Embassies in Moscow Evacuate Collaborators Embassy of Bulgaria started evacuation from Moscow due to smoke, agency Interfax reports . Press secretary of Embassy of Bulgaria Vera Shatilova-Mitsarova states that 15 people were evacuated yesterday. Family members of Bulgarian diplomatic representatives will leave Moscow today by regular flight.

Daniel Ortega to Visit Tskhinvali President of Nicaragua Daniel Ortega promised Tskhinvali regime leader Eduard Kokoity to arrive to Tskhinvali on 20 September – Ria Novosti reports .

Russia’s Lost Opportunity with Japan The recent smooth exchange of spies between Russia and the United States appears to demonstrate that the “reset” in relations between the two countries has worked. But Russia has so far done little to “reset” its relations with Japan. That is not only a lost opportunity, given Russia’s need to modernize its economy, but a grave strategic error in view of Russia’s increasing worries about China’s ambitions in Asia, which includes Russia’s lightly populated Siberian provinces.