Michelle Obama The Democratic Party of the United States is opening today in Charlotte (North Carolina) its pre -election congress. It is expected that on Thursday President Barack Obama will officially announce the consent to run for the post of head of the US administration for the second four -year term. On Wednesday, former US President Bill Clinton will make the presentation of Obama's candidacy. And today the main event on the forum will be the appeal of the “First Lady” - Michelle Obama.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 .

In the Dagestan city of Khasavyurt on Monday, a police officer was fired late in the evening. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Dagestan, an outfit of 12 people underwent shelling at the bridge over the Yaryk-Su River. No one was injured. The shooters are looking for.

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 District Court of the Ivanovo Region today refused the parole to the entrepreneur Alexei Kozlov, sentenced to five years in prison on charges of fraud charges. This was announced by his wife, journalist Olga Romanova. The businessman had the right to petition for parole, since he had already left for most of the sentence sentenced by the court. If the cassation instance will also refuse him, he will be able to submit the following similar petition in six months.

Florida is replaced by North Carolina, instead of Mitt Romny, Barack Obama becomes the main American newsmaker. The National Congress of the Democratic Party is the second part of the election show. We will observe. Eight weeks remain before the vote.

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 .

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.