Relatives were allowed to transfer food 15 striking miners in the miners of the Red Red Shap mine in the city of Severouralsk (Sverdlovsk Region). On the eve of the miners did not leave after work from the bottom, declaring an unlimited strike. They handed over the mine to the management, which is part of the company "Rusal" official requirements from nine points.

Ahmed Zakaev, one of the former leaders of Chechen separatists Among the militants killed last week during the operation of the Georgian security forces in the Lapot gorge near the border with Russia, there was a former bodyguard of one of the leaders of Chechen separatists Ahmed Zakeva. According to the Kommersant newspaper today, the name of the 44-year-old Dukvha Dushuev is on the list of seven identified militants. In total, 11 extremists died.

Michelle Obama In the city of Charlotte (North Carolina), on Tuesday evening, the election congress of the US Democratic Party opened. The main event of the first day of the forum will be the performance of the first lady - Michelle Obama. On Wednesday, former US President Bill Clinton will make the presentation of Obama's candidacy.

Russian President Vladimir Putin introduced a bill to the State Duma, which raises the maximum age of senior officials from 65 to 70 years, the Kremlin press service reports. The explanatory note to the document notes that the changes are made to preserve highly qualified personnel. In the case of the adoption of the bill, high -ranking officials holding senior positions, the civil service period may be extended until they reach the age of 70 years.

Alexander Brod The head of the Presidential Council for Human Rights, Mikhail Fedotov, considers the decision of public figures who are not included in the list of candidates for the Council, create an alternative structure. The fact that it will be created, said Alexander Brod, director of the Moscow Bureau of Human Rights.

The new president of the International Committee of the Red Cross Peter Maurer, who arrived yesterday in Damascus, today plans to meet with Syria President Bashar al -Assad and high -ranking officials of the Syrian government. It is expected that the problems of providing humanitarian assistance to the population of cities affected by battles will be discussed. On the eve of the air raid on an object held by the rebels in the city of Al-Bab in the north of Syria, more than 20 people were killed.

Human rights activists who are not included in the list of candidates in the Presidential Council of Human Rights, headed by Mikhail Fedotov, will create an alternative organization. This was stated today at a press conference in Moscow, the head of the Moscow Bureau of Human Rights Alexander Brod. In his opinion, the selection procedure for the Council was dishonest. The ford intends to continue the hunger strike, announced by him on Monday.

Irina Lagunina: the International Human Rights Federation published a report that states that separate documents of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) - especially in the field of fighting terrorism - secure gross violations of human rights as a regional norm and contradict international law. The report is called "SCO: fertile ground for violations of human rights." “The basic principle of the SCO activity is mutual recognition .

The Theological Aluminum Plant In Severouralsk (Sverdlovsk Region), on Monday evening, September 3, 15 miners of the Red Red Shap mine did not leave the slaughter after work , announcing an indefinite strike demanding to cancel the sliding schedule and raise the salary. The mine belongs to the company "Sevuralboxybrait", which is part of the Rusal concern.

Why is the Putin system of power in Russia stable? The program will be a publicist and businessman, in the past-the deputy prime minister of the Russian government Alfred Koch.

The judge of the Moscow Regional Court did not appreciate the softness of the Khimki colleagues The Moscow Regional Court canceled the sentence of the serial rapist Igor Kondratyev, sentenced by the Khimkinsky City Court to two years in prison. Such a mild sentence for the crime in which the minor girl was injured, outraged journalists and Internet users after the mother of the victim Julia Alyoshina wrote a post in her blog .

Will the performances of the workers of the Aluminum Empire Oleg Deripaska with the beginning of a new wave of social protest? We are talking about this with economist Pavel Kudyukin, politician Viktor Tulkin, trade union leader Ivan Mokhnachuk and journalist Ekaterina Petrova. Page of the program

In the South African Republic, about 200 miners participated today in the procession on the platinum mine of Marikana, owned by Lonmin. They called on their colleagues not to go to work, continuing the strike. The protest rally of miners, requiring about three times to increase their salary, began on August 10. According to the leadership of Lonmin, today only six and a half percent of miners came to work - from the total number of a state of 28 thousand people.

Algambra - the main tourist attraction in Granada - has become part of the European Union financing program Radio Liberty continues the series of reports on foreign regional development programs. This time we will talk about Spain. In the Unified budget of the European Union (this year - approximately 130 billion euros) more than a third of all expenses falls on financing regional development programs.

Victor Yanukovych Elena Rykovtseva : In Kiev, the 64th World Congress of the Press and the 19th World Forum of the Chief editors are held in Kiev. 1000 people arrived - hundreds of leaders of associations, companies, media. I represent guests of the forum. This is Igor Guzhva, a Russian journalist who worked for many years the editor -in -chief of the newspaper Today, and Yanina Sokolovskaya, editor -in -chief of the newspaper Izvestia in Ukraine.