"Witchcraft power" (tell the village residents of the Pskov region) "Radioantology of modern Russian poetry" (verses by the St. Petersburg poetess Elena Ushakova) "Native Language" (conversation with the Ukrainian writer Oksana Zabuzhko) the anniversary of the Lithuanian singer Virgilis Noriaiki

October 8 at 11 pm in the program of Alexander Genis - the American experience of public TV; Autumn festival of farmers; How canon is created. The Genius Prize, perhaps the most impressive in America, is presented by the Mc Arthur Foundation, which rewarded with Joseph Brodsky at one time. As usual, this year each of the 23 laureates will receive a reward in the form of half a million dollars, one hundred thousand for five years.

The active phase of the operation against the alleged militants, blocked in the apartment of a five -story building in the Dagestan city of Buinaksk, was completed. As a source in the law enforcement agencies of the republic told Interfax, now the premises are examined using special equipment, then special forces will be examined. And after that, investigators will be allowed there. Earlier it was reported that the blocked members of the armed group refused to surrender and resisted.

In Buinaksk (Dagestan), three alleged militants were blocked in the apartment on the 4th floor of one of the residential buildings this morning. According to law enforcement agencies, the armed group refused to surrender and resisted. Residents of nearby houses are evacuated. The assault on the apartment in which the militants are prepared.

Sergey Udaltsov The leader of the Left Front movement Sergei Udaltsov categorically rejected the statements of financing the protest movement in Russia from abroad and the opposition’s intentions to move to the power scenario of the power struggle. Udaltsov said about this to Interfax, commenting on the content of the NTV TV channel of the film "Anatomy of Protest-2" . “All that NTV is trying to impose is the nonsense nonsense,” Udaltsov believes.

During the special operation in the Dagestan city of Buinaksk, three militants were killed. This was announced by the agency by a source in law enforcement agencies of the republic. Members of the armed group were blocked in one of the apartments of a five -story building. They refused to give up, so the special forces had to take the room storm. During the operation, civilians were evacuated. There are no injured law enforcement agencies.

The radical Islamic preacher Abu Hamza al-Masri and four other accused of ties with terrorists lost the last opportunity to avoid extradition from the UK to the United States. Today, the high court in London, considering the complaint of the accused, ruled that all five could not submit “new and good” grounds for their extradition to be canceled. “The sooner Abu Hamza appears before justice, the better,” the judges concluded.

Oswaldo Paia In Cuba, the Spanish political activist Angel Carromero appeared in court on charges of a traffic accident in which the famous Kubinsky Dissime Oswaldo Paya died. The trial takes place in the city of Bayamo - near the place where the car accident occurred on July 22. Carromero, who was driving the car, rejects the accusations of excess speed. According to the Spanish media, prosecutors demand seven years in prison for Carromero.

The Central Bank of Russia retained its basic interest rates at previous levels, which in mid -September, against the backdrop of accelerated inflation, were increased by a quarter of the percentage point. In particular, the refinancing rate - according to the one -day loans of the Bank of Russia to commercial banks - remains at the level of 8.25% per annum.

In Guatemala, during clashes between security forces and demonstrators protesting against growth in electricity prices, at least six people were killed. About 30 people were injured, among them seven soldiers. It is reported that on Thursday several thousand people blocked part of the motorway in the Totonikapan Department - 170 kilometers from the capital of the Gvatemala country. Local activists say that police and soldiers shot at protesters.

In the suburbs on Friday evening, truck drivers staged a protest on the M4 Don highway against the introduction of a paid passage in its unit. According to the media, about two dozen trucks participated in the action. The police say that drivers did not block the road. Truck drivers gathered on the road, but the traffic police built their cars in one row, so the movement was not interrupted, the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Moscow Region told Interfax.

The Moscow Arbitration Court today recognized as legitimate the suspension of a license for private security activities of Pantan, owned by the family of politicians Gennady and Dmitry Gudkov. Thus, a lawsuit of the Pantan security enterprise against the capital's department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was rejected. This is reported today by Interfax. The activities of the Gudkov security company due to allegedly identified violations were suspended not only in Moscow.

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