" 3: 2 (Bulletov series) "Siberia" - "Salavat Yulaev" 6: 3 MAPALLUR MG - "Dynamo" M 5: 6

If necessary, Russia will take part in solving the debt problems of European countries, in particular, Spain, said Presidential Assistant Arkady Dvorkovich. According to the official, the issue of redemption of Spanish debt obligations was discussed at a meeting of the Minister of Economics and Finance of Spain Helena Salgado, the former Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Alexei Kudrin and the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry Sergei Lavrov.

The book fair in Frankufre is considered one of the main annual events in the world of book publishing From October 12 to 16 , Frankfurt-on-Maine will host a traditional international book exhibition-fair . In its current form, the exhibition has been held since 1949 at the initiative of the unification of the book publishers and booksakes of Germany. Book exhibitions in Franfurt have been conducting their history since the time of Guttenberg, that is, they are more than 500 years old.

Sergey Zverev Anna Kachkaeva: behind the scenes of the political scene. What will be the PR-scenaries of the election autumn, what is an information crisis, how are the information flows of official media and social networks are adjusted and why is Vladimir Putin for himself an informational occasion?

In Smolensk, an activist of the unregistered party "Another Russia" was arrested for two days. Igor Schuk came to Smolensk to convey the products and things to his ally of Taisiya Osipova, who is in the pre -trial detention center. The investigators detained the opposition at the station when he was going to return to Moscow - on charges of obsceneity. Taisiya Osipova is contained in a pre -trial detention center for about a year. She is accused of drug trafficking.