RUSSIA
*Russia’s emergency services have begun extinguishing round-the-clock wildfires raging near Moscow that have seen the city shrouded in thick, toxic smog for a second day
*Heavy smog has stayed in Moscow throughout night, and the Russian capital is waiting for a "wind of change" to disperse it
WORLD
*Russia is dissatisfied with the U.S.’s fulfillment of its obligations in the sphere of the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, the Foreign Ministry said
*Russia’s recognition of South Ossetia on August 26, 2008 could go down in history as the moment the world ceased to be unipolar, South Ossetian leader Eduard Kokoity has said