At the city council meeting in Ashgabat, Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov signed a law approving the new constitution of the country. "The adoption of the new Constitution of Turkmenistan marks a new stage of socio - economic and spiritual development of the country. Turkmenistan's new constitution is designed to meet the international legislative experience on the basis of recognized norms of international law", - said the president. According to the new fundamental law of Turkmenistan, presidential term of power increased from five to seven years. In addition, it removed the upper age limit for election to the presidency. Currently, this limit is set to 70 years.  

On Sunday, Belarus held elections to the Chamber of Representatives. According to data provided by the Central Election Commission, a representative of the opposition went to the lower house of parliament. This event is a test case because it happened the first time in 20 years. Such an event may be the fact that the Belarusian authorities have decided to introduce an element of democratization to elections in the country. President Alexander Lukashenko stressed that it depends on the fact that Western countries had no objections to the election.

31.29 percent – the turnout was only so much in the early elections to the House of Representatives or the lower house of the Belarusian parliament. This information handed to the media secretary of the Central Election Commission Mikalai Łazawik. The observers, who from the first day followed the course of the election, noted many irregularities. It lists forcing people to vote or drive up turnout in the protocols. Significant news is that in the previous parliamentary elections in 2012. In the early voting turnout was 25.9 percent. 

Prime Minister of Armenia Hovik Abrahamyan resigned on September 8. "We need a new approach, new start. That's why I've decided to resign and let the president form a new government," Abrahamyan said. His words are connected to the events, what took place in Armenia earlier this week. Armenian President Serzh Sarksyan has accepted Abrahamyan's resignation and he is in charge of appointing a new PM after consultations with parliament. The resignation comes shortly after that President said radical reforms in political and social life were needed, last week. He said it was necessary to form "a government of national accord" to provide a broader distribution and division of political responsibility.

Russia's debarment from the Paralympic Games brought justice to the state-sponsored illegal doping ventures made by Russia. The IPC's unanimous verdict to ban Russia from Participating hoped to punish Russia for attempting to covertly legalize cheating. However, during the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games, the delegation from Belarus undermined the IPC decision and in an attempt to protest it, Carried a Russian flag into the stadium. The flag was confiscated and the IPC is considering its next steps.

The Japanese side decided that it should lay claim to all four islands, reminded the head of state. The Soviet Union was ready to give Japan two islands of the South Kuril Islands under the agreement in 1956, but Tokyo refused to perform the contract. This was announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin to journalists. "I want to remind you, this agreement is not a secret. In 1956, the Soviet Union received the territory as a result of the Second World War. These results are recorded in international legal documents. The Soviet Union in 1956, after a rather long and persistent negotiations with Japan signed an agreement in which it is written that the two southern islands are transferred to the Japanese side, but, nevertheless, it is written "transferred", but does not say on what conditions transferred and whose sovereignty is preserved ", - Putin said.